Mascotte for the roller derby team of my town.
Picture done for a poker website (http://www.pokerreplay.com/). I tried to emalute the "Playboy" photos light. It was a harsh job because the picture is very, very big and there a lot of details. The bills were a real nightmares ^^'
A gift for my english chum Andrew Hickinbottom. It seems he likes Soari Hara :p Not a very creative work, I've got a very good ref. I just wanted to try a more realistic rendering than usual.
A fan art of one of my favorite character ... :) My first idea was to make a picture of Lynda Carter but my wife was not agree ... So once again, Chloé was my model ^^ I like the idea of a "tesla lasso" even if it would be totally useless ...
Another picture for Halloween :) I think I will do more cartoon characters like this one, it's very funny to do ... And yes, it's a tomato not a pumpkin ... I've got an excuse, I'm french :p Done with Photoshop.
Picture for the website we done, Chloé and me: www.vandecramps.com We will create a lot of stuff like posters and tshirts :) The site will be updated soon ...
I was in London last week and I saw a lot of Thomas Lawrence's paintings in the National Portrait gallery.
A fast done picture of a RPG character. Very, VERY inspired by Norman Rockwell's style and tones.
A bit of Elvgren, a bit of Petty, a bit of Aly Fell, a bit of Sorayama and a big double bass :)
I saw too much paintings of Rembrandt and Aly fell ... ^^ I tried to do not use too much airbrush this time :) Hope you'll like it ;)
My second "big" picture of Maria "Fuchsia" Gibson. I began this one a loooong time ago and it wasn't easy. You can find some steps
Cover for the zombie issue of ImagineFX.A big reference to the "Dawn of the dead" and all the zombie clichés
Happy birthday Perla
About 10 hrs T____T Sorry, I crashed my save for the step of the figure of Lemmy :/ Thx to all the people who gave me advices and thx to Chloé for her help for the logo :)
Portrait/caricature of Rosie Lugosi . I'm very honoured to have been commissioned to do this picture. Thx Madame
Well, I've got a lot of demands for a hair and skin making-of ... that's my reply :) You can see the steps here.
An oldie ... More an exercise than a finished work ...
I saw the amazing caricature of Sarah Palin done by Mark Sinclair few hours ago. I'm not very good with caricature but I wanted to try some new tricks with Painter and Alanis Morissette is not a very hard subject :)
Well, ... I know ... It's a very "kitsch" picture ^^ It's a caricature of the lovely actress Zhang Ziyi, done with Photoshop.
I'm no longer under contract so I will have to buy my own software. This is a test for Photoshop, Painter and the Gimp (and finaly I think I will buy Painter :p). I don't have any explanation for this picture, I had a stupid idea so I made it :)
Done with Photoshop for ImagineFX . If you want to know how I did it, you know what to do :) Hope it will be useful to someone ...
Hommage to Lux Interior, the singer of the Cramps, died in febuary (the human fly, on the left, it's him ^^). I used my beloved one as model for the pinup and webcam and photo ref for the hands.
A caricature of my beloved one and the mother of my sons. She's a big fan of the Rolling Stones and ... Hello Kitty (T_T). I was inspired by a picture of Andreas Rocha (the amazing "one ticket, please"). So thx Andreas ^^ This picture is dedicated to all the victims of New Rock shoes ...
I was very impressed by the last work of Eric Tranchefeux on Rembrandt. So I had transformed this poor William in a mature bimbo (I'm a pin up drawer after all :D).
Another picture wich was very influenced by Hajime Sorayama's techniques. I tried some new tones for testing.
4 hours of insomnia for one Kate Bush..
A caricature of my best friend, my avatar and my first post on a CG forum ^^
A caricature of one of my favorite model. She's a real living cartoon, a very expressive girl.
A gift for Maria Gibson a.k.a Fuchsia , a lovely model and a very kind girl. I used this ref the lighting. And this one for the hair.
Cover for Subabysse RPG (Ludopathes ed.), released soon. Another test for Photoshop/Painter/Gimp ... No, I'm no obsessed by tentacles :D
Bambi is a character I created for 2DArtist magazine. I will do four pin up tutorials with her. Here's the first one ... You will soon be able to see all the steps, in the next issue of the
You know what ? I will do a comic book this year :) I'm working with a very good sript writer . Here's the concept for the first (but not the main) character.
A caricature of Gong Li (for me the most beautiful woman of the world ^^). It wasn't easy for me, I don't do this kind of lighting very often. I was very inspired by the tones (blue/green) of my talented friend Denis Zilber . I used a photo reference for her face.
Part of the poster for our halloween party. You can use it for your own party if you want ;) Done with Photoshop.
Cover of the last single of the spanish band "La oreja de Van Gogh". it was a harsh work, I've done it in very short time. Hopefully, the members of the band were very kind and very helpful. Done with Photoshop.
Cover of the last album of La Oreja de Van Gogh (spanish band). A very, very long work with a lot of characters and a lot of ... men ^^ I spent a lot of time on Leire's face because I didn't use direct photo references for her. Done with Photoshop.
Bambi is a character I created for 2DArtist magazine I will do four pin up tutorials with her. Here's the second one ... The serie will start in May ;)
I'm fed up with guys ... It's sunday, I do a pin-up ! I will try to do a version of Urusei yatsura ... Here the steps for the face. I use some ref of Katy Perry.
A (very) personnal and unfinished work. I will never finish it.
A fast draw I've done during a convention. Very inspired by Adam Hugues's work.
Quick study for an unused mascotte. Very inspired by Nils's art ;)
Suzanne is an unusual vampire. She smokes, wears glasses and drinks blood's cocktails. She hunts demons all over the world. Very inspired by Paul Kidby for the female character design and by Ingres for the base colors.
Serge Birault
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