tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76019397666714703442024-03-05T22:14:58.449+11:00James Mathurin ArtHere you'll find art by James Mathurin (the clue's really in the name). I've got everything you're looking for, if what you're looking for includes comic book art, sci-fi art, superheroes, robots, giant beetles, art nouveau and more.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06284394077820988661noreply@blogger.comBlogger278125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7601939766671470344.post-32847604020880255922015-11-22T22:35:00.000+11:002015-11-22T22:35:07.750+11:00Fantasy and Imagination - December 17-24 at The Shop Gallery<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As you can see, I will be part of this show, Fantasy and Imagination. If you're in Sydney in the week leading up to Christmas, you should come along. I'm really excited about the exhibition: I'm really happy with the pieces I've made for it, and the other artists in the show will all also have something interesting to show.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Indulge in a spectacle of fantastic vision and explore the limits of
imagination in this upcoming group exhibition, The Art of Fantasy and
Imagination. The artists display a wide range of media and style, so
come peer into their minds and see these creatures and concepts spring
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> December 17-24<br /> Gallery Opening: December 17 at 6:00 PM</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> The Shop Gallery<br /> 112 Glebe Point Road, Glebe</span> <span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Ftheshopgalleryglebe.com%2F&h=BAQEiYYqfAQGQ8HRDSXzz3N06emv1b2dT7kW2A_h7RTFipg&enc=AZM7sxPZcDUxin79HCGXJtw4lB9fPB7zryrvMn_gDxFgIjGbef3LrIc-kwC03d2dWfn6sBuPkZGRvQZ3v2eujnJAUse-4b2_u-WmaZlX0mjwRXH1OlTb0FAG_FZoBObhUZWePYwFf5MyIchNYs7o42ROC3gkijNdt1xMyxB1EOF-PA&s=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">theshopgalleryglebe.com</a></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This is my last entry for <a href="http://theshopgalleryglebe.blogspot.com.au/p/artwork-of-fantasy-and-imagination.html" target="_blank"><i>Artwork of Fantasy and Imagination</i></a>, the next exhibition that I'll be doing with the group I did <a href="http://www.artshinegallery.com/#%21sydney-comic-art/cxz5" target="_blank">the Sydney Co</a></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.artshinegallery.com/#%21sydney-comic-art/cxz5" target="_blank">mic Art & Drawing Exhibition</a> with. The show will run from 17th - 24th December, at <a href="http://theshopgalleryglebe.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">The Shop Gallery</a>, Glebe, here in Sydney. </span></div>
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with my idea of otherworldly refugees settling into everyday life, this is the pencil and ink work for an amateur team from Croydon (either Croydon near London, or Croydon in Sydney - my Anglo-Australian neutrality remains intact). </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The original art and the finish</span>ed digital art will be exhibited
with <a href="http://jamesmathurinart.blogspot.com.au/2015/11/artwork-of-fantasy-and-imagination.html" target="_blank">The Builders</a>, and <a href="http://jamesmathurinart.blogspot.com.au/2015/11/artwork-of-fantasy-and-imagination_8.html" target="_blank">The Office</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Like I wrote before, I even came up with a story that links these pictures:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It's
been just 18 months since the first of the refugees arrived through the
portals. In cities all over the world, people have started to grow
accustomed to having neighbours and, increasingly, workmates who would
have been the stuff of myths 2 years ago.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">While
most refugees are reluctant to talk about their experiences, there are
rumours circling of harsh and brutal feudal societies, with appalling
living conditions. No wonder, many say, that they have been so quick to
train and enter the modern workforce, and, where possible, assimilate
into 21st century culture.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Of course, even extra-dimensional refugees need time off, and a Sunday league football team is the perfect way to socialise with their neighbours.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This is my next entry for <a href="http://theshopgalleryglebe.blogspot.com.au/p/artwork-of-fantasy-and-imagination.html" target="_blank"><i>Artwork of Fantasy and Imagination</i></a>, the next exhibition that I'll be doing with the group I did </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.artshinegallery.com/#%21sydney-comic-art/cxz5" target="_blank">the Sydney Comic Art & Drawing Exhibition</a> with. The show will run from 17th - 24th December, at <a href="http://theshopgalleryglebe.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">The Shop Gallery</a>, Glebe, here in Sydney. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Keeping with my idea of otherworldly refugees settling into everyday life, here are a couple of office colleagues having a chat. This will be exhibited with <a href="http://jamesmathurinart.blogspot.com.au/2015/11/artwork-of-fantasy-and-imagination.html" target="_blank">The Builders</a>, and at least one other piece in the series.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Like I wrote 2 weeks ago, I even came up with a story that links these pictures:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It's
been just 18 months since the first of the refugees arrived through the
portals. In cities all over the world, people have started to grow
accustomed to having neighbours and, increasingly, workmates who would
have been the stuff of myths 2 years ago.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">While
