Ben Heine - Art - The Blog: February 2010

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That was another time consuming project...
This is a digital work but totally handmade

I painted each circle individually on a black
surface. I made a quick preparatory sketch
first (you can see it in the "making of" below)

Click to enlarge...
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Touch My Outside Skin
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By Peter S. Quinn

Touch my outside skin
Trying to reach the bone
I'm everything within
Structured by my tone
Nothing much of difference
From someone like you
Give me and my ways a chance
Make my life come thru

Like a day that’s going by
So is everything going
Flying low and flying high
Inside each track showing
Answers coming to reward
Within days new choice
That we know will start
To surrender its rejoice

(Read the full poem)

Thanks for writing this Peter!

© 2010 - Ben Heine

Nice video with a selection of my photos and a magic music by John Sokoloff

Lady Gaga

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This is a digital work but totally "handmade"
I painted each dot on a black surface
It took me quite a long time to
finish the whole image...
The full portrait and
"making of" are
below, just
click to
zoom
:-)
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Full Portrait:
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Making of:
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A nice YouTube vid made by a Canadian friend and featuring some of my old and new portraits with a very moving melody by Maksim Mrvica (thank you Catherine).

Self Portrait - Surreal Touch

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This is a full digital painting that
took me several hours of work
I thought I'd never finish it... ;)
Here below is the making of

(click to enlarge)
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A Gift for my Muse
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Happy Saint Valentine's Day by the way!

© 2010 - Ben Heine

A Little Piece of Brussels

This is actually a montage of 7 photos,
the original image is huge (9000 pixels wide)

I dedicate this photo to Andrzej,
a Polish friend of mine who lost his life
a few days ago in a car accident. RIP

Detail:
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Pointillist Self Portrait

This is made with small and big colored dots on a black
background. I painted each point in CS4 with a sharp
brush. It took me roughly 2 evenings of work.

I Have Also Seen This in Paris
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I took the initial background photo from Montmartre's hill in Paris, France and then added the 2 birds (coming from one of my photo sessions realized during a trip in England) with a huge scale contrast to give the whole scenery a surreal look... (Reminder: Every graphic element shown on my blog comes from my own production/stock and all my photos, paintings and drawings are copyrighted, thanks)