Much ado about nothing

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

Survival Kit

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

Also : submitted to Illustration Friday theme "camouflage".

Surprise

If only we could...

Arbre de Vie

Strengthening the roots, spreading the branches.

China Ink on paper.

Cartes craquantes

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

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

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

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

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

[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.