{"id":6494,"date":"2017-07-09T00:03:38","date_gmt":"2017-07-09T00:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/?p=6494"},"modified":"2018-02-10T17:11:43","modified_gmt":"2018-02-10T17:11:43","slug":"mihajlo-dimitrievsky-illustrateur-de-a-kings-life-mihajlo-dimitrievskis-art-for-a-kings-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2017\/07\/09\/mihajlo-dimitrievsky-illustrateur-de-a-kings-life-mihajlo-dimitrievskis-art-for-a-kings-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Mihajlo Dimitrievsky, illustrateur de A King&#8217;s Life <br><I>Mihajlo Dimitrievski&#8217;s art for A King&#8217;s Life<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/mico.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6623\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2017\/07\/09\/mihajlo-dimitrievsky-illustrateur-de-a-kings-life-mihajlo-dimitrievskis-art-for-a-kings-life\/mico\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/mico.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"913,510\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"mico\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/mico.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6623\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/mico.jpg\" width=\"584\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/mico.jpg 913w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/mico-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/mico-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/mico-500x279.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>J\u2019ai d\u00e9couvert Mihajlo Dimitrievski, parfois d\u00e9sign\u00e9 par son pseudo twitter @themico, en 2014, lorsqu\u2019il fit des illustrations pour une nouvelle \u00e9dition de <em><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/?p=723\">Castel<\/a><\/em>. Cette \u00e9dition n&#8217;est malheureusement jamais sortie mais, ayant beaucoup appr\u00e9ci\u00e9 les dessins, j\u2019ai not\u00e9 lenom et l&#8217;adresse email de l&#8217;illustrateur dans mes petits carnets.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/themico1-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6495\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2017\/07\/09\/mihajlo-dimitrievsky-illustrateur-de-a-kings-life-mihajlo-dimitrievskis-art-for-a-kings-life\/themico1-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/themico1-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"500,500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Shipwrights of the North Sea\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/themico1-1.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6495\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/themico1-1-300x300.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/themico1-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/themico1-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/themico1-1.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/themico2-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6496\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2017\/07\/09\/mihajlo-dimitrievsky-illustrateur-de-a-kings-life-mihajlo-dimitrievskis-art-for-a-kings-life\/themico2-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/themico2-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"500,499\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Valeria\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/themico2-1.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6496\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/themico2-1.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/themico2-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/themico2-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/themico2-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/themico2-1-301x300.jpg 301w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lorsque, un an plus tard, un petit \u00e9diteur am\u00e9ricain, Pandasaurus Games, a d\u00e9cid\u00e9 de donner une seconde chance \u00e0 une autre de mes anciennes cr\u00e9ations, <em>Smiley Face<\/em>, en lui rendant son th\u00e8me m\u00e9di\u00e9val d\u2019origine, j\u2019ai imm\u00e9diatement propos\u00e9 Mihajlo comme illustrateur. Nous avons eu de la chance qu\u2019il soit disponible car, entre temps, themico \u00e9tait devenu un illustrateur reconnu et tr\u00e8s demand\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/hand-of-the-king-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6497\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2017\/07\/09\/mihajlo-dimitrievsky-illustrateur-de-a-kings-life-mihajlo-dimitrievskis-art-for-a-kings-life\/hand-of-the-king-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/hand-of-the-king-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"500,500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"hand of the king\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/hand-of-the-king-1.