Dust 'n Scratches

Phonographantasmascope

2008-08-16T03:48:00.001+01:00

C'est fou ce qu'on peut faire avec un tourne-disque et des bouts de papier !!

La Chambre de Rose

2008-07-24T18:07:00.000+01:00

From my new short photo-graphic novel, dedicated to my grandma :

You can view the book or download the PDF on the Journal of a Storyteller.

Egon

2008-07-18T10:15:00.004+01:00

Based on a self-portrait of Egon Schiele.
Gouache on Canson paper. No brushes, only fingers.

Funny how it turned out, because it was just a test, not even a draft, just an attempt to feel the painting with my own flesh.
Funny that it has no aim when I begun it, and then became something I'm proud of, exactly the same way I did "Through the land".

You should see it in real, and touch the texture of the paint !

Tickle Party

2008-04-15T09:16:00.000+01:00

In need of good mood ? :)

Another Zune-Arts, by Friends With You, on Santogold's "Say aha".

Memories or Nightmares

2008-04-08T10:54:00.000+01:00

Actually, a nightmare made out of memories.

Drawing, then scanning, then reprinting, then inking.
Even if there are lots of mistakes, I'm quite proud of the various points of view of the same scene in a such a small location (inside a car) with several characters and many emotions involved.

Always running

2008-04-01T10:47:00.000+01:00

One idea, two versions :

Cinema Português de Animação

2008-03-28T12:24:00.000Z

Hier soir, le cinéma George Méliès de Montreuil acueillait une soirée "jeudi de l'anim'" du Forum des Images Hors les Murs.

Carte blanche était donnée à Régina Pessoa et son mentor Abi Feijó pour nous montrer une collection de courts métrages d'animation les ayant inspirés.

Ce fut l'occasion de découvrir différent technique, bien plus impressionnantes que la plus belle des 3D actuelle, tel que l'écran d'épingle, le sable ou la peinture sur verre, les papercuts.

C'est toujours un grand plaisir d'écouter des passionnés...
Et pour prolonger, Régina dédicace ce soir son livre-dvd au Chalet Pointu, 10 rue Goncourt à Paris !

Regina Pessoa, "Historia tragica com final feliz" :

Caroline Leaf, "La Rue" :

Un exemple de sand-art :

Jacques Drouin, "Le paysagiste - Mindscape" :

Jacques Drouin, à l'ONFC, explique l'écran d'épingles :

Le mois prochain à la Cinémathèque aura lieu une rétrospective Emile Cohl, pionnier français méconnu du dessin animé, suivie de près par une exposition George Méliès, inventeur des "effets spéciaux".

Capture me

2008-03-25T11:35:00.000Z

My Paper Mind, by Javan Ivey

2008-03-18T11:29:00.000Z

Another wonderful artist...

Through the land

2008-03-11T12:11:00.001Z

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This is my first gouache painting, and I'm very proud of it !

It's highly inspired by the wonderful art of Anne-Julie, especially her "Girl at poppies".

room 69

2008-03-04T15:08:00.000Z

This is the cover of my latest short-photo-graphic-story book, that you can download as a free PDF.

Le cadeau du temps

2008-02-26T10:12:00.000Z

I wish I had enough patience to bring whats-in-my-mind to life !

For the moment, I just contemplate what real artists share with us :

This is just a brief (but already fantastic) pre-prod video.
You can read all details of the animation process and view the final movie on Corey's blog : Light Night Rains.

Get out of my head !

2008-02-19T13:52:00.000Z

Obsession... addiction... You know what I mean.

Add. : appearance on the Moleskine Project.

Peluche

2008-02-12T12:10:00.000Z

Alberto Cerriteño and the Curiosity Group present their latest chef-d'oeuvre :

Peluche: the Music Video from Static of the Gods on Vimeo.

Simply fantastic !

Heure cruelle

2008-02-05T12:24:00.000Z

"Is it even so? then I defy you, stars!"

Romeo and Juliet, Act V, scene 1.

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Datas & tools :
Drawing (pencil on sketchbook) scanned
Photography (Deauville, December 15th)
Postwork on Photoshop CS2

See also : Dimitri & Anastasia, Sacrifice.

Brrrr...

2008-01-22T21:21:00.000Z

It says : "I'm sure anyone can understand how difficult it is to work in those conditions !"

Prends donc un café !

2008-01-15T10:40:00.000Z

Another cup of coffee ?

