Purple Coat

Hey long time no see!
 I quite left this place rotting a bit ..sorry! Spent the last months working hard on different projects, and my showreel.
Time for an update with my most recent design done for a short, and some character explorations I did a month ago for a tv series. Hopefully I'll be able to show you the final designs soon enough.

Trench P, digital 2014

And completely out of my comf. zone .. mouses! ..yup .Too bad you cannot see the colored explorations and designs yet , but just some preliminary roughs that started the whole process,

First snowball of 2014

Hey everyone ! Sorry for the lack of updates, I've been pretty busy working on CG projects ( The Rabbids amusement park show not to name it ) and let the place dusty ,

So I wish to all of you a very happy new year, may it be better than the last one, filled with good health, hope, love and all those good intents that are never too much. 

And as a new year comes in, and despite the lack of snow where I'm staying right now, I got some seasonal inspiration ! Enjoy it and thanks for following my work in 2013 , hope I'll make it better this year ,

This one is a bit rough but I'm starting working on an iPad + Wacom stylus combo , and stuff like Procreate .
 I must say I'm quite impressed though it's taking me some practice to handle it as easily as my usual workflow. And add some nice challenges like the  layers limited to only 7... Helps focusing on painting rather than PS tricks !Back to practicing 

Snowball ! Digital,2014

All around me

Hipgirl , 2013. Digital

Backpack Hipster , 2013. Digital

Haaa, Hipsters. they'll never cease to amaze me . The 90's/fake punk and neon bad taste  look is back kids. Let's all put on our tie-dye sweater yeah .
Supposed "warm up" doodle, put took much more time than they should for some unplanned training purposes. Nothing original in here ...

 Anyways examples of what I could see around here. I guess I'm one of them anyway, and I'm dealing with it !

Maybe more to come, I don't have much time these days .

SurPrise!

Surprise ! Digital 2013

Just a morning warm up doodle, that turned into a quick paint. She looks like a mix of my character P. and my Sexy Jambon illustration . And made me thought of a surprise photo , hence the frame .
Doing daily doodles now, I'll update the blog each and every day !

A tribute .. The Barber

The Barber. Digital, 2013

After months of CG work, sketching and a very huge inspiration lack ( or should I say, this kind of emotionnaly-procrastinating- art block stuff ) , it seems  life events, and  especially the wonderful exhibition of Devin Crane's work at Gallery Arludik in Paris, brought back my will, inspiration . The flame is back !

So as a tribute to the wonderful fashion-meets-cartoon art of the talented Mr Crane, here is one of two pictures I've been working on, as my own take on sexy cartoon fashion-inspired artwork, and as some kind of tribute. Thanks for bringing back the passion ! 

Btw if you're in Paris, go check that exhibition before it's over . Sutnning paintings, sketches , and especially that HUGE wonderful painting of his ;

This piece just blow my mind . Litteraly. Go check it out at Gallery Arludik

http://www.arludik.com/

Free Wheel

Hey guys!

Long time no see hey! I'm quite busy with my profesionnal life working as a CG artist in Paris.

But after a long year hidden, here is our graduation movie FREEWHEEL finally fully online ( HD version still uploading though ! Will update it soon !)

Please share the world about it, spread the word, and if you want to see some of our concept art for the movie don't hesitate to visit our team member's blogs , and check this section http://florianpichon.blogspot.fr/p/visual-development.html

2013 Portfolio in progress!

Still in progress, but wanted to update it a bit, so here is the first half! ( other part coming soon, and then onto website redesign !)

Complementary

Some characters explorations I've recently made for an ongoing project . More to come soon !

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Quelques explorations graphiques autour de personnages pour un projet sur lequel je planche en ce moment. Bientôt la suite !

Party!

2nd on 12 illustrations I'm making as flyers & posters for some electronic show for a local band I know.

Soon ,  lot of sketches when I'll find a way to scan them !

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Une petite up' avec une des 12 pinups pour des flyers que je réalise en ce moment ... en attendant que je scan la masse de sketchs qui trainent et que je ferais bien de poster ici un jour prochain!

Hard Metal, Vampires & Misc.

J'ai un peu déserté le navire ce dernier mois ( pleins de rebondissements, etc etc.) mais me revoilà avec une petite fournée de croquis des semaines passées. Au programme, de tout et de rien, des métalleux plus ou moins gras , et des vampires , plus ou moins kitsch!

( Du plus récent au plus vieux ).

PS: J'ai enfin branché mon scanner. Vos yeux auront moins mal ...

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I've been away for a little while ( lots of things to deal with, events & such) but here I am again, with some new sketch pages done over a few weeks. Starting with random characters, hard rock/metal lovers and oh-so-cliché vampires! Sorted from newest to oldest.