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6497\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/hand-of-the-king-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/hand-of-the-king-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/hand-of-the-king-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/hand-of-the-king-1.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mon ami Bruno Cathala s\u2019est aussi trouv\u00e9, en m\u00eame temps, \u00e0 travailler avec Mihajlo Dimitrievski, pour des raisons bien diff\u00e9rentes. Afin de r\u00e9aliser le prototype de son jeu dans l\u2019univers de game of Thrones, <em>Hand of the King<\/em>, Bruno a cherch\u00e9 sur internet des dessins repr\u00e9sentant les personnages des romans, et est tomb\u00e9 sur une s\u00e9rie de caricatures totalement non officielles r\u00e9alis\u00e9es pour le plaisir par themico. Lorsque Bruno a pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 son jeu \u00e0 Christian Petersen, de FFG, ce dernier a accept\u00e9 de publier le jeu\u2026 sous r\u00e9serve que George R. Martin donne son accord pour utiliser les illustrations du prototype. Le romancier a accept\u00e9 d\u00e8s qu\u2019il a vu les dessins, et c\u2019est ainsi que des caricatures faites pour s\u2019amuser par un dessinateur mac\u00e9donien encore inconnu sont devenues des illustrations officielles pour lesquelles Mihajlo a \u00e9t\u00e9 pay\u00e9 &#8211; assez bien j\u2019esp\u00e8re.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-Dancing.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6621\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2017\/07\/09\/mihajlo-dimitrievsky-illustrateur-de-a-kings-life-mihajlo-dimitrievskis-art-for-a-kings-life\/kings-life-dancing\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-Dancing.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"505,425\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Dancing\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;King&amp;#8217;s Life&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-Dancing.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6621\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-Dancing.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-Dancing.jpg 505w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-Dancing-150x126.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-Dancing-300x252.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-Dancing-356x300.jpg 356w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><em><span style=\"color: #808080;\">A King&#8217;s Life<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Toutes aussi m\u00e9di\u00e9vales, les illustrations de <a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/?p=6468\"><em>A King\u2019s L<\/em>ife<\/a>, plus r\u00e9centes et destin\u00e9es d\u2019embl\u00e9e \u00e0 la publication, sont plus fouill\u00e9es et, surtout, plus caricaturales encore. On y sent que l\u2019illustrateur s\u2019est fait plaisir, imaginant un personnage de petit roi aigri et mesquin entour\u00e9 de courtisans ambitieux et d\u00e9lur\u00e9s. Sans doute le monarque n\u2019est il glabre que parce qu\u2019il ne parvient pas \u00e0 avoir une barbe aussi imposante que celle de son auguste grand-p\u00e8re. Raison de plus pour boire, manger, danser, chasser, tournoyer et faire la f\u00eate, quitte \u00e0 se forcer un peu.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/11188382_1021910047819049_5658989851701743908_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6625\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2017\/07\/09\/mihajlo-dimitrievsky-illustrateur-de-a-kings-life-mihajlo-dimitrievskis-art-for-a-kings-life\/11188382_1021910047819049_5658989851701743908_n\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/11188382_1021910047819049_5658989851701743908_n.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"850,315\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Karnivore Koala\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/11188382_1021910047819049_5658989851701743908_n.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6625\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/11188382_1021910047819049_5658989851701743908_n.jpg\" width=\"584\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/11188382_1021910047819049_5658989851701743908_n.jpg 850w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/11188382_1021910047819049_5658989851701743908_n-150x56.