L'orient

18 Responses

1. Pro Melissa Brunet

   Inspired by my love of oriental pattern designs, at least how I remember them in my imagination. Very soon I shall make a trip to the wonderful Institut du Monde Arabe to pick up a pattern book for more inspiration.

   Flat version attached.

   11 months ago

2. Faheema Patel

   Ooh Melissa you are on a roll! This is really pretty!! Love the patterns and inking :) How big is it?

   Also thanks so much for the kind comment, made me smile and I'm happy you enjoyed it!

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3. Pro Virginia Poltrack

   Beautiful - it has SO MUCH dimension :)

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4. Pro Melissa Brunet

   Thanks @Faheema ! Your blog is AWESOME. Going to be a favorite hangout of mine now… @Virginia Wow, thank you so much! :)

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5. Faheema Patel

   haha I don't mind that at all :) You're welcome!

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6. Pro Tobia Crivellari 

   ..are you kidding me @Melissa Brunet !?!?..did this by hand!? That's insane!!! :-)

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7. Pro Melissa Brunet

   @Faheema Sorry I forgot to answer your question (had to post & run, heh heh)! This is my 15 cm (6") square sketchbook. It's a great size for me as I'm learning - not too big to be intimidating but large enough to get detailed. @Tobia gee, thank you! Yes, it's by hand - much easier to control line than my last shot which was digital.

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8. Claire Coullon

   Wow, this is stunning Melissa. Those details..! How do you do this entire thing without accidentally having the pen line wobble or smudge or something? Crazy.

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9. Pro Tobia Crivellari 

   You're great @Melissa Brunet

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10. Alfredo Saavedra

    This is too much! This is too awesome!! :D

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11. Pro Melissa Brunet

    @Claire Thanks so much for the kind words! But I do wobble, a lot actually :D That's what I like about ink drawings, you have to work with your mistakes, kind of like life… if you look very closely, you can see where the lines get thicker (usually a correction). But I like this "hand made" quality, as least for my own purposes :) @Tobia lol, so are you ;D @Alfredo Wow, thank you so much :)))

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12. Pro Tobia Crivellari 

    Thanks @Melissa Brunet :-)

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13. Pro Franz (Taptanium)

    Awesomeness! How long did you work on this one? Love the contrast and symmetry. Great work!

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14. Pro Melissa Brunet

    Thank you @Franz ! This one took me a large part of the day but I'm sure I'll get faster with more practice :)

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15. Luna Portnoi

    love it!

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16. Pro Melissa Brunet

    Aw thanks @Luna !!! :)))

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17. Pro Nuruzzaman Sheikh

    great work @Melissa Brunet

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18. Pro Melissa Brunet

    Thanks @Nuruzzaman! Very kind of you :)

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