Posts made in 2005

The Trolls Attack (Collab)

Posted by Éric on Aug 14, 2005 in Blog | 0 comments

As shown in the title, this image is the result of a collaboration (with Jérémie) on one of the first (free) versions of OpenCanvas, which allows two or more persons to interact and have fun on the same image, once connected. The picture we produced together was entertaining enough to compel me to enhance it. Here is a summary of the steps that led me to the final drawing. So we have the original picture, with its gaudy colours ; A second version (on the right) allows me to adjust...

Bai Niang

Posted by Éric on Jul 14, 2005 in Blog, Creations | 2 comments

《白蛇传》[Bai shé zhuan] The tale of White Snake or 《许仙与白娘子》 Xu Xian and the White Lady is a traditional Chinese tale, probably originating from ancient Indian legends. It narrates the love story between a man and a white snake. The first known version shows up during the Tang dynasty (ca. 618), the story at that time being about a man tragically in love with a white lady. Parts with the West Lake and the Thunder Pagoda and the main theme are thought to have solidified...

Creations (2005)

Posted by Éric on Jul 4, 2005 in Creations | 0 comments

(à la Botero) Raymonde

Posted by Éric on May 22, 2005 in Blog | 0 comments

This painting is a pastiche of one of Botero’s artwork, created as a gift for a birthday. The original that inspired this picture Born in 1932, Fernando Botero is a famous Columbian artist known for his paintings and sculptures bearing exaggerated buxom forms. Yet, far from being satirical of the depicted models, this is for him a way to express an ideal of beauty in a different way than the classical canons, that became bland being too perfect. “Fat, my characters ? No, they have...

Wounded Healer

Posted by Éric on Apr 4, 2005 in Blog, Creations | 1 comment

Chiron (Χείρων, hand) was by all accounts the wisest of the centaurs, one of the last survivor of his species. Abiding in Mount Pelion, he had many heroes as pupils, Asclepius, Theseus, Achilles, Jason and Heracles. Mortally wounded by Heracles’ arrows, poisoned by the blood of the Hydra, he was allowed by the gods to bestow his immortality to Prometheus thus freeing him from an unbearable pain. He then became known as the constellation Centaurus. He was a master of healing arts, an...

Forza

Posted by Éric on Mar 25, 2005 in Short stories | 0 comments

Imbued in pensiveness, she gently stroked the glorious mane of the half-asleep beast crouched at her side. The soft breeze softly whispering in her ears brought to her the gentle and gay sound of the chickadees and robins. Everything was so at peace in the warmth of the afternoon that it drew a slight whisper of release from her chest. She then let her drift again to memories arisen from the past, mingled with glimpses of probable futures. Caught as she was in that state of preternatural...