Réalisé par Stéphanie Marguerite et Emilie Tarascou de l'EMCA.
Chanson par Oldelaf et Monsieur D.

via Pénélope Jolicoeur, dont le bouquin est en vente !

The Cat #4

2008-01-08T12:04:00.000Z

Don't expect her to be peaceful and quiet during the day :p

Previously : The Cat #1, The Cat #2, The Cat #3.

Une fille, des couettes, des fleurs, de la musique et de la patamodeler

2008-01-01T12:15:00.000Z

"Flowers", Emilie Simon.

The Cat #3

2007-12-25T13:17:00.000Z

She is very sweet most of the time, but if no human watch her, she instantly becomes naughty :p

Previously : The Cat #1, The Cat #2.

Back and Forth

2007-12-18T11:57:00.000Z

"My angel rocks back and forth" de Four Tet, par Woof Wan-Bau.

The Tale cover - La couverture du Conte

2007-12-11T21:43:00.000Z

This is a project that came to my mind some weeks ago and I've been working hard on it:
The Girl with Red Hair and the Blue Polar Bear will have their adventure drawn in a book !
It is not finished, but the storyline and the storyboard are ready.
So I thougth it would be fun to design a temporary cover to motivate me :)

Voilà le projet qui m'a tenue occupée pendant ces dernières semaines :
La Fille aux Cheveux Rouges et l'Ours Polaire Bleu verront leur aventure sous la forme d'un livre !
Le scénario et le storyboard sont prêts, et c'est pour me motiver à continuer que j'ai préparé une couverture temporaire :)

The Cat #2

2007-10-30T10:53:00.000Z

She also likes to make surprises !
:p

Previously : The Cat #1

Poésie de papier

2007-10-26T14:10:00.000+01:00

"Papiroflexia" par Joaquin Baldwin,
de l'origami à la sauce espagnole.

Sleepless Nights

2007-10-23T11:03:00.000+01:00

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Angst. My favourite nightmare.

Mouse in the House

2007-10-18T13:37:00.000+01:00

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7 o'clock in the morning is too early for me to wake up.
Especially on a day I don't go to work !

I hope she has been so afraid that she will never come back !

The Cat #1

2007-10-16T13:35:00.000+01:00

My ex-roomy has adopted a female cat named Tiluna.
She is young and full of energy... at nights ;)

Tornado

2007-10-09T09:45:00.000+01:00

Surely some artwork will emerge from that scrap made after a nightmare... (actually, two nightmares).

The Librarian

2007-10-02T13:15:00.000+01:00

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Boring weather, sad hours.

Le chef

2007-09-28T14:42:00.000+01:00

Baptiste a plus d'une corde a son arc.

Il est fou, mais c'est comme ça qu'on l'aime ;)

Even more delicious

2007-09-25T11:26:00.000+01:00

La Fille - épisode 4

2007-09-22T18:04:00.000+01:00

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The Girl #4

It's the story of a girl who really enjoys receiving packages from one particular delivery boy ;)

Wacom pen tablet + Corel Painter, done in January.

Previously :

La Fille - épisode 1

La Fille - épisode 2

La Fille - épisode 3

... and fairies are beautiful.

2007-09-18T10:30:00.000+01:00

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Everybody thinks it's the most beautiful thing of Life.
But it's one of my worst nightmare.

For IFN : it's still a mystery to me.

Monsters suffer too

2007-09-11T10:36:00.000+01:00

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Pencil on paper, drawn in 3 parts, composed and enhanced in Photoshop.
Inspired from a picture made by photographer and friend Goon.

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La Fille - épisode 3

2007-08-21T10:31:00.000+01:00

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Can't get no luck ;)

Previous episodes :

La Fille - épisode 1

La Fille - épisode 2

Wash Your Brain With What You Want

2007-08-14T10:47:00.000+01:00

This piece was inspired by Daniel Evan Laukat's "Playing god".

Several screenshots of foreign tv channels are mixed with a wooden texture and several scratchy brushes.

This is complementary to my photography series called "Limpiarse el cerebro" (washing the brain), in which I focus on the human inactivity in front of any screen.

(For the non-geeks of you, the title is inspired by popular acronym WYSIWYG "What You See Is What You Get")

If you like that "chef-d'oeuvre", you can buy the t-shirt ;)

Survival Kit #2

2007-08-07T10:11:00.000+01:00

Episode #1 is here.

IFN "don't".

Welcome

2007-07-31T14:35:00.000+01:00

A new girl on the block :
i'm now a proud member of Illustration Friday Night crew !