Enjoy!

Daily G.Is !

Daily sketches- 11.01.13 #1

Daily sketches- 11.01.13  Miltary #1

Daily sketches- 12.01.13 Military  #2

Daily sketches- 13.01.13  Military #3

For now on, I'm keeping my "1 sketch a day" resolution pretty well. Here are the pages from 01/11 to 01/13 .. and they are quite full ! Not my best though , but I'm so glad to be able to get back to a healthy drawing routine! Letting the lines flow !

"Military" was a topic given on the 11th ..and went on with it until today! Not my usual topic and I'm glad Poypoy gave it to me. I'll surely give it a try more often! Military was fun to try, and that soldier girl came out from nowhere but seems to have some guts! Named her G.I. Jane !

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Pour le moment la résolution du "1 croquis par jour" tiens bien la route! Voilà donc les pages du 11 au 13 ... plutôt remplies! Loin d'être les meilleures ou des illustrations "complètes" elles ont le mérite de me ramener à un rythme de dessin qui fait du bien ! On lâche les lignes!

Le thème "militaire" m'a été lancé par Poypoy , et j'avoue avoir bien aimer tester ca. Ca me sort de mes pinups et thèmes rétro de prédilections. Je pense bien gratter encore quelques pages de soldiers un de ses 4. Surtout qu'est sorti de nul part cette nana soldat qui a l'air d'en avoir! On la surnommera du coup G.I. Jane !

Daily Rough!

Happy new Year 2013 to all of you!

In order to start this brand new year , I'll try to stick to a simple resolution : drawing a page a day and post it here with my other stuff ... My close friends, significant other and watching Wreck-it ralph and other animated movies brought me back to drawing ! At least!

Daily.08-01-2013

Sketches

Some character researches and expression sheets for P* . Taken with my crappy phone , so wait for more decent scanned artworks. Maybe colors too. I'm busy for now, but I feel the urge to draw again, a lot.

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En attendant mieux, je ne fais pas rien ! Même si je me suis éloigné de ce blog et des crayons quelques semaines ... Voilà quelques recherches de personnages et des expressions faciales de mon personnage P* .. pris avec un portable donc .. bientôt des scan en bonne et due forme !

Iron Vs Claws

Iron Vs Claws - Collab with Antoine Poyard

Life is going crazy for me. In some good and some bad ways. Anyway, put apart that emotionnal rollercoaster I'm in, I had the pleasure to finish this collaboration with Antoine Poyard !
Some of our fav' comic icons fighting hard!

At least some things goes the way I expect them to .

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La vie part un peu dans tout les sens de mon côté. D'où mon irrégularité sur ce blog. Malgré cet ascenseur émotionnel proche d'un grand 8 , j'ai eu le plaisir de terminer cette collab' avec Antoine Poyard !
Deux de nos icônes favorites de comics qui se mettent méchamment sur la gueule.

Au moins, ça , ca finit à peut près comme prévu ! 

Old Acquaintance

July , Afterwards. Digital 2012.

Just a sunday warm up, it's been a while I've not done something quick & without any pressure.

This is just an old friend of mine, July, from our thesis short  Free Wheel ( click here to see the trailer & site)

I guess that could be her after the events of the short. Somehow.

Might draw her some more, she feels so familiar to me now!

Petit échauffement du dimanche, sans trop de prise de tête. J'ai plein de projets en tête et je ne sais pas trop par ou démarrer ... Alors entre deux ébauches sur P*Up, revoilà un personnage qui m'est très familier. Une vieille connaissance même , July , de notre court métrage Free Wheel ( lien vers le site )

Voilà à quoi elle pourrait ressembler quelque temps après les évènements du film ... peut-être.

Il est probable qu'elle revienne sous le crayon de temps en temps, je commence à bien la connaitre!

Catsuit

P* - Posing sheet . Digital 2012

Until I've finished the others, here's the first .... !

En attendant le reste .... !

A Man, A Blonde and Secret Schematics.

Classical, yet still effective ! 

Wanted to try new brushes, and go for something "color script"-like but not satisfied with it yet. May add two more at the end. Later I guess!  At least limited color palette works well. Took me more time than expected, I will have to train way more! 

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Classique mais efficace !

Une occasion de tester de nouvelles brushes et d'essayer une suite d'image un peu du genre "color script", mais pas encore convaincu par le résultat. Peut-être que j'ajouterais deux images pour clôturer cette série, mais pas de suite, je bloque sur une idée ! La palette très réduite de couleurs marche plutôt bien, et c'est dejà pas mal. Même si ca m'a pris tellement plus longtemps que j’espérais. Je vais devoir m’entraîner beaucoup plus!