Aquarium Drinking by Christopher Wrann is momentarilly on hiatus as this is called. Until the next updates come around a group of artists (me included) have made a guest piece to fill the gap. Check my contribution here in it’s natural habitat and if you are not familiar with Aquarium Drinking I suggest you browse through the archives and get to know the lives of PJ, Carly, Luke, Lindsey en Jeff.
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I just received this wonderful illustration of Semmie and Bear in my mailbox and just couldn’t keep it from showing to you. Like the title of this post indicates it is made by the talented Mathieu Moyen of the thrilling story called 6-Commando. Go check out his website for more amazing art or visit his blog for some really insightful articles.
Groetjes,
Joost.
For sale!
The time has finally come, I have uploaded (after a few minor adjustments) the final print document to the printer last Sunday and changed the status of the project to “Direct Access” which means you can now order your very own copy of Semmie the Forest Gnome! (Click here to order it through Lulu.com)
Let’s put all the facts in order:
Title: Semmie the Forest Gnome
Language: English
Binding: Hardcover
Interior: Full-color
Number of pages: 36
Price: € 15,-
And since I have not been updating for the last two weeks I have made an illustration of one of the most important characters from Semmie’s second story, just to make it up to you (click for full-size).
I have uploaded the printing file of Semmie the Forest Gnome to the printer last Sunday evening and ordered my first advance copy. I can’t believe it is done, that in a few days, after all this time, after it consumed every spare hour I had I can really hold it in my hands.
Preliminary work on Semmie 2 is also progressing, below is a study of the Grey Heron a bird very common to the Netherlands and found along many canals and water filled ditches, that is the reason it is going to play a very big part in the next story.
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Work on Semmie 2 is moving along with a steady pass, one of the most important locations in the story is by the waterside near a mill. That’s why this week I visited some polder mills in the region to make a few photos. The illustration above is the direct result of this visit, for those of you who aren’t quite familiar with the workings of a polder mill, the hatch you see here blocks the entrance of a tunnel that transports the water to the mill’s paddle wheel. This paddle wheel will then lift the water for 1 or 1,5 meters.
In the mean time the work on the printing document for Semmie 1 is still going on, my Graphic Designer still has to take a critical look at it all before it can be send to the printer, so I will keep you posted!
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