Slightly inspired by Enjoying Boredom.

Theme : Resetting my public image.

Sounds good ?

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There is a poem within every kiss

2007-07-24T11:43:00.000+01:00

For this week's IF theme : "poem".

La Fille - épisode 2

2007-07-17T13:44:00.000+01:00

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The story of a girl, and her mother, and her father, and her brother... a desperate household :p

Singing in the rain

2007-07-13T11:39:00.000+01:00

I was waiting for a really rainy day to show this drawing but Summer is finally coming with its bright sun and blue sky !

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J'attendais un jour très pluvieux pour montrer ce dessin mais l'été est arrivé avec son joli soleil et son beau ciel !

Fiat Lux !

2007-07-12T11:11:00.000+01:00

How to be a goddess... :)

Goodbye Sweetheart

2007-07-10T11:30:00.000+01:00

On Saturday morning, there was a drawing in ANTImag #4 that I thought I could reproduce in my own way.

So here is my original sketch :

Then, the painted version in Photoshop :

On Sunday morning, I needed to do something more real.
So I headed to my brushes and started another version.

That one is the first watercolor :

And finally the second watercolor :

Don't be afraid, the Girl with Red Hair is not that sad, even if she misses her Blue Bear a lot, now that he have moved to a far away land...

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Un dessin, un coloriage numérique, deux aquarelles.

Il ne faut pas s'inquiéter pour la Fille aux Cheveux Rouges, elle n'est pas aussi triste que cela, même si son Ours Bleu lui manque beaucoup depuis qu'il a déménagé dans un pays lointain...

La Fille - épisode 1

2007-07-03T14:46:00.000+01:00

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It's the story of a girl
who feels empty...
... and useless.

So she do things (books, brushes)
still find herself empty...
... so fall in love at first sight.

Of course, it doesn't work. (broken heart)
To throw away the pain (river of tears)
she got an idea : (fiat lux)

She will express that ! (poems, paintings)
And so, she get better
until the next guy...

I was not supposed to show this to the WWW, but hey, it's all about having fun with a pen (and pain) ;)

Much ado about nothing

2007-06-29T13:25:00.000+01:00

Just a quick sketch to show you how it's like at work today...

Survival Kit

2007-06-28T13:25:00.000+01:00

What else can I do if the computer does my job ?

Also : submitted to Illustration Friday theme "camouflage".

Surprise

2007-06-26T09:20:00.000+01:00

If only we could...

Arbre de Vie

2007-06-02T20:53:00.000+01:00

Strengthening the roots, spreading the branches.

China Ink on paper.

Cartes craquantes

2007-06-01T13:25:00.000+01:00

Yesterday I received the postcards I bought at joebiscotte.com.
Of course, the artists are full of talent, but what pleased me the most are the tiny little surprises I found in the envelopes ;)
These cards will go directly on the walls of my new apartment !

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Hier j'ai reçu les cartes commandées chez joebiscotte.com.
Les artistes sont évidemment très talentueux mais ce qui m'a le plus plu ce sont les petites surprises que j'ai trouvé dans les enveloppes ;)
Ces cartes iront décorer très rapidement les murs de mon nouvel appart' !

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Update on July 10th :

Here there are !

Welcome to the Jungle

2007-05-29T14:03:00.000+01:00

You think it's an old and dirty PC tower ?

Naaah !
It's a chef-d'oeuvre ! :)

Pochoir and collage details :

Behind the scenes, it looked like that :

The animals are pochoirs inspired by my plushes : Babou the chimp, Jim the elephant (its design is from Ilona).
The glued elements are dried leaves, petals and flowers.

Funny sunday afternoon :)

Alex Noriega

2007-05-22T10:04:00.001+01:00

mountainbunny, by alex noriega.

This young guy is a spanish illustrator whose paintings are absolutely wonderful.
His simple drawing and pastel colors have been my first inspiration for my Girl with Red Hair.

His artwork can also be found on tshirts, laptops, wallets, etc...
Visit his website, blog and flickr for more marvellous paintings !

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Alex Noriega est un jeune peintre espagnol au grand talent.
Son trait simple et ses couleurs pastel ont été ma première inspiration pour ma Fille aux Cheveux Rouges.

On peut trouver son travail sur des t-shirts, des ordinateurs portables, des portefeuilles, etc...
Allez visiter son site, son blog et son compte Flickr pour découvrir plein d'autres merveilles !