most refugees are reluctant to talk about their experiences, there are
rumours circling of harsh and brutal feudal societies, with appalling
living conditions. No wonder, many say, that they have been so quick to
train and enter the modern workforce, and, where possible, assimilate
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> I did a couple of versions of the colours, but in the end, I decided to match it up with <a href="http://jamesmathurinart.blogspot.com.au/2015/11/artwork-of-fantasy-and-imagination.html" target="_blank">a third version </a>of <a href="http://jamesmathurinart.blogspot.com/2015/10/artwork-of-fantasy-and-imagination.html" target="_blank">The Builders</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I went back to <a href="http://jamesmathurinart.blogspot.com.au/2015/10/artwork-of-fantasy-and-imagination.html" target="_blank">The Builders</a> from last week, and did some work on the colouring, based on some feedback I got.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Also, here are some research sketches I've been making for the next couple of pictures. I've been using African masks and statues for ideas, and some of these are from the Bena Luluwa in Zaire, a Kasangu mask, from the Sola Mpasis of Zaire, a Ndimo mask, from the Makonde of South Tanzania, and a grimacing mask from Tunisia.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This is my first entry for <a href="http://theshopgalleryglebe.blogspot.com.au/p/artwork-of-fantasy-and-imagination.html" target="_blank"><i>Artwork of Fantasy and Imagination</i></a>, the next exhibition that I'll be doing with the group I did </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.artshinegallery.com/#%21sydney-comic-art/cxz5" target="_blank">the Sydney Comic Art & Drawing Exhibition</a> with. The show will run from 17th - 24th December, at <a href="http://theshopgalleryglebe.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">The Shop Gallery</a>, Glebe, here in Sydney. A lot of my stuff has been comic and sci-fi based, so fantasy is a chance to try something different.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Most of the fantasy stuff I've enjoyed has been in a contemporary setting (China Mieville, Geoffrey Thorne, Neil Gaimen, and Garth Ennis' <i>Preacher</i> are the ones that come to mind), so I wanted to do some pieces that put fantasy figures into everyday settings.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This is why my research sketches from the last few weeks have bounced from <a href="http://jamesmathurinart.blogspot.com/2015/09/beginning-some-new-stuff.html" target="_blank">builders on a tea break to flaming skulls</a> and <a href="http://jamesmathurinart.blogspot.com.au/2015/10/more-sketches-for-my-next-project.html" target="_blank">people with fish heads</a>. So what's the backstory?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">These are more preparatory sketches to go with <a href="http://jamesmathurinart.blogspot.com/2015/09/beginning-some-new-stuff.html" target="_blank">the builders and faces</a> I was drawing a while back. I'm quite fond of my fishhead guys, but I'm looking forward to using all of these, including the office scene.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This Saturday The Winners of ArtSHINE's <i>Draw ME A Calendar</i> competition will be announced. With your help, Nina and / or The Couple will be among them! This is democracy in action, people!</span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://jamesmathurinart.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/nina-simone-steampunk-pieces.html">James Mathurin - Entry 04 - Nina</a></span></div>
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<a href="https://m.facebook.com/artshinegallery">The Draw Me A Calendar opening night</a> is next Saturday, the 17th October, between 6 and 8pm.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This is my second piece for the ArtSHINE '<a href="http://www.artshine.com.au/2015/08/draw-me-a-calendar-art-competition-call-out-to-artists-and-designers.html" target="_blank">Draw Me A Calendar</a>' competition, and the final version based on the sketches of the Victorian couple I posted last week.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I just want to say, I drew this before <a href="http://www.bbcamerica.com/doctor-who/extras/season-9-premiere-full-episode-the-magicians-apprentice/" target="_blank">the new series of Doctor Who</a> premiered, so any resemblance between the chair in the picture and certain pepper-pot shaped aliens is... well, it's not coicidental, is it? I've been a massive Whovian since I was a kid, so, yes I quite happily admit to being inspired by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Nation" target="_blank">Terry Nation</a>'s designs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <a href="http://jamesmathurinart.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/nina-simone-steampunk-pieces.html" target="_blank">James Mathurin - Entry 04 - Nina</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I like the sheer stiffness and awkwardness of Victorian photos. It actually sums up the inhumanity that seemed to characterise that period. They're actually quite a contrast to the expressive, flowing Art Nouveau images, but I've enjoyed using them to make my <a href="http://jamesmathurinart.blogspot.com.au/p/cyberpunk-art-nouveau.html" target="_blank">Steampunk / robot / Art Nouveau pieces</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This is the preparatory sketch for my other <a href="http://www.artshine.com.au/2015/08/draw-me-a-calendar-art-competition-call-out-to-artists-and-designers.html" target="_blank">Draw Me A Calendar</a> submission, to go with <a href="http://jamesmathurinart.