ELK64

Bi-annual publication

Hello everyone, I hope you're doing well.

You've probably seen that this page isn't closed since the beginning of the year; don't worry it is completely paused and payment aswell, so unless you're a new subscriber, you shouldn't be debited.


Concerning my health; I'ms slowly improving to better, but it's taking me a lot of time. I'm also investing for next year; my wife and I are still planning to move to France, and I'd like to be able to reopen this patre...

Patreon stand bye

Hello everyone,

Already a very big thank you for your support. Many people here supported me from the first month, and stayed until the end. Not only that, but your participation was often active, with comments and small follow-ups that are good, like a kind of little café with which we come to share our work a little more intimately than on social networks.

As I warned some time ago, shipping costs in Switzerland have completely changed, making the viability of patreo...

Log 52 - sketchbook - female nude 2

There you go, this is the latest updates and we end with a selection of female nudes.
This selection allows you to better see how I organize my sketches and what are the different ways of sketching that I test. We can clearly distinguish the moments of ease and lightness from the laborious and hesitant moments. The time is always the same, and the majority of the sketches are one to two minute drawings...

nebula pins preview !

This beginning of the year is a little hectic for me with personal things that are being put in place, others that are unblocked, others that have to be organized... In short, before coming back to all this with more information, I offer you a visual that is quite light but of which I am quite proud; I received the pins for my kickstarter campaign and I'm super happy with the results! I leave you with a preview of the visuals ; - )

Songs of chaos, sketches, previews and standee

Hello everyone !   Here's a tiny post with a bunch of stuff I did post on different socials media this last month. I hope you enjoy all those previews !   You can also have a look on the standee sent to Bountiful branch tier. I hope you like them and that you had some great hollydays !

End of patreon, tipeee and Nebula

A short message because I am hardly in a position to do more.

Swiss postal rates will triple next year.
The standee will be my last pack. Patreon will close after that.
The kickstarter will most likely be canceled in the following days.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart for the support you have given me this year. I stuck my head out of the water for a little while, and thought the last two years were going to be over.

I apologize for having to back down.
2021-10-30 12:26:55 +0000 UTC View Post

Nebula - online and funded !

The campaign is now live and already funded, I think I'm still a bit it denials, once again, thank you all for the support <3 <3 

Nebula - originals watercolor to sell preview

Hello everyone!

It was a bit late because I was busy with travel and work but HERE WE ARE. So as promised, the preview of the originals that will be available for sale on the kickstarter campaign. I will still have a few more after, but not a whole lot either. I also work on art prints with printing on art paper OR watercolor paper, and hand gilding. We will test it later on twitch, but the printing test are already bluffing!

See you later for those who will be joining the live ...

Nebula - preview

And here is the global overview of the rewards that will be available this Friday on kickstarter!
I tried to respect the size scales.

Custom watercolors, signature with gold and illuminated art prints will be in limited quantities.

I hope you like the preview!

Nebula - goodies preview

Hello everyone !

And we continue the preview of the upcoming campaign!

Planned as a counterpart, the A5 sticker sheet (with rose gold foil). There will perhaps be a few small adjustments so there's no problem for manufacturing, but overall, the supplier had not given me a negative veto on the prototype!

I reveal also to you these two pins.. Their design is not necessarily 100% final, in the sense that I need the approval of the supplier and that...

Last reward of the year

Hello everyone !

So for the last physical reward of the year I want to send you something really special; I'm trying to see what are the different option and how I'll manage it, what design to use etc... but basically, I'd really like to go with one of my wanderer creature in a beautiful standee ! Ideally I'd like to go with wood standee but it will depend what are the wood available, and also the size option, other way I'll go with a more classic standee. I'm trying to fix those thin...

Nebula previews

Good evening everyone,

At the moment my time is pretty loaded between the comic book, the patreon rewards and the kickstarter! Its launch is in a little less than two weeks, I admit that I am starting to stress a bit.

