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nautilebleu

@nautilebleu@mamot.fr

If you see the glass half empty, use a smaller one🥛https://about.me/nautilebleu Ko-fi for supporting my comics https://ko-fi.com/nautilebleu 🤘 - French old school developer the day, wannabe comics artist the night - Speak French and English - He/Him I mostly post my art about my own characters Esther and Erie, my comics project. And also some fanarts, rock girls (huge fan of Band-Maid) and vintage models studies

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nautilebleu, to Meme
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Charles Dana Gibson version of the #distractedboyfriend #meme #GibsonGirl

nautilebleu, to Vintage
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New art inspired by the beautiful noir serie by Marion Dolly Kitten and Régis Léostic.

Zoom on hands and the gun of Marion Dolly Kitten watching through venetian stores with a gun
Zoom on Venetian blindsMarion Dolly Kitten watching through venetian stores with a gun
Zoom on thé face of Marion Dolly Kitten watching through venetian stores with a gun

nautilebleu, to art
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20th dedication for the artbook, with a 20th century Esther and Erie: Jesko has bought the artbook and asked for my heroines visiting a universal exposition. I decided to draw them during the 1900 edition in Paris, Esther wearing a dress inspired by Les Nouvelles Merveilleuses in 1908. Thanks for his trust!

#art #fanart #artwork #artoftheday #nautilebleu #owncharacter #universalexpo #paris1900 #belleepoque #dedicace #dedication #fediart #mastodonart #mastoart #creativetoots

Final traditional art of Esther and Erie visiting the 1900 universal exposition in Paris. Esther wears an silky dress with translucent sleeves and cleavage; on her head, a big hat with feathers; she holds an umbrella. Erie wears a brown dress with an hat. In the background, the Eiffel Tower. On the top left corner text "For Jesko Thanks for your trust"
Les nouvelles merveilleuses, three women that shows in 1908 at a horse race, Ccreating a scandal because of their provocative outfit, their dresses showing their bodies with large feathered hats, walking side by side.
Zoom on Esther visiting the 1900 universal exposition in Paris. Esther wears an olive silky dress with translucent sleeves and cleavage; on her head, a big hat with feathers; she holds an umbrella.

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#writerscoffeeclub May 25
Do you use a cover artist or design your own covers? Share your cover art.

I used to hire cover artists. Meanwhile, however, I had some bad experiences and gained more skills myself. I surely do not range among the top cover artists - but truth be told: We all know how hard it is to make some good money with books. Thus, I've done the newest ones myself. The latest is for #OdysseyToThePromisedLand after some very good input from folks here.

nautilebleu,
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@anderlandbooks 🙌and in case you want to read my comics I put the digital editions online today https://ko-fi.com/nautilebleu/shop 🔥

nautilebleu, to random
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01/05/2024 Introduce your setting as if it's a character in your story.

The McAlistair mansion POV: “I’m currently the host of Esther and her strange little maid. Before I belonged to Esther’s husband, but he wasn’t with them when they came back from the colonies. Something has happened there, I don’t know what, but it makes Esther ill. The little strange maid tries her best to help.”

[Illustration: The mansion]

nautilebleu,
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12/05/2024 Who is the best friend in your story?

Lady d’Arc… err no, not this time 😅 The best friend is probably Erié, although her official position is to be the maid. During the story, she will become closer and closer to Esther and ultimately, she will be far more than a friend.

[Illustrations: Esther and Erie walking on the seashore]

nautilebleu,
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#wordweavers 30/05/2024 Are you comfortable writing from the POV of a child? Written any?

The whole Inktober 2023 was a POV from a young Esther in her early teen years. Not exactly a child but it’s the nearest I’ve done.

[Illustrations: Excerpt from Inktober 2023 - Esther youth]

nautilebleu,
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#wordweavers 05/05/2024 Are there characters or events that challenge your MC's belief system?

That’s the plot: the events at the Chamberlain’s Seminary will completely challenge the way Esther sees the world. I could quote @NaraMoore answer:
That the supernatural is real
⁃ The desirability of social conformity
⁃ That no one can be trusted (except Erié)
⁃ The world is a cursed place

[Illustration: cover of the 1st issue]
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nautilebleu,
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#wordweavers 20/05/2024 How did you settle on your antagonist's appearance?

