Category: Paris
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Adele
One of my most beloved characters, Adele came to life after my first trip to Paris in 2001. “Paris Rain” was her very first appearance in my artwork and I’ve created a detailed story for her since then. She’s a travel photographer, based in Montmatre, Paris, has many friends around the world and lives with…
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Plus France #2
Here’s another finished illustration from my Plus France, Sil Vous Plait: Ways to be More French book idea.Accordion-playing street musicians are definitely part of the fabric of Paris. I’ve heard their music playing at least once on each of my glorious trips to the City of Light. And any cliched or even sincere movie set…
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Hello, again!
Here’s an image from a booklet about Adele and Henrí that I intend on self-publishing in print and tablet forms. I’ll share more details once I am closer to being finished. If you scroll down you’ll see the first finished illustration and a sketch for another that I will begin soon. Are you on Twitter?…
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Above is a sketch I did as a tribute to the famous Brassai photo of the Montmatre steps from the early 1930s.http://www.amazon.com/Escaliers-Montmartre-Paris-Poster-Brassa%C3%AF/dp/B0000WJIPQ It is going to be a very small part of the Adele book I’m working on, and I wanted to include it since I have been an admirer of his work for a…
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Henrí in the Spotlight
One of the characters in my story and an important part of Adele’s life is her feline companion, Henrí, named for Henrí Matisse, one of my favorite artists. Henrí is rarely seen without his beret and can converse with all humans, not just Adele. On this page he is terrorizing pigeons, one of his favorite…
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A Show of Hands
In this post I have to be honest, I am not good at drawing hands. Since my college figure drawing classes, rendering that body part has always given me the most trouble. In my sketches, they end up looking like “Attack of The Claw,” sausages, (as one of my Illustration professors put it), or worse!…
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Rainy Weekend Post
I’m taking a break from the errands and cleaning doldrums on this rainy Sunday to share another page of the Adele book. Most of what I currently have is at this level of completion. I am still fine-tuning the composition and details, but I have decided that this one looks good enough to share. I…
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Adele, encore
Over the years I have been working on-and-off with an idea for a graphic novel featuring my character, Adele, from an illustration I created in 2001 inspired by my first trip to Paris, France that March. Since I lack knowledge and experience with sequential art and comics, I have also lacked confidence in how to…
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