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My new book is out !  “Le Petit Ivan”, written by Niki Orfanou and illustrated by me. Published By https://lelievredemars.net/

Desert shelter

2017 Calendar Illustration January~June

Lil lileep

When you are seen

I made a 3d render of Naul in Even Care from Petscop

My Ghost’s Ghost Acrylic on watercolor paper

for sale at hotdog.storenvy.com 🍉

Dinotopia is a fictional utopia created by author and illustrator James Gurney. It is the setting for the book series with which it shares its name. Dinotopia is an isolated island inhabited by shipwrecked humans and sentient dinosaurus who have learned to coexist peacefully as a single symbiotic society. The first book has “appeared in 18 languages in more than 30 countries and sold two million copies.”Dinotopia: A Land Apart from Time and Dinotopia: The World Beneath both won Hugo awards for best original artwork.

God these images still send this ENTIRE thrill through me. They just evoke that feeling of being a child with a book too large for you, staying for so long on a single picture that you feel like you could turn around in it.

Gurney consistently produces a world that feels completely reasonable and real. The color, the light, the relationships between fore- and background,

the fact that it seems like a real world, where people are engaging in perfectly reasonable cultural activities…

The natural gestures, implying the personalities and relationships of characters in a single image…

And it’s quite creative. I mean, look at this pair of bagel sellers. WHAT A GREAT WAY TO SELL BAGELS?

I feel like there is so much to learn from the way Gurney does his work - his blog is here http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com 

Gurney is also a kickass painter in general and does dope illustrations for science mags. He has a youtube channel and he also is the author of Color and Lignt: a Guide for the Realist Painter, probably the best color theory guide you can get and one of the most recommended art books I’ve ever seen. Gurney is a joy to watch paint and listen to, and I recommend getting some of his content into your life tbh. Hes definitely one of my favorite modern artists. Truly a master with a lot to share.

Neon

The First Painter

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