I started with The Evil Queen (played by Lana Parilla) in ABC Once Upon a Time TV show. With time I mixed her with Bianca Beauchamp, a latex fetish model

[Illustrations: Evolution of Lady d’Arcy ]
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Photo of Lana Parilla as The Evil Queen, the reference for Lady d’Arcy. She wears a velvet red coat with leather pants and gloves, with a large hat with feathers
Working on Lady d’Arcy appearance, as I started to mix her with Bianca Beauchamp. Especially I started to give her very large boobs and dark red hairs
Reference photo of latex model Bianca Beauchamp: she used lots of surgery to enhance herself and I thought it was perfect for Lady d’Arcy

nautilebleu,
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#wordweavers 06/05/2024 Who is your most fun character?

Hmm my story doesn’t leave much place for fun, but I would go with Lady D’Arcy. Being the villainess, she’s the one who can be the most funny, by her lack of moral limits and excesses.

[Illustration: the distracted boyfriend meme, but with my characters]
#fediart #mastodonart #mastoart #creativetoots #memes #distractedboyfriend

nautilebleu,
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19/05/2024 How did you settle on your MC's appearance?

When I dreamt of Esther’s story, I had nearly all her features in mind. But I didn’t have any experience in drawing dark skinned people or in Victorian fashion. It took me 4 years to get a style and the quality I wanted.

[Illustrations: First art of Esther, based on a photo found on Pinterest]

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#wordweavers 28/05/2024 Did your MCs have comfort objects they carried as a child? Now?

Living in a family dominated by an abusive father, Esther certainly needs one. She can’t really escape him, but when she was riding her poney, at least she had a few moments of peace. That’s why finding her saddle makes her so nostalgic.

[Illustrations: Excerpt from Inktober 2023 - Esther youth]

nautilebleu,
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#wordweavers 23/05/2024 Are your MCs picky about where they sleep?

Esther’s nights are full of nightmares, leaving her exhausted. She tends to fell asleep for a few moments anytime and anywhere.

[Illustrations: Excerpts from Chapter One and Inktober 2023]
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Excerpt from Inktober 2023, day 10: Zoom on Esther’s face as she’s sleeping in a chair. A teardrop is falling on her cheek and she holds her chest as her heart bounces too hard..
Excerpt from Inktober 2023, day 31: Esther awakes from her dream, she’s in a big armchair next to fireplace, wrapped in a blanket, Erie is sitting on the floor beside her, resting her hands on her lap. Esther looks to her maid, who is relaxing and purring, eyes half closed

nautilebleu,
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14/05/2024 What role do other writers have in your writing life?

Some have created interesting hashtags here on Mastodon :) Answering daily prompts helps me to refine my ideas (and keep in touch with some beings)

nautilebleu, to sketch French
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Sketchs réalisés durant le festival de la BD de Saint-Quay Portrieux.

Déjà 20% du stock de cette première édition est vendue et je compte mettre en ligne les versions numériques française et anglaise cette semaine.

#sketch #traditionalart #art #artwork #nautilebleu #owncharacter #bd #preview #teasing #horror #festival #victorian #steampunk #fediart #mastodonart #mastoart #creativetoots

Crayonné Érié en lingerie, étendue sur des coussins
Crayonné d’Esther en tenue de promenade
Sketch encré d’Erié, vue de dos, en train de faire le noeud de sa tenue de servante devant le lavabo de sa salle de bain

nautilebleu, to art
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My file has been shared on the account of the Raymond Leblanc contest. If you have an Instagram account, thanks for liking it ☺️

https://www.instagram.com/p/C7WLgdgitOy/

#fediart #mastodonart #mastoart #creativetoots #writerscoffeeclub #wordweavers #artcontest #art #comics #bd

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1/5 Got tagged by @madikonrad over at Tumblr for the 'Questions For Your OC'!! – answer 3 questions as your main OC(s) – since we’re #writers, we can write this as a narrative, first-person, or RPG style - anyway we wish.

When done, provide 3 new questions to pass on to the next creator. (you then tag others with 3 new questions)

My main OC’s are Aedan the Ancalite and Lucius Scipio Servius, and the following questions are from sapphic author, Madeline Konrad.

#WritersCoffeeClub #writerdons

nautilebleu,
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  1. If you could go to any alternate universe and start over what would that universe be like?
    I learned that there’s universes like Valerian and Laureline or Star Trek in which a relation like mine with Erie wouldn’t be stigmatised. I would like to live in such universe.

