Back home

I am back from my stay in Hamburg. circumstances made me quit as an art director, and I am available for freelance jobs again. So give me a call!

Termite Bianca

On the wave of the success Marco Bianchini's Termite Bianca, he decided to prepare a new book with international authors who all give their interpretation of Termite Bianca with their own style and sensibility. This is my contribution to the book.
Other contributing artists are Jimenez, Arthur de Pens, Tarada,Otomo,Ryo Kanai, Kazuyuky Yoshizumi, Todd Lockwood, Bryan Talbot, Dean Yeagle,  Bill Presing,Otto Schmidt…and many more
The book will be published mid 2012

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Life drawings

 I can't stress enough the importance of life drawing... It makes you understand shapes, anatomy, gestures, it is good for your drawing skills, it's a place to experiment freely, and also it's a lot of fun!

Living my dream!

I have just started my job as an art director on a 3D CG feature. I may not be able to post on my blog as frequently as I used to do, because I can't share anything about the project.  I have been trying to break into the business of animation for some time now, so I am thrilled to be able to do what I love best. Not only do I get to do the work I love, but also I have the privilege to work with the legendary Harald Siepermann.Check out his work here: LINK and here on facebook : LINK

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Gouache sketch

It's freezing cold outside, so the mind wanders off to warm places...

Turnaround

 

After  seeing some Rapunzel tunaround sketches by Glen Keane, I was inspired to do a turaround exercise of a pose. It is really a good exercise to check if you understand volumes and shapes. The hardest part is to make sure the pose has the same intention and is just as strong from all angles. Finally I placed them in an animation, to check again how the volumes are balanced. I can see I am a bit off model here and there, so I guess I need to do this more often. It's a really good exercise that I can reccommend to anyone!

Klick the image to see it move...

Text message...

Just sketching...

Bum...

Book of creation

 I'm happy to announce my work is published in the book of creation. Get your copt here: LINK

Happy new year!

Magnitude 9

Today I received a copy of the book 'Magnitude 9'

The book containing all the works of the CFSL graphic designers dedicated to the victims of the Tsunami is on pre-order on Ankama Shop. LINK
Find in this artbook all illustrations of the CFSL French Collective artists to help the Tsunami victims. All profits will go to Give2Asia.
Also, you can purchase one of the originals during the auction to will take place on April 30th at 6pm at the Arludik gallery, in Paris. Again, all the profits will be donated to Give2Asia.

Kees van Kooten

When I create caricatures for magazines, often I hand in my work, get paid and that's that. Sometimes, the depicted personality contacts me to tell me what they think about my drawing. In this case, Kees van Kooten published his thoughts on my drawing in 'Hollands Diep' magazine.
For all of you who do not speak dutch; let's say he has a very kind way of saying he likes the drawing.
Thank you very much, Kees!

Elf sketch

Graphite powder

Recently I bumped into the great work of Niklas Andersen LINK
He allowed me to share some of his advice on the use of graphite powder on my tutorial blog LINK. This drawing is the result of some playtime with pencil and graphite powder.

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