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/11188382_1021910047819049_5658989851701743908_n-300x111.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/11188382_1021910047819049_5658989851701743908_n-500x185.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><em><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Karnivore Koalas<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Et voici mon interview de The Mico :<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">\u2022 Comment es tu devenu illustrateur de jeux ? Est-ce quelque chose que tu as toujours voulu faire, ou juste une occasion qui s\u2019est pr\u00e9sent\u00e9e ?<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\">C\u2019\u00e9tait inattendu. Il y a deux ou trois ans, j\u2019ai re\u00e7u un email de Shem Philips, de Garphill Games, de demandant de faire quelques dessins pour un de ses jeux. Depuis, je n\u2019ai cess\u00e9 d\u2019illustrer des jeux. Je n\u2019avais auparavant aucune id\u00e9e de la popularit\u00e9 actuelle des jeux de soci\u00e9t\u00e9, j\u2019ignorais m\u00eame qu\u2019il exist\u00e2t quelque chose comme une industrie du jeu de soci\u00e9t\u00e9 et une communaut\u00e9 des joueurs. Je travaille aussi beaucoup dans l\u2019animation, et pour le marketing, et je dois dire que les gens du monde du jeu de soci\u00e9t\u00e9 sont parmi les plus agr\u00e9ables &#8211; du moins en contact virtuel. Je me suis retrouv\u00e9 dans le monde ludique un peu par hasard, mais je trouve \u00e7a vraiment tr\u00e8s chouette.\u2028Cet travail, j\u2019appr\u00e9cie particuli\u00e8rement de pouvoir bosser sur deux ou trois projets en m\u00eame temps. Je peux sauter d\u2019un univers \u00e0 l\u2019autre, dessiner des vikings le matin, des tortues dans leur bain l\u2019apr\u00e8s-midi et des cochons de l\u2019espace ou n\u2019importe quoi d\u2019autre le soir. J\u2019aime cette vari\u00e9t\u00e9 dans les th\u00e8mes. J\u2019appr\u00e9cie aussi les retours des joueurs, c\u2019est toujours agr\u00e9able de rendre les jeux heureux &#8211; tout comme de les \u00e9nerver, d\u2019ailleurs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/14650154_1424390194237697_8089794710510805952_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6640\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2017\/07\/09\/mihajlo-dimitrievsky-illustrateur-de-a-kings-life-mihajlo-dimitrievskis-art-for-a-kings-life\/14650154_1424390194237697_8089794710510805952_n\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/14650154_1424390194237697_8089794710510805952_n.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"397,531\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"The Pioneer&amp;#8217;s Program\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/14650154_1424390194237697_8089794710510805952_n.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6640\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/14650154_1424390194237697_8089794710510805952_n.jpg\" width=\"336\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/14650154_1424390194237697_8089794710510805952_n.jpg 397w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/14650154_1424390194237697_8089794710510805952_n-112x150.jpg 112w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/14650154_1424390194237697_8089794710510805952_n-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #808080;\">The Pioneer&#8217;s Program<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">\u2022 Penses-tu continuer \u00e0 illustrer des jeux de soci\u00e9t\u00e9, ou as-tu d\u2019autres plans de carri\u00e8re?<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\">Je veux bien dessiner tout ce que l&#8217;on me demande de dessiner, et ces temps-ci, on me demande pas mal de jeux. J&#8217;ai pas mal d&#8217;autres projets aussi, mais tant que joueurs et \u00e9diteurs appr\u00e9cient mes dessins, je suis partant.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\">Par ailleurs, je suis directeur artistique d&#8217;un studio d&#8217;animation ici, en Mac\u00e9doine, et nous travaillons en ce moment sur <\/span>le premier film d&#8217;animation mac\u00e9donien<span style=\"color: #993300;\">. J&#8217;illustre aussi de nombreux livres, et je fais des storyboards pour des agences de pub, dans les Balkans et ailleurs.