  2. If you could instantly kill or save someone, including someone long dead, who would it be and why?
    I would save my brother, he didn’t deserve to take his own life so young.

[2/3]

nautilebleu,
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Questions For Your OC: answer 3 questions as your main OC(s)

Then provide 3 new questions to pass on to the next creators.

I was tagged by @NaraMoore:

  1. If you could start over what would you do differently?
    As hard it is to admit, probably nothing because changing anything to make my life better at first would lead me to never cross Erie.

[1/3]

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#writerscoffeeclub 01/05/2024 OMG! What happened to your MC's parents?

  1. Esther’s father was one of the richest golden boys of his time. For most, he was a successful business angel...
  2. For his family, he was a demon: Obsessed with social recognition, we must be tools to help him rise higher and higher.
  3. Remove a small brick from the building, and the whole building is ready to collapse

[Illustration: 3 excerpts from Inktober 2023]
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Excerpt from Inktober 2023 day 17 Esther’s father beating his son, in front of the rest of his family
Excerpt from Inktober 2023 day 26 After doing too risky investments, Esther’s father is forced to bankrupt. All newspapers have a field day with the news

nautilebleu,
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#writerscoffeeclub 14/05/2024 Do you have a sense of how much plot you need for how long a manuscript?

One A4 page for 20 pages

[Illustration: plot for the 2nd chapter]

nautilebleu,
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#writerscoffeeclub 03/05/2024 Does your work include pictures, maps or other custom graphics? Share your pics.

Hmm yes, having images is even the principle of a comic book😁

[Illustration: The first 2 pages of the 1st issue of Esther and Erie, with a quick and dirty English translation]
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Page 02 of the 1st issue of Esther and Erie: Erie’s entering, informing Esther that it’s time for her to prepare, the doctor takes time off

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#writerscoffeeclub 22/05/2024 If someone were to write your autobiography, who would you want to write it?

Call me Optimus Prime! So I can write my own autobiography (or better, my truckbiography)

GIF of Optimus Prime

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#writerscoffeeclub 20/05/2024 When did you first know you wanted to be a writer artist ?

I always wanted, but I struggled with lack of confidence and personal issues until a few years ago. Midlife crisis helped me to cope with those.

nautilebleu,
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@sfwrtr Once I attended a conf by Denis Bajram (a quiet famous French comics artist) who said that he was writer, dialogue writer, storyboarder, costume designer, decorator, lighting designer, FX manager, stuntman, all jobs that are handled by different people in a movie but in comics, you have to do all by yourself (for the minimum wage 🙃)

nautilebleu,
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#writerscoffeeclub 16/05/2024 What's your target audience? Why?

Having sexy heroines and villainess, I was thinking most of my readers would be (middle-aged) men. It appears that my audience seems to be mostly women 🤗 What did I expect?

[Illustration: Esther’s sticker]

nautilebleu,
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#writerscoffeeclub 06/05/2024 Have you ever copied a piece from another book or a movie as a homage to that work?

I do this all the time. It would require a long long thread to show all but here’s an example

[Illustrations: My interpretations of Serpieri’s Druuna covers]
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Left: Serpieri original art for Morbus Gravis, 1st issue of Druuna’s serie. Druuna is shown from her back, naked except a string, and looks over her left shoulder. She stands next to her lover Shaastar. His left arm is transformed into tentacles. Right: my version, with Lady d’Arcy in place of Druuna, and Sir James in place of Shaastar. Lady d’Arcy wears somewhat modern lingerie with corset, string and stockings.
Left: Serpieri original art for Creatura, 3rd issue of Druuna’s serie. Druuna is shown from her back, naked except a string, and looks to her reflection in a window. Behind the glass, there’s a monstrous creature with a big eye. Right: my version, with Esther in place of Druuna. She wears white lingerie with white corset, string, stockings and stilettos.

nautilebleu,
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#writerscoffeeclub 17/05/2024 Other than writing drawing, what's your go-to creative outlet

I voluntarily concentrate only on one artistic expression. I believe that in order to reach the quality I want, I must dedicate all my time and energy on becoming a better comic artist.

[Illustrations: then and now]

#fediart #mastodonart #mastoart #creativetoots #thenandnow

2023 vs 2024: changing brush as changed everything
2023 vs 2024: changing brush as changed everything
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