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PREVIEW // Harley Quinn Step-by-Step

Welcome back my dear Patrons, and welcome to passer-byes :)

OK "Birds of Prey" will not enter in my "favourite movie" list, but I had fun with it, and I really love this new Tank Girl inspired Harley Quinn!!! ... and my daughter said it's "the best movire of her life" XD so here goes Miss Harley!

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VIDEO // Will Fantasy Repost

Yo! I've seen the video I previously posted was in sh#!&&y quality   XD

I suppose the software I used for speeding it up ruined it and I didn't notice. Sorry about that! So I repost it in HR. It's not speeded up so it may result a bit long, but you'll be able to see the details.

I got more things ready for this week end and next week :) Did you see Birds of Prey in...

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BACKGROUND // Ekhö t10

Hello there! Someone asked for some background tips :) so here I go showing you the construction of a background for a comic panel from EKHÖ volume 10 (the book I am currently working on).

I took pictures of every step.

We are in China, on a boat on Huangpu River. I started looking for references. I received some f...

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VIDEO // Will Fantasy Coloring

Hello, here I am as promised :) I did a screen video of the coloring of this Will image. It's speeded up x3 so it doesn't last too long.

Note that I use a "vintage" photoshop, but I think  you'll be able to find the same layers on a more recent version.

YES I should absolutely pass to the last version XD but I'm so used to this! And my computer is so old I don't think it could ...

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PREVIEW // Fantasy Will - Back to Meridian

Yo my fantastic Patrons. Our little community gets bigger everyday :) thank you all a lot!

I want to share with you this sort of Fanart thing I'm into now: I fantasize about a new W.I.T.C.H. season where our heroines are lost in a fantasy world. I hope I'll have the time (!!!) to do more of this! Here is Will in her new custom semi-armour outfit. Where is she going, what is she looking fo...

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SPECIAL PREVIEW // Ekhö volume 10

Hello everybody! I'm here to tell you that I am really enjoying this sharing experience. I really appreciate your support and the love you bring to my work. This is why I want to share with you something special: 

my last EKHÖ Mirror World book , volume 9 of the saga, is in stores, and I'm already working on volume 10, who's schedul...

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VIDEO // Fourmille sketch

Hello my fantastic Patrons. THANK you so much for being here, I'm really enjoying this sharing! I am currently testing some video editing apps for I'd like to upload more videos. This is a test with some music :) You may already have seen this video on my IG story, here is the full version. I was thinking about speeding it up, but at the end I dropped the idea....

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BEHIND THE SCENES // from Storyboard to final work

YO my fantastic patrons! Today I want to share with ou something special: a behind-the-scenes look of my new book,"Les Soeurs Grémillet", coming out next month! I wante to show you my storyboard work! Storyboard is a magic moment, it's where the story really starts taking shape: you can see the characters moving View Post

PREVIEW // storyboard

Hello, I'll soon talk to you about storyboarding. Storyboard is the common element in comics, animation, videogames, cinema, advertising ... one of the funniest , alive parts of this work that consist in giving life to images, characters, ideas. Do you want to see how I storyboarded the first pages of my new book?

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STEP BY STEP // Angel Cow Girl Pin-up

Hellooo you my fantastic Patrons! Here I show you the process for creating this pin-up. As you can see, my process is the basic cartoon-style one: simplified anatomy with a strong line of action! I finished it with watercolors and a little photoshop. Hop! The secret is in the shoulder pose :)

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POST PREVIEW // step by step

Yo! You want to know how I created this images? I'll post a "patron only" step-by-step to show you my simplified-anatomy process. Hasta pronto!

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TIMELAPSE VIDEO // watercolor process

Yo again! Here the watercoloring process for the previous image, the Fourmille pin-up illustration. I use Schmincke watercolors. For simple images like this I use a Sakura reservoir brush (the water is inside the brush). The paper is watercolor paper  350g.

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TIMELAPSE VIDEO // Drawing and inking Fourmille

Yo. Here a little Timelapse video where I show you how I create a simple illustration. Here you can see body construction and inking. I'll upload watercolor process in the next video. It's the firs time I upload a video so I cross my fingers I am doing everything right :)

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STEP BY STEP // "Les Soeurs Grémillet" promotional illustration

Hello everyone. Here it is, I've been working on it the last 2 days. This illustration will be printed on 100cm high cardboard and will decorate the bookstores in France and Belgium next March. I'm sooo happy about it :)

SO: the publisher sent me back an old sketch of mine as a reference (the pink one). As you can see, the characters have slightly changed...

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PREVIEW // Grémillet promotional illustration

Hey I've been doing a promotional image for my new book, coming out in March (Argh!! Stress!!!). Here is a detail. I put the process on the patrons-only post. Hasta ahora!

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PREVIEW // Grémillets promo PLV

Yo! I'm working on a promotional image for my new book "Les Soeurs Grémillet" . I'll soon post the step by step process from choosing the correct image to final file. 

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STEP BY STEP // Taranee Body Perspective

Hello, here's a step by step process the Taranee image I did for my W.I.T.C.H.tober!

As usual I start by placing the head in the correct perspective I have in mind. I looked for the pose with tiny sketches on my sketchbook, so I know where I am going.

I trace some perspective lines for the body. I want to see her from above, for mak...

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STEP BY STEP // Flight

I did this Hay Lin image for my last W.I.T.C.H.tober.  Hay Lin is one of my favourite characters ever, her element is AIR. I wanted to draw her flying in a funny still elegant way, like she's half-controlling her flight but having fun at the same time! 

I started looking for the pose, through little sketches on my sketchbook. I underlined the View Post

STEP BY STEP // welcome!

Hello Everybody! Here's a Step by Step procss for my "Welcome!" illustration! I created this new character as your hostess. You can see in the detail every step: from the notes I took on one of my many notebooks (hey, who's the girl on the right? :) , to the construction of the head and body, the inking and the watercoloring. I like to leave the yellow construction visible, it warmes up all the...

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