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The Chronicles of Nimo #02 - p05 (storyboard)

Lots of differences can be spotted from the final page on this one:

- First is the lonely balloon, that I finally put at the right end corner of page 4, to give all the space to the action & the art only.

- Second, the second panel was blurry in my mind & it shows here: I had a sense of the posing I wanted as he's driving Nimo inside the cell before he's getting forced against the wall. I wanted a curvy movement, and I had to go through various re...

The Chronicles of Nimo - Chapter 2 - p05

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Turn Around! (Step by step Vid)

The complete process of the panel, which was really fun to draw, although the pose is a bit extreme.

LUSTory #21 (ThrowBackThursday)

From last episode, page 5 sees him turning around in all his glory! I was very excited with the whole sequence, and it turned out the ocean was soOo long & hard to draw, ha! 

Such sequence in my comics comes here & there, probably linked to my past when I was working for animated tv...

Jean-Baptiste taking off (Step by step Vid)

The drawing video of this dancer shows how many times I had to resize the half body in order to make it fly the way I wanted inside the digital page, hehe!

Arms crossed (Anatomy of a panel #04)

Another complete tour on a panel. As before I got 2 sketches: the naked body, then the tight clothing drawn above it. You also get the (too much?) heavy work on black solids & cross hatching, comparing to the *simple* line art!

This is also a way to show you the panel in a much bigger size, not cropped & no balloons. Just the art.

The Chronicles of Nimo #02 - p04 (version noire)

The Noire version looks again pretty different from the colored full page. It's like more dramatic & intense, there!

Magnus's Dive In 2023 Calendar: February (sketch)

A work in progress sketch from the commission Magnus offered. It's gonna be an amazing project which involves several artists. I'm very honored & glad to take part in it.

Check out his patreon to discover much more, Magnus is a talented author & shares the art of many people! <3

Uncertainty. (Step by step Vid)

I really enjoy a beautiful & meaningful portrait. This one of my fav, especially of him. I went far beyond was I going with the storyboard.

A smelly TBT! (NSFW)

For this Throw Back Thursday, this is probably one of my finest illustration from 2019. I did a very simple still very delicate inking, all traditional, & the digital colors made the whole thing pop.

I like how the back seems muscular & heavy, only with the line art work. I realize if I was working that way digitally now, I would spare lots of time with the Nimo comic! XD

The Chronicles of Nimo #02 - p04 (storyboard)

Another storyboard showing some differences from the final page, panels 1 & 2 got other angles & poses. It was fun to go for a very close close-up for Nimo for the third panel, I like him there, even more at this sketch stage.

The Chronicles of Nimo - Chapter 2 - p04

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LUSTory #20 (ThrowBackThursday)

One of my top fav from the second chapter, taken from page 4, right after the previous LUSTory.

From the start I thought about having a sequence, like a sort of animation when he turns around. I really dig what I came with at the time, still do. Funny note: the ocean took HOURS to draw, a nightmare!

The Twin Butts (Step by step Vid)

Seeing double here! A simple training with ink on this illustration that turns different with few colors, heh! Love the contrast hairy / smooth.

Dynamic Nimo sketching (NSFW)

I almost forgot to show you some of the sketches I made while training for this character, drawing my ass off with no references, only to get some dynamic poses. It's a very good exercise as it requires to stop being perfectionist & very demanding with your art!

I also tried some of the new brushes for inking I offered myself. Only one of the total set passed the test & I still use it on the shadowing / cross-hatching you see me performed on the second ...

Walk this way. (Step by step Vid)

I love that the still preview on this video is the naked sketch, haha! I took lots of pleasure starting the new chapter, with the main challenge is to match the previous one, as far as I can with the colors. The character is still very sexy to me, anyway I drawn him.

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LUST comic, chapter 1 (first 5 pages public)

2022-05-01 15:51:56 +0000 UTC View Post

Undressing BoOoty! (NSFWish)

A throw back thursday showing once again how my traditional inking mixed with the digital colors. I guess you can read too how almost trembling the thin lines show.

Most visible on the original scanned drawing & inking. I drawn on such a bad art paper (you see how it's twisted, the scanner could not get the thing right). 

And then magical Photoshop & hop, perfect colors!

Wide like that! (Anatomy of a panel #03)

A very detailed introspection inside this panel, and Nimo's suit, that's why I started with the naked sketch, hehe! You witness how I redraw on the top the suit for the final scenery.

I also show you the hard work put on the shadows, using ink, setting the spaces to work on the last step: the colors.

Bonus with the original storyboard of this panel: the attitude is there but the pose did change in the meantime.

The Chronicles of Nimo #02 - p03 (version noire)

On this 1st panel, you see a test background, like an intention note to the final thing. It's again a surprise to read how the colors give the depth & space in the panels of this comic. It's a very different way to draw comics, comparing to what I went for with the LUST comic series.

LUSTory #19 (ThrowBackThursday)

Following the previous LUSTORY on the second chapter, this is panel 2 from the 3rd page. It's such a casual thing to be thirsty & to show one's drinking, but DRAWING it like this pose is a living nightmare. At the time, I knew I had to get this pose done & it was SO HARD, the perspective is terrifying. I was unsure back then & I'm still unsure now LOL

I will draw again su...

The Chronicles of Nimo #02 - p03 (storyboard)

You can spot here the changes made during production with the posing & the texts. That's the thing with lots of story: it changes a lot! I'm glad I succeeded with this page, as when I was drawing this storyboard, I felt it'd be a challenge. And yeah, it was!

The Chronicles of Nimo - Chapter 2 - p03

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Just around the corner. (Step by step Vid)

I liked this pose in the context & also out of it. I just wish I went a bit bigger for the hand, all the more it's in the foreground.

Cross my Arms, cross my Heart (NSFW)

A proud hunk for this Throw Back Thursday. Funny how I was not shy with the colors there, hehe! It matches the face, the global look a bit cartoony. 

The cross-hatching looks a bit sketchy or messy to me, I learned a lot from this point & more & more with digital tools. Here it's all traditional, scanned & the colors are digital in Photoshop.

Big Boys don't cry. (Step by step Vid)

The sensitive illustration got its complete creative process. 

Funny how the digital tools allow you to resize & correct things anytime you need! I like the last part with the big black solids as shadows + in the background, framing the whole drawing.

Jean-Baptiste taking off (NSFWish)

This is taken from a shot of the beautiful french dancer Jean-Baptiste Plumeau. It inspired me right away & as usual I added my little twist: he's like flying, not on the ground. A very lovely way to study legs, so hard to get. I also played with all his beauty spots: you know it's him!

I really like this illustration & this rendering. Still all digital, graph...

Walk the Walk (Step by step Vid)

I really wanted this wide panel to illustrate how free of his cell he is but still surrounded by cells. In my head the scenery was even wider & empty.

Hands against the wall! (Anatomy of a panel #02)

I strip down my fav panel from the second page here, way back to the storyboard panel!

As you may notice, I already reworked the colors/fx, and what's important to see as it's HD here, is the way I went for the butt: slighty readable amongst the heavy shadowing cause of the light. Shadows you see clearly right after, ink only.

Again both sketches: the original FULL NAKED, for sure, and the on the top suit I drawn afterwards. Bonus with the detailed panel ...

The Chronicles of Nimo #02 - p02 (version noire)

I wanted the first panel as a reference to the famous fight at the end of the previous comic where you get two similar panels. I didn't seek the same color effects though, as I'm still trying out things & learning where I wanna go with colors & effects, and HOW.

It's really the kind of page showing how much work is put in these colors, damn!