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Emmanuel Romeuf lives and works in Paris, and akes his inspiraion
from grea ariss of he pas such as Ren Magrie. In he pas year
his work has included aspecs of ypographic design, illusraion,
phoography, and se design.
His designs are characerized by a quirky humor and playfulness bu
wih ruly amazing and houghful deail. His pieces can be found
worldwidefrom concepual ediorial illusraion and cover ar o
original posers and apparel design.
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La Comedie des Artsby Emmanuel Romeuf
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Where I work
My desk is a big glass able, and on i I have my iMac wih able, wo
conainers full of pencils, a big Mickey Mouse lollipop, he famous
poser of Bob Dylan by Milon Glaser, a prism, a phone, and usual hings.
Around me is a se of signed silk-screen prins from he French comics
aris and illusraor Blexbolex. heres a deep green wall, los of plans,
and many graphic and ar hisory books, comics, novels, and old
illusraed childrens books. I have a collecion of small plasic dogs, a
collecion of New Age vinyls, various graphic maerials and many
differen ypes of media.
How I work
Generally, creaing an arwork for me is solving a problem. I mean, if you
manage o express wha you inend a he very beginning, he execuion
sage will be easier. So I always sar projecs wih a pen, wriing words
and drawing lile ugly humbnails. he firs drafs need o be quickly
drawn o keep he inenion. I urn he quesion around and around, and
I look wha ideas or humbnails are opposie. his sep is really exciing.
Making choices is as challenging as making a drawing. You no only
design a beauiful picure bu a space where you can express yourself
and develop a message. I like o discuss my ideas wih oher people a
his poin. We alk and bounce around our differing poins of view.
When Ive decided on wha o do, I proceed o crafing a beer rough.
Now I ry o hink abou he layou, he deails, and he colors. Myroughs are ofen drawn in black and whie and I don spend oo much
ime a his sage; I simply make noes abou my color inenions.
Nex I sar o creae he arwork on he compuer, someimes using a
scan of he rough, someimes no. I always feel free o respec or ignore
he deails drawn on he rough; is really all abou he feeling.
When I ge suck during a projec, I go over o he library jus near of my
home. I like o roam around in he shelves looking for an unexpeced
idea. Mos of he ime, my ideas don come from design books, bu
from science or hisory books.
I like to look to the past or ideas. Jrome Bosch,Giacomo Puccini, Marcel Duchamp, Salvador Dali,Stphane Mallarm, Boris Vian, Andr Masson,
and Walter Gropius are among my inuences.
I suppose that our perception o the world depends
on the times, but even today, their work makes us
travel, discover, think, understand, extrapolate,
and maybe look at things a little bit diferently.
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Skeches
On a shee of paper, wih a black
pen, I began he projec by rying
differen layous for my arwork.
Only he inenion and overall
layou is imporan a his sage.
o make my picture, I workedin the style o a contemporary
artist who is designing an artinstallationusing real objects
and drawings.
I thought o my idea like I was
staging symbols, trying to beenigmatic, digging deep into
diferent kinds o art.
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Global shapes
In Illusraor, I sared by drawing he wood
frames and he bucke wih basic shapes. I
added a warm, ligh background color because
I waned my drawing o be warm-heared and
welcoming. his helped me choose he oher
colors of he arwork as I wen, making i easier
o develop my palee.
You can always use your skeches as a model,
bu once Ive gone hrough he process of
skeching I leave hem. I prefer o make up
my shapes direcly in Illusraor because is
really easy o adjus he elemens. I always
begin like his, by creaing and placing hebasic, main elemens.
he new Shape Builder
ool in Illusraor helped
me build he wood
frames really quickly.
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Te bucke
For he bucke, I use he Draw Inside mode o
make he wood paern on he bucke shape.
I used my graphic able and a special sroke
profile, par of he new variable widh sokes,
o make he paern less linear and
more naural.
I like i when paerns are hand drawn. he
irregular aspec of drawing is somehing
has imporan o me.
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Anoher arboard
Nex, I creaed a new arboard o be able o draw he pencils and brushes
properly. I like o draw he elemens of he arwork ouside of he final piece.
Is cleaner, and you can keep a copy of each elemen if you decide o
ransform hem or do somehing differen wih hem inside he ar layou.
Using clipping mask in Illusraor, I placed he brushes and pencils inside
he bucke. I hen added some spos and drips of pain on he brushes and in
he bucke.
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Te Well
For drawing he well, I creaed a new arboard ha is he same size as he
cener frame of he design. In his way, I can make he new objecs
proporionally correc.
he rope is a Paern Brush ha I designed and applied o a sroke. I use
only black and whie for his par of he arwork because his will appear
in a picure frame as a drawn elemen in he scene.
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Te clarine
I used he same echnique for he clarine,
using he Mesh ool o creae a gradien
mesh o develop he appearance of shape
and volume.
Arranging he elemens
Te masks
Nex, I buil a mask on anoher arboard. o model i, I used he Mesh
ool o creae a gradien mesh o give he mask shape is volume.
I designed he basic, underlying shape firs and gave i he global color I
waned. hen, I added rows and columns o he gradien mesh and
changed he colors a he differen poins o give he mask he
appearance of shape and volume. Once I have he volume perfeced, I
drew he eyes, nose, and mouh wih gradien shapes. I used a color-o-ransparency gradien o creae hese effecs.
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Once mos of he individual objecs
were creaed, i was ime o place
hem all ino he final arwork and
finish he composiion.
Te playing hands
While in Draw Inside mode, I drew
he hands playing he clarine
wihin he picure frame.
Geting a color range
I used he same range of colors for he ineriors of he
picure frames, using a gradien o creae he mirror
effec. Since we can make holes in a an objec wih agradien mesh, I had o creae separae shapes wih
gradiens o creae he see-hrough appearance.
I hink my arwork is more powerful when here are
wo o hree dominan colors (brown, orange, purple).
his is a echnique used by he old poser ariss. I hink
is more difficul o achieve sunning arwork when
you choose a Harlequin palee.
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Te rope, ribbons, and shees
I made a new Paern Brush o creae he rope,
using he orange and brown colors of my palee.I drew he ribbons and he shees using gradiens
o express he volume.
Te topic or this piece,Depth o Expression, made me thinkabout La rahison des Images by Ren Magritte. I love the
ambiguity o this paintingbetween the drawn object and the
real object. Its ull o humor and so clever. I also love Magrittes
creative touch with his riddle paintings, his use o hidden
meanings and symbols.
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Confeti and ears
I added confei and ears ha I
waned o appear o be falling from
he masks. he ears made a paining
on he floor, and o accen his, I ook
a brush and placed i on he floor
wih some exra pain.
La Comedie des Arts
was commissioned by Adobe and
creaed using Adobe Illusraor CS5.
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A background gradien
I waned o beer sugges he floor
so I finished he arwork by adding
a gradien in he background.