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/nina-simone-steampunk-pieces.html" target="_blank">the Nina Simone one I already shared</a>. Down the bottom is the original photograph. Such a happy couple.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is the first of my pieces for <a href="http://www.artshine.com.au/2015/08/draw-me-a-calendar-art-competition-call-out-to-artists-and-designers.html" target="_blank">ArtSHINE's <em>Draw Me A Calendar</em> event</a>. It's what my <a href="http://jamesmathurinart.blogspot.co.uk/2015/09/nina-simone-sketches.html" target="_blank">Niña Simone sketches</a> were for, and, basically, I hope I've done her justice.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06284394077820988661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7601939766671470344.post-58307513910553447092015-09-06T21:13:00.000+10:002015-09-06T21:13:04.554+10:00Beginning some new stuff<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I took a while away from <a href="http://jamesmathurinart.blogspot.com.au/2015/05/the-lady-new-cyberpunk-art-nouveau-piece.html" target="_blank">The Lady</a> to work on some other stuff, like <a href="http://jamesmathurinart.blogspot.com.au/2015/07/finished-artshine-art-on-board-piece.html" target="_blank">Art On Board</a>, but now I've had the chance to go back and work on it and add some colour.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I'm glad I got her finished because I've got a few things coming up to work on, and it's always nice to have a finished piece under your belt, rather than hanging over your head (I win at mixed metaphors).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/TkayMaidzaMusic" target="_blank">Tkay Maidza</a>'s someone I've learned about recently, who seems like a musician tailor-made for me. A singer / songwriter / rapper from here in Oz, with a distinctive style and flow, plus a penchant for cool anime-inspired music videos? Result.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So here's my response to her whole hip-hop afrofuturist thing she's got going on. I was especially inspired by her latest video, M.O.B., which I've stuck below. It's a great song even without the video, but with all this anime sci-fi space stuff going on, It's something else. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I'm going to be really interested if this is something that sparks a subgenre of Aussie hip hop. I love that Maidza's sound incorporates plenty of Electronic Dance Music, as that is something that represents a big part of Australia's music scene. I know <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flume_%28musician%29" target="_blank">Flume </a>has done pretty well, and big EDM festivals like DEFQON show that it's a big deal here.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I love hip-hop first and foremost, but I think a country or region needs to find its distinctive voice for hip-hop to thrive. The UK had great rappers the whole time I was growing up, people like Roots Manuva, Ty, Estelle (nowadays maybe better know as Garnet on Steven Universe) and Blak Twang, but it was only when the UK hip-hop scene incorporated home-grown styles, like Grime and Dubstep, that it really took hold and started to break through like it has in the last decade with people like Tinie Tempah and of course Dizzee Rascal.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It was the same when hip-hop started to leave it's New York birthing ground: The West Coast took a while to really break out with NWA and Ice Cube, and really defined itself with G-Funk; The South needed acts like Outkast and Lil' Jon and the Crunk scene.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I loved watching these voices be found, and I'm excited to see if what Maidza's found is her voice, or the voice of something bigger. Either way, there's great music being created, so I'm happy to wait and see.</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06284394077820988661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7601939766671470344.post-83096520886586819742015-08-02T20:25:00.001+10:002015-08-02T20:25:28.199+10:00The Assault on Alton Lane makes the Local Press - Street Art Superheroes<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This is a bit of an experiment. Tammy suggested that it'd be cool to add a sense of narrative to my <a href="http://jamesmathurinart.blogspot.com.au/p/blog-page.html" target="_blank">street-art superheroes</a>, so I've been giving it some thought. After coming up with the background for <a href="http://jamesmathurinart.blogspot.com.au/2015/04/assault-on-alton-lane-newtown-sydney.html" target="_blank">Assault on Alton Lane</a>, I thought it should be reported on by the media.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">ArtSHINE continue to support my work really well, and also just generally be an excellent gallery. They have made me one of their new artists, which means that any time you want, you can go in and see samples of my work and <a href="http://jamesmathurinart.blogspot.com.au/2015/05/james-mathurin-art-is-on-etsy-now.html" target="_blank">some of the products I've put them on</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Oh, and you can also get a great cup of coffee, lunch, and enjoy whatever exhibition they've got running, I mean, obviously, you're already really excited to hear about my stuff, but maybe you have to drag along someone who's not interested in, well, me, so there's all that as well. They will thank you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Here are a couple of ArtSHINE's <a href="https://instagram.com/artshinegallery/" target="_blank">instagram </a>posts about the show and my piece, <a href="http://jamesmathurinart.blogspot.com.au/2015/07/finished-artshine-art-on-board-piece.html">Profile Pic of Sarah Bernhardt </a> . </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I've finished off the piece I've been doing for <a href="http://www.artshine.com.au/2015/06/12881-2.html" target="_blank">ArtSHINE's Art On Board show</a>. I had to come up with a title for it, which led to researching the original painting I based it off.