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Artist's Comments

Artistic approach :
My artistic approach is set between surreal and fantasy style... in one word : Otherworldly. I never took art course that's why I have few anatomy/perspective notions. I work with intuition to compensate for this lack of knowledge and venture into colors. I use only Photoshop CS2 and a Wacom tablet. I don't know how to draw on paper support.


Influences :
I'm aware my works don't come within the scope of a high artistic richness. I don't want to do beautiful things, but bringing out the difficulty to catch the emotional aspect in tiny, frozen, flat colored rectangles. Overall, I want to " tell ", not only " show ". Tim Burton and Hayao Miyazaki are both the roots of my own world. I like the absurdity, the creativity and the enchanting universes, where colors bring more emotions than thousand smiles or a million tears.


Inspiration :
I am curious of life. I admire the work of the time, the evolution of societies, the change of thoughts, the human revolutions....how drops after drops are born oceans. I choose the pseudo Aquasixio to put together my favorite element with my favorite digit. My characters are often lost children or in quest for their truth (and not THE truth). Their stories are quite sad but the darkness of life is more inspiring than happy and safe people, in my opinion.


Otherworldly world :
I " try " to avoid to go into cliches (emo-fantasy-surreal labels), that's why I often use animals, attempting to be original to speak about ordinary theme. I think humans are proud, mistrustful and self-centered (and I am human). I want to hand over to the animals, to critic or play human roles. They don't carry hidden symbols ; this is just a return to innocence, a naive vision of the world. This is a return to childhood, where animals can speak, dreams become reality and imagination rules the world.


Digital painter :
I am realistic and quite pessimistic. I try to remain authentic, I don't think myself as an artist, but a simple Photoshop user. Since I work as psychologist, I have more distance with my art hobby. The popularity makes me feel as ill at ease as the indifference. I am really impressed by the artworks of the young artists gathered on Deviant Art, I admire the job of *janaschi, `loish, and `arcipello and many other. I am proud to be a member of the new generation but I can't invest myself more on this way.


Tutorials :
I am really interested when artists add a step by step of their drawing to reflect the slow evolution of the creation. As freelance artist, I learnt how to draw watching young artist submitting their artworks/oekaki. I add my work-in-progress to show how strange blurred strokes could turn into a face or a tree. I did a lot of tutorials for explaining my approach, not to say that my way of drawing is perfect but sharing the process, how a tiny spark can come on a gigantic dancing fire. You have to be persevering.

Comments


:iconholdingbacktears:
LOL at your facial expression. XDDD

This is funny. :)

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--Emo happens--

"'Cause we all bleed the same way that you do,
and we all have the same things to go through..."

-Hold On, Good Charlotte
:iconidolhands:
Fantastic comments and you have a very attractive face. Which, look out, it about to draw on the viewer!

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はじめまして! Artist, Writer/Poet, Photographer, traditional medium mostly, anime, sci-fi and the bizarre.
:iconsmiely:
Cat eyes O_o

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Hi there!I need your support on Wacom Bring Your Vision to Life: Dreams Contest!
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:iconsyonic:
Keep being the wonderful artist you are. Your work is amazing my friend.
:iconaguz:
wow
i have to say that you , and another few artist, made me join deviantart 3 years ago :)
and dont say you don't think yourself as an artist , because you are ; the emotions that your work inspire are what makes you an awesome artist.
hey , it's really funny that you are so talented on painting in photoshop and yet you don't know to draw in paper o.o

keep up the good work! :D

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:icongaleh-chan:
"colors bring more emotions than thousand smiles or a million tears. "

love it! :heart:

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iamgale.iamwind.

commission me:
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:iconchechimarquez:
wow, I've been devwatching your art for a while and I wasn't able tell you didn't take art clases... well I haven't either maybe that is why...

Your art inspires me... dunno what made me said that so suddenly... but I felt like doing that XD

Nice picture, I love your eye color

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I support "I am a free artist" and I'm part of the Marin fan club!
Have some spare time? Visit my gallery! :D
:iconvrykon:
A very honest explanation of yourself. I've long admired the quality of your artwork that I would call "atmosphere" which makes each piece seem like a fragment of a dream. I think your elements go together very well to produce these effects. I'm also always a great admirer of your colors and I see now how important this has been to you. Whether you consider yourself an artist or not (I doubt this is even important in the end) I think you have accomplished a lot and your works have value. They are inspiring to me and I thank you. ^^
:iconilliyun:
What is art other than an expression of the conscious? Were there any proportions, rules to follow when first "artists" appeared on the surface of our little pale blue planet?

I think art gets to be really art as it is created more and more honestly, as its roots are deeper and deeper in the heart, souls and minds... what makes your art outstanding is that viewer can embrace a level of consciousness through it; while viewing every individual finds a piece of himself/herself, a piece of his/her truth, a piece of his/her point of view...

Today archaeologists anthropologists are more and more inclined to suppose that first instances of cave art were not due to religious ceremonies or for physical benefits like hopes of a better hunt, but were rather due to dreams and fantasies and humans' attempt to bring these alive... I find sometimes sad but always beautiful, always meaningful dreams in your works; hence I think you are a good artist, even if you do not like that label or see yourself as one :)

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"L'homme est né libre, et partout il est dans les fers." - Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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