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| Kyle MacLachlan's Calvin Zabo |
Good day,
It's been a while since I was here last!
Gosh, times fly.
What else is new?!
I have been busy...
-smile-
There is few things I want to talk about, so, let's start immediately with my latest illustration, a poster of the infamous Calvin Zabo, aka Marvel Mr. Hyde.
I don't know if you're following the TV Show Marvel Agents of SHIELD, and regardless of the show itself, there is a character played by awesome Kyle MacLachlan, who is worth watching!
Back in the days when I was a boy, there was that Marvel character, which I had, but he way, completely forgotten, named Mr. Hyde.
It was a brilliant surgeon who did experimentation on itself and become Mr. Hyde.
The story is old like the the world itself.
However, Jekyll and Hyde are two amazing characters in general, maybe a character in which we can all recognize ourself...
Maybe...
Anyway, they brought the character to the show, modified him intensively, and gave the role to Kyle.
The result is nothing short than awesome!!!!
His interpretation of the character is so subtil, you'd up liking quite a lot the mad murderer...
And so, it was most definitely worth an illustration.
Presently, I'm into posters, so, the plan was to make a Calvin Zabo poster, and so, I did...
First, here is the original one created by marvel:
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| Marvel's Mr. Hyde |
Here is also a sweet cover from a Thor album when he has to fight The Cobra and Mr. Hyde:
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| Thor vs The Cobra & Mr. Hyde |
And now, here is my own interpretation of Cal Zabo/Mr. Hyde, adjusted to 2015:
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| Kyle MacLachlan's Calvin Zabo |
I like the darkness of the illustration, and still, there is some kind of uncanny humanity within the character...
I like telling stories.
This image tells a big story...
Here is a detail worth watching:
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| Scalpel and Flowers |
On a side note, the technic I use with this medium is in constant evolution. It's kinda odd as, I am always surprise how there is always room for improvement...
It's wonderful and terrible at the same time...
Guess I'm stuck in the middle...
By chance, I am with her, he he he...
Now, I would like to talk a little about the Sooke magazine I quite like, the Sooke Scoop.
Frankly, if you live in the Sooke area, it is insane if you are not reading that Mag, and supporting the creators at the same time!
First of all, it's awesome, second of all, it's of high quality, and third of all, it feels great to support a good cause!
Does't it?
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The mag is sold $5 at the Stick in the Mud I believe, go there and pick up yours, the second edition is out!
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| Sooke Scoop 1st and 2nd Edition |
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| Sooke Scoop 1st Edition |
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| Sooke Scoop 2nd Edition |
And, also, thought I would mention that, the Sooke Scoop are publishing my comic book, The Case of the Chinese Cemetery, so, you also get to ready some comics, he he he...
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| Sooke Scoop Comic Pages |
On a side note, the comic will be available in very few months to order in a beautiful format!
More to come about that, stay tuned Peeps!
And, go get the Sooke Scoop!
-smile again-
Last, but not least, there is another illustration I did.
but the truth is, there is two new illustrations I did on top of Mr. Hyde, Mme Norah Jones.
I want through a while without drawing, after the Avengers poster, and one day, Norah called me, so to speak.
It had been a while I wanted to do an illustration of her, but... Well, you know, I like to tell stories, and if I have nothing to say, then, to me, the illustration becomes irrelevant and a loss of my personal time.
That is the very reason why it takes me, sometimes, so long to do a specific drawing, I need to have a story to tell.
Also, that is why drawing comic books are what I like doing the best!
Bla bla bla...
And so, I decided to draw a poster, for a UK tour, with Norah Jones.
As always, everything is overly thought about in the illustration, there is a fair amount of hidden messages, and inside jokes and what's not, the pub is a darn real UK pub, and the feel of the illustration, I believe, is what I was trying to do.
So, in short, I sat down, worked y composition, and drew.
Black and white, pure like back in the days...
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| Norah Jones Black & White UK Tour Poster |
And it was done.
And I was happy.
Then, another idea came.
What about colouring it, but not like adding colours to the same image, but instead, working it as if it was a different image all together.
It's a state of mind that changes everything...
I wanted to play with two colours only, Orange and Blue.
And, after much work, here it is:
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| Norah Jones Coloured UK Tour Poster |
And again, I liked it, some kind of lovely melancholy going on, only partially controlled...
And here is a detail:
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| Norah Jones Poster Detail |
Et voila...
Plenty of other things to talk about, but that will be all for now.
More surprises coming soon.
Have fun and be good Folks.
Sincerely,
Serge
7th June 2015