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\">Bref, je travaille \u00e9norm\u00e9ment. Je fais plusieurs travaux d&#8217;illustrations et storyboards chaque jour. C&#8217;est pour cela que j&#8217;appr\u00e9cie les dessins anim\u00e9s pour la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision &#8211; le style cartoon peut demande peu de temps &#8211; et les longues barbes &#8211; je n&#8217;arrive pas \u00e0 rester assis assez longtemps pour tailler la mienne. Il reste que, depuis mes d\u00e9buts dans la bande dessin\u00e9e, je r\u00eave d&#8217;avoir suffisamment de temps libre pour y retourner.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/14232370_1363615700315147_6594320631829626277_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6628\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2017\/07\/09\/mihajlo-dimitrievsky-illustrateur-de-a-kings-life-mihajlo-dimitrievskis-art-for-a-kings-life\/14232370_1363615700315147_6594320631829626277_n\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/14232370_1363615700315147_6594320631829626277_n.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"369,498\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Winter\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/14232370_1363615700315147_6594320631829626277_n.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6628\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/14232370_1363615700315147_6594320631829626277_n.jpg\" width=\"333\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/14232370_1363615700315147_6594320631829626277_n.jpg 369w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/14232370_1363615700315147_6594320631829626277_n-111x150.jpg 111w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/14232370_1363615700315147_6594320631829626277_n-222x300.jpg 222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">\u2022 Es-tu joueur ? Lorsque tu dois illustrer un jeu, en lis-tu les r\u00e8gles, joues-tu sur le prototype, ou suis-tu simplement les instructions de l&#8217;\u00e9diteur ?<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\">Malheureusement, je ne joue pas &#8211; ou pas encore &#8211; aux jeux de soci\u00e9t\u00e9. D\u00e9sol\u00e9 ! J&#8217;ai beaucoup pratiqu\u00e9 les jeux video, mais j&#8217;ai du sacr\u00e9ment ralentir quand ma carri\u00e8re de dessinateur a vraiment d\u00e9marr\u00e9. Je cherche d\u00e9sesp\u00e9r\u00e9ment un peu de temps pour revenir \u00e0 ma PS4, mais je ne parviens \u00e0 m&#8217;asseoir devant que 20 minutes tous les deux ou trois jours, quand mon fils veut bien me laisser faire.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\">Je n&#8217;ai donc pas le temps de me mettre aux jeux de soci\u00e9t\u00e9. Je ne saurais d&#8217;ailleurs pas trop par ou commencer, que faire avec une boite de jeu. J&#8217;ai l&#8217;impression que, pour cela, il faut d&#8217;abord \u00eatre relax, tranquille, en famille ou avec des amis, et c&#8217;est l&#8217;une des choses qui m&#8217;ont surpris quand j&#8217;ai commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 travailler sur des jeux et \u00e0 c\u00f4toyer cet univers. Ceci dit, il va bien falloir que je m&#8217;y mette, ne serait-ce que parce que j&#8217;ai commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 collectionner les jeux de soci\u00e9t\u00e9 (comme je collectionnais d\u00e9j\u00e0 les BDs, les livres d&#8217;art et les jouets) et j&#8217;ai m\u00eame pr\u00e9vu d&#8217;installer une salle de jeu dans mon atelier.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\">Lorsque j&#8217;illustre un jeu, je demande g\u00e9n\u00e9ralement une description des personnages, aussi succincte que possible, except\u00e9 dans les rares cas o\u00f9 le dessin doit mettre en sc\u00e8ne des \u00e9l\u00e9ments pr\u00e9cis. Jusqu&#8217;ici, j&#8217;ai toujours travaill\u00e9 assez librement, sans trop d&#8217;interf\u00e9rences avec les auteurs et \u00e9diteurs &#8211; sans doute cela signifie-t-il qu&#8217;ils sont satisfaits de mon travail. J&#8217;essaie toujours d&#8217;ajouter au dessin un ou deux trucs \u00e0 moi, que l&#8217;\u00e9diteur n&#8217;a pas demand\u00e9, et de faire le boulot aussi consciencieusement que possible. Donc, ni r\u00e8gles, ni prototype, je suis simplement les consignes de l&#8217;\u00e9diteur, le style et les descriptions re\u00e7ues par mail, en y ajoutant mon petit grain de sel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/13096018_1248551165154935_2522703234167595897_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6627\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2017\/07\/09\/mihajlo-dimitrievsky-illustrateur-de-a-kings-life-mihajlo-dimitrievskis-art-for-a-kings-life\/13096018_1248551165154935_2522703234167595897_n\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/13096018_1248551165154935_2522703234167595897_n.