Eyes

2007-05-15T18:07:00.000+01:00

I don't remember what i was thinking of when i draw the idea on a piece of paper just before falling asleep.
I think that, in addition to Mouth, I tried to express the silence that remains around a painful event.
Because some scars never heal...

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Je ne me souviens plus à quoi je pensais exactement lorsque j'ai fait l'ébauche sur papier juste avant de dormir.
J'essayais surement de trouver comment exprimer le silence qui entoure un événement douloureux.
Il y a parfois des blessures qui ne guérissent jamais...

Mouth

2007-05-08T18:48:00.000+01:00

Background : watercolor only
Face : watercolor and ink
Mouth : lipstick and staples

Everyone has a secret that he/she cannot speak about.

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Chacun de nous a un secret dont il ne peut pas parler.

Aquarelle, encre, rouge à lèvres et agrafes.

Thunder from the Sun

2007-05-01T13:25:00.000+01:00

[8 pages, 2.1 MB]

Every night, I make a lot of dreams. Well, everybody does.
But every morning, I remember them. Sometimes several, sometimes only the last one.
This time, it was really intriguing, and I knew I had the material to make it "real".
Click the blue button to get the PDF file, and tell me what you think about it.

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Chaque nuit, je fais beaucoup de rêves. Comme tout le monde.
Mais chaque matin, je me souviens de la plupart, parfois seulement du dernier.
Cette fois-ci, je savais que j'avais de quoi le "fabriquer".
Cliquer sur le bouton bleu ci-dessus pour télécharger le livre PDF (en anglais), et dites moi ce que vous en pensez.

Illustration Friday : (bi)Polar

2007-04-24T13:00:00.000+01:00

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Lots of bears, penguins, and melting ice for this week's theme, "polar".
Many thanks to the Thesaurus for giving me another angle for this creation.

Here is the encounter between two opposite characters, two style, two stories, two ages.
Anastasia and The Red Haired Girl will "grow" on their own paths. But they will stay side by side, just like sisters. Or the two faces of the same person.
This is something I wanted to achieve for a long time, and couldn't find a good way with photography...

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Datas & tools :
Drawings in Corel Painter
Photography (Belle-Ile, June 26th 2006)
Postwork on Photoshop CS2

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Pour le thème polaire de cette semaine, on verra beaucoup d'ours, de pingouins et de glace qui fond.
Une lecture du Thésaurus (en anglais) m'a permis de trouver un autre angle.

Voici la rencontre de deux personnages très différents, opposés en personnalité, en style, en vécu.
Anastasia et La Fille aux Cheveux Rouges vont "grandir" chacune de leur coté, mais resteront proches, comme deux soeurs. Ou les deux faces d'une même personne.
J'ai longtemps cherché comment exprimer cette dualité, et je n'y arrivais pas vraiment en photographie...

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Comment c'est fait :
Dessins dans Corel Painter
Photographie (Belle-Ile, 26 juin 2006)
Assemblage dans Photoshop CS2

Illustration Friday : Fortune

2007-04-18T21:53:00.000+01:00

I found my material in USA Today. There were pages full of datas about money or investments, and, between Sports and Lifestyle sections, that poor woman crying for medical help in Darfour...
Ashamed I am.

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J'ai trouvé mon contenu dans un numéro de USA Today. Il y avait des pages recouvertes de chiffres à propos d'argent et d'investissement.
Et puis, entre les sports et les loisirs, la photo de cette femme, pleurant pour une aide médicale, dans un camp du Darfour...
Comme j'ai honte !

Sacrifice

2007-04-15T18:14:00.000+01:00

"Forgive me for what I've done"

Lost hope, catastrophe, resignation.

I think I've got something... The story is emerging.
Character inspired from LuPY and scenery from BlueBlack.
(I promise next time everything will be mine).

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Datas & tools :
Drawing (pencil on sketchbook) scanned
Photography (Rome, March 05th 2006)
Postwork on Photoshop CS2 with Wacom Intuos A6 Wide

Dimitri & Anastasia

2007-04-15T00:00:00.000+01:00

Characters design are inspired by ma4u4a.
Drawings and scenery are my own interpretation.

The result is far from my first idea. It's dark and I like it like that :)
Because I can't always do childish sketches, otherwise it wouldn't express all my faces...

Weather bug #2

2007-04-13T16:46:00.000+01:00

Hotter is not always better...
I feel concerned about climate change. Because it hurts some precious creatures and destroy our environment.
So, for the sake of my dear blue polar bear, can you please turn off your computer when you don't use it ?

