As opposed to February, March was an eventful month for me: Art in March: A silly comic This is the result of 2 “warm-up” / creativity exercises from the storytelling masterclass.In the first one the character was “designed” collectively + randomly: one person drew the headdress, then folded the paper so that the next one […]
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The main event in my February took place at the very beginning (starting in January, strictly speaking ;)): the International Comics Festival in the small town of Angoulême! I am lucky to have friends there, so that I can both visit them and have a conveniently located accommodation – which is really hard to come by during the festival.
In theory, I’ve had a newsletter since some time in 2023, but I’ve only ever sent one out 😅. Now, after focusing on finding illustration work in the children’s publishing industry (without success yet but with some encouraging signs 😊), I’m intending to also make more art for the “general public”, so I think it makes sense to revive (or, really, start) this “Letter from the studio”!
I did the initial drawing (digitally, although it looks like colour pencil ;)) while working on my illustrated adaptation of ‘The Little Prince’. In order to advertise the upcoming book at French convention Japan Expo, I handed out this flyer at my stand (the image displays front and back side by side): I was very […]
Devising a plan for my project for Tom Froese’s ‘The Style Class’, “a short-term daily creative project, where you will create a series of 26 illustrations, based on a theme of your choice, working in a specific illustration technique”.
In fact, for this project, my focus is not so much on theme or technique as on the third parameter: the context.
Another inspiration from the world of comics, but I had to include him because of one specific point.
Studying my target market 🔎️
Back to the roots of my artistic inspiration – Part two :)
Back to the roots of my artistic inspiration! Part one :)
…and what I learned from a daily drawing prompt list, even though I only did 6 in a row and a few more that I liked 😊️