Let it be known that I am a very very huge fan of Jean Giraud. I first came into contact with his work a long time ago as a Multimedia student at Vega, when my lecturer (Thanks Masha !!!)borrowed me her copy of an Arzach comic. Arzach has almost no dialogue, mostly just pictures, but its the most abstract comic I have ever seen or come across to date.
It went home with me that day, cant really remember if I forgot to give it back to her or if I was just in total frenzy over the beautiful silent abstract images and never wanted to let it go. I kept a third eye visual photograph in my mind and after a couple of years later I Googled the legendary dude. Soon after seeing more of his work I became obsessed with his detailed style. And till today I remain a huge fan. Never in my life have I thought it possible to see such detailed abstract landscapes and ideas put on to paper. Its like nothing I have ever come across in my life.
The lines are simple, the colour is vivid (in some) and the black and white prints are so detailed that I stare for a while every time I look at them. The story in the images are backed up by nothing but pure imagination. He leaves the conversation bubble purposefully blank for the viewer to speak his own understanding. I dare ever one reading this post to take a second and just look a little bit closer, and see the genius in his breathtaking art. Its so far out man.
As Moebius, Jean Giraud defies easy classification. One minute he may be depicting a serene encounter with an unnamed race / and the next project might be a hard - edged, sexually charged violent image of death from above. He did a popular series of superhero posters for Marvel Comics (Silver Surfer) in the Eighties as well as a variety of prints from his own Star Watcher Graphics. His storytelling can be very abstract as Moebius / and the images done for prints are usually self - contained and even more in accessible.
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Dude! Seriously the first one you posted is the exact one I spoke of. How mad is that? These vissuals just inspired me so thank you very much. How insane is it that his work can be viewed in 2 different ways. It is as if it taps into different parts of the mind (I'm almost sure of it).It is so intricate and proufound and it really took my breath away and put a huge smile on my face and it inspired my soul.
Thanks
The Universe works in strange yet wonderful ways if you just let it be at times.
I knew that you would love this post;)
Im listening to Faithelss - Im Not Going Home (Armin Van Buuren Remix) and its so damn cool Im so into this song right now! The break is such a fcuking heart stopper:)
Theres more of his (Jean Girauds) work out there but its hard to find.
Also. In related news. Yuri Kane - Right Back gets me thinkijavascript:void(0)ng about you. Damn if only I could figure out how to upload music to this blog:(
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woaah!! very trippy indeed!
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Yo Tashreeq is that you? How was the villiage man? I bet it was super jus! Dude I wish I was there:)