September
30,
2003
Addition
to the Fan
Art Gallery by
Tsiba
Egor
A
couple of weeks ago, someone sent me a link to Tsiba's
website. Tsiba is a computer artist from the Ukraine.
As I toured the site, I was surprised to see a couple
of 3D renditions of my Insanely
Twisted Rabbits. I thought they were excellent.
I particularly liked the furry rendering of the Demon
Dog Rabbit.
I
sent an email to Tsiba asking him if I could feature
his images in my Fan
Art Gallery. He responded with the following email:
Hi
Michel.
I
am glad to your letter. Your art-works are magnificent.
It is excellent inspiration! I agree to your offer,
it will be great.
Good
luck. Was glad to our acquaintance.
Shiva.
P.S. dont you think that my site on non-english its
to difficult to navigate?
You
can click on either images for a larger view.
September
25,
2003
Addition
to the Fan
Art Gallery by
David
Shorey
Here's
another crazy rabbit that was sent to me with the following
email:
Dear
Mr. Gagné:
I
absolutely love your book [Insanely
Twisted Rabbits].
Like James
Prevette, I did a 3d Rabbit inspired by your book.
Here is my messed up Easter Bunny.
Thank
you for your Time.
Sincerely,
David Shorey
September
20,
2003
Addition
to the Fan
Art Gallery by
Becky Ballantine
The
"Insanely
Twisted Rabbits" fever is spreading all over
the world! Check out this email I recently received
from the UK:
Hi
Michel,
I
just have to tell you, that your artwork is very inspiring!
I've been a fan of yours since I bought your rabbit
book back in 2000. I was so fascinated by your book,
I've collected all your books since. I even went one
step further and bought one of your original bunnies,
which I treasure so much.
I've
just recently graduated Animation from Glamorgan
Centre for Art, Design & Technology
in South Wales, UK and initiated an activity there where
my fellow studio friend's would sketch deformed rabbits
and I realised I had to create some weird bunnies too.
I have sent you the final outcomes, to see what you
think?
Best
Wishes,
Becky Ballantine
Thank
you so much for the nice email, Becky. I did like your
drawings and as a result, I gave you your own
little spot in my Fan
Art Gallery!
September
15,
2003
My
contribution to the Artistic
Interpretations of Literary Figures Collection
Here's
a recent commission I did (click on image for a larger
view) for a fellow named Steven Gettis.
It all came about when I received the following email:
Hi
Michel,
I've
actually been procrastinating in getting a hold of you
for some time now (though not quite sure why). I finally
tracked down a copy of Numar
yesterday at a local shop and loaned out the Zed
trade and "Rabbits"
to my sister-in-law the day before and I figured it
was too many "Michel Gagné" coincidences
in my life to ignore. :-)
Over
the past bit , I've been constructing a personal themed
sketch collection (and corresponding website to display
these things) that features different artists and writers
interpreting their favourite literary characters or
authors. It's really done remarkably well the response
to it has been so amazingly positive with new stuff
by Alex Toth, Joe Kubert, Will Eisner, Gene Colan, Jim
Mahfood, David Mack, Mark Andrews, Bill Sienkiewicz,
Kaluta, Renee French, Jeff Jones, Herb Trimpe, Walt
Simonson, John Buscema, George Pratt, Bryan Talbot,
Jon Muth, and Scott Morse (amoung many others). The
site with all the artwork posted is at: http://www.digitalmedusa.com/sgettis
and
worth checking out if you have the time.
Michel,
is there any way I get you involved in this? Unfortunately
there is no way I can make this request in person (as
I live in Southern Alberta) and have had to rely on
email, snail mail and the kindness of others for this
entire thing so far (but I can't really complain as
I've been really blessed with the way it's been received).
I
really hope that this is something you find appealing.
All the best from Canada,
Steven
After
exchanging a few emails and agreeing on terms, I created
this image inspired by Felix Salten's
children's book classic.
September
10,
2003
Rejected
Cover for The Towers of Numar
Every
time I create a book, there's a lot of artwork that
doesn't make it in the final product. As they say in
the movie industry, a lot of footage ends up on the
cutting floor.
For
some reason, The
Towers of Numar was a particularly difficult book
to nail down. For a period of over two years, it went
through several incarnations, styles and shapes. So
much so, that my wife was actually having doubt that
the book would ever see the light of the day.
Here
is a rejected cover (with a humanoid Meeka) that was
done over a year before the actual release. The image
on the right is the final cover.
You
can click on either images for a larger view.
September
05, 2003
