BenHeine's Newest Cartoons

Pencil Vs Camera - 52

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Freedom is not far. I intended to represent a girl walking above clouds from one pyramid's top to another. This is a picture I took from a plane a few weeks ago when I traveled to Italy. I also made the quick sketch.

(The above photo has been shot with the Samsung NX10)

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Pencil Vs Camera - 51

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This is an old woman I met in a street of Venice, Italy. She was walking alone and looking very sad. I hope that person feels better now (I took the photo and also made the quick drawing).

(The above photo has been shot with the Samsung NX10)

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10 - Pencil Vs Camera for AOC

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Tetris feeling today... This is my last creation for "Art Official Concept"(an art gallery in the Republic of Cape Verde). The crazy architecture of this village reminded me so much of Tetris! By the way, the little man in the middle won't get crushed if he escapes... hopefully... :)

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7 - Pencil Vs Camera for AOC

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Students in Cape Verde, Western Africa...

Made for "Art Official Concept"

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8 - Pencil Vs Camera for AOC

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An old man thinking about his life...

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9 - Pencil Vs Camera for AOC

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A fantasy world...
Made for "Art Official Concept".

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3 - Pencil Vs Camera for AOC

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A little girl painting her own little world.

Made for "Art Official Concept", an art gallery based in Cape Verde (Western Africa).

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4 - Pencil Vs Camera for AOC

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Lovers walking and waiting for their love to bloom.

Made for "Art Official Concept", an art gallery based in Cape Verde (Western Africa).

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6 - Pencil Vs Camera for AOC

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A trio of children in Cape Verde (Western Africa). I made the drawing and the little hole in the piece of paper.

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5 - Pencil Vs Camera for AOC

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A quick sketch showing the great singer Cesária Évora flying above her island in Cape Verde. Cesária Évora is a Cape Verdean popular singer, nicknamed the "barefoot diva" for performing without shoes. She is perhaps the best internationally known practitioner of a mournful genre of blues music known as "Morna". Morna is based on the Portuguese fado and features bluesy vocals set against a background of acoustic guitars, fiddles, accordion, and cavaquinho, which is a small, four-string guitar. Évora has been accurately described as a cross between Edith Piaf and Billie Holiday.

Made for "Art Official Concept", an art gallery based in Cape Verde (Western Africa).

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2 - Pencil Vs Camera for AOC

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Made for "Art Official Concept", an art gallery based in Cape Verde (Western Africa).

I intended to represent a mermaid attracting several persons with her love...

More facts: The Republic of Cape Verde is an island country, spanning an archipelago of 10 volcanic islands located in the central Atlantic Ocean, 570 kilometres off the coast of Western Africa. The islands, covering a combined area of slightly over 4,000 square kilometres. The previously uninhabited islands were discovered and colonized by the Portuguese in the 15th Century, and became an important location in the Atlantic slave trade due to their geographically advantageous position. The islands' prosperity often attracted pirates including Sir Francis Drake, who twice sacked the (then) capital Ribeira Grande, in the 1580s. The islands were also visited by Charles Darwin's expedition in 1832.

Cape Verde has a rich cultural heritage influenced by continents like Africa, South America and Europe. This heritage is reflected in the country's literature, poetry, cuisine, its dance and its famous national song, the Morna, represented worldwide by the famous Cesária Évora.

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1 - Pencil Vs Camera for AOC

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Made for "Art Official Concept", an art gallery based in Cape Verde (the small location spotted on the world map)... I'll make 10 Pencil Vs Camera creations for "Art Official Concept".

More facts: The Republic of Cape Verde is an island country, spanning an archipelago of 10 volcanic islands located in the central Atlantic Ocean, 570 kilometres off the coast of Western Africa. The islands, covering a combined area of slightly over 4,000 square kilometres. Because of the infrequent occurrence of rainfall the overall landscape is not particularly green, despite what the country's name suggests ("verde" means "green" in Portuguese).

Cape Verde has a rich cultural heritage influenced by continents like Africa, South America and Europe. This heritage is reflected in the country's literature, poetry, cuisine, its dance and its famous national song, the Morna, represented worldwide by the famous Cesária Évora.

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Pencil Vs Camera - 50

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This is dedicated to all the victims of the recent Fukushima disaster in Japan. God bless them.
I took the photo in a park close to my home (Brussels, Belgium). I also made the quick miniature sketch based on the Fukushima nuclear plant site.

