| Copy and Paste ... Paint |

Copy and paint after the biggest masters to learn from them --- so did I, using one simple character of one of Gipi's covers (Appunti per una storia di guerra).

| How to develop an idea |

So this is the way my brain "works"... better to be said: somehow flows, when in need of an idea for my niece's birthday card.

I have no clue, why I took the long way from my basic face, passing by a tower in the clouds, remembering a 18 year old picture of an lighthouse to say hello to a fish and then a birthday parcel as bait ... anyone in for a guess?

Rewards needed? A slightly coloured and signed print of this fishbowl ;)

Carnets de Voyage / Streaming

I just found out about this wonderful series on Arte (Franco-German-TV-Station). They are broadcasting nine 26 min long documentations on six (!!!) international illustrators who travel the world and draw and paint in their Carnets de Voyage / Travel Sketchbooks.

They follow the illustrators on their tours through Armenia, Namibia, Cap Verde and so on ... you see there sketchbooks .... and you see the sites they are on .... you see drawings faded into reality and back ... and moreover you see the people behind it ... the people they encounter!

Times to see: Another six days at 5:35 pm EST. If you are not wake: You can recapture all episodes here in French or here in German. If the links are broken just click on http://plus7.arte.tv and search for either "Carnets de yoyage" or "Reiseskizzen".

Enjoy!

Facing

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This is what happens, if you get some new pens from Japan. Thank you Marty-San!

Daniel Egnéus

(c) by Daniel Egnéus

.. how could I forget to post a link to one of my most favorite illustrators. See him on his site here and in an (Italian) video here.

Enjoy!

Warm and Cold

It's been a wonderful warm and mild summerly since. So I picked up one of my newly comic books, which I was given as a present: Jiro Taniguchi's "Wanderer im Eis" (2004/11 - Toudo no Tabibito - The Ice Wanderer). Mainly winter settings of stories about men who live in, struggle with, learn from and cherish their surrounding pristine nature.

Well, as creativity and art lives from contrasts, this seems to be a good contrast to wonderful May, 2008 ;-)

For more information (language: German) see this Video made by the comic-affine cultural French-German TV-station "arte" here legally.

Early Art Influences

You may call me a fool, but this is one of my favorite early days inspirations I saw twice a year, due to the fact there'd be two fun-fairs per year in my hometown (spring and fall/autumn)! They didn't change anything. This one is actually the brand new one!

Timeless!
Priceless!

Done by the only graphic designer in town.

Early Monopolists.

Isn't it cool?

New // Gipi // Pirati

(c) Gipi

Long awaited and here are some of Gipi's latest pictures in a preview! Click on image to see some more and after two days allready about thirty-something comments ... enjoy.
Despiring as Enrico would say. ;-)

Rooms with Views

click on picture to enlarge invitation (c) by Anne

And for all of you, who still don't know, where to go next weekend. This is the place to be: The latest exhibition of modern Design in Photography and Graphic Design in Dortmund - at the University of Applied Sciences. Grand Opening on FRI, 07-07-13 at 12:00 p.m..

Three days from noon to seven at night to be seen here at Max Ophüls Platz 2, Dortmund.

... starring Anne and Anne!

18metzger // 18butchers

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I yet don't know, how Olav Korth (Cologne) came up with his site's name. I only know, his comic-panels and ideas are always worth coming by once in while! He also is one of the contributors to Mamba.

Strange Things // Seltsame Dinge

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"Seltsame Dinge" - meaning "strange things" - the boy was inspired by Alex Noriega (as written on the page above). After I got back to his page again, I went on drawing.
Funny enough my Mom called that night, some weeks ago, and told me strange things ... after I had drawn this page

Anne on Display

After "Das Leben der Anderen" now "Das Leben der Dinge" - an exhibition where some of Anne's Photos are on display, too. To put it in other words : It's her first group exhibition. Tadaaah!

Grand opening on Friday, 27.04.2007 from 7 p.m.
Museum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte
Hansastr. 3
44137 Dortmund
Germany

Inspiring Easter

Tons of sketches, inspired by the fruitful Easter bunny and driven by some niece's picture- wishes I am about to share some with you.Bought two new colours so I am able to paint as pink and purple water as Enrico does in his ongoing Venice Chronicles.

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... and still more bunnies who couldn't be held next to the scanner, hidden in my books.

Have a break, have some fun ...

... and this it what happens ;-)


I got my name in lights with notcelebrity.co.uk

Un jour, un dessin ...

.. that's what I am about to get close to. Next step would be to do an even harder thing for me: A scan per day ;-)

As I am still training on both of it, I have to share this wonderful watercolour-blog with you.

copyright by BENJAMIN GABOURY

Rataouille

just a test to see if this really works out fine ... and by the way I like the teaser and the Japanese trailer which might be the "real" trailer, too?

And the Oscar goes to ...

(c) Geschmeido

... this wonderful German band I found: "Geschmeido". Just go there and click on some even free tracks to get into them and buy their new album at any personal retailer.

That picture, shown above reminds me of this years Oscar-winning movie "Das Leben der anderen" (Life of the Others) - though Geschmeido's b/w-photo has been taken a lot earlier.

(c) Das Leben der Anderen