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Artist Ben Heine Talks About his Passion for Music
Multi-disciplinary artist Ben Heine talks about his passion for piano and music production. Interview conducted by Nicolas Debatty for MaTele
L'artiste pluri-disciplinaire Ben Heine explique sa passion pour la musique. Interview réalisée par Nicolas Debatty pour MaTele
Rencontre avec l'artiste Ben Heine dans son studio
Visite du studio de l'artiste Ben Heine qui nous parle de ses passions pour l'art graphique, le piano et la production musicale. Il réalise également une rapide démonstration de son concept "Pencil Vs Camera" pour MaTele (l'interview a été réalisée par Antoine Peret pour MaTele).
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Pupils Visiting Ben's Studio
A group of students from the KCD School (Denderleeuw, Belgium) visited my studio in Rochefort with their teacher Bart Verhelle. It was a fantastic opportunity to show them my works and ask them what they want to do in the future. Thank you for all the little gifts.
Interview for Cult of Mac
Pencil Vs Camera blurs line between reality and whimsy
Ben Heine is a magician. Like David Blaine and Criss Angel before him, he has a special talent for blurring the line between reality and fiction. But instead of utilizing sleight of hand or his indomitable will to delight his audience, Heine keeps it simple by using just a pencil and camera to create his illusions.
Heine’s incredible art series Pencil Vs Camera combines gorgeous landscapes and city scenes with hand-sketched drawings. The otherworldly images that result are both whimsical and intriguing, with a bit of mind-bending magic thrown in for perspective.
“I always try to express what I’m feeling,” Heine told Cult of Mac, noting that most of his inspiration for drawings come “mainly from people around me — friends, family, even strangers — and from every experience I live.”
The 30-year-old artist creates most of his works at his studio in Belgium, using charcoal sticks and graphite pencils to lay the foundational work before going out to snap a picture — though most of the time he has to do some edits to line up shots in post-production.
Burning koalas, horny bunny rabbits and even bland subway stations have fueled the imagination of this Ivory Coast-born artist.
Pencil Vs Camera isn’t Heine’s only popular series: His Digital Circlism project caught our eye two years ago, thanks to this creepy portrait of Steve Jobs. But Heine says the Pencil vs Camera series stretched him as an artist by getting him to learn new ways to enhance his art.
The 3-D drawings, in particular, weren’t the easiest to master. “I had to change the way I’m working,” Heine said. “I had to learn new tools to create the 3-D effects.”
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He created more than 70 images during a three-year period for the series, with the final and most challenging pieces swapping photos for huge swaths of canvas drawings to create optical illusions that seem to place the artist inside his anamorphic drawings.
For now, Heine says he’s done with the pencil sketches, but he’s already hard at work on a new project that’s different from anything he’s done before — music.
“I let my inspiration talk and I don’t ask myself too many questions,” Heine said. “Simple ideas and messages are always the best ones.”
Read more at http://www.cultofmac.com. The above article was written by Buster Hein for Cult of Mac.
.jpg "Art by Ben Heine in progress with model Zhuzhu")
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.jpg "Art by Ben Heine in progress with model Zhuzhu")
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Led Lights Abstracts in My Studio
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| Abstract led lights composition in Ben Heine Studio © Ben Heine |
A recent project. Long exposure photos. I was playing around with different led lights gadgets in my studio. Leds give beautiful sharp and incandescent lines surrounding the room furniture. It's an experimental project. View my other long exposure photos at the following link or buy some prints to decorate your home.
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| Abstract led lights composition in Ben Heine Studio |
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| Abstract led lights composition in Ben Heine Studio |
.jpg "Sofa and table surrounded by Led Lights - Long Exposure Photo - Art by Ben Heine") |
| Abstract led lights composition in Ben Heine Studio |
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| Abstract led lights composition with Zhuzhu in Ben Heine Studio |
Mac Gyver Photography
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I lost my tripod somewhere but I used my shoe
for a photo recently and it was totally fine!
Pencil Vs Camera - 75
.jpg "Ben Heine 3D Art - Pencil Vs Camera") |
| Pencil Vs Camera - 75 © Ben Heine | Buy prints |
Alone on a strange and endless podium. Abstraction, simplicity and anamorphosis. Each cylinder of this giant podium somehow symbolizes a challenge in life. I made this project recently in my studio in Belgium (mixed media, mixed techniques). I really love geometric abstraction. You can view the sketch in progress here below and the Pencil Vs Camera album at this link. New: find some prints of my photos for sale or some fun products and gifts with a selection of my designs. Thanks for watching.
