Magma’s Blog

Magma’s Blog

Hey knowledge hunter! Discover the latest content from Magma’s creative community, learn about the digital art industry, and make the most of your drawing experience.

Ryan Allan

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May 10, 2024

Our latest update introduces a new brush engine, the ability to save brush presets, and extra customization options for perspective grids

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Apr 11th, 2024

We’re thrilled to announce our partnership with Story Protocol, the Programmable Intellectual Property (IP) Layer. We’re empowering Magma’s community of 2 million+ artists to protect, monetize, and grow their IP on their terms.

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Apr 5th, 2024

This release features the Perspective Grid (Beta) for creating collaborative perspective grids and new layer visibility settings for personalized drawing experiences. Stay tuned for further enhancements including upcoming major brush engine update and consider joining as a beta tester to shape the future of digital art tools.

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Mar 15th, 2024

We interviewed Dan Norton, former Art Director and Head of Story Development Art for Riot Games, about his experience in game design and using Magma for his workflow. Dan offered some great insights about how studios can use Magma and shared his thoughts on the future of the industry.

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Mar 15th, 2024

We’ve interviewed Dan Norton, former Art Director and Head of Story Development Art for Riot Games, about his experience in game design and how he used Magma for his workflow. Here are Dan’s expert tips for making your game design process more effective.

Ryan Allan

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Mar 6th, 2024

This release introduces canvas resizing options and a convenient shortcut (Ctrl+R) for the Reference Window. Additionally, we provide a sneak peek at an upcoming advanced brush engine and inviting community members to participate as beta testers or Ambassadors

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Feb 8th, 2024

Latest update introduces canvas crop tool, motion blur filter, floating reference window, self-served Fusion pricing, and performance enhancements for an upgraded Magma experience.

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Jan 18th, 2024

Latest update with a new grid view, layer trim, user search, Blaze autobuy function and improved performance to elevate your Magma experience

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Nov 3rd, 2023

Latest update with a new dark mode, free textured brushes for all users, and simplified pricing plans to enhance your collaborative art journey.

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Oct 12th, 2023

We’re excited to announce some new updates that we’ve been working on behind the scenes to improve your Magma experience: Version History, Text Tool, Community Hub & more

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Aug 15th, 2023

Even though Magma wasn't designed with small phone screens in mind, there are a few different things you can do to become a mobile drawing champion.

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Aug 15th, 2023

If you're using Magma on a small screen, you might loose some precious drawing area to different UI elements. Thankfully, there are some ways you can reduce this and make the drawing experience far more comfortable.

Ryan Allan

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Jul 24th, 2023

Wacom offers a lot of room to customize your tablet to suit your specific workflow. In this guide, we'll look at some of the ways you can set up your tablet for drawing and painting online in Magma.

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Jul 24th, 2023

Magma has made our concepting process much faster. Creative tasks that took two days before Magma, we now do in one. And now we have far fewer internal meetings.

Ryan Allan

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Jul 17th, 2023

Another week in the Magma Classroom as we sharpen those digital painting skills with various subjects. This week, we're revisiting one of the core elements of painting: Values.

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Jul 17th, 2023

Another week and another subject to study as we sharpen our digital painting skills in the Magma Classroom. After covering the fundamentals in earlier classes, we now take a look at painting shiny helmets.

Ryan Allan

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Jun 26th, 2023

Another week and another subject to study as we sharpen our digital painting skills in the Magma Classroom. We’ve already covered the fundamentals of painting in our first set of live streams, and in this one we're doing a study of some kintsugi objects

Ryan Allan

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Jun 26th, 2023

Another week and another subject to study as we sharpen our digital painting skills in the Magma Classroom. We’ve already covered the fundamentals of painting in our first set of live streams, and in this one we're doing a study of some cool-looking mushrooms.

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Jun 14th, 2023

Magma and Wacom provide a powerful platform for creative exploration and collaboration. Artists can start a sketch in Magma with their Wacom drawing tablet or display, share it via Magma, and invite others to contribute or critique, creating an evolving piece of art that is a true testament to collaborative creativity.

Ryan Allan

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Jun 12th, 2023

Here is a quick recap of our recent Magma Classroom LIVE sessions where we make learning art multiplayer. These weekly sessions are aimed at helping beginner digital artists with their painting skills, while giving more experienced ones the opportunity to try painting something different.

Ryan Allan

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Jun 12th, 2023

Welcome to the Magma Classroom LIVE where we paint online together to grow our digital art skills. In this week's one-hour study sessions, we looked at painting foil balloons.

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Jun 9th, 2023

This recent update is packed with a combination of creative tools and big improvements to the Magma experience.

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May 31st, 2023

Want to draw online with new friends? Then join our weekly community hangout: the Magma Clubhouse. Each week we pick a new theme the canvas, invite our users to help us fill it, and live stream the whole thing.

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May 31st, 2023

A quick summery of our last set of Magma Classroom live streams where we chose clouds as the subject of our study. It was a challenge to paint them well within the time, but our artists produced great results.

Ryan Allan

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May 19th, 2023

This is a brief recap of our weekly Magma Classroom LIVE streams, showing what was covered and what our artists produced in the time.

Ryan Allan

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May 15th, 2023

Here's a quick summary of what you missed during the Magma Classroom Live session this week. The Magma Classroom is our weekly live stream aimed at beginner digital artists wanting to sharpen their painting skills.