Ernest and Tynn

2007-04-11T19:10:00.000+01:00

Inspired from a polaroid found on Deviantart.

May Ann Licudine

2007-04-10T13:00:00.001+01:00

Black Forest Princess,
by Frecklefaced Mall on FlickR.

Another young fairy, another magical universe.
I wish I had such talent to share the stories in my head...

Go and check Mall's website, flickr, deviantart, blog.

(via StartDrawing.org)

Illustration Friday : Green

2007-04-06T20:50:00.000+01:00

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Save the Planet: Recycle !
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Sauvons la Planète : Recyclez !

Murder on the first floor

2007-04-05T13:37:00.001+01:00

Murder on the first floor
Originally uploaded by Follow the Story.

Here is the cover of my first short photo-graphic novel, "Murder on the first floor".
The pdf book is available for download on my photography site.
This project was waiting for a long time and I'm quite proud of the result !

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Voici la couverture de mon premier court roman photo-graphique, "Meurtre au premier".
Le pdf est téléchargeable sur mon site de photographies.
C'est un projet qui attendait depuis longtemps et je suis plutôt fière du résultat !

Update on May 10th :
That e-book is also freely available at lulu.com (after a quick signup/signin).
If I get good feedback, I may make it as a print !

Il est aussi téléchargeable gratuitement sur lulu.com (après inscription rapide).
Faites moi savoir si vous voulez une édition papier :)

Alberto Cerriteño

2007-04-04T12:35:00.001+01:00

Their World... Our Children,
by Alberto+Cerriteño on FlickR.

I never know where i'll end up when I wander on Drawn! .
First, an attractive image, click, his blog, click, his site, click, his flickr, click, his cpluv.

Then, digging :
His pals at Curiosity Group, with who he made "Don't Die Ding", un weird animated short.
The artists he appreciates :
www.superdd.ohweb.com.ar
www.jeffsoto.com
www.misprintedtype.com
www.smallandround.com
www.malotaprojects.com

Finally, not for kids, but lots of laughs :
www.pornstarbears.com

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C'est toujours un peu "dangereux" de trainer sur Drawn! .
Ca commence par une image qui attire l'oeil, je clique, son blog, je clique, son site, je clique, son flickr, je clique, son cpluv.

Ensuite, on creuse.
Ses potes du Curiosity Group, avec qui il a réalisé Don't Die Ding, un court hallucinant.
Les artistes qu'il apprécie :
www.superdd.ohweb.com.ar
www.jeffsoto.com
www.misprintedtype.com
www.smallandround.com
www.malotaprojects.com

Enfin, pas pour les enfants mais très marrant :
www.pornstarbears.com

Illustration Friday : I spy

2007-03-29T19:22:00.000+01:00

Before it's too late, here is my submission to this week's IF :

Everyone watching anyone watching anything.
But who really cares about him ? Who really acts ? Who really wants to ?

Once upon a time...

2007-03-29T14:53:00.000+01:00

Sometimes, I make uncommon dreams...

We were walking in a forest, and there was a lot of snow.
A giant was talking about ancient times, and respect due to all living creatures.
Then I saw a little black cat on the path, very thin and with golden eyes.
I took him in my arms, but he didn't stay quiet. He walked in front of us, just as if he was showing us the way.
We arrived at a big enlightened mansion, full of children, at diner time.
We sat with them, and nobody noticed...

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Parfois je fais des rêves singuliers...

Nous marchions dans la forêt et il y avait une épaisse couche de neige. Un géant nous parlait des temps passés, et de respect des créatures vivantes.
En arrivant dans une clairière, je vis un petit chat noir sur le chemin, tout fin avec des yeux d’or. Je le pris dans mes bras, mais il ne tenait pas en place. Il marcha devant nous, comme pour nous montrer la route.
Et nous arrivâmes devant de grandes bâtisses éclairées, emplies d’enfants bruyants à l’heure du diner. Nous nous installâmes avec eux, comme si de rien n’était…

Images hosting and sharing

2007-03-23T16:38:00.000Z

Today, I've learnt via Drawn! that Flickr is now going to officially accept illustration images, not only photography.
Due to the censor I've heard about, I had open a Woomp account. But the service is most of the time slow or unavailable.

I already have two Flickr accounts, so I'm giving a try to Photobucket. The design is awful and there are advertisements everywhere... but the great thing is that it accepts upload from a web url: I could backup all my images directly from woomp or blogger, without having to download to my computer first !