I share with you here some previews which have been specially prepared for the campaign ; -)

the animation of the little whale gif was made by my friend Caal, I invite you to t...

Nebula : Pre-launch page

Hello everyone !
I hope you are doing well !

You can now register directly on the kickstarter page to be notified when the campaign is launched. Some contributions will be limited or even unique (especially the originals). If you want to be sure not to miss anything, I urge you to register!

Scorpio will be one of the original watercolor for sale

I have also finished ...

NEBULA - UPDATE

Hello everyone !  I am very happy to reveal some previews and the launch date of my kickstarter for my artbook "Nebula".

In the same vein as the other "bestiae ab", the project is a small square book, in hard cover and quality paper, and if the campaign allows it, pimp it up with beautiful manufacturing on the cover and inside! The book will be accessible for around 26.- (including international shipping), with all the physical rewards that would be released durin...

Nebula - cover preview

I can proudly say that all the photography are now ready for printing. I still have some work to do, but I think I will be able to launch a kickstarter later in the year. I'm doing all sort of calculs, but I want the book to be affordable *including* with worldwide shipping. Bestiae ab aquis has always been an affordable artbook and I don't want this to change.

Here is a preview of the cover, I updated it with the unicorn design and it's flashy gold. I hope you enjoy it ! 

Update

Hello everyone !

A little message to tell you that I haven't forgotten you (nor the news of the month!). I've had a short week and a busy August, but I've got a few things planned for you this month.

I will order the calendars for the contributors who subscribe to this option at the end of the week (so they must arrive soon so I can send them early next month). Contributors from €5 will have access to a bank of reference images taken inside the Château de Chillon (medieval Sw...

Nebula Artbook preview

Hello everyone ! A tiny up with a preview of the work I'm doing right now.

I'm adding gold foil to all my watercolor. I have a bunch of them to re-paint because I'm not happy with the final result, but I hope my work will pay at the end !

Have a nice day everyone ; - )

- ELK 

Nebula : work in progress

Hello everyone ! Here's a some preview of the watercolors I'm working on for my artbook Nebula.

I hope you all a nice week-end ! 

-ELK 

Rewards preview

Hello everyone! I hope you're doing well, here is a preview of the next rewards for people pledging 15€ for august-september-october. I hope you enjoy it !

(the design was choosen using the result of both tipeee and patreon's poll result)

Previews - a few of everything

Hello everyone!

The year continues to go by, here are some previews of finished work, work in progress, or previews from my comic book. Have a very good day everyone ;- )

Log 27 : Bestiae ab aquis 2 - painting selection (1/2)

Hello people,

Today it is semi exclusivity. Until now I had never really shown all of my "bestiae ab aquis" series (now unavailable for sale). The only images I had shown of these illustrations were in very small format on my tumblr at the time... and only few of them... so I am now taking this opportunity to show you these designs on a more generous size, some that have never been before unveiled on the web. Next week you will have the other part of this series! I hope you like it ! 2021-07-19 06:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post

Rewards update

Good morning all !

All your packages have been prepared, packaged and stamped! They will leave for their final destinations tomorrow.

In the meantime I present to you the next goodies on which I am working, an A4 wall calendar. I hope that pleases you ! Very soon polls will be set up for you to vote for your illustrations as well as what type of design you enjoy for the calendar. See you soon; )

ELK

Preview - Nebula

Good morning all !

Small news to warn you that the news of the week will arrive rather at the end of the week. In the meantime I have the pleasure to announce that I have started - finally - to work back on my watercolor artbook project. For those who have known the "Bestiae ab aquis" 's books, this new series is in the same spirit. But this time I hope to have a more beautiful, richer, more precious book ... but without distorting the basic concept; a beautiful object at an a...

Log 20 - sketchbook (feets and hands)

Hello over here,

I wish you a great June's starting. Today, we stay in the sketchbook but this time we venture to the side of the human body with quick sketches of feets and hands (pencils and pen). Hope you like it and inspire you to do the same!

- ELK