L’atelier
C’est mon espace expérimental: urban sketching, linogravures, croquis et infos de toutes sortes sur la vie d’artiste.
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Le droit d’auteur est un droit moral : il est donc inaliénables. On ne peut pas le céder (l’artiste reste toujours l’auteur de l’œuvre).
En revanche, quand vous travailler avec un artiste, vous licencier des droits d’exploitation / d’utilisation ( ce sont les droits patrimoniaux) : Ce sont des licences de reproduction, de représentation et de diffusion.
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I know, I know, it’s definitely an anachronism… It was much later that Gutenberg combined various existing technologies to create the first printing press.
But I wanted to see how my cartoons in ink would look on a book cover. I must admit, it might be a bit surprising when you only know my commercial work. But yes, I really like to draw cartoons in a medieval style.
And look how it perfectly fits on the cover!
This is the original ink cartoon I made for my personal instagram account -
What if I turned my naturalist sketchbook into a cultural product?
Here is something you should know about me: besides being an illustrator and a « contemporary survival » artist, I specialize in 3D visualization.
So, I sat down at my desk to create a fictional publishing house (with a name inspired by my Instagram handle, @codexitineris) and modeled the books it would likely sell. To keep it authentic, I scanned my own original ink-drawn naturalist illustrations, then integrated them into the cover designs, carefully balancing the color harmonies for each. As a self-imposed challenge, I limited each design to just two colors. I love the idea that a cultural product can also double as a decorative object. I could make tons of books like this, but I have to stop at this point.
Softwares: Adobe Illustrator, Dimension.
One final note on the process: no AI was used in the making of this project.
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Julien Bigot
Illustrator
I’m a minimalist designer floating between information design, board games, and artistic experiments. Consider this space my lab: a mix of high-saturation colors, funny characters, and occasional ink explosion.