BOOKS Dedicated Drawings 2024-25 (I)

 

          Some very special dedications recently made on copies of my new artbook The Super Villains and other books of mine.

        Here you have Madelyne Pryor the Goblin Queen and this beautiful Dragon in two copies of the Classic Edition of my previous artbook Legendary Heroes

          

             Here you have Harpya, drawn as a dedication in volume 3 of my French series Le Chant des Elfes

           This other dedication made on a copy of the graphic novel Stalag X

            Here is this drawing made in the compilation album of my Broadway series from the 90s.

        

         And this dedication made in the Seffana Vampirique illustration portfolio.

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.

LEGENDARY HEROES - Deluxe Drawings (8)

 

          A new group of original drawings made for the customers who made reservation of copies of my artbook Legendary Heroes-Deluxe edition (Poison Ivy cover).

      Here are the details of this edition:

           DELUXE EDITION

        96 Pages - 24 x 32 cm
       Hardcover with characters in varnish + title on hot iron
          + 5 ex-libris
          + 1 original drawing of one of the characters of the album in 18 x 25 cm
          Limited edition 100 copies

         Customers can reserve their copy in this link of my french publisher Idées Plus:  https://ideesplus.fr/produit/artbook-mike-ratera-tirage-de-luxe/

        

       Ici une nouvelle groupe dessins originaux faits que pour les clients qu´ont fait résérvation des exemplaires de mon artbook Legendary Heroes-édition De Luxe (couverture Poison Ivy)

        Ici les détails pour cette édition: 

            DELUXE EDITION

        96 Pages - 24 x 32 cm
       Tranche toilé + titre posé au fer à chaud + couve avec personnages en verni sélectif + un cahier de 24 pages supplémentaires
        + 5 ex-libris originaux numérotés et signés 
        + 1 dessin original d’un des personnages de l’album au format 18 x 25 cm
        Tirage limité à 100 exemplaires       

      Les clients peuvent réserver leur copie dans ce lien de mon éditeur Idées Plus:  https://ideesplus.fr/produit/artbook-mike-ratera-tirage-de-luxe/

ARTBOOKS Dedicated Drawings 2023-24 (III)

 

                    More recent dedications made Classic Edition copies of my artbooks Legendary Heroes & The Super Villains.  

              To learn more about these artbooks and to order them from the website of my French publisher Idées Plus:

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

     

THE SUPER VILLAINS - JABBA & DARTH SIDIOUS

 

                 I present here some of the characters that appear in my new artbook The Super Villains recently published by my French publisher Idées Plus.

         Here are two other villains from the Star Wars universe: Jabba & Darth Sidious. You can see the color done by Niina Xan for Jabba and the two stages of my work in black and white for both characters. 

         For more information about the two different editions of this artbook and to order it go here:

       https://ideesplus.fr/produit/artbook-ratera-the-super-villains-clasic/

           https://ideesplus.fr/produit/artbook-ratera-the-super-villains-clasic-limited/

       And here all the The Super Villains entries:

https://mikeratera.blogspot.com/search/label/Super%20Villains