Cakes and bunnies.

Small things in progress... It's hard to stay infront of the computer when it's spring outside. I've been forced by the rain and wind during the past few days, but this is my favourite season and it never lasts long enough!
I will try to update this blog more often now. Tweet less and blog more? Let's see if it works. What would you like to see? Leave me a comment and help me get into blogging again...

Au Marché

To the market! I've recently finished a little book for Editions Auzou, a lovely french publisher. While I can't say much about the book itself, they gave me permission to show you a little snippet. I can assure you this will be a fun gift for every little girl and I can't wait to see it printed. I might even do a giveaway or two...

Evita

Elegant, strong, beautiful and charismatic. Sadly, this project is not going to the final stage just now, but who knows if me and Evita will "meet" again in the future? I certainly enjoyed drawing her eyes and the jewelry!

Fire and Snow

I meant to work on a new portfolio website during January, but time is flying. I'm busy finishing a new book for Edizioni EL . This is a small detail. As you can guess, it is one of Andersen's fairytales. More news soon!

I will be in Bologna for the Book Fair at the end of March. If you are a publisher and would like to meet me and see my portfolio, please get in touch!

Buon Natale

It's early, I know... I hope this blog will come back to life with the new year. Until then, Buon Natale! (Click to see a larger image.)

A bear and a new book.

Last week I received a gentle nudge from two of my favourite illustrators and twitter friends, Eric Orchard and Charles Santoso "Update your blog!" What happened in the past five months?

I'm currently working on a book for EliReaders. It will be printed and available next Spring, this is a small preview of one of the spreads. I'm very pleased with how it's turning out and I can say it was quite a challenging project for me, since all the characters are adults. No kids, no cute animals, no pretty princess... I can't wait to show you more!

At the same time I rediscovered my love for pencils. If you follow me on Twitter you know I've been struggling with this for a while and now I'm finally pleased with the result. Here you can see the final illustration with digital colour. The base of the bear is done in graphite. I plan to do more in this style in the future. Some of my past attempts are on my Dribbble.


In September I will finally set up a new website, it will have a different domain name and new work. This blog will stay right where it is. I plan to update it more often, post work in progress and hopefully play with Illustration Friday sometimes. I missed it! If you're still reading my posts, drop me a comment and let me know what you would like to see and thank you for following!

Pollicino and Bologna

I'm almost ready for the Book Fair in Bologna. I leave you with Pollicino (Little Thumb - Le Petit Poucet) and his bread crumbs!