Kwen In London - Blog

New T-Shirt Moustache

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Wow, I haven't drawn on a T-Shirt in a while,

Wow, ca faisait un baille que je n'avais pas dessiné sur un T-Shirt,

Xmas is a good escuse.

Noel ma donné une bonne excuse.

Here is my Dad's Xmas present:

Voici le cadeau de noël de mon père:

A T-Shirt to calm down young Hipsters

In T-shirt pour calmer les jeune "Hipsters"

with brand new Moustache.

Portant une moustache flambant neuve.

It says:

Il est ecrit:

I had a Moustache before MAGNUM, P.I.

GET OVER IT

J'ai eu une moustache avant MAGNUM

REMETTE T'EN

You probably need to know

Vous avez probablement besoin de savoir

That my dad has a massive moustache since the 70's.

Que mon père a une énorme moustache depuis plus de 25 ans.

As you can clearly see on this pic of him holding

Comme vous pouvez le voir sur cette photo de lui portant

The hand made Cigar Box guitare I made him:

La Guitare faite main que je lui ai faite.

Tube sketches

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Here's a selection of sketches of people sleeping or reading in the London tube.

Voila une selection de crobars de gens qui dorment ou lisent dans le metro londonien

They were all made in the morning while going to work,
Je les ai tous dessiné le matin en allant au taf,
Or in the night while coming back from the pub.

Ou le soir en rentrant du Pub.

In usually less then a minute, depending of how deeply asleep they were...

Generalement en moins d'une minute selon a quel point ils dormaient....

McBaise & Moule

2011-10-18T13:02:00.000+01:00

As part of the folding knife exhibition at the book club a few month ago,

Comme participation a l'expo "Folding Knife" il y a qq mois,

I did this lovely drawings of McBess and Mooe.

J'ai fait ce charmant dessin de McBess et Mooe.

Can we call that fan art?

Es-ce qu'on peut appeler ca un "Fan Art"

You can see the exhibition pictures here.

Vous pouvez voir toute les photo de l'expo, ici.

Goodbye Mr Jobs

2011-10-06T18:56:00.003+01:00

Steve Jobs died yesterday night.

Goodbye Mr Jobs. Thanks for everything.

Monster in the forest - Miniature

2011-09-26T11:40:00.001+01:00

Here is my contribution to this month Salle Polyvalente theme:
Voila ma contribution la Salle Polyvalente, ce mois ci le theme est:

Monsters of the forest.
Les Monstres de la foret.

I tried something new,
J'ai tester quelque chose de nouveau,
A kind of miniature.
Une sorte de miniature.
The drawing is 10x10cm on a 30x30cm.
Le dessin fait 10x10cm sur un 30x30cm.
Click on the image to see it bigger.
Cliquez dessus pour la voir en plus grand.

CountDown

2011-09-13T11:55:00.000+01:00

Ok, Just for once I'm gonna post something I have nothing to do with!

Celine (Groovy Sushi) just finished here Short Film: CountDown.

It is absolutely brilliant.

2 years in the making, almost totally on her own. And it shows: Each frame is a Master Piece!
Each shot is beautifully framed, coloured and animated. She manages to give us emotion about steal and computers. Using the greatest character of all: a space rocket!

I followed the process during those 2 years and I'm still Surprised and Amazed. It's the best short film I've seen in a while.

She says " I must also quote the speech of JFK ( youtube.com/watch?v=6z1DidldxUo )" where JFK says "we choose to go to the moon [...] and do those other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard". Anyone in Animation will know that what she has done is definitively NOT EASY so:

Congrat Celine!

Here is the link:

http://www.vimeo.com/28760604

CREDITS :
Directing/design/animation/composting : Céline Desrumaux
Additionnal character animation : Florent Remize
Music : "Granulard bastard" from Apprat.

LINKS :
Céline : groovythesushi.blogspot.com/
Florent : flomize.blogspot.com/
Music : apparat.net

I Made A Fucking Guitar

2011-08-25T16:57:00.002+01:00

Ok, so. It's my Dad's birthday.

Ok, Alors, C'est l'anniversaire de mon père.

I thought "Fuck It, I'll make him a Guitar"

Je me suis dis "Merde, Je vais lui faire une guitare"

After a few weeks of research and talks with my friend Elliott

Apres qq semaines de recherche et de discutions avec mon Elliott

(Who had the same stupid idea)

(qui avait eu la même idée stupide)

We decided to make Cigar Box Guitar.

On a decide de fabriquer une CigarBoxGuitar.

It's a perfect tribute to the history behind Blues and Guitar.

