Jordi Lafebre@jordilafebre

So I went further. My next book ( La Mondaine )was my ALL-IN. I tried everything I got. Brushes, dip pens, white gouache, much grain paper, and some crazy stuff I won't admit here. I went mentally and economically broke to find new ways. (Do not try it alone at home, kids)

Jordi Lafebre@jordilafebre

At some point- I don't know if there was by fatigue or an inner expression of my character - my lines started to be open, not closing the figure. I can even tell when was first time it happened consciously; In that particular line of the boot ( on brush ). That was something.

Jordi Lafebre@jordilafebre

With some years of hard work, came the whole orchestra: Brushes, dip pens, liquid ink, more dense ink, much more grain paper, white gouache, grattage, markers of all kinds, closed lines, open lines, straight lines smoothie curves; When to push, when to loose, when go hard...

Jordi Lafebre@jordilafebre

...and when go subtitle. Every page was like Vagner on drugs with Valkirias singing full Cleary too much; Beautiful but not honest enough. Everything was in the ankles, the fingers, the grain on the paper and the material I had on my hands. But again, much lack of something.

Jordi Lafebre@jordilafebre

This time was like Vagner with a cup of coffee on a chill unplugged concert. Much easier and intime. It worked. Organic brush, liquid ink, some markers for the details, on grain paper. That was me on 2016. Countless hours of work on an 25 euros Ikea chair.