La jolie Fleur tatouée

2007-03-14T17:01:00.000Z

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A song that thrill me everytime I hear it
(Wrong line - The Green Armchair - Agoria).
Some news of someone who is far and free.
And my imagination goes well.

Mixed media :
- a pen drawing,
- some parts of a japanese calendar,
- and a postcard too.
All that was scanned, then arranged and enhanced in Photoshop.
[Paper texture from exchanged-stock]
[Textile texture from ALP-Stock]
[The piece of text is an extract of a short prose I wrote]

Um outro pastoreio

2007-03-10T13:33:00.000Z

Website : http://pastoreio.org/
Weblog : http://outropastoreio.blogspot.com/

I've just stumble accross an incredible graphic novel, "Um Outro Pastoreio".
I don't understand brazilian language but the story is about a boy who has been burried in an ant's nest.
The mix between photography, drawing and sculpture makes a wonderful universe.
And it gives me ideas... :)

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Je viens de découvrir un incroyable roman graphique, "Um Outro Pastoreio".
Je ne comprends pas le brésilien mais je sais que l'histoire, tiré d'une légende, parle d'un garçon qui a été enterré dans une fourmilière.
Les auteurs utilisent à la fois photo, dessin, sculpture et vidéo. Le mélange donne un univers assez magique.
Et cela me donne des idées... :)

[via ArtSkills]

Violence ordinaire

2007-03-08T18:33:00.000Z

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Just after watching a TV add about domestic violence.
I remembered that I have a picture similar to the one showed.

Note :
No woman were hurt during the process :)
Wounds and stitches are provided by Aniar and trisste Photoshop brushes.

Bloom and Chaos

2007-03-06T15:42:00.000Z

Gouache/tempera on paper.

Something to try, something to explore.
I was listening, in my head, to Mozart's Requiem.
The music going crescendo then exploding !

14-18

2007-03-02T18:12:00.000Z

Strong tempera on Canson paper.

The title refers to WW1, it's what a friend said when he saw that.
And I was thinking about teen age, between 14 and 18 years old, the most sensitive period of a life.

There is Hope, anger and depression. That's how I felt during my own teenage time.
Confusion with what we were told and taught, what we were seeing around us, and what we were dreaming of.

I don't claim to be a painter, I just want to express my emotions through all visual arts I can access.
I'm a photographer at first, and this is also why I take pictures of my pieces, and of what surround it when creating.

It was a real pleasure to throw drop of colors all around, more expressive to me than flat lines.
So my roomate show me a book about Jackson Pollock and abstract expressionism painters, and then I realize that maybe I could understand modern art ;)

A little gift - Un petit cadeau

2007-02-23T22:49:00.000Z

I cannot tell here why I've made this special box, so let's say it's a motivation gift for a friend I haven't seen for a long time. And let's hope it'll be effective ;)

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Je ne peux pas vraiment raconter pourquoi j'ai fabriqué cette boite donc je me contenterais de dire que c'est un cadeau de motivation pour un ami que je n'ai pas vu depuis longtemps. En espérant que ce soit efficace ;)

Concerts

2007-02-21T19:24:00.000Z

I've made up a new series of photographs about a french rock band (Les Nouveaux Héros) that I follow for 3 years now.
I've picked one, put it in black and white and designed a poster for their upcoming concerts in France.

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J'ai mis en ligne une nouvelle série de photos d'un groupe de rock français (Les Nouveaux Héros) que je suis depuis plus de 3 ans.
J'en ai transformée une en affiche noir et blanc pour leurs prochains concerts.

Woomp maintenance... or disappearance ??

2007-02-18T16:48:00.000Z

I apologize to my visitors if they don't see any image here : they are mostly hosted on Woomp but the site is off for some days now, without any explanation...
I'll try to bring them into Blogger as much as I can.

Edit on Tuesday 20th : my pictures are showing up here because the site seems to be back (yesterday we had a blank page !!). But it isn't showing anything there, and I'm still enable to log in...
Any message from their staff would be appreciated.

The Pillow Book

2007-02-14T18:14:00.000Z

Stage 1 : digital drawing with Inkscape

Stage 2: digital painting with Corel Painter

Stage 3: watercolor and China ink on paper

Inspired by a friend, and the movie.
I wish that the real painting would be more realistic... I still have a lot to learn !

