Echoes of a Sunday artist

A new comic page for a New Year!

Posted on January 17, 2013 | 1 comment

To everyone, I wish a happy and creative New Year!

This is page 32 of my current graphic novel project, Wind Mistress, the story aof a young girl in the super-gardener’s civilisation, set in the Chaaas Universe. Worked by ink and pencil, grey tones added with the help of my trusty Intuos graphic tablet in the GIMP 2.6. I had to cut a lot of my contour lines while editing the panels, as the finished page breathes more easily.

Last year has been filled with projects, as I published three science-fiction novels at three different publishing houses! Le Projet Ithuriel, the last book of La quête de Chaaas, and Mica, fille de Transyl. So my current Webcomic, Otaku Ladies, (a trio of young women computer geeks) had slowed down!

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Tagged Adalou, art, Chaaas universe, Comics, graphic novel, Intuos graphic tablet, Wind Mistress, YA science-fiction

Sense of wonder (2)

Posted on October 14, 2012 | 1 comment

A cool SF novel cover by Jean-Pierre Normand

I use this picture for my introduction to SF workshop. This SF novel, Winds of Tammerlan, did fare well in 2009!

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Sense of Wonder

Sense of Wonder – portrait of me discovering SF at 12, in my father’s library

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Posted on September 6, 2012 in Society

Venus transit on a pizza box

Posted on June 8, 2012 | Leave a comment

This June 5th, I managed to show the Venus transit to our eager cubs. This safe projection from the telescope shows Venus and even some sunspots (very small). Note the orientation at right angle, facilitating the observation.

Lugging a scope in a park on Venus transit evening make you very popular among passer-by!

(Closer view; those pics were taken by a friend)

But the real magic moments were when birds (or planes!) crossed the enlarged sun projection.

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Do your plants drink coffee?

Posted on May 30, 2012 | 1 comment

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Tagged coffee, coffee grounds, composting, gardening

Friendly advice on the Clarion blog

Posted on May 11, 2012 | 1 comment

The Clarion foundation helps budding writers of genre (SF, fantasy, fantastique, horror) to develop and mature their style. I had the joy of being invited by Lynda Williams (the author of the Okal Rel saga) to write a few posts from my own perspective of a SF writer with comic artist.

So my first post was about extending our writing roots to achieve a deeper connection with the reader. The illustrations are my own.

The last one is an account of my big, fat, first novel and its endless incarnations!

I am working on four more writing posts. Coming soon: The secret well of ideas, a another take at the well-known fan question: where do you get your ideas?

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Silent meeting

Posted on March 27, 2012 | Leave a comment

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The joys of jogging… in winter

Posted on February 18, 2012 | Leave a comment

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Aquatic Meeting

Posted on February 9, 2012 | Leave a comment

This is a sketch that I did yesterday evening. It is a glimpse of my upcoming SF comic Wind Mistress, featuring a young girl named Adalou. The result may look a bit pale and dreamy, but I boosted the colors after scanning the original drawing !

Drawing a ponderous aquatic creature was a challenge. The oriented light rays help giving the image its depth and placing the volumes.