Lefran's sketchbook: 20th April

**alesoun** · October 20th, 2009, 07:38 PM

Great stuff, Lefran! Love the pop-up horse.

hp · October 20th, 2009, 09:41 PM

so coooool, i love the darth vader cup tee hee

your design skills are getting better and better.

**Dandilion** · October 22nd, 2009, 03:44 PM

Great work hun! Love the way you experiment with paper and crafts. Inspiring as hell!

**loveandasandwich** · October 22nd, 2009, 04:48 PM

yesssss

the dragon from the page before!

**tuchten** · October 22nd, 2009, 08:18 PM

haha. so amazing this stuff!

**Koto** · November 5th, 2009, 11:29 AM

Beautiful illustrations, Fran! I love the girls you draw.

**lefran** · November 13th, 2009, 08:57 AM

Thanks all

Heres some doodles from scraps of paper or sketchbook, and a lithography print i did of some mugs. The bee painting is gouache and was quite small.
The one with the cut out smile and the 2 rabbits were for a brief for uni, to answer 2 sort of sayings we were given each, mine were ' happiness is not just the absence of unhappiness', and the other was ' listen for the creak of the bow, not just the rush of the arrows'.

Thanks for stopping by!
mf x

**Aly Fell** · November 13th, 2009, 10:55 AM

**Kan Muftić** · November 13th, 2009, 11:49 AM

Loving that horse image, really nice Fran.

**Jesus Food** · November 13th, 2009, 12:59 PM

hey lefran i love ur sketchbook ur style is very cool. My favorite on this page is the leopard horse pic on #935. I dig the mood in that one

**Pixie Trick** · November 13th, 2009, 03:48 PM

I love the latest post! Beautiful work.

**Finn Diesel** · November 15th, 2009, 03:44 PM

Nice updates! I love what you did with this one; the opaque paint on top of the watercolours looks really nice, and the coloured lines too. Really goood!

**Shantih** · November 16th, 2009, 12:14 PM

I like the one of Rose, but I have to say I've never seen her covered in snails so it's hardly accurate is it. IS IT FRAN.

I like the bunnies one too

**loveandasandwich** · November 16th, 2009, 12:47 PM

rocket snail!!!

**Sketch** · November 16th, 2009, 01:02 PM

I'm really enjoying your creative spirit and all the things you're doing with paper. Very refreshing!

**lefran** · November 17th, 2009, 03:23 PM

thanks all

she clearly IS covered with multicoloured snails, and theyre pretty awesome

We had a project to do an abstract book, 12 images from a poem or short story, using simple shapes, colour etc to convey characters, and actions from the story etc, also as an exercise in composition.
I chose mine about a tiger being mistreated at a zoo, ive done 6 so far.

**Koto** · November 17th, 2009, 10:00 PM

Queen of the lasers *bow*

The abstract shape images are delicious! first one is my fav

**lefran** · December 11th, 2009, 07:40 PM

hehe thanks Koto
Some more stuff>>
The one with the lady in the fur coat and the shelves with phones, are both mock editorials, the one is for an article about wearing fur, and the other about this woman than hates new type phones. Im undecided about which kind of style to push with that one, i started a more realistic sort of phone shape, or whether i should just do more with the red line doodles i used as a sort of guide?

**lefran** · January 10th, 2010, 07:48 PM

Bits and bobs
Little ink doodle, Quick stylised portraits of friends,
Horse toy i've been working on, the card will be replaced with acrylic (theres a viideo of it here http://lefranart.blogspot.com ), more work on my dragon image, and a mural for my first ever comission

**sketchling** · January 10th, 2010, 08:02 PM

Love it! You just keep gettin better

Your sketchbook always makes me smile

**Chaser226** · January 10th, 2010, 08:36 PM

Great work!

**Jaytea** · January 10th, 2010, 08:58 PM

aaahhah I love your style!

**Bones Weep Tedium** · January 12th, 2010, 04:50 AM

The mural is awesome, really love the charatcer's expression! The balanced compostion is nice, are you planning on developing individual elements into each side, or are you going to keep it perfectly symmetrical?

**lefran** · January 19th, 2010, 10:34 AM

thankyou all

BWT- no that was the final sign off on the mural, it was for a comission, and the client was happy with it.

Heres a popup sandwich and the abstract book project
itll be joined together as one image in a consertina, just easier to show split

**Koto** · January 20th, 2010, 08:51 AM

I love the ink doodle. And wow at the concertina, totally amazed (and jealous) at how many skills you have!

**Giorge** · February 10th, 2010, 12:29 PM

that sandwitch looks delicious

mmmmm cardboardy

what are they anyway? boxes for sandwiches ?

**Feral Friend** · February 15th, 2010, 06:31 AM

Arrr almost everything you illustrate has some sort of brown paper texture, I'd like to see you draw some portraits of the elderly using your paper textures in their skin.

**Bendragon** · February 15th, 2010, 01:06 PM

Nice creativity in here! Good to see so many different ideas being used in what media to use and how they are handled. Especially like the hand made stuff!

**lefran** · March 5th, 2010, 09:25 PM

Thanks guys!

Heres some stuffs! Some random doodles and paints, but start of a project for uni about monsters, watch this space!

Wooden and acrylic wind up horse toy i made, theres a video of it on my blog at www.lefranart.blogspot.com

Unfinished Chelsea> loveandasandwich

**Linguini** · March 5th, 2010, 11:40 PM

Your sketchbook is beautiful! Seriously inspiring, and it's amazing to see the first page and now this one! I'm so glad I peeked in, your style makes me smile!