Nightmares - Cauchemars

2007-02-10T16:29:00.001Z

Click image to view larger.
(alternate link : Deviantart)

Getting older is making me more and more afraid of the dark...
I'm almost 29 but in my nightmares, I'm still 5.

(I really don't like digital watercolor ! the result is absolutely emotionless, so expect to see a real painting soon).

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Alors que je vieillis, j'ai de plus en plus peur du noir...
J'ai bientôt 29 ans mais dans mes cauchemars, j'en ai toujours 5.

(Je n'aime pas du tout l'aquarelle numérique, le résultat est plat. Donc attendez-vous à voir une vraie peinture sous peu).

Today was a busy day

2007-02-09T20:39:00.000Z

Today was not a good day

2007-02-08T19:24:00.000Z

Today the Girl with Red Hair couldn't say goodbye to her dear friend.
She arrived on time at the train station but couldn't find him.
So, she will keep the gift she had for him and wait for the next time he comes to the City.

Aujourd'hui, la Fille aux Cheveux Rouges n'a pas pu dire au-revoir à son cher ami.
Elle est arrivé à l'heure à la gare mais ne l'a pas trouvé.
Elle va donc garder le cadeau qu'elle avait pour lui et attendre qu'il revienne en ville.

Today was a good day

2007-02-07T18:14:00.000Z

Today began with some snow. And I looooooove snow !
When flakes fall around me, I feel like...

After all these emotions, I needed a...

I wish the same for tomorow ;)

Illustration Friday : Sprout

2007-02-03T18:34:00.000Z

Together waiting for the spring.
Come ! Come !

Weather bug

2007-01-31T16:27:00.000Z

Character inspired by Keri Smith "bad day guy".

Tools : pen tablet + Corel Painter

Illustration Friday : Super Hero

2007-01-22T19:19:00.000Z

Today a brave man passed away.
He was probably the most charitable person in our country.
He was an ordinary hero.

(This quick drawing is my first attempt with my new Wacom tablet Intuos A6 wide).

Innocence

2007-01-19T20:52:00.000Z

There was a UNICEF/UNESCO campaign with a quote from chilean writer that touched me. As I feel concerned about all the perils that can happen to an innocent human being, I thought it would be useful to make some sort of poster.
Neglecting can occur to anyone, anywhere, anytime, in any step of the social scale. Being a parent is a responsability for life ! Of all the families I've met, man of them didn't think twice before having a baby.
It's not a toy, or a doll, or a pet, or something you can let live without you. It's an every minute work.

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J'ai aperçu un jour une campagne UNICEF ou UNESCO avec une citation d'une auteure chilienne qui m'a beaucoup marquée. Me sentant concernée par tout ce qui peut arriver à un être innocent, j'ai pensé utile de créer une sorte d'affiche.
La négligence arrive à n'importe qui, n'importe quand, n'importe où, dans n'importe quelle classe sociale. Etre parent est une responsabilité à vie. De toute les familles que j'ai pu connaitre, bien peu ont réfléchi à deux fois avant d'avoir un enfant.
Un bébé n'est pas un jouet, une poupée ou un animal de compagnie que l'on peut laisser dans un coin. C'est un effort de chaque instant.

Light on

2007-01-17T20:32:00.000Z

Here is a digital creation, inspired by "tsrmkart - pampero" by Awakeone on Deviantart.
I had just taken the picture of the lamp in a cafe, so I thought I could do a similar piece.
But it was a challenge to get the right texture, and not destroy too much of the original image (9 layers in Photoshop !).

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Voici une création numérique inspirée d'une affiche vue sur deviantart.
Je venais justement de prendre une photo de cette lampe et j'ai pensé que je pourrais reprendre le concept.
Ce ne fut pas si facile d'obtenir une bonne texture sans dénaturer complètement l'image d'origine (9 calques dans Photoshop !).

Illustration Friday : Eighties

2007-01-14T11:19:00.000Z

Born in 1978, the 80s are my childhood.
No great memories from these years and especially a very bad taste in the field of fashion.
Yes, I used to wear stuff like that, with awful shiny colors !
This drawing was made for Illustration Friday theme.

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Née en 1978, j'ai grandi dans les années 80.
Je n'en retire pas de bons souvenirs, et surtout pas en matière de mode vestimentaire où je portais ce genre de fringues aux couleurs fluo...

