ILLUSTRATION FRIDAY - Tension

Adjusting the tension of you chain on an english motorcycle

Illustration Friday - Liquid

A typical view of a typical belgium spring.

I've had a very busy couple of weeks.

First I got stuck in bed with a bad cold, then finished my comic book, then a mariage then a family reunion, a short motorcycle trip to italy to watch a superbike race then a oldtimer show then a few signings here and there then a rather annoying and long job to do so I finally have an excuse to waste some time here again.

Hope your spring is less wet and cold than ours is. 

Photo Peter van Hul

ILLUSTRATION FRIDAY - wild

I was a teenage punk rocker

ILLUSTRATION FRIDAY - Urban (guerillia)

Modern Urban warfare

Manga Studio + Photoshop

Illustration Friday "Egg"

Sorry, I moved while taking the screenshots. Anyone knows one of those freeware key frame screenshot video maker thingy ?

ILLUSTRATION FRIDAY Eye Glass

If there is someone out there in the cold void of the internet witnessing these years of endless frustration and failure, behold, a new era in Illo Friday, the Manga Studio years ! The Manga Studio 5 I bought is a lot more complex than the Manga Studio 4 that I tried and experimented the last couple of days, so I still have to fiddle with all the options and functions, but it transformed the feeling of the Wacom (only an Intuos, not even a fancy Cintiq) and brush like inking became suddenly so much easier. I don't think this page ever brought me any job, but here I am now, ready to enter the wonderful world of professional overpaid visual communication. We're working on a project right now to be honest. More soon.

On other good news, this week, in book-stores, my 4rth comic book since I was fired exactly 3 years ago, so I have a lot of happy F$ck you to say to people who thought I would never again do anything without them, and an even bigger lots of thank you for my publisher, readers, friends, helping colleagues, and many people that I had the chance to meet along this extraordinary turn of events.

The book is called "Harry Octane 2 - Virage Mystique" and I don't think it will ever be translated in english, unlike the other series I'm working on, and which should be available in english in September.

Enjoy your weekend, I know I will enjoy mine even if the snow is still blocking the mighty english bike in the garage...

ILLUSTRATION FRIDAY - yesterday

Yesterday, I was in a comic book convention in Holland. I met a lot of nice people.

EDIT: I CANNOT BELIEVE THIS, yesterday I saw some really cool digital inkings so I just had to test this software, and it is clear now, all the years I struggled with Photoshop and Sketchbook, I just wasn't using the right tool for the job. so I just done a new version of this illustration with Manga Studio, easier, faster, cooler, I need to learn how to use it now.