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find some prints of mine for sale (including the above picture) or some
fun products and gifts with many of my other designs. - See more at:
http://www.benjaminheine.blogspot.be/#sthash.8oohfcDl.dpuf
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find some prints of mine for sale (including the above picture) or some
fun products and gifts with many of my other designs. - See more at:
http://www.benjaminheine.blogspot.be/#sthash.8oohfcDl.dpuf
ew:
find some prints of mine for sale (including the above picture) or some
fun products and gifts with many of my other designs. - See more at:
http://www.benjaminheine.blogspot.be/#sthash.8oohfcDl.dpuf
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| Step 1 - Image in progress © 2013 Ben Heine |
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| Step 2 - Image in progress © 2013 Ben Heine |
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| Step 3 - Image in progress © 2013 Ben Heine |
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| Step 4 - Image in progress © 2013 Ben Heine |
Pencil Vs Camera - 74
.jpg "Ben Heine Art - 3D Drawing - Pencil Vs Camera - Tiger Owl and Artist in Forest - 2013") |
| Pencil Vs Camera - 74 © Ben Heine| Buy a print |
My new giant 3D drawing featuring a tiger and an owl in a dense forest. It is part of my "Pencil Vs Camera" series (the concept is reversed in this image, the only piece of reality in the composition being the human model...). The wild animals and the forest are actually anamorphic sketches drawn on a huge piece of paper in my studio, no more, no less than optical illusions.
A quiet tiger, a scary owl and an imprudent artist, maybe an unexpected trio. I took the photo (using a tripod and a self timer) and also made the giant sketch (handmade, as usual). View the sketch in progress and some details here below to understand how it is made. New: find some prints of mine for sale (including the above picture) or some fun products and gifts with many of my other designs.
A quiet tiger, a scary owl and an imprudent artist, maybe an unexpected trio. I took the photo (using a tripod and a self timer) and also made the giant sketch (handmade, as usual). View the sketch in progress and some details here below to understand how it is made. New: find some prints of mine for sale (including the above picture) or some fun products and gifts with many of my other designs.
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| Step 1 - Image in progress © 2013 Ben Heine |
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| Step 2 - Image in progress © 2013 Ben Heine |
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| Step 3 - Image in progress © 2013 Ben Heine |
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| Step 4 - Image in progress © 2013 Ben Heine |
Lion Walk Animation
Another recent hand drawn animation (I drew each frame one by one, there are about 3,000 frames in total). I made this animation in a rather minimalist way. It's meant to be a simple video clip for my music (original musical composition as well) You can watch the above video in HD at this link (via Facebook) and view photos of the sketches and music in progress here below (26 pictures)...
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| Lion Walk Animation - Sketch in Progress © Ben Heine |
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| Lion Walk Animation - Sketch in Progress © Ben Heine |
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| Lion Walk Animation - Sketch in Progress © Ben Heine |
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| Lion Walk Animation - Sketch in Progress © Ben Heine |
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| Lion Walk Animation - Music in Progress © Ben Heine |
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| Lion Walk Animation - Sketch in Progress © Ben Heine |
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| Lion Walk Animation - Sketch in Progress © Ben Heine |
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| Lion Walk Animation - Sketch in Progress © Ben Heine |
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| Lion Walk Animation - Sketch in Progress © Ben Heine |
Pencil Vs Camera - 72
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| Pencil Vs Camera - 72 © 2013 Ben Heine |
Choose Peace, not violence! Bringing a different 3D effect in my Pencil Vs Camera series.
This is more of an experimental work for my future projects. Parts of the paper have
been cut in the last steps to give a stronger 3D illusion. Notes: The
thin paper was moving each time I was adding charcoal/pencil strokes due
to a small space between the wall and paper. That was
making it more difficult to draw. I'll place the large paper
on the floor for more stability next time I do a similar project. View the sketch in progress here below (6 steps).
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| Step 1 - Pencil Vs Camera 72 - Work in Progress © Ben Heine |
New Working Space
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I just moved in a new house in the middle of a forest in Rochefort, Belgium. I have a new working space as well. My studio is now much bigger than before and I'll be able to start new projects including big size drawings, music and more. Some crazy creative things might happen there.
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| The New House and Studio |
Shooting with Zhuzhu
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Some first photos with Zhuzhu, I took
these pics in my garden and in my studio.
I'll share more works in future posts.
these pics in my garden and in my studio.
I'll share more works in future posts.
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