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Eminem

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This portrait is exclusively made with "flat circles" on a black background. It took me some 9 days of intense work. I first made a photomontage using several references, then a digital painting and I finally applied my "digital circlist" technique (I placed each circle one by one, there is no automatic process). Every circle has a different color, a different tone and a different size. It's a time consuming method.

I wanted this image to reflect Eminem's personality. He may be a controversial and provocative singer, I think he's an extremely clever and interesting person, he always comes up with some completely amazing stuff, with new, powerful and unexpected lyrics and melodies. He is a talented poet of modern times.

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Making of - Eminem

Pencil Vs Camera - BBC Breakfast

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I just travelled to London... This is what I came back with. It's my special gift for the "BBC Breakfast" main presenters. From left to right: Bill Turnbull, Sian Williams, Susanna Reid and Charlie Stayt.

More facts: BBC Breakfast is the morning television news programme simulcast on BBC One and the BBC News channel. It is presented live from BBC Television Centre in White City, West London (United Kingdom), and contains a mixture of news, sport, weather, business and feature items. The programme is broadcast seven days a week, every week of the year, including weekends and public holidays, which are presented from the BBC News channel set. Running time: 195 minutes. Audience: About 4 millions/day.

Confused

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Totally confused... Quick study

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Chaotic Balance

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I just spent a few days working on some new abstract paintings on large canvases. I wanted them to be very colorful, spontaneous and decorative.

Here is one of them (70 x 90 cm). I love flashy colors and heavy textures!

See more here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/benheine/5494186603/

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Pencil Vs Camera for TV Brussel

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!! Very quickly made, you can see a video report about the making here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyyxVZcT4bQ !!

It was a lot of fun. Quite a little challenge, because I made this "Pencil Vs Camera" image in a few minutes (I usually spend more time on my drawings). I was interviewed by Tomas Teetaert for "TV Brussel". The report happened at the "Gallery Garden" and was broadcasted on "TV Brussel" the 18th of February 2011. Many thanks to Anne, Guy and Tomas!

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Pencil Vs Camera - 49

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Just showing what's behind the piece of paper, and behind the camera. I made the quick drawing a few days ago and took the photo in a mirror in Brussels, Belgium.

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Pencil Vs Camera - 48

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Half fish, half bird =D

I made the quick drawing and took the photo in Greece.
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Fish Bird

A poem by Katie Gabrielle

Be the first on your block
Hurry up!
Tick tock!
It goes with you everywhere!
Soars way up high
In the air!
Fish Bird
With the pop out eyes
That reach the skies
And fins like a fish
you wish you wish
You had
Fish Bird
Go ask Mom
Go bug Dad
Grab the keys
Start the car
Don't be a nerd
Buy Fish Bird!
Better than a dog
Better than a cat
Imagine that!
Bring a smile
To a little kid
Buy Fish Bird!!

Pencil Vs Camera - 47

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Dedicated to Daft Punk. I made the drawing and took the photo in Brussels. I somehow wanted to express the feeling I have when listening to Daft Punk sound: Everything flying around me... The duo is holding the discs from "Tron: Legacy" and the dog is wearing a Darth Vader helmet =D

Daft Punk is an electronic music duo consisting of French musicians Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter. The musicians recently composed the score of the film "Tron: Legacy".

The duo is well known for its elaborate live shows, in which visual elements & effects are incorporated with the music. The group is also known for its emphasis on visual and story components associated with their musical productions, as well as for wearing ornate robot costumes while performing.

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Moment, Space

A poem by Peter S. Quinn

There is this moment and there is this space
...Conjecture ways to really understand
Being and demanding purity to its place
Following no rules to see and command

This is more about you than it's about me
Being someone that's completely different
Space falling down to a clear view to see
Blank confusions - illusion accomplishment!

Many ways resolved onto their distance
Blank at the bottom hit with its confusion
In the blind-spot always demanding clear trance
Problem with it all because of intrusion
Daft Punk plunks through their density on beat
In time circle to another element street

Pencil Vs Camera - 46

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I want to dream

Pencil Vs Camera - 45

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I believe in parallel worlds! This is a picture I took near Braives in Belgium. I also made the drawing. I wanted to convey a surrealistic feeling to this
composition. My next Pencil Vs Camera creation will be more poetic...

Thanks for your appreciated feedbacks!

The Dancer

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I made this with hundreds of random hand-written words. That was a time consuming project. I might be working on similar images shortly.

My mother is a dance teacher. So this piece is dedicated to her! :)

If you wish, you can view some details here: http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5043/5347995945_7e2770d52b_o.jpg