The Unexpected, made during lockdown, an escape from the inner maze available as crypto art on SuperRare
MindDive
Animated GIF for Pictoplasma's CharacterStareDown fun: look into her eyes, the first to look away loses the game. Good luck :p
Genesis NFT on SuperRare.
Genesis NFT on SuperRare.
"It's Ok To Just Be"
This nice commission for Wil Kristin through Dreame got me trying out a mix of vintage french sci-fi comics (namely Jean Giraud AKA Möbius) with a pleasant emphasis on the outline, and psychedelic illustrations, printed on textured paper. Enjoy!
Cette sympathique commande de Wil Kristin via Dreame m'a fait expérimenter un mélange entre le style des bandes dessinées françaises vintage (principalement Jean Giraud alias Möbius) avec une agréable mise en valeur du contour, et des illustrations plus psychdéléiques, le tout imprimé sur du papier texturé. Bon appétit !
This nice commission for Wil Kristin through Dreame got me trying out a mix of vintage french sci-fi comics (namely Jean Giraud AKA Möbius) with a pleasant emphasis on the outline, and psychedelic illustrations, printed on textured paper. Enjoy!
Cette sympathique commande de Wil Kristin via Dreame m'a fait expérimenter un mélange entre le style des bandes dessinées françaises vintage (principalement Jean Giraud alias Möbius) avec une agréable mise en valeur du contour, et des illustrations plus psychdéléiques, le tout imprimé sur du papier texturé. Bon appétit !
"I'll Be What You Want Me To Be"
A quantum mystery available as a NFT on SuperRare, featured in "Best 200 Illustrators Worldwide" by Lürzer's Archive
A quantum mystery available as a NFT on SuperRare, featured in "Best 200 Illustrators Worldwide" by Lürzer's Archive
Infinite Loop
Animated version of a Åphantasia, 50×70cm, 2018.
Åphantasia, or the mental illness that makes you unable to imagine, made after a real one, aphantasia, which is used for people who don't have a mind's eye: the most extreme cases can't form even a fuzzy, shapeless picture in their mind. This woman is harvesting mushrooms, and inhaling their extract, but to no avail, as her mind stays desperately sharp, rational, and no hallucination breaks the emptiness of her imagination.
Version animée de Åphantasia, 50×70cm, 2018.
Åphantasia, la maladie mentale qui vous rend incapable d'imaginer quoi que ce soit, d'après l'aphantasie, qui existe vraiment, et décrit les personnes qui ne peuvent pas visualiser des choses dans leur esprit : les cas les plus extrêmes ne peuvent même pas former d'image mentale, même informe et floue. Cette femme récolte des champignons et en inhale des extraits, en vain, car son cerveau reste désespérément vif et rationnel, et aucune hallucination ne vient briser le vide de son imagination.
A surreal diptych entitled "ParaShift", more about it here
Andromadelish
Tu me soûles !
Was to be published in the fantastic Black Book of Words, touring the world with bad language illustrated by natives, featuring great artists like Piet Parra, Daan Botlek or Geneviève Gauckler.In French, we have that expression, "Tu me soûles !", which is not the most rude thing to say, but sure makes you feel bad: it means something between "You make me drunk" (like, someone is so annoying (s)he makes you dizzy) and "I'm full of you" (like you have suffered that person so much you can't take it any more). The project's creator unfortunately vanished without a trace.
Was to be published in the fantastic Black Book of Words, touring the world with bad language illustrated by natives, featuring great artists like Piet Parra, Daan Botlek or Geneviève Gauckler.In French, we have that expression, "Tu me soûles !", which is not the most rude thing to say, but sure makes you feel bad: it means something between "You make me drunk" (like, someone is so annoying (s)he makes you dizzy) and "I'm full of you" (like you have suffered that person so much you can't take it any more). The project's creator unfortunately vanished without a trace.
Cette illustration devait être publiée dans le fantastique Black Book of Words, qui fait le tour du monde des gros mots et autres expressions pas très polies, choisis et illustrés par des natifs super talentueux comme Piet Parra, Daan Botlek ou Geneviève Gauckler. J'ai choisi l'expression "Tu me soûles !", qui n'est pas très vulgaire mais qui personnellement me fait plus de mal que "tu me fais chier", et qui est une "belle" image, entre l'ébriété ou juste l'overdose de ce qu'on peut tolérer de l'autre. Le créateur du projet a malheureusement disparu sans laisser de trace.
Flux
Personal take on a Three Graces triptych, inspired by the body positive / body acceptance / body diversity movement. Aglaé (left) evokes beauty in a shy yet narcissic way, Euphrosine (middle) is joy against all odds (impending death included), and Thalie (right) is the personification of abundance.
Une interprétation personnelle des Trois Grâces en triptyque, inspirée par le mouvement body positive / acceptation de la diversité des corps / acceptation de son corps. Aglaé (à gauche) évoque la beauté, sous une forme à la fois timide et narcissique, Euphrosine (milieu) est la joie, envers et contre tout - y compris sa propre mort qui se rapproche, et Thalie (à droite) symbolise l'abondance.
eBook cover design for David Michael Miller's The Becomer, featuring a man who wanted to become everyone, genetics, philosophy and nanorobots.
Illustration de couverture de l'eBook "The Becomer de David Michael Miller, à propos d'un homme qui voulait devenir tout le monde, de génétique, de philosophie et de nanorobots.
Scornifelis Bibliophilus, inspired by strange old illustrations of exotic animals or legendary beasts by artists such as Pieter van der Aa.
"You Can Only Take So Much Freedom" / "On ne peut supporter qu'un certain degré de liberté"
Title fonts: SS Adec 2.0 by Serge Shi