happy new year :)

Moi Je Lis. avec des vrais morceaux de perspective dedans

Chez Caribara j'ai rencontré des gens merveilleux, et l'un d'entre eux m'a gentillement (ré?)expliqué les charmes de la  perspective. Parce qu'avant les décors ça me parlait moins que les persos. Donc merci Jean-Charles Ripoll, plus chouette decorateur du monde

Hop hop hop, ça m'a bien servi dans mes illustrations pour le Moi Je Lis commandé par Milan Presse. (Nicolas et l'equipe, si vous passez par ici, un Grand Merci aussi)

Tout à l'aquarelle et au feutre u_u A paraitre en juin.

(C'est une histoire de disparition de chat dans une école de Magie)

What I love about working in a studio is meeting new people. At Caribara I was lucky enough to encounter Jean-Charles Ripoll, an amazing BG artist, who kindly reminded me that perspective does not only exist, but can also be usefull. 

So I indeed used it in the illustrations I made for Moi Je Lis, a french magazine for kids whom I love working with.

mwaow

Joyeux Noel

Well, technically I didn't wrote "Joyeux Noel 2010"... so let's say I'm preparing next year X-Mas

It might be the approach of my thirtieth birthday: I'm starting to see things in the long run ^^

Disons que je prépare Noël prochain... à l'approche de la trentaine je commence à voir les choses à long terme...

here is a close up/ pouf pouf, un gros plan pour bien voir les traits des crayons

The original drawing took a plane to Montreal today, in my favorite roomate suitcase.

#2 Amandes

More watercolour jubilation!!!

This time I used a minuscule sponge and masking fluid on the character for the green in the background, and managed to refrain the impulse to cover every part of the picture with color.
I usually enjoy so much using my paints that, when doing personal work, I merrily keep adding, and adding and adding layers of brightness and beautifulness... and I end up with a filled-with-love-but-muddy result quite far from my original intention :)
This time I happy with the result. Though next time I'll try to get more of a Xmas feeling in the color scheme maybe.

Yesterday's drawing was reminding me of Manu Arenas... this one made me think of Kei Acedera whose ibook I download a while ago on my iphone, along with other books from ArtistSketchbooks. The Imaginism/Schoolism team really came up with awsome ideas and initiatives these past few years...

#1: Poires

I am seriously starting to think about Xmas, and i am starting watercolour on the subject.
First of the thirtheen traditional provencal Christmas desert: pears.

Adding some photoshop on top of the watercolour: Linear Burn and ... ..Divide. This last version somehow reminded me of Manu Arenas work on Yacin... I love the book by the way: have you read it? Ideal for a Christmas present u_u click here to order it on amazon.fr :)

geant

Lately I have been into picture composition. There is always so much to learn: it's exhilarating.

Here is a late night sketch. Merely an opportunity to remember how good it feels to let the pencil wander on the page after a long too long day at work!
Note: certains geants portent des slips. Oui.

Novembre. 20/30. Rorschach

my favourite drawing of this serie

^
Avant
Apres

Novembre. 19/30. fisherman

Well... another night out :)
here is a work doodle. We have too few meetings in my studio...

Novembre. 18/30. wip Bergamote de Nancy

Today/night I started a new watercolour.
First the inspiration sketch (might have been done during lunch break at work...) based on a candy that comes from my grandparents hometown Nancy called "bergamotte"

Then, back at home after work, I established a color scheme

And decided the character was going to be based on Louise Brooks, who has the most graphic and amazing hair cut... I did some quick watercolour sketches based on picture I found online.

And I kept on watercolouring to look for color combinations...

A quick sketch in colerease on my wonderful Fabriano 650g as a basis...

and a few "minutes" later... I went a bit too far in the reds ...

( à suivre...)

Novembre. 17/30. interlude

Entracte
Interlude

Novembre. 16/30. watercolouring

Tabio et American Apparel

Watercolour, photoshop & chardonnay (tuesday is girls night out)

Aquarelle & photoshop

Novembre. 15/30. Double post

En premier, un bout de l'affiche des marchés de Noel (oui c'est bientot Noel...). Comme il est au fond de la scene on ne le voit pas... vive le blog qui permet de poster les détails!

And the image... i got caught in the process of applying the watercolours, and forgot about the contrasts... I fixed it later in Photoshop, but I still have a fondness for the "bad" unreadable version.

Et puis une petite sorcière (une autre)... rien à voir avec Noel.

Novembre. 14/30. Sorcieres

dimanche soir
sunday evening post

Novembre. 13/30. More Tea

Et voilà encore des dessins du storyboard de présentation de la pub Lipton dont je parlais la semaine dernière...
More preparatory drawings i did for the Lipton commercial storyboard.

Novembre. 12/30. Chamallow

Hum... ce dessin là était prévu pour un post sur mon autre blog, à propos de l'experience des chamallows... mais ce soir j'ai fini de travailler tard :)
Around the Marshmallow experiment...

Novembre. 11/30. Parc Floral

Un petit bonhomme au Parc Floral cet été.
A young boy at the Parc Floral this summer.

A guy at St Paul, and a dude in the metro.
Un gros monsieur à St Paul, et un petit gars dans le metro.

Novembre. 10/30. London

Au British Museum, Great Russell St, City of London WC1B 3DG il y a un grand escalier qui surplombe -entre autres choses- une sorte de caféteria où les visiteurs peuvent grignoter autour de très longues tables blanches.
Parfait pour les croquis...
I'm in love with the font I used for "sketched @" it's HandTimes by Manuel Viergutz

The other sketches are done while drinking a Latte at Tottenham Court Road.
God do I miss the U.K...

Novembre. 09/30. presque Noel

Au menu de ce 9eme jour: des petits sketchs et une recherche pour une affiche de marché de Noël.
Today's menu: felt pen sketches and a research for a Xmas village poster.