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Du “neuf” niveau boulot, une carte Wakfu faite en octobre 2009, sortie le mois dernier me semble t-il ; un sort de Xelors : “Poussière Temporelle” (Ankama Editions). Ca change un peu de l’univers Magic 
pas toujours évident d’adapter un rendu réaliste à des characters manga.
Some work news, with a Wakfu Card done in october 2009, a Xelor’s spell : “Temporal Dust” (Ankama Editions). Others should come soon. It was not so easy to adapt my style to that kind of manga character.
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“Globe est un jeune adulte de bonne compagnie ; ses aliments favoris sont l’oignon, la tomate, le choux blanc et le riz. Il répand de longues larmes liquoreuses riches en poivre lorsqu’on lui offre des Krumbs (Roulades de chou égyptiennes) ; il ingère les roulades de riz cru et les laisse bouillir dans son vente pendant 30 à 40 minutes ; le parfum de la coriandre étuvée dilate le tube digestif, qui s’annonce prêt à recevoir la préparation par émission de radiations lumineuses.”
Dernière illustration débutée pendant le Workshop CFSL.
(Première partie ici).
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Another illustration started during the CFSL Workshop (It was definitely a nice place to work in :). Don’t know what I wanted to reach, I got lost again in it, but I wasted less time than in the Fugu illustration. Finally It looks more like an exercice.
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Just above: First step from the worskhop (about 2/3 hours maybe, not enough courage to finish the whole composition).
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Reprise d’une illust débutée pendant le Workshop CFSL ; je suis partie un peu trop loin dans les détails, c’était bien le bordel et j’ai passé beaucoup d’heures dessus… mais j’ai réussi à la finir, c’est formidable ! Il y en 2 autres du workshop qui me font la gueule (je parle bien sûr des illust), j’essayerai de m’en occuper bientôt…
et j’dois faire une collab avec Melody (Yokaï ? Sentaï ?) et pas qu’avec elle d’ailleurs… va y avoir du boulot ! :p
Illustration started during the CFSL Workshop, I got lost into details, it became a mess and I spent many hours on it … but I managed to finish it ! There are 2 others from the Workshop which are not yet finished, I’ll try to take care of these today…
I should also do a collab with Melody pretty soon (Yokai ? Sentaï ?) and others … a lot of work is coming!
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Je vous laisse aussi la version rough (1h30 de taff pendant le Workshop).
Below the first step done during the Workshop (1h30 of work).
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Pantha du Prince - Black Noise (album)
Fresh sound, thanks Manu !
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Voici quelques ‘vieilleries’ 2006 jamais montrées jusqu’à présent ; j’alimente le blog avec ça faute de temps pour faire du neuf :3… Plus sérieusement, c’est surtout pour exprimer ma frustration de ne pouvoir refaire ce genre de chose aujourd’hui avec la spontanéité que j’avais à l’époque. La lassitude (et la flemme) doivent jouer.
Here are some old stuff done in 2006 that I’ve never shown till now ; I feed the blog with that, lapse of time to do something new :3 … Actually I wanted to express my frustration at not being able to do these things again with the same spontaneity that I had before. Probably too much bored and lazy I am.
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The video is launched ! $40. 2 hours, French with English subtitles. 2 parts : drawing and digital painting. Info on ConceptArt.org, purchase here.
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Special Thanks to :
Aaron for making the video and his patience,
Clotilde for helping with the subtitles,
Massive Black & ConceptArt for their trust,
Nox and Aleksi for playing with us during the interview and for their advice !
Romain for helping me to synthesize the concept of the video,
Bonne Graine’s people and Arthur for lending their place
And everyone who encouraged me to do it.
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Description
While creating a new piece, a lot of trained artists already have a precise idea of what they are after. The picture they want to create is like a set destination, and they work rigorously until this destination is reached. While technique and academic training are necessary in the creation of any piece of artwork, some artists feel they are sometimes trapped by these and feel a need to free themselves. This often manifests with an artist being bored by his own work, feeling that he lacks imagination.
One can reasonably ask themselves if for such artists, these academic methods discriminate against the most unconventional ideas. And yet, these are the ideas I want to embrace and develop.
Rather than working with a set destination in mind, I like my personal works to take me wherever they want to go. Thus the destination is never set, it evolves during the making of the picture. This is the way I feel the most free, and this is the way that I feel my ideas won’t curb themselves to a limited space. To achieve this, I use a work flow based on spontaneity and instinctive feeling. Of course, a basic idea of what I want to do is necessary, or else it would be like closing my eyes and wiggling my hand at the canvas aimlessly. That starting idea can be anything, but I will use it as a starting point rather than as a goal. I won’t use construction lines. What I want is to explore the canvas in a more unpredictable way, and the key to that is to take advantage of accidents.
While my work can be described as being figurative, the path that leads me to that is a more abstract one. I feel that the more free I am, the more free the observer will be to interpret my works. Of course, such a free approach makes more sense in the context of more intimate, personal works.
Thanks NinoMojo -Romain- for helping me
to synthesize and write the concept of the video !
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L’interview dont je parle n’est pas encore disponible, je travaille dessus Un teaser aussi est à venir. The interview is not yet available, I’m working on it A teaser is also coming pretty soon.
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Lucky and Unhappy - Air
La rage dure qui se fait amère entre tes dents, échoua à sa dague soumission qu’il agitait sévèrement. ~ The rage which lasts and becomes bitter in your mouth, has failed against his power dagger that he severely shook [...].
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Je travaille sur une video tutorial pour Massive Black, ou je décris mon process de travail, elle comprendra 2 parties : Dessin au Pilot dans la première, illustration sur photoshop dans la seconde. La vidéo est réalisée par Aaron Fagerstrom. Il nous reste encore des choses à faire avant le bouclage, notamment les sous-titres en anglais, vu que je parlais en français :). Et il y aura un bonus… j’en dirai plus bientôt. Je peux cependant vous révéler les images, et annoncer que Clo aka Aurelie Neret a également une video tuto sur le feu
I’m working on a tutorial video for Massive Black (realized by Aaron Fagerstrom) in which I explain my work process. There will be two parts : an ink pen drawing and an illustration made in photoshop. We still have some work to do like the english subtitles, since I speak french. There will be also a bonus… I’ll tell you more soon 
And I can announce that Clo aka Aurelie Neret has done a tutorial video as well, available soon.
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Info on ConceptArt.org
Possible que je fasse quelques retouches quand j’aurai les yeux plus clairs.
Passez de bonnes fêtes
Illustrator + Photoshop.
Poison The Well | When You Lose I lose As Well
