Icon-O-Clash 3

THE SKETCHING AND ILLUSTRATION WORKS OF MAURICET

VOL . 3

LA GRANDE OURSE A.S.B.L.

"Sketchbook Collection" Icon-O-Clash & Artwork Š Mauricet All rights reserved.

Editor : Tony Lariviere Book Design : Mauricet Published by La Grande Ourse A.S.B.L. 187b, rue Salm B-5300 Landenne (Belgium) Write to : tony.lariviere@skynet.be Visit our website at www.lagrandeourse.be For more information on Mauricet, please visit www.mauricet.be Printed in Belgium by Adrenaline.

First printing, November 2011

THE SKETCHING AND ILLUSTRATION WORKS OF MAURICET

VOL . 3

LA GRANDE OURSE A.S.B.L.

Up : magnitude 9 - Des images pour le Japon. artbook published by ankama éditions.

right : Keep walking.

Brush and markers illustration. coloring and enhancing in Photoshop.

"I did this piece for the ‘magnitude 9’ artbook and I am very proud I took a part in this."

opposite : Les 40 ans de la librairie "the skull." photoshop illustration.

Above left : Atomik boy.

Photoshop preliminary sketch.

Above : Atomik boy. photoshop illustration.

left : Atomik girl. photoshop illustration.

above : The preacher man. photoshop illustration.

"It looks more like a doodle.

It’s just me experimenting again with PS brushes. I lost the hi-res file of this drawing. Stupid me."

right : Queen liz.

Photoshop illustration.

"I guess I’ve always been kind of secretly in love with Elisabeth Taylor.

I did this piece when I heard of her passing."

background : we are the bilals.

Photoshop preliminary sketch.

below : We are the Bilals.

Photoshop illustration.

"A piece reminiscent of kraftwerk and the 80s coldwave music scene.

A friend of mine saw it and said it made him think of Enki Bilal.

Hence the title :)"

below right : Firestorm.

Photoshop illustration.

"That one was done a gift for Gerry conway’s birthday. "

previous two pages : Cosmic patrouille contre la malbouffe. markers comic book pages. photoshop colours.

"A short story of my ‘cosmic patrouille’ series I did for a french magazine. heroes against junk food."

Below : the boy with a crush. brush, ink & Photoshop illustration.

above : old man.

Photoshop sketch.

"I do sketches like this one as warm-ups in photoshop these days, now that I draw most of the time on computer."

right : septum.

Photoshop illustration. "after meeting someone nice who had her nasal septum pierced, I couldn’t resist to draw her."

background : septum.

Photoshop preliminary sketch.

below : Poneytail.

Photoshop illustration.

"No I didn’t meet a poneytail girl..."

left : emma frost. photoshop illustration.

above : emma frost. preliminary photoshop sketches.

right : kitty kat kat. markers illustration. "meeow!"

below : spidey. markers illustration.

left : tothor. ballpen sketch.

opposite : bizarre love triangle.

Photoshop illustration. "these three characters are probably the ones that I cared the most for as a kid. And I have to admit that I still do like them today. What’s strange about this drawing is that, At the last minute, I decided to go for a ‘ghost’ version of gwen. The only comic book character that really stays dead..."

above : bizarre love triangle.

Photoshop preliminary pencils.

above right : The merc with a mouth.

Photoshop illustration.

right : The merc with a mouth. brush & ink preliminary sketch.

left : Club new wave poster. photoshop preliminary mockup for a party poster.

"Patrick nagel, anyone? I love the 80s."

below left : give that boy a guitar. photoshop sketch.

below : fantastique night poster. photoshop preliminary sketch for a party poster.

"That project folded but I’ll do the final illustration someday."

opposite : red and white balls. photoshop illustration. left : Club new wave poster.

"Patrick nagel again as an influence.

And what an haircut!"

above : cold red. brush, ink and markers sketch.

left : forbidden dream. pencils preliminary sketch.

below : devotee. markers sketch.

this page : bang girl! photoshop illustration.

left : another goth girl. photoshop sketch.

below left : kate. photoshop illustration.

below : steam captain. photoshop illustration.

opposite : singularly yours. photoshop illustration.

"I’m trying more and more to capture the essence of real singular girls, and not just depict them as fantasy perfect goddesses anymore."

above & above right : NFS. chalk and watercolour nude figure sketches. "life drawing is as important to art as breathing is to life. so, all you aspiring comic book artists, go out and draw from life!"

right : la femme. pencils illustration.

"On this one, I tried to capture a real classy feeling."

background : sunshine. photoshop preliminary sketch.

right : sunshine. photoshop illustration.

"1967, man? Groovy,man. dig it?"

below : benjamin. brush & ink. photoshop colours.

"I strive to avoid drawing habits by exploring new styles and other tool rythms. I fear the idea of repeating myself and becoming an old fart."

above : heather. photoshop pencils.

"Innocence, for a change..."

background : Don’t be scared to feel afraid. photoshop pencils.

right : the kiss. photoshop illustration.

"Love, love, love is a dangerous drug."

right : Don’t be scared to feel afraid. photoshop illustration. "and don’t ask me... these images just pop out of my mind."

right : Gone way too soon. photoshop illustration.

"Ik zal je nooit vergeten, Minck..."

below : Capitaine courageux. photoshop illustration.

"Dans l’univers nuageux. Ciel sans fin, poussière du monde, Que la vérité profonde Poursuit pour l’éternité...

Gérard manset’s beautiful song will always remind me of a dear lost friend."

opposite & this page : sketches. pencils, ballpen, brush & markers sketches.

right : une bien belle nuance de rouge. pencils & markers conceptual sketch. "a cover concept for the first of the 2 volumes story I’m working on right now."

below : une bien belle nuance de rouge. markers & photoshop conceptual sketch.

below right : une bien belle nuance de rouge. photoshop conceptual sketch. "the cover concept we agreed on with bamboo for the first volume."

newt four pages : une bien belle nuance de rouge. photoshop cover illustration & comic book pages. "an exclusive preview of the first volume scheduled for april 2012."

Mauricet

always knew that he’d become a comic book artist. He had the chance to learn the basics of the craft with eddy paape. at twenty, he started working for Spirou magazine, drawing hundreds of cartoons and co-creating the series Les rastafioles and cosmic patrouille, a superhero parody, among other numerous things. a fan of american comics, he fulfilled his dream of working for them when he was asked to draw a set of batman illustrations and some superman pages for dc. He also drew a tellos tale for Image and the crossovers for crossgen comics. for casterman he co-created the series mort de trouille (6 volumes) He penciled mademoiselle louise (1 volume) for éditions dupuis.

He drew seven volumes of basket dunk and wrote, drew and coloured two of cosmic patrouille for bamboo édition. he’s now almost solely working for bamboo éditions, writing drawing and colouring une bien belle nuance de rouge, his pet project (2 volumes). he’s also inking les profs (ongoing) and a volume of la lignée, a new series for bamboo. he hopes you will enjoy this selection of rarely seen personal drawings done between 2010 and 2011 and collected in this third issue of icon-o-clash.