C'est en homage a l'histoire du blues et de la guitare.

In good, blues and States tradition it came with a Beer BottleNeck,

En bonne tradition Blue et Ricaine, elle venait avec un BottleNeck

And a Bottle of Kentucky Bulleit Bourbon Whiskey.

Et une bouteille de Whiskey du Kentucky.

I asked McBess from the Dead Pirates,

J'ai demandé a McBess des Dead Pirates,

To take it for a ride,

De l'essayer,

That's how it sounds:

Voila ce que ça donne:

Since I had to deliver it to Mexico,

Comme je devais l'emmener au Mexique

I also decided to make a case.

J'ai décidé de lui fabriquer une caisse.

I made it in the shape of a Giant CigarBox.

Je l'ai faite de la forme d'une boite à cigare geante.

The Man I Draw on it,

Le mec que j'ai dessiné dessus,

Is Robert Johnson

c'est Robert Johnson

A legend of the Blues.

Une légende du Blues

Here's the case:

Voila la caisse:

And a Making Of:

All the Tools

Cut the Neck

Build the Head

The Inside

FretBoard and Nut

Frets

Glueing the pickups

Murdered Guitar

The Folding Knife - Contribution

2011-07-27T19:06:00.001+01:00

Here are some of the drawings I made for the The Folding Knife exhibition.

The Folding Knife @ the bookclub

2011-07-23T11:38:00.002+01:00

McBess's doing an exibition at the BookClub, london,
McBess expose au BookClub a londres,

And asked ME and some friends to participate.
Et nous a demande a MOI et qq amis de participer.

The Exibition is about the famous folding knife,
C'est une expo sur le thème des célèbres couteaux pliables,

Come and have a look, Agust the 4th! It's Here
Venez jetter un coup d'oeil, c'est le 4 Aout! C'est la

21st of june: Summer

2011-07-07T14:38:00.001+01:00

My contribution at the "Salle Polyvalente"

Ma contribution a la "Salle Polyvalente"

This month theme was "Summer"...

Le theme du moi etait "l'été"...

The Business cards

2011-06-20T17:47:00.000+01:00

If you see me in the street,

Si vous me voyez dans la rue,

You can ask me for one of the fallowing

Demandez moi une de mes cartes,

Awesome business cards.

Elles tuent!

I'll be happy to give you one of them.

Je serais contant de vous en donner une.

Calavera

Beard

K7 - Cassettes

What's its Face

2011-06-15T19:23:00.000+01:00

Say hello to "What's its face" the dinosaur! (In Red)
He's a friend of Zordrak (In Green)

Business card n#3 WIP

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Business card n#2 WIP

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Business card n#1 WIP

2011-06-01T21:24:00.002+01:00

Road Trip OZ 2010 - T-shirt

2011-04-27T01:49:00.001+01:00

I went on a road trip to Australia last year with Mcbess, Lucaca and Vince,

Je suis parti en Road Trip en Australie l'année dernière avec McBess, Lucaca et vince,

It mostly envolved, BBQ, Steacks, Hair and Facial Hair,

J'en retiens surtout less BBQ, les Steaks, les cheveux et les barbes,

Here is the memorabilia T-Shirt that came out of it:

Voila le T-Shirt qu'il en est resorti:

Farewell Biatches!

2011-02-21T14:07:00.001Z

Today I quit Smoking.

Aujourd'hui j'ai arrêté de fumer.

41 090 % more visitors

2011-02-17T15:57:00.001Z

I've been tracking my blog for a year,

Je moniteur les visites de mon blog depuis 1 an,
So I can now know how many more visitor
Ça veut dire que je peut maintenant savoir
then last year go on my blog:
Combien de visiteurs j'ai en plus depuis l'année dernière:

41 090 % more

One year it's quite long so I think it was time
Un an ça fait pas mal de temps, alors je crois que c'était le moment
To improve the website a bit...
D'améliorer mon site...
So here goes, with a .com:
Donc voila:

www.kweninlondon.com

I'm still working on it, so keep tuned!

Old McDonald had an Apple Pie - Pictures

2011-01-23T17:27:00.000Z

As mentioned before here are the pictures
Comme promis dans le precedent post voila les photos
of the "McDonald's Apple Pie Set":
du "Kit McDonald's Apple Pie":

Old McDonald had an Apple Pie

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1960's Mcdonal's deep fried Apple Pie,

Le baignet au Pommes McDo des années 60,

And it's made up recipe (in French).

Et sa recette inventée.

It's my mum's Christmas present.

C'est le cadeau de noel de ma mere.

