Character Design Quarterly 29

Each issue of CDQ is full of insightful tutorials and features. This issue's cover was created by Ben Eblen, who chats to us about how a move into sculpting inspired his cover design and shares tips about how to turn posting to social media into a business. Corah Louise creates a family of Victorian magicians, Erica Hodne reimagines Robin Hood, and Sarah-Lisa Hleb designs a bashful chess-playing sheep.

With loads more tutorials, interviews, and gallery art, there’s something for everyone crammed into the pages of CDQ 29 – open the cover and find your next creative project!

BEHIND THE COVER ART by Ben Eblen
THE SHEEP'S GAMBIT by Sarah-Lisa Hlebi
VICTORIAN FAMILY VALUES by Corah Louise
ARTIST CATCH-UP John Loren
PIRATIN' PALS by Paul Joseph Nicholson
A MOTH BY MOONLIGHT by Iz Ptica
WANTED, UNDEAD OR ALIVE by Andy Na
ARTIST CATCH-UP Kate Pellerin (AKA PoopiKat)
THE GALLERY
YOU ARE WHAT YOU WEAR by Laura Dimitriu
ROBIN HOOD REBORN by Erica Hodne

Character Design Quarterly is a lively, creative magazine bringing inspiration, expert insights, and leading techniques to professional illustrators, artists, and character design enthusiasts worldwide. 

This issue’s cover artist is Dave Guertin, shows us how he created this issue's absoring cover. Also in this issue, The mythical Sandman is reimaged by Flor De Jager, Jay Kim tackles our Characterize This challenge. We also talked to Jordi la Febre about working in graphic novels and animation. 

CDQ 29 is packed with inspiring tutorials and insightful tips for improving your designs.

With so much to explore, there’s something for everyone inside this issue of CDQ, no matter your skill level or experience.