Let's finish with Walking Dead....

I've had to do 50 cards for the second set of Walking Dead The Comic Book Sketchcards. It was a bit too much and I almost ran out of inspiration since it was specified that I shoud draw only 20% of zombi cards. So I've drawn some with the regular characters too.

1: Thomas, 2 : Zombi, 3: Axel, 4: Lorie, 5: Zombi, 6: Zombis, 7: Dale, 8: Carl, 9: Allen.

1,2: Michonne, 3: Tyreese and Julia, 4: Eugene, 5: Andrea, 6: The Governor, 7: Rick, 8: Zombi, 9: Billy.

1: Sophia, 2: Abraham, 3: Zombi, 4: Doctor Stevens, 5: Paul "Jesus" Monroe, 6: Negan, 7: Carol, 8: Regina, 9: Douglas.

1: Morgan w/ son, 2: Negan's Goon, 3: Zombi, 4: Maggie, 5: Tyreese, 6: Holly, 7: Glenn, 8: Rosita, 9: Eugene.

1: Heath, 2: Zombi, 3: Dale and Andrea, 4: Josie, 5: Father Gabriel, 6: Aaron, 7: Herschell, 8: Zombi, 9: Julie.

1: Heath, 2: Doctor Denise Cloyd, 3: Gregory, 4: Rick, 5: Zombi.

Bonus: 2 Artist Proof Sketchcards, Carl and Glenn. 3 remains, folks!

Walking Dead Magazine Interview

Here is a little interview I've done for the french edition of the Walking Dead Magazine. Thanks to Xavier Fournier and Thierry Mornet for their time and kindness.

You can find this interview in the issue number 2 of April 2013:

The Walking Dead Sketchcards.

Here is the complete set (minus the 5 Artist Proofs) that I've provided for the Walking Dead Comic Book sketchcards. I was planning to do only 20 cards, but I went so fast and Cryptozoic was so happy with the result that they've ask me for 20 more. Well, I couldn't resist.
Voici le set complet de (moins les 5 Artist Proofs) de cartes que j'ai produit pour les sketchcards Walking Dead Comic Book. Je comptais n'en faire que 20, mais j'ai été tellement rapide et Cryptozoic était tellement content du résultat qu'ils m'en ont demandé 20 autres. J'ai pas pu dire non....

Since, I've participated on the second set, soon to be seen on this blog.
Depuis, Cryptozoic a produit un second set auquel j'ai participé. Bientôt sur ce blog :).

Sketchbooks

My all new sketchbook, Fun With Markers! Contact me if you would like to buy one.
Mon tout nouveau sketchbook, Fun With Markers! Contactez moi si vous souhaiter en faire l'acquisition.

And still available, Sketchcards Artist (A Collection Of Sketchcards), 28 color pages.
Toujours disponible, Sketchcards Artist, 28 pages couleurs.

All Your Base Are Belong To Us, my second sketchbook, Black and White.
All Your Base Are Belong To Us, mon deuxième sketchbook, Noir et Blanc.

And last, my first sketchbook: 2006. Soon out of print!
Et enfin, mon premier sketchbook: 2006. Presque épuisé!

 

Golden Age Heroes and Villains Sketchcards

Breygent Entertainment contacted me a few week after I've produced the Iron Man 2  set. I had to draw characters that were in the public domain. I've used Pantone markers that time to give a different feel with the colors.

 

Iron Man Sketchcards

 The 9 first Iron Man 2 sketchcards for Upperdeck / Marvel. I did have a lot of fun on this assignement. So we have: 1-2: Iron Man, 3: Madame Mask, 4-5 Iron Man, 6: Iron Man Mark 1, 7: Iron Monger, 8: Black Widow, 9: Nick Fury.

  I've done 50 overall. 1: Man Bull, 2:Dum-Dum Dugan, 3: Black Widow, 4: Mandarin, 5 Jack Of Heart, 6: Modok, 7-8: Iron Man, 9: Blizzard.

1: Iron Man Mark1, 2: Black Widow, 3-4: Iron Man / Blueprint, 5 Iorn Man, 6: Jack Of Heart, 7: Iron Man, 8-9: Iron Man / Hulk.

The 5 rejected Iron Man 2 sketchcards: 1:Tony Stark screen design, 2: Happy Hogan, 3: Pepper Potts, 4: Tony Stark as Iron Man, 5: Tony Stark.

Batman The Legend

Batman The Legend, sketchcards for Cryptozoic Entertainment. Pitt Pens and Néo Piko markers.

1: Catwoman, 2: Batgirl, 3-4: Ra's Al Ghul, 5: Poison Ivy, 6: Talia, 7: Mr Freeze, 8: Solomon Grundy, 9: Huntress.

1: Batman, 2: Harley Quinn, 3: Alfred Pennyworth, 4: Commissionner Gordon, 5: Clayface, 6: Killer Croc, 7: Katanna, 8: Maxie Zeus, 9: The Penguin.

Two-Face, 2: Man-Bat, 3: Mad Hatter, 4: Batman, 5: Batgirl, 6: Batwoman, 7: Robin, 8: Hugo Strange, 9: Hush.

1: Catwoman, 2: Solomon Grundy, 3: Talia.

I've made a set of 12 postcards from those drawings for sell. Contact me if you'd like to buy some (unity or set).

 

A Walking Dead Sketchcard, Step-by-step.

Cryptozoic Entertainement contacted me to do a set of sketchcards for The Walking Dead, based on the comic book (not the series). Joy oh joy, I love zombis and I love The Walking dead. As usual, I've decided of a pattern which would be the same for every cards, creating my own identity for them. Here it would be dark and red, something very primal, very "punk".

First, the pencil. Since it's a zombi, I let things go loose, I don't do that much constructions. I establish lights from behind him, hiding a lot of the face in shadow.

Then inking with the pitt pens. Same here, for a zombi I go very fast, allowing me to not follow the pencils. Since there's difformity in death, it doesn't bother me.

There we are... Some parts became automatism: thick eyelids (à la Jack Davis), cheekbones, torn ears, bone structures on the cranium....

 Erase and fill the black areas.

I add ghastly background with a dry brush.

Pantone red. Mix of 2 reds actually. I would have like to stop at this stage.

Then the Copic markers do their magic. Usually for a skin tone, I don't use above a grey W5 (even for black people). I really push the dark tones on the face for zombis, around the eyes in particular

And voilà!

Avengers Mugshots

On my first run on sketchcards, Iron Man 2, I've decided to draw a series of black and white portraits of the Avengers to gain some time. It was then that I've begun to feel at ease with markers.

Since then I've mostly done close-up of characters for sketchcards, a good way to draw different facial expressions.