Elegant design
Sep. 25th, 2011 12:27 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
secondlina
More clothing designs! I did this one for a steampunk contest on the website "we love fine". So you can actually vote for this shirt, and if it wins, you can buy it. I'll let you guys know when the voting opens. I participated because a) Steampunk is cool and b) winning puts 2000$ in my pockets and puts one of my drawings on the chests of people. How can one say no to that? So, when the voting opens on October 6th (i'll post a reminder), I hope you guys will vote for little old me!
I wrote this as my description : "A true partially robotic lady knows that fashionable clockwork hearts and plasma guns are the way to a man's heart. Preferably through his rib cage. This design has been created by Isabelle Melancon, a Montréal comic artist and creator of the webcomic "Namesake".
Because yeah, robotic ladies get to be classy, amiright?
Yesterday, I went to the "Drawn and Quaterly" store for the release of Craig Thompson (author of Blanket's) second book.
It's a BIG book. It's something like 600 pages and it's hardcover. Link went with me. Thompson did a short presentation (we missed about half since it started at 7h and I get home around 7h), then a Q&A, then he signed books. He drew a Jinn in mine. And then he kinda hugged me.
Yeah, this guy signs books and then hugs it's readers. It's adorable! However, since I am very nervous when strangers hug me and also very nervous when I meet my heroes, my heart just died. I'm sure he felt it trying to beat it's way out of my ribcage, by hey, such is life.
I got hope, placed the large book on my drawing desk and read it for two hours. Words really can't describe this books. It's a muslim fairy tale, a fable about water, a fable about human nature and the environement, a tale about love and loss... it's everything. Everything in a single book. It took him 6 years to make and it shows. I mean, look at it :
Over and out.
- Isa
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Date: 2011-09-25 06:02 am (UTC)And good luck with the contest! Do let us know when the voting is open. :D
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Date: 2011-09-25 09:37 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-09-25 10:44 am (UTC)Awesome you met someone that you look up to. The book sounds pretty cool, the art is phenomenal! I see why it took so long! 0o
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Date: 2011-09-25 01:13 pm (UTC)Also, congratulations in meeting someone you look up to. Looks like he's very meticulous in art. That's a very detailed, but beautiful picture.
And that doodle is simply adorable.
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Date: 2011-09-25 03:01 pm (UTC)I'm glad you got to meet a hero of yours<3 His art looks amazing, too, omg.
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Date: 2011-09-25 03:56 pm (UTC)Also, I can't believe you're posting about that Habibi book - I JUST saw it in Barnes and Noble yesterday by chance and pulled it out and just....made this face like ;_____;
DOOOOOO WAAAAAAAANNNTTT
Aside from it looking absolutely beautiful, it looks like a story setting so rarely seen in such large volumes, much less in comics, and I love love love ancient Persian settings so. As soon as I have the money, I'm buying that sucker.
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Date: 2011-09-25 09:38 pm (UTC)And the detail on that panel you posted! Wow! I have a lot of admiration for artists who put a lot of detail into their work. I know it can be very difficult and time consuming.
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Date: 2011-09-25 09:41 pm (UTC)I read "Blankets" years ago, and it moved me in a way that I deeply resented. I don't like being made to feel sad and depressed, and that was the overwhelming feeling I took from Blankets. Clearly Craig Thompson is some kind of benevolent genius, but I will forever avoid his work. More for everyone else!
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Date: 2011-09-26 01:07 am (UTC)I've been loving every art piece you put up lately, though little time to check livejournal and comment, but I'm trying to be better about that! The steampunk design is really neat!
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Date: 2011-09-26 01:18 am (UTC)Yes, I don't particularly like it when people I don't know, or don't know well go to hug me. That illustration (of his, the last one) is amazing!
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Date: 2011-09-26 06:28 am (UTC)Yay for meeting an art hero! That's always both fun and horribly nerve racking. It seems a bit odd that he'd automatically hug everyone. I'm sure he did it to be nice; but some people have issues with touching and hugging and it's probably not a good idea to hug a bunch of strangers without asking first. ^_^;
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Date: 2011-09-28 08:24 pm (UTC)This guy amazes me.
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Date: 2011-09-28 08:24 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-09-28 08:24 pm (UTC)Yeah, no kidding. He's such a humble sweetheart to boot. My favorite kind of artist. Talented and genuine.
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Date: 2011-09-28 08:30 pm (UTC)It's a really unique piece in american comics. It's worth every penny.
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Date: 2011-09-28 08:30 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-09-28 08:34 pm (UTC)Yeah, a lot of people found Blankets hit pretty hard on the heart. It makes him a great artist, but it also makes him difficult to read. :(
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Date: 2011-09-28 08:37 pm (UTC)I'm not gonna lie, I mostly went to the launch to get the book ASAP. I was glad to meet him too :D His work had a big impact on me too. :D
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Date: 2011-09-28 08:37 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-09-28 08:38 pm (UTC)Isn't it just?
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Date: 2011-09-28 10:27 pm (UTC)Still, six years is pretty long. Talk about dedication...
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