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May 13th, 2023

Learn about the key ROI benefits to AI in creative studios that Magma has to offer in helping you and your team find success in creative workflow solutions, all in one platform

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May 7th, 2023

In Partnership with the Jane Goodall Roots & Shoots Book Challenge hosted by Upschool, signup now to participate in their art challenge with Magma to bring awareness to global issues

Ryan Allan

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May 5th, 2023

It can be overwhelming when you get started in digital painting and see just how much you need to learn to make great images, and that’s why we started the Magma Classroom sessions.

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May 5th, 2023

Join the Magma AI Closed Beta Team and be among the first to experience our cutting-edge features!

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May 3rd, 2023

Join us in 2 Star Wars themed livestreams! We will be working together in a shared canvas in both events, while drawing JEDI & SITH artwork. All skill levels are welcome.

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May 2nd, 2023

Spring, the season of rejuvenation and new beginnings, presents an excellent opportunity for creative studios to revamp their workflows. It's time to declutter your creative process with Magma!

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Apr 11th, 2023

Magma announces a closed beta program to try our latest AI features, which are designed to seamlessly integrate into a creative workflow and be used alongside other tools directly within the canvas. This beta program will host VIP professional designers, and invites the first 100 people to signup and gain access to test these features and share feedback. This program will run for approximately 30 days.

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Feb 10th, 2023

We're launching the Magma Classroom live streams dedicated to creative education! These streams will be conducted by industry professionals & talented folks inside and outside of the Magma team who want to share their knowledge, at no cost to you.

Ryan Allan

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Oct 25th, 2022

We have some little tricks and useful features to step up your experience of drawing and painting in Magma.

Ryan Allan

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Oct 25th, 2022

Answering some of the frequent questions from beginners about how to use Magma, and some tools to make things easier.

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Oct 14th, 2022

We're giving away 3 x the One by Wacom —a pen tablet that lets you draw, paint, and sketch with precision—to three lucky artists who can tell us the best story about our Magma's Hero adventures.

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Sep 15th, 2022

If you're interested in the making of the film Finch, want to learn which everyday life objects influenced the appearance of the robot Jeff, or hear some other interesting insights from the movie pre-production phase, be sure to check out an interview conducted by Solomon Blair and managed by Yariv Newman.

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Sep 15th, 2022

Are you interested in learning how to draw comic books with your remote team? Watch this talk by Pitch Dev Studios, which presents the use of predefined shapes – a co-developed feature in Magma.

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Sep 15th, 2022

Check out this great creative idea to make the fans of the games created by the studio feel valued and to influence and inspire the artists whose projects they appreciate.

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Sep 15th, 2022

The environment design process is entirely different from drawing portraits, designing vehicles, weapons, working on characters, or designing costumes. This significant element of art constitutes an integral part of any video game or animation project. Find example of an environmental art collaboration created jointly in Magma.

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Sep 15th, 2022

Learning how to draw from a mentor, art supervisor, or colleague is an excellent way to master your craft. Once you know the basics, it can be difficult to level up without feedback from someone experienced in the field. Find great example of periodic workshops conducted at Magma.

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Sep 6th, 2022

Inspiring interview with Shauna Lynn. Learn what a typical workday for a book illustrator looks like, how to deal with deadline pressure, where to look for inspiration and how to develop your own unique artist style to increase your chances of working in the digital art industry.

Ryan Allan

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Sep 14th, 2022

Do more than just draw with friends in Magma. Here are ten creative things you can do with fellow artists to engage your audiences and start your next awesome project.

Ryan Allan

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Sep 13th, 2022

Setting out to draw every day can be an exciting New Year resolution, but it can be hard to stick with. Where do you find the time? What do you draw? What if you miss a day? What if I fail? These are questions you might face regularly on your journey. This post has some answers and tips to help you succeed if you are wondering how to build a daily drawing habit to level up your skills.

Ryan Allan

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Sep 9th, 2022

With so much content out there it can be difficult to get noticed. We have some practical tips to grow your social media following with digital art.

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Sep 15th, 2022

Do you wonder what the impact of Magma in the Webcomics industry is? Find out by watching our first interview with the incredibly creative people who are the founders of Laurel Pursuit Studios.

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Jun 22nd, 2022

Magma is honored to announce longtime creative leader Michel Besner is joining our Advisory Board, bringing more than 20 years of experience in the development and marketing of innovative solutions in various fields such as digital twins, business intelligence, social media & news analytics, 2D & 3D animation for television, visual effects and video games.

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May 14th, 2022

Magma has taken measures tu support Ukraine both as a team and as individuals, and we would like to suggest some ways that you can help, too

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Apr 25th, 2022

Have you ever wondered if your art can have a huge impact on someone’s life? Well, it CAN! We invite YOU to join our campaign and draw a superhero character for a deserving child. Learn more about The Superhero Project

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Sep 7th, 2021

Grab your team of 3, and unleash imagination with the Magma Challenge. Show off your creativity and win 3 Wacom One Pen Displays for your crew + 1 year of Magma Pro

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Join the one and only art collaboration platform for all kinds of digital artists, art communities, game developers, concept artists, and other creative teams.

Try Magma with others for free

Join the one and only art collaboration platform for all kinds of digital artists, art communities, game developers, concept artists, and other creative teams.

Try Magma with others for free

Join the one and only art collaboration platform for all kinds of digital artists, art communities, game developers, concept artists, and other creative teams.