Nicolas+Delort

=Nicolas Delort=

Who is He?
Nicolas Delort is a young adult French artist operating out of France. He creates art that leans heavily towards the style of illustrated novels, and while he has created some, like // Contes yiddish en bandes dessinées //, or //La piraterie//, he often creates landscapes that have dystopian and magical themes, much like a combination of // Harry Potter // and // The Hunger Games // in the form of art rather than prose. 95% of Delort’s work is done on scratchboard and is black and white, yet clearly has movement and texture that is consistent throughout his work.

What has He Done?
His most recent works have been interpretations of book and movie covers, such as //The Hobbit//, //Frankenstein//, and my personal favorite, //Inception//. He has also created interpretations of //Peanuts//, or more specifically, //It’s// //The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown//, as well as //Where the Wild Things Are//. His best work is created when he focuses on the landscape- people are definitely not his strong suit. This is best seen in his piece //Aguirre, the Wrath of God//, and his interpretation of //Where the Wild Things Are//, showing off his abilities through forests and the ocean. He has won two gold medals from the New York Society of Illustrators (2013 and 2014), as well as one gold award in 2014 from Spectrum.

Why Does He Matter?
Delort uses an uncommon yet impressive technique to create his art- known as scratchboard. Artists who use this medium take a piece of China clay and paint it black on the top. Artists then take sharp knives and carve the art out of the clay. This is extremely impressive because of Delort’s ability to show highlights and shadows though a clay carving. The artist also uses pen and paper, however it is clearly not as fun as carving a landscape onto clay. Occasionally he will use Photoshop to add some finishing touches, but the originals will always be created by the man.

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