It all came in a set, I'll post the pictures later.

Le tout venait en set, je posterais les photos plus tard.

F#%K!#& I LIKE

2010-09-24T15:29:00.001+01:00

I've tried very hard to not get into facebook stuffs,
Ok, j'ai vraiment essaye de resister a tout ces trucs facebook,
But I think it's useless,
Mais je crois que c'est inutile,
So here goes,
Donc voila,
My post now have a "like" button...
Mes posts on maintenant un bouton "J'aime"
I couldn't even make it look good... Grrr
J'ai meme pas reussi a le faire avoir une bonne gueule... F#%$/
Next time, enough geekness for holiday time!
Plus tard, la j'ai despasse mon quota de geekness pour les vacances!

USE IT!
UTILISEZ LE!

T-Shirt Teaser

2010-09-06T21:46:00.000+01:00

Here's a preview of my next T-shirt.

Un petit aperçu de mon prochain T-Shirt.

Why a teaser? Cause it took me a full pen and

5 hours to get half of it done, and it won't be ready any time soon!

Pourquoi un aperçu? Parce qu'il m'a fallu 5h et tout un stylo pour en arriver a la moitie... Alors il n'est pas près d'être fini!

Riclae's Birthday Present!

2010-08-30T13:00:00.002+01:00

Here is Riclae's birthday present
Le cadeaus d'anniversaire de Riclae
We made Mooe and I.
On a fabriqué ca Mooe et moi.
In tribute to Riclae's Flavor Fav attitude!
En hommage a l'attide "Flavor Fav" de Riclae!

Thanks Guys!

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Hahaha Guillaume you're old!

2010-08-22T17:43:00.001+01:00

It was my friend Guillaume's birthday yesterday,
C'etait l'aniversaire de Guillaume Hier,

We all gathered to make him an illustration book,
On s'est tous regrouper pour lui faire un bouquin d'illus,

This is my contribution.
Ca c'est ma contribution.

Click here for the book.
Clickez ici pour voir le livre.

You Made Me Fat

2010-08-09T23:52:00.002+01:00

There you go,

Et voila,

Tomorrow's T-Shirt, with an absolute truth...

Le T-Shirt que je porterais demain, avec une vérité absolue...

Drinking made me FAT!

Boire ma rendu GROS!

I Love my Fucking Boots

2010-07-26T12:00:00.003+01:00

Making your own T-shirt rocks!

Faire ses propres T-shirts ca tue!

I have no idea why I didn't think of that earlier.

Je sais pas pourquoi je n'y ai pas penser avant.

Cup of Rosy my Old China?

2010-07-25T23:31:00.001+01:00

Guest what? My girlfriend is english,
Devinez quoi? Ma copine est anglaise,

So I made her this T-Shirt.
Donc je lui ai fait ce T-Shirt.

The picture is shit, sorry.
La photo est degeu, desole.

Lomography T-shirt

2010-07-19T13:14:00.003+01:00

I got pissed off of buying expensive T-shirts with rought drawing on them.
Ca m'a souler d'acheter des T-shirt avec des croquis dessus.
So I thought I'll make them myself. Here's the first one.
Alors je me suis dis que j'allais m'en faire moi meme. Voila le premier T-shirt.
Drawn on a white American Apparel T-shirt... I'm not THAT cheap.
J'ai utiliser un T-shirt american Apparel blanc... Je suis pas si radin.

Did I mention I was 5?

2010-07-13T15:13:00.004+01:00

Here is my Tattoo

2010-06-16T11:36:00.001+01:00

With the worth qualty picture ever, yeaaa

2010 BAAs

2010-06-10T18:20:00.000+01:00

Try and find me:
Ou suis-je?

BAA's Party Photos

Tattoo

2010-05-24T13:01:00.002+01:00

That's my future Tattoo,
C'est mon futur tatouage

It's still a work in progress,
Il n'est pas encore fini

The final look should be like a José Guadalupe Posada lithography,
La version final devrait resembler a une lithogrphie de José Guadalupe Posada

It's half the Catrina, and half a mariachi skeleton I've created...
C'est a moitier un squelet mariachi et a moitier la Catrina

I need to find a tattoo artist now!
Il faut que je trouve un tatoueur maintenant!

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Hey,
Hey!

Here is a Spotify Playlist of all the song used in DeadMan's Reach:
Voila une playliste Spotify de toutes les chansons utilisees dans DeadMan's Reach:

DeadMan's Reach Playlist

Unfortunatly there is no Beatles or Led Zepplin songs on spotify

Malheureusement il n'y a pas de chanson des Beatles ou de Led Zep sur spotify

So I choose a cover that wouldn't make your hears bleed... Or not as much...