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Like I mentioned previously, based on </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <a href="http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/collection/work/25258/" target="_blank"><i>Sarah Bernhardt</i> by Paul Emile Berthon</a>. It turns out Sarah Bernhardt was an incredibly famous actress of the time, both in theatre and early movies. </span>She was also an artist and writer, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Bernhardt" target="_blank">generally lived a pretty interesting life</a>. I'd like to be able to pretend I knew all this, and that it was another Berthon piece before I started work on it, but, nah, it was just a piece of serendipity. Still, after the research, I ended up with '<i>Profile Pic of Sarah Bernhardt</i>' as a title. I wonder if Berthon or Bernhardt would have liked it...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Turns out this piece is <a href="http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/collection/work/25258/" target="_blank"><i>Sarah Bernhardt</i> by Paul Emile Berthon</a>, who is the artist whose work I based <a href="http://jamesmathurinart.blogspot.com.au/2012/08/lermitage-finished-piece.html" target="_blank"><i>L'ermitage</i></a> on. Coincidentally, I feel I should offer friendly reminder that L'ermitage is available on <a href="https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/232214824/lermitage-steampunk-cyborg-art-nouveau?ref=shop_home_active_4" target="_blank">tote bags </a>and <a href="https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/233359635/illustrated-steampunk-cyberpunk-art?ref=shop_home_active_2" target="_blank">postcards </a>on <a href="https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/JamesMathurinArt" target="_blank">Etsy </a>right now, and some more things in the coming future.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">©2015 James Mathurin</span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06284394077820988661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7601939766671470344.post-50139405979907635992015-06-14T16:02:00.000+10:002015-06-14T16:02:13.062+10:00A Steampunk experiment<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I'm taking a break from <a href="http://jamesmathurinart.blogspot.com.au/2015/06/the-lady-ink-update.html" target="_blank">The Lady</a> to work on something for a show / competition. Thing is, I think I'm going to need to not <a href="http://jamesmathurinart.blogspot.com.au/p/cyberpunk-art-nouveau.html" target="_blank">work digitally on it,</a> <a href="http://jamesmathurinart.blogspot.com.au/p/blog-page.html" target="_blank">which has really been my thing,</a> <a href="http://jamesmathurinart.blogspot.com.au/p/acquisition-comic.html" target="_blank">as far as shading and colouring</a>. So, I had a go at doing a quick steampunk / Art Nouveau sketch with felt-tips. Apart from the skin tone, I'm pretty happy with it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">©2015 James Mathurin</span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06284394077820988661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7601939766671470344.post-63385615173898683032015-06-07T14:23:00.001+10:002015-06-13T22:04:16.733+10:00The Lady - Ink Update<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I'm already well into colouring <a href="http://jamesmathurinart.blogspot.com.au/2015/05/the-lady-new-cyberpunk-art-nouveau-piece.html" target="_blank"><i>The Lady</i></a>, but here's what she looked like with the inking finished.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Since the <a href="http://jamesmathurinart.blogspot.com.au/search/label/ArtSHINE%20gallery" target="_blank">ArtSHINE show</a>, I've been wanting to do another <a href="http://jamesmathurinart.blogspot.com.au/p/cyberpunk-art-nouveau.html" target="_blank">of these pieces</a>, so I've been working on another one the same way I did <a href="http://jamesmathurinart.blogspot.com.au/2013/09/the-gentleman-is-finished.html" target="_blank">the Gentleman piece</a>. I found a <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/blackheritage/2220685180/in/photostream/" target="_blank">cool picture of a Victorian lady</a>, and took it from there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">©2015 James Mathurin</span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06284394077820988661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7601939766671470344.post-72584618807938293572015-05-18T18:42:00.001+10:002015-06-13T22:04:16.751+10:00James Mathurin Art is on Etsy now!<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/JamesMathurinArt" target="_blank">I've opened up a store on Etsy</a> to sell some products I've made with my designs on. Have a look below in the handy widget-thing they let me use.</span></div>
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<script src="https://www.etsy.com/assets/js/etsy_mini_shop.js" type="text/javascript"></script><script type="text/javascript">new Etsy.Mini(11072984,'gallery',4,1,1,'https://www.etsy.com');</script><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
Here's a better look at the items on sale; they're all based on either the <a href="http://jamesmathurinart.blogspot.com.au/p/blog-page.html" target="_blank">Street Art Superheroes</a> or the <a href="http://jamesmathurinart.blogspot.com.au/p/cyberpunk-art-nouveau.html" target="_blank">Cyberpunk Art Nouveau</a> sets, but I'll add more as I'm able to source products: </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> ©2015 James Mathurin</span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06284394077820988661noreply@blogger.com0