#jean giraud

[gameraboy2]

Moebius

[humanoidhistory]

Moebius concept art for The Abyss.

[lookcaitlin]

[jamesusilljournal]

From 'Casterman', Moebius,  1995

[70sscifiart]

Jean Giraud, aka Moebius

[artmagine]

The art of Moebius

Books: Inside Moebius: Moebius Library Series

[retroscifiart]

Art by Moebius for Futurs No 1 (1980)

[dynared]

I don’t know if anyone was more overqualified for a job than Jean Giraud/Moebius was for doing concept art for Space Jam.

[lafaebrique]

A fairy from The World of Edena by Moebius (1983).

[patrickelvinart]

Early mornings

black sharpie and water color

Westwood 1986

Let me try to explain myself.

When I was a young man I loved illustration.

Perhaps the two illustrators who had the greatest influence on me were Aubrey Beardsley and Jean Giraud aka Moebius. Both artist drew with a fine line and I tried to emulate that.

Here's an old drawing of mine.

pencil drawing

Venice CA 1978

So back then I saw myself as an illustrator.

Then sometime around 1980 I was introduced to Abstract Expressionism and I had an epiphany...

Could I approach Abstract Expressionism with an illustrator's line?

A new world opened up to me and I started having fun with my drawing.

And then, for about 35 years I never drew an identifiable object.

No joke.

Still Life

black sharpie

Westwood 1985

Attitude Adjustment

pen, colored pencil and watercolor

Duarte CA 1996

Time never began

black sharpie on bond paper

San Francisco 2003

Dan's drawing

black sharpie

Rosemead 2011

i did a lot of these drawings. And I really enjoyed making them. For over thirty years I completely liberated myself from the rigors of drawing something that had to look like something. And I loved it. But then...

Sometime around 2015 I returned to illustration. Why? I'll be honest with you, I started to miss it.

Call it full circle but that's where I'm at now.

I still treasure my line though.

little boxes

black sharpie on paper

Los Angeles 2019

Thank you Aubrey and Jean.

Aubrey Beardsley

Jean Giraud aka Moebius

[spaceshiprocket]

Elektra by Moebius

[nothingeverythingallatonce]

Moebius (Jean Giraud)

[humanoidhistory]

Christmas in space, illustrated by Moebius, 1982.

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Mike Huddleston

[travelingcryptologist]

Jean Giraud - Mœbius illustrates Dante’s Paradiso (1999)

[gameraboy2]

Railway Station by Jean Giraud (Moebius), 1984