ARTBOOKS Dedicated Drawings 2023-24 (IV)

 

             Some very special dedications recently made on copies of my new artbook The Super Villains and other books of mine. They are drawings dedicated to collaborators who have participated in these works. 

         Here you have this Baron Harkonnen for the great Kevin J. Anderson, who wrote the preface to my artbook The Super Villains. Kevin has continued the Dune literary saga for more than 20 years together with Brian Herbert. 

         Here is his website: https://wordfire.com/

        

            

               This drawing of the character Midna from the Zelda universe is for Niina Xan, who has worked on the color of many of the illustrations for The Super Villains. In addition to being a colorist, Niina is also a illustrator and creator of her own universe. 

          You can see her work here:  https://www.deviantart.com/niina-xan

  

                 This Jabba drawing is for Nuria Sayago, another of my colorists on The Super Villains. Nuria has a long career as a colorist in the Franco-Belgian market. 

           Here you can see the series in which she has worked: 

https://www.bedetheque.com/auteur-30795-BD-Sayago-Nuria.html

                This other copy of The Super Villains is dedicated to the model Seffy Moon, who has been collaborating with me for a long time on illustrations and covers. 

            Here you can learn more about our collaborations:

               https://mikeratera.blogspot.com/p/seffy-moon-art.html

               Seffy Moon is also represented in this drawing for my colorist Nuria Sayago, made in the Seffana Vampirique Portfolio where both participated. 

       Here you can see the Seffana Vampirique portfolio:

          https://ideesplus.fr/produit/seffana-vampirique/

               This other drawing is also for Nuria Sayago who participated as a colorist in the special edition Kabur the Red Star, published by Dark Dragon Books in Holland.

          Here you can learn more about this edition:

           https://mikeratera.blogspot.com/2014/02/kabur-red-star.html

                 And another dedication to Nuria Sayago in the Dutch edition of another book of mine: Le Chant des Elfes series previously published in France, also published in Holland with Dark Dragon Books.

           Here you can learn more about this Limited Edition:

     https://mikeratera.blogspot.com/2012/01/le-chant-des-elfes-limited-edition.html

STAR WARS DAY Andenne

 

This May 4th I had the honor of participating in Star Wars Day organized by This May 4th I had the honor of participating in Star Wars Day organized by my friends from La Grande Ourse in Andenne (Belgium). 

Here you can see my poster for the event, this Darth Vader illustration that I made with the color of Nuria Sayago.

The dedication session took place at the Atomik Strip bookstore in Andenne. I have dedicated my artbooks Legendary Heroes and The Super Villains, both published in France with my publisher Idées Plus. 

Here you can learn more about these artbooks:

https://ideesplus.fr/beaux-livres/artbooks/

      Here you can see Star Wars drawings made for direct sale to my Belgian clients. And also some photos of the cosplay animations from this weekend in Andenne.