Happy New year !

Wilma Flintstone fan art

Wilma Flintstone fan art
Very quick stupid picture :p
Done with PS.

らんま½/Ranma one-half fan art

I just tried to put quick volumes on an anime character.
I worked with more soft lights than usual.
Done with PS.

Ranma was created by Rumiko Takahashi.

"Corpus Delicti" is available today :)

My first artbook is available right now !
Thanks to my wife, Dean Yeagle, Maëster, Jean Mulatier, Hajime Sorayama, Shane Glines, Fuchsia Gibson, all my models, all my "gang" and all the CFSL Ink's team :)
In french AND in english :)

Link : http://www.cfsl-ink.com/en/catalog/Serge-Birault---Corpus-Delicti

U.K : http://www.amazon.co.uk/Corpus-delicti-Serge-Birault/dp/2359470477/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1352805100&sr=8-1
Canada : http://www.amazon.ca/CORPUS-DELICTI-Serge-Birault/dp/2359470477/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1352805153&sr=8-1
Germany : http://www.amazon.de/Corpus-delicti-Serge-Birault/dp/2359470477/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1352805199&sr=8-1
France : http://www.amazon.fr/Corpus-delicti-Serge-Birault/dp/2359470477/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1352805311&sr=8-1
U.S.A : http://www.amazon.com/Corpus-Delicti-Serge-Birault/dp/2359470477/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1352802925&sr=8-1&keywords=corpus+delicti+birault

Alexandra Potter and tentacle

Here's a picture of the lovely Alexandra Potter (the great specialist of ballet shoes).

http://www.ballet-heels.com/

https://www.facebook.com/PotterAlexandra

I've been very influenced by :

- George Petty : For the cartoon shapes and the pose.

- Hubert de Lartigue (http://www.hubertdelartigue.com/) : For the tones and the soft light.

The "I-tentacle" was very boring to do ...

Done with PS.

Exhibition poster, Les Furieux

Poster for my exhibition at "Les Furieux" (Paris).

November, 6th to December, 2th.

Vernissage : November, 8th.

Model : My lovely Fuchsia Gibson (http://fuchsiag.deviantart.com/), once again.

I had to work very fast (about 8 hrs), Chloé did all the composition/fonts.

The character, Cheree Furiosa, was originaly created by Jean-Sébastien Rossbach (http://livingrope.free.fr/).

For those who want to have my artbook before November 15, I'm gonna have some with me for the preview (November 8).

http://www.lesfurieux.fr/

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Les-Furieux-Espace-Culturel-Populaire/208210372552987

Morticia

Here's my picture for Halloween. As I'm going to be very busy the next weeks, I post it now :)

Carolyn Jones as Morticia Addams, of course ...

Done with PS.

Suzanne

A quick (well, quick for me, about 8 hrs) picture I have to do for my future artbook.

I don't have a specific model for this one, I did a "mix" beetween 3 lovely ladies :

- Scarlett River :  http://www.modelmayhem.com/1414056 

- Dayna Delux :  http://www.daynadelux.com/

- Tanit Isis :  http://tanit-isis.deviantart.com/

I think I will try to do a more cartoon version of Suzanne soon ...

Print soon available here :  http://www.inprnt.com/gallery/serge_birault/

Done with PS

Ana and tentacles

Picture I made during my masterclass at Odd School (Lisbon). Just to show how I do cartoon face, skin tones, transparency and this kind of stuf ....
Thanks to Ana, she was a very patient model.
http://www.odd-school.com/pt

Lisbon Masterclass next week

Odd school opened a second class, it will probably be my last european masterclass for this year :)
http://www.odd-school.com/pt/news-events/odd-school-organiza-masterclass-de-digital-paiting-com-o-especialista-serge-birault

FB 3D contest results

I organized a small 3D contest on my FB page. I did a 2D concept and the competitors had to do a 3D version based on it :)
You can see :
- the concept here : http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=411955268839097&set=a.217400374961255.60775.217144088320217&type=1&theater
- the WIPs folder here : http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.411981895503101.101191.217144088320217&type=3
- the final entries folder here : http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.417820311585926.102149.217144088320217&type=3

Here's the results:

- Winner : Kris Costa a.k.a Antropus (http://www.antropus.com/artblog/)
  Picture : http://cghub.com/images/view/252301/
             : http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=440250442676246&set=a.440250339342923.106276.217144088320217&type=3&theater

- 2 "honorable" mentions:

   - Yinxuan LI Dezarmenien (http://www.tyanim.com/)
      Picture : http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=432637526770871&set=a.417820311585926.102149.217144088320217&type=3&theater
                  : http://cghub.com/images/view/247381/

   - Dmitry Cheremisin (http://vk.com/id11641233)
      Picture : http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=439179909449966&set=a.417820311585926.102149.217144088320217&type=3&theater
                 : http://cghub.com/images/view/255085/

Thanks to the members of the jury : Andrew Hickinbottom, José Alves da Silva and Loïc Zimmermann.  

Interview with Ian mcQue

I did a little interview of Ian mcQue for Muddy Colors here :
http://muddycolors.blogspot.fr/2012/07/interview-with-ian-mcque.html

For "All you need is gl<3ves" :)
https://www.facebook.com/pages/All-you-need-is-G-L-3-V-E-S/129271863759498
http://www.allyouneedisgloves.com/

"The daisy", step 2

"The daisy", step 2  on Muddy Colors:
http://muddycolors.blogspot.fr/2012/06/daisy-step-2-painting.html

"Bad Jellyfish" print

The print of "bad jellyfish" is available here :
http://www.inprnt.com/gallery/serge_birault/bad_jellyfish/

The daisy

The daisy
One of my first coloring test with grayscale :)
Here's the process for the sketch:
http://muddycolors.blogspot.fr/2012/06/daisy-first-step-sketch.html
I will post the process of the painting soon, on Muddy Colors too.
Done with Photoshop.

The daisy, digital sketching

Here's the article on Muddy Colors about the sketch :
http://muddycolors.blogspot.fr/

Bad jellyfish

Well, it's time for me to start painting jellyfish ... Here's the first one :)
Done with Photoshop.