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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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CFSL.net révèle la selection des auteurs et la couv’ (Gate & Nenent) du artbook CFSL 04, qui sortira en mai 2010. 157 sélectionnés pour 499 images, sur 4 000 illustrations & 660 candidatures soumises. Merci encore à toute la team pour la selection et votre travail titanesque 
CFSL.net reveals the selection and the cover of the Artbook 04. 4 000 pictures received, 660 candidates, 499 choosen images, 157 published artists. Release date : May 2010.
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.
Veronique Meignaud, Alfo Buscaglia & Maya Mihindou.
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Le dernier Skydoll - Doll’s Factory 2 (Alessandro Barbucci & Barbara Canepa - Soleil/Marvel) qui sort ce mois-ci, ressemble plus à un mini artbook qu’à un comics classique On y découvre d’ailleurs une bonne quantité de ‘fan art’ variés et de qualité (Corrado Mastantuono, Arthur de Pins, Nenent, Guezav, Claire Wendling, Lostfish…).
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Doll’s Factory 2 (Soleil/Marvel) is released on February 2010, it looks more like an artbook than a classic comics, partly because of the large amount of beautiful tributes with various styles.
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Lodovica.
Line of Style: Fashion Illustration Spanning the Globe
April 3, 2010 - April 26, 2010
Opening Reception / Apr 3, 7:00PM - 10:00PM
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“Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening.”- Coco Chanel
Artistic representation of fashion has existed since the dawn of civilization. From the statues of Mesopotamia, the walls of Egyptian pyramids, the master paintings of the Renaissance, to the cover of the Vogue’s first issue in 1892, and through today, artists have continued to carefully document fashion of the period. Therefore, Gallery Nucleus is proud to present our first fashion illustration exhibition. We are privileged to have an international roster featuring established as well as emerging contemporary fashion illustrators [...]. Nucleus Gallery.
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Bob Peak Coco, Eleanor Bowley, Elodie, Erin Petson, Esther Kim, Jarno Kettunen, Lawrence Noble, Loreto Binvignat Streeter, Monica Velasquez , Naja Conrad Hansen, Pomme Chan, Sandra Suy, Stina Persson, Veronique Meignaud and more to come…
With special guests: Fernanda Pereira.
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Petit clin d’oeil à Maya avec un avatar qui lui rappellera quelque chose…
A short explanation about my work on the last issue 66 of Advanced Photoshop.. with so old stuff ! ^^ (”Phonic Tribulations”, “Plutonium” and “Boris” are featured)…
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Il était temps que j’en parle… c’était riche mais trop court, chouette atmosphère, programme bien conçu dans un espace vraiment agréable (quoiqu’un peu chaud le staff a bossé dur et a pris soin de nous ; les profs ont aussi bien assuré (respect et des grands merci à tous)… Avec quelques épisodes mémorables, tel que les associations de mots improbables mieux que Pyramide
CFSL.net retentera l’expérience peut être fin 2010, ou début 2011.
A quick debrief about it… It was short but pretty interesting and motivating, a good atmosphere in a well-designed space (although too warm sometimes :3). The staff has worked hard and has taken care of us ; teachers have also done a great job… and some great memorable moments
CFSL.net should do it again at the end of this year maybe, or starting 2011.
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Photos : Aurélie Neyret, Daji, Calamity (merci !)
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
Je me décide enfin à ouvrir un shop avec 3 dessins originaux issus du Sketchbook KEROGEN, sur Etsy Dessin Pilot 0.25 sur papier recyclé, format A4 et A5. N’hésitez pas à me contacter pour toute question.
Kerogen is the name of a sketchbook started in 2008. I sell some of those original drawings on Etsy (Pilot 0.25 on recycled paper - A4 /A5). I should add other items soon. Feel free to contact me for any question.
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Profile (A5)
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Etanche Sornette (A4)
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Cycream (A4)
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Petit souvenir session collage (puisque pas le temps de produire du neuf u_u) avec Maya, Franz, Anys, Julie et JSM. Merci pour votre aide et vos mitaines :p… Les images se sont posées dans le 3e arr. pas loin de Fille du Calvaire hier soir.
