Poi

I have always wanted to draw a flipbook one day, and when my friend Magali performed fire Poi in Seal Rocks, I thought it would be a nice idea to create a meaningful one. Looking at the collage now make me think of an Asian signs alphabet, full of life, which would Magali's secret writing.

Lady Lady Lay

Sessions of 10 to 20 s life drawing to get back to pencils !

Link

I'll keep looking for the link between music and drawing, and I wish I could only draw music I listen to one day, not only the musicians...

New Born

After settling at the other side of the world, trying to get a connection and fighting for my blog (well keep the drawings with your comments really), everything should be back to normal. I've been working a lot on a new animated feature lately, in pre-production and recently animating. Which explains the rarity of posts... maybe I could add that it's hard to post the random sketches here, but I'll work on that !

The Tale of Despereaux

The Animation of "the Tale of Despereaux" draws to its end, I'm broading my horizons, and it is as an artist, then animator, that I'm going to make my debut at Animal Logic in Sydney. I'm leaving in a few days, and since my things arrive by ship within 2 months, I'll try to post new stuff at that time ! So here's a sneak preview of the job made by Framestore's artists:

http://www.thetaleofdespereauxmovie.com/

Rhapsody in Blue

Yesterday I stumbled upon my concerts sketchbooks and monotypes I had done from it. I had never shown them before, but that's actually what I draw most of the time, between the many festivals I have attended in England and France, or various gigs which fill up my shelves.

Air d'Automne

Today I'm sick and outside all is grey, Fall has taken its place. It's the occasion for posting this old sketch I painted as coming in Gobelins School (4 years yet...), and while watching Terminator for the anecdote...

Exit School (For a Film)

Finally ! The film of which I talk so much about, and that I co-directed last year at Gobelins, is now out on our website, through the link below. As for the photos, it is a quick view of the long work done on the direction, which allowed much more chasse-croise at the begining.

http://www.blindspotthemovie.com/

Kankudai

Karate rue de la Tour d'Auvergne, where some friends of mine train and form their mind !

Interlude...

I've just arrived in London, and as for all new moving in, it will take some time before to find my marks. I'll be back to post new (and I hope plenty of) drawings very soon ! Until then, I'm going to work at Framestore as a Character Animator on their new animated feature film, "The Tale of Despereaux". So, be patient...

Le Cheval Venu de la Mer

Animation piece of a horse's walking, made in water-colour...

Venezia

Venice by night, in the rain, and Pierrot reviving its lights... It's the start point of this short 2D special effects film directed by 3, whose color researches and final background are here.

Ballet de Loutres

Otter's chasing, walrus' swimming, lizard's running, frog arching its back, and turtle posing, here are some studies of little animals I'm fond of at the zoo.

Nude

Life drawings which are 2 years old now, made during my stay in the Bristol School of Animation, in Aardman Studios' sketches sessions.

Sur les Toits...

Here it is, I leave Paris in 15 days, and I will keep some nostalgia, despite the hard years of study... The work I had done for the Canal J channel represent it, in form as much as in its heart. It was a one-minute short film, that as to be directed alone in 1 month, based on the theme "children's new heroes", named "l'Accrocheur d'Etoiles" (literally the Star Hanger).

Horizon

Here are the sketches I realised a while ago before School, which give their name to this blog: papers cuts.

Yvette

An image taken from my 3rd year film, "Blind Spot", co-directed with 5 classmates for 6 months. It introduces the main character, Yvette (whom I animated in this shot). The film won't be shown before several months, in order to not discredit it for festivals selections. So I'll post only few images, to keep what happen secret... (and let you dying for watching it !)

Dance of the Knights

Blind Spot

Some personal sketches, made during the pre-production of my 3rd-year of studies 3D short, "Blind Spot" (co-directed at 5), which will be showing soon.

Demoiselle & Acrobate

Some personal development, in the perspective of a short comic book for Delcourt's publishing company, having "The City of Lost Children" in mind...