MAGIC cards and LEGEND OF THE ROUND TABLE comic-book

[Aleksi]

Here are some Magic Cards done last year but only published recently in the last set called BETRAYERS OF KAMIGAWA.
Copyrights Wizard of the Coast




and my last comic-book called LEGENDS OF THE ROUND TABLE will be available soon (only in french language) by the publisher Soleil.
Here is the cover :

with the title :

And some more samples of my B&W pages :

[jrr]

very cool man love the mood, how long do those card images take you?

[el coro]

fukk dood those are all badass!!!! you have come so far in the time i have known you. i think you are demonstrating a new level of maturity in your works lately, it is very inspiring to see. keep it coming brother.-c36

[JoBeSu]

Wow! These are some cool illustrations.Love the colors and the moods.

[SquaredS]

Jebus...

Man your stuff is pretty inspirational! Did the third magic card guy just shoot himself?

How long did these take you?

[Living Rope]

hey pipou,

I'm not sure if I really have to drop a line here since this thread will be overcrowded with ohhs and ahhs in a few hours.
Anyway, as Coro said you have reached a new level since you are working at Darkworks on an every day basis. Now you are among the biggest, no doubt. I don't know what you are waiting for, Hollywood's waiting for you man !

I'm proud to be your friend, but not because you're a great artist (cos' in a way I do not fuckin' care), just because you're a great guy. ok, here's why I had to drop a line here

take care.

[Profil]

I tried to find something I could crit, but I couldnt find anything
Very good, btw is the comic also just computer or traditional pencils and then inking?

[Bomba]

fukk dood those are all badass!!!! you have come so far in the time i have known you. i think you are demonstrating a new level of maturity in your works lately, it is very inspiring to see. keep it coming brother.-c36

Totally agree. Rock solid.
-J-

[Marko Djurdjevic]

Excellent Aleksi!
Simply fabulous...


Cheers
Marko

[endregan]

yeah.... How am I suposed to crit this one!!

Nothing but admiration from me! Very inspiring...
Thanks Aleksi! My french isnt very good but - Je mal a la tete!!! (I am sick in the head or hit my head or something like that ) Hehe!

[nicolas]

wtf is going on today?! first foster kills me and then you post these and finish off whatever was left.......brilliant stuff! damn you french people...damn you.

NIC (crying more now...)

[Chuck,mate.]

spectacular images.
really great art, just loved the ink work in the comics page.
keep it right up.

[Lone Wolf]

Simply Awesome!

[mk.]

Very cool stuff! The red Samurai(?)-Deamon is great... looks very agressive, cool pose too.

One question about the RoundTable Cover... why did you choose to make it "colder"? I like the version without text better...

[JoshuaTheJames]

Yo Homie!

I love that first one...so much that I have to say this one thing. I wish there was a bit more focus on the face. Perhaps some more interesting play of light and cast shadows would help...whatever still cool...


-JtJ

[donkeyslayer]

crits for this one: http://www.aneyeoni.com/ART/Illustra...bs.800_590.jpg
it is really quite fabulous, but looking at the vibrance of the colors in the BG, the face looks rather monochromatic... kinda muddy.
also, the sword looks bent in a naive fashion... kind of unintentaionally painted that way. the handle(Tsuba) and sheith (saya) should be one continuous curve... and the curve should be facing up (like this "^")
i love your rendering... and you have been haveing much subliminal influence on me lately...
lovely stuff
donk

[synthetINK]

Hey
awesome stuff Aleksi!...I really like those creatures in the second one down...they're kinda like demonic jellyfish.
-andy

[eygji]

yours are some of my favorite pics from the new magic sets.
thanks for posting them here.
love it.

[mecos]

NEAT!! that's all.

[REEF]

Inpsiration, wonderfull moood and colors

just found my new wallpaper thanks

[Salonen]

Crazy stuff!! Lovely use of colours, action and style! My favourites were the cover and the first demonic one
Great works, gongrats!!

[duddlebug]

Fantastic!! I love the 'special effects' in the first three... really strong...

And the lighting and mood of the cover art is great.

What software do you use? Is it Photoshop or Painter? (And what versions...?)

[Yoonjin]

Thanks you so much for making my day!

[Aleksi]

Wowow thanks my friends

jrr : I don't know exactly because I'm always managing different projects at the same time.
First speed paintings for the sketches, then waiting for approval, then finshing them. Love to have more time to fix them all at best.

Coro : You met me when I was only a child Thanks for your kind words !
It encourages me to carry on.
This Magic cards are one year old and I'm sure my current works are differents (and I hope much better).

SquaredS : yes, this guy's casting a spell that is going back and shooting himself. The card is called Aura Barb.

Living Rope :
Thanks mon pipou !

Profil : traditional pencils, then scanned, then traditionaly inked over some print copies of the sketches then scanned again and fixed with photoshop. huh...Boring...

Bomba, Marko : thanks ! more than glad and proud to read such comments from you !

Endregan : Your french is maybe better than my English
btw, I would know what do you think of my written English :
-sometimes completly incomprehensible ?
-exotic and funny ?
-We don't care, we're just looking at the pictures.



Nicolas : Thanks! Your work is really good too !

Chuck, Lone Wolf, Mecos, REEF, Salonen: Thanks !

mk : I don't know why the finiched cover is different. Not my choice. The publisher sent me this cover with the title.

JoshuatheJames : thanks for your comment. I agree with what you're talking about. I hope to do better on the next one.

Donkeyslayer : same thing

Andy : thanks. The last B&W covers you've posted were awesome !

Eygji : You are some of my favorite comments from this thread

Duddlebug : only Photoshop CS

[Gezstar]

man i love these. my favorite is the cover of the b.d., fucking awesome stuff. all of your recent posts are making me a big fan.

[Aleksi]

Gez : Thanks. I'm one of yours

[Pattern Recognition]

The second one is bloody gorgeous.. Almost cinematic, so much movement

btw, I would know what do you think of my written English :
-sometimes completly incomprehensible ?
-exotic and funny ?
-We don't care, we're just looking at the pictures.

I understand everything, but that's just my strange talent (or long online experience?). So I'll go for the third

[Matt Dixon]

Spectacular.

'Flames of the Blood Hand' is rock solid, but the cover has to be my favourite here - great, great atmosphere. Bravo, Aleksi.

[ungoliant]

une fois de plus,c'est la claque!!!

un genie du dessin!

c'est troooooppppp beau

congratulations!!!!!!!

au fait,monsieur briclot,vous allez le tiré ou non votre fameux terminator sur fond vert(présent sur votre site)?

[Praetorian]

Wow! Very nice job!!