Fan art : Ghost Rider

The only thing I would say, it’s about the customized chopper.
If the rider is a version of human body reshaped into a flaming skeleton, I think the bike should be a rusty piece of steel, so I didn’t even try to customize it into a devilish bike of hell (and not because I’m a big lazy)
Maybe a blue version can work out too, but I prefer the idea that the Ghost Rider is a dark one.

iPad screen size

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Fan art : Tintin and the King Ottokar’s Sceptre

Another biker !

I was a little bit disappointed by the Spielberg flick, too much details to much Hollywood actions. The investigation starts well and concludes in a terrible buffoonery. The  CG is nice, too nice, and  really think it is not the kind of render that the Adventures of Tintin deserves. I mean the Hergé style is the famous Ligne Claire, Spielberg contradicts his masterpiece. I really think 3D is not the best solution, it’s simply a tool, nowadays 3D is imposed to the audience as a reference but when you look at the designs and concept arts it’s far better than the final 3D render. Furthermore, in term of production, 3D is the easiest solution, the render tools are already set, 2 clicks and you’ve got a sky (inflated but not so far from truth) in term of spectator, you just absorb pictures and scenes, but a 2D cartoon allows your imagination to do more than just watching. In short, 3d generates sloth.

Tintin on a bike in the King Ottokar’s Sceptre album.
My model is a René Gillet 250 A 51 (with minor modifications)

 

a better resolution here

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Fan art : Launch

I don’t know why but I like drawing bikes these days… This character is from Dragon Ball, the early volume. Launch is a funny one, doomed to change personality after sneezing.

Thanks to Akira Toriyama who has been one of my inspiration when I was younger.

The motorcycle is a product of the famous Capsule Corporation, the most important firm in Dragon Ball universe. 

Here a HD version, fit to iPad screen 

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Fan art : 300

Illustration inspired from the movie “300, Battle of Thermopylae”, a beautiful scene that amazed me.
Maybe I could add some details in the background, but I decided to respect working time I gave to myself (24hours), keep training to work faster.

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Fan art & iTunes Cover : AKIRA

Testing the last photoshop release… Here’s my favorite manga.

I’m reading again the comics, and I’ve watched the anime this afternoon…

This Otomo’s masterpiece is still one of the best even after 25 years !

Here for the iTunes cover

Here a HD version for ipad screen

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the mythical louse

Dirty dirty illustrations…

We were invited to work on a cultural show here in Tana (@ Soarano Train Station). The theme was “The comb” mainly around a collection of ethnical combs. In Madagascar each ethnic groups have different attributes to show off power, means, social position… One of these ethnic groups, named Antandroy, used to wear comb to define their social position, role in the tribe, sexual availability…

Modern art was the most current style, the invited artists were painters, sculptors, photographers, crafters… So I decided to work on fake comics covers, inspired by Hergé’s masterpiece : the Adventures of Tintin. I draw only 8/24… Not so easy to take back (pastiche) all the covers, and I had no time left too…

So my main character is a louse, his pet is a mite and the professor/captain a tick. I worked with blender for the 3D scenes, and boosted lights and different effects with photoshop. I try to create a render between photos generated by an electronic microscope and macroscopic photos (photos generated by an electronic microscope don’t show transparency neither deep of field…)

Printed on tintoretto gesso paper (A3), sticked on PVC FOAM, each illustration is numbered (1 to 5) and signed.

I extended the expo at the Outcool Pub in Tana

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