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I did this piece for my book Merlin, the 116 fully illustrated pages book I did with my talented buddy Aleksi Briclot.available here:[link]

This is Belisama, the Gaul goddess of fire and blacksmiths. She is the feminine side of god Belenos. Her name means "bright", "shiny'.As the Morrigu piece, it's taken from my forthcoming book named...

a Conan fanart I did while reading Robert E. Howard. I've always been a Conan aficionado and the first movie is on my all times top 5.

this is a cover for Richard Morgan's novel "Steel Remains".

watercolor + gouache + photoshop tweeksprocess pic on my blog:[link]

since it has already been displayed on Marvel's website, I think I can show it here

done for a french / english shared artistic project around myths and legends. Artists from both countries (including Alan Lee, Brian Froud, Didier Graffet, Virginie Ropars...) are exhibiting their...

the sketch of the Lanval piece.

That one has a tricky story. It begun as a sketch for a cover that the client finally refused the ugliest way possible. But I really liked what I had done so far so I decided to change a few things...

I did a video tutorial in the latest issue 61 of ImagineFX. They asked me to paint a Conan piece, and it was also a nice occasion to pay my tribute to Frank Frazetta for all the inspiration his art...

The fine people at Top Cow have begun to show the cover I did recently for Witchblade on blogs. So I think it's ok to share it here too.I did a grey in watercolors for this piece. You can see it (a...

here's a new one that I painted for the fun this WE. The tentacles are under "moebiusian" influence (I went to see his marvelous exhibition in Paris last week), though it's been long since I'm wait...

watercolor + color pencils on Arches paper.giclee print available here:[link]

a Marvel cover for Punisher: in the Blood #5step-by-step on my blog:[link]

any deviants from Brussels / Belgium here ?If so, you need to pay a visit at the BRAFA (Brussels Antiques and Fine Art Fair), 21-30 January.I'll be showcasing a couple of watercolor portraits here,...

Tsunami project: help Japan [link]On March 11, 2011, a magnitude 9 earthquake hit Japan.One of the four largest earthquakes in history. Artists from the CaféSalé community, joined by comic book wri...

cover for Thunderbolts 160 - Fear Itself

Cover for a Slaine novel published by Eclipse.I also painted and inserted the logo into the picture for this particular piece, the same way I would have done for my artbook Merlin. T'was fun.

Morrigu - 19,7"x13,6" - watercolor on papera step by step of this piece can be seen on my blog:[link]

from the ashes of the last one springs the new one. I wish for us a world that is a better place in 2012.

"Black Pilot" - watercolor - 50cm x 70cm

"Burning Inside" .this image is going to be the cover of my artbook. available in September, published by CFSL Ink.

still adding a couple inks to my artbook.

If making a book was like giving birth to a child, then I'd have twins !
At the same time as my artbook Burning Inside, I was working on the catalogue of my exhibition @ Galerie Daniel Maghen. I've been painting traditional pieces for this event for a year and a half. I'll tell you more about all this in the next couple of weeks. Here's the cover.

"Hyperoctaedron" - watercolor + gouache - 50cm x 70cm

the original can be seen @ Galerie Daniel Maghen in Paris (France)
pics of the vernissage on my blog: [link]

"Manifesto" watercolor + gouache, 50cm x 70cm.

the original can be seen @ Galerie Daniel Maghen in Paris (France)
pics of the vernissage on my blog: [link]

"Tulipo" watercolor + gouache, 50cm x 70cm.
This is the cover for the catalog of my exhibition @ galerie Daniel Maghen in Paris (France).
More infos on my blog: [link]

"Alligator 433", watercolor + gouache, 50cm x 70cm

PAN! watercolor + gouache, 50cm x 70cm.

"Croix noire sur fond blanc" watercolor + gouache, 70cm x 50cm

here's an ink for once. taken from my artbook Burning Inside. available here: [link]

ink on paper

ink on paper - A3 size

ink on paper

finished ! Here's a crappy photo of my painting for the Movie Show exhibition @ Galerie Daniel Maghen / Paris.
After a long hesitation i decided to go for a Macbeth piece. This is the film from 1948, directed and played by Orson Welles, one of my ultimate fav movies of all times.

I don't have time to make a good photo of it, so if you want to see the details and sexy textures, you'll have to come to the vernissage

the painting is watercolor, 73x50cm

oil slick on paper

my cover for the issue 102 of Imagine FX magazine.
Charcoal + gouache + digital

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