Souvenirs

2007-01-12T16:38:00.000Z

Pictures taken for Studio Friday weekly theme : Travels

I've traveled quite a lot this year : Rome (Italy), Kani (Maldives islands), Amsterdam (Netherlands), and in France to Caen, Lyon, Belle-Ile-en-mer, Bordeaux.
I usually bring back postcards from every place I went to, as you can see on the sides of my desk.
What you can not see are the hundreds and hundreds of pictures taken, because the photographer in me is never on holidays ;)

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J'ai beaucoup voyagé cette année : Rome (Italie), Kani (Maldives), Amsterdam (Pays-Bas), et en France à Caen, Lyon, Belle-Ile-en-mer, Bordeaux.
Je ramène toujours des cartes postales des lieux que j'ai visité et je les accroche sur les coté de mon bureau, comme vous pouvez le voir.
Ce que vous ne voyez pas, par contre, ce sont les milliers d'images que j'ai pris, car la photographe que je suis ne prend jamais de vacances ;)

Beware, Honey

2007-01-11T19:30:00.000Z

The original text can be found on my writing blog, Odysseus (in french).

The story is about a man and a woman, whose attraction is irresistible.
One day the woman learn about the true nature of her lover.
She is afraid but the danger is attractive, too...

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Le texte original peut être lu sur mon blog d'écriture, Odysseus.

Scars #1

2007-01-08T21:21:00.000Z

(click image to view larger)

Detail - making of

When I saw this piece, I was instantly inspired.
"Words that have offended me"... Quite easy to remember all the pain and hurts and feelings.
So here is a collection of what I've heard from parents, friends, teachers, lovers.
What is still a scratch on my heart.

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Quand j'ai vu cette peinture, j'ai été immédiatement inspirée.
"Les mots qui m'ont offensée"... Se rappeler la douleur et les émotions des choses blessantes qu'ont pu me dire des proches, des professeurs ou des amis est tristement facile.
Ceci est donc une collection de mes cicatrices du coeur.

Illustration Friday : Buzz

2007-01-07T15:37:00.000Z

Here is my submission to Illustration Friday "Buzz".
Many artists are drawing bees or insects, but in French (for me), buzz first refers to gossip about people, a person, a product, an event.
Not difficult to find material around me...

Contrast and colors have been exaggerated on the pictures because newspapers (and their readers!) tend to over-expose the little things of VIP's life and under-estimate their work.

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En France, pour moi, buzz réfère à 'gossip', potins, blabla autour d'un produit, d'une personne, d'une mode, d'un événement, généralement "beaucoup de bruit pour rien".
Il n'a pas été difficile de trouver quelques journaux et d'y puiser la matière...

Couleurs et contraste ont été exagérés sur les photos pour rendre compte de la manière sur-dimensionnée dont les médias traitent les choses peu importantes de la vie des stars.

Click on a thumb to view larger

Identity

2007-01-06T02:36:00.000Z

Here is my (new) signature logo, drawn with Inkscape, an Open Source vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to Illustrator or CorelDraw.

The name of this blog "Dust 'n scratches" came to me one night after long hours of brainstorming to find a word or expression that could fit for both traditional and digital arts.
Because i'm a beginner and because i don't have time and money to go back to school, I have started collages and paintings with what I can find in supermarkets or in my daily environment (my first collage is made of newspapers pieces and breakfast cereals boxes!).

I'm not a typo guru, a painting master, a drawing acrobat, or a photoshop pro.
I'm a newbie in all artistic media, except photography I practice for 3 years.
With ideas and will, I hope to be able to show great pieces.

(this post is inspired by StudioFriday weekly topic "changing names")

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Le nom de ce blog m'ait venu une nuit après des heures de réflexion sur un nom pouvant regrouper les travaux numériques et traditionnels.
Il m'a semblé évident car je commence avec ce que je trouve dan sles supermarchés ou autour de moi au quotidien (mon premier collage est fait à partir de coupures de journaux gratuits et d'une boite de céréales !)

Je ne suis pas une spécialiste en typographie, peinture, dessin ou Photoshop.
Je suis une simple débutante, hormis en photographie que je pratique depuis 3 ans.
Avec des idées et de la volonté, j'espère pouvoir montrer des oeuvres intéressantes.

Hello, World

2007-01-05T22:38:00.000Z

I'm mostly a photographer (en) but I'd like to show some other art pieces I'm working on.
So I've created this blog while I'm redesigning my main website (fr).

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Je suis principalement photographe (en) mais j'aimerais montrer d'autres types de travaux artistiques que je réalise.
C'est pourquoi j'ai créé un blog sur cette plateforme en attendant de redéfinir mon site principal (fr).