Alors j'ai choisit des reprises, ca devrait etre les moins pires...

Also, "Black Hole Sun" should be the version by handsome Hank and his lonesome boys,

Aussi, Black Hole Sun devrait etre jouee par "handsome Hank and his lonesome boys"

"Cold blooded Old times" should be played by Smog,

Cold Blooded Old Time devrait etre jouee par Smog,

And before "Don't you (forget about me)"

Et avant "Don't you (forget about me)"

there should be "Loving you was like a party" by Marlena Shaw

Il devrait y avoir "Loving you was like a party" by Marlena Shaw

But apparently this song doesn’t exist on spotify...

Mais apparemment cette chanson n'existe pas sur spotify...

Anyway enjoy!

Bref, profitez!

DeadMan's Reach Playlist

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2010-04-20T18:38:00.001+01:00

News

2010-04-05T18:32:00.005+01:00

I haven't posted much lately
Je n'ai pas beaucoup posté recemment

I was quite busy working on this,
J'etais un peu occupe a bosser la dessus,

But I'm working on something nice,
Mais je prepare un petit truc sympat,

For those who liked DeadMan's Reach.
Pour ceux qui on aimer DeadMan's Reach.

For those who have no idea what is that,
Pour ce qui n'ont aucune idee de ce que c'est,

Have a look HERE
C'est ICI

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Good Morning

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Flo

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A drawing i did a while ago.
Un dessin que jai fait il y a qq temps
That I gave away.
que j'ai donné
I don't think i'll ever get a better scan then that :)
Je ne pense pas que je le reverrai un jour :)

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The Little RED Book

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Book 02 - On The Road

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DeadMan's Reach - RED

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BEER

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Join Us

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Heures Sups

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Chausure et Stylo

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C'est reparti
Here we go again

Sunny Sunday

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Test couleur, beurk.
Color test, yeurk

Shit Happens

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Shut Up

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WOOD

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Wouho, Mc Bess et Simon ont fini leur film:
Wooho, Mc Bess and Simon finished their movie:

WOOD
Dirty Melody

Ca deffonce, a ne pas rater!

It's great, don't miss it!

Hey Ho

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BIP

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Premier dessin pour Naked Gladiators.
First Naked Gladiators drawing.

NAKED GLADIATORS

2009-05-16T13:44:00.009+01:00

Aujourd'hui je commence NAKED GLADIATORS
Today I joinED NAKED GLADIATORS
Et voici les regles:
Those are the rules:

"Le marathon des dessins pourris,
The bad drawing marathon,
N'importe qui peut jouer,
Anyone can play,
Regles du jeu : un dessin nouveau par jour,
Rules: One drawing per day
Si toublies de jouer tu perd.
If you don't you loose
Quand il reste plus q'un gas il a gagne
At the end they will be just one, the winner
Et les perdants lui payent un coup a boire.
And everyone will buy him a drink.
"

Je posterais mes dessins ici aussi.
I'll post my drawings here as well.

Bye Bye

2009-04-14T12:58:00.006+01:00

Voila, voila,
Ok, ok,
Ca fait une paire de semaines que je bosse non-stop pour Passion,
I've been working a hard day night for Passion,
Je n'ai pas pris le temps ni de poster ni de dessiner,
I haven't had any time to post or draw,
A part ces quelques dessins.
Exept those few.
Mais le projet est fini,
But the work is done,
Donc je profite de ce lendemain de nuit blanche,
So here they are!
Pour le faire!

Profitez en bien,
Enjoy,
Je part en vacances pour 3 semaines!
I'm going on a 3 weeks hollydays!
Et j'espere revenir avec plein de nouvelles pages.
And I hope coming back with a whole lotta pages.
Peut etre meme la fin du cahier.
Even the end of the book, maybe...

Je m'y remet des que j'aurais dormi,
I'll get on with it as soon as I'll have recover
Et recuperé de ma cuite imminente!
From my lack of sleep and from the massive hangover that's coming!

A dans trois semaines!
See you in 3 weeks!

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Ca Marchera Jamais

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J'ai rejoins "Ca Marchera Jamais"
I've join "It Will Never Work"

Un blog comunautaire de graphiste francais,
A french grafist Blog,

Jai mis DeadMan's Reach avec une autre mise en page...
I've put DeadMan's Reach with a new layout...

Et j'ai dessiné une page d'acceuil:
And I draw the home page:

Allez jeter un coup d'oeil de temps en temps!
Go check it out sometimes!