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"482,678\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Tavern Cavern\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/13096018_1248551165154935_2522703234167595897_n.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6627\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/13096018_1248551165154935_2522703234167595897_n.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/13096018_1248551165154935_2522703234167595897_n.jpg 482w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/13096018_1248551165154935_2522703234167595897_n-107x150.jpg 107w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/13096018_1248551165154935_2522703234167595897_n-213x300.jpg 213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><br \/>\n<em>Cavern Tavern<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">\u2022 Participes-tu aux festivals ou conventions ludiques, rencontres-tu les auteurs et \u00e9diteurs, ou fais-tu tout depuis chez toi via internet ?<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\">Cela fait maintenant trois ans que j&#8217;illustre des jeux, et je n&#8217;ai encore pris part \u00e0 aucune convention &#8211; mais je n&#8217;ai pas non plus trouv\u00e9 le temps d&#8217;aller \u00e0 une convention de BD. Maintenant que mes enfants commencent \u00e0 grandir, je vais sans doute trouver un peu de temps pour les festivals de BD, et peut-\u00eatre aussi pour ceux de jeux de soci\u00e9t\u00e9. Le principal probl\u00e8me sera sans doute de trouver comment renvoyer chez moi tous les trucs que j&#8217;y ach\u00e8terai.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\">Je ne pense pas avoir jamais rencontr\u00e9 face \u00e0 face qui que ce soit du milieu ludique, except\u00e9 les quelques auteurs et \u00e9diteurs mac\u00e9doniens, qui sont tous devenus des amis. Tout se passe par email. C&#8217;est d&#8217;ailleurs un peu bizarre de travailler avec des centaines de personnes et de ne m\u00eame pas conna\u00eetre le son de leur voix <span style=\"color: #008000;\">(note de Bruno : le son de ma voix est g\u00e9n\u00e9ralement ce que retiennent les gens qui me rencontrent)<\/span>. Cela commence \u00e0 me pr\u00e9occuper.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/13062244_1240420542634664_861502593752588031_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6626\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2017\/07\/09\/mihajlo-dimitrievsky-illustrateur-de-a-kings-life-mihajlo-dimitrievskis-art-for-a-kings-life\/13062244_1240420542634664_861502593752588031_n\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/13062244_1240420542634664_861502593752588031_n.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"709,775\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/13062244_1240420542634664_861502593752588031_n.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6626\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/13062244_1240420542634664_861502593752588031_n.jpg\" width=\"412\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/13062244_1240420542634664_861502593752588031_n.jpg 709w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/13062244_1240420542634664_861502593752588031_n-137x150.jpg 137w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/13062244_1240420542634664_861502593752588031_n-274x300.jpg 274w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 412px) 100vw, 412px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Shipwrights of the North Sea<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">\u2022 Comment travailles-tu? Fais-tu tout sur ordinateur, ou commences-tu par des croquis \u00e0 la main ?<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\">Ma m\u00e9thode de travail. Je fais quelques croquis tr\u00e8s rapides, si rapides que je ne sais m\u00eame pas si on peut parler de croquis, au moment o\u00f9 je lis le premier mail d\u00e9crivant le jeu, juste pour avoir un vague point de d\u00e9part. En g\u00e9n\u00e9ral, c&#8217;est juste quelques traits jet\u00e9s rapidement sur le support papier que j&#8217;ai sous la main. Ensuite, je travaille sans croquis, sans contrainte, aussi librement que possible sur l&#8217;illustration finale. Les dessins plus ou moins improvis\u00e9s ont plus de vie, plus de personnalit\u00e9. C&#8217;est pour cela que je ne suis qu&#8217;un illustrateur et ne serai jamais un peintre comme, je ne sais pas, comme Donato Giancola, Frazzeta ou Valejo. J&#8217;adore dessiner, mais je ne veux pas que cela devienne fastidieux. J&#8217;essaie de mettre le maximum dans l&#8217;illustration finale.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[slideshow_deploy id=&#8217;6535&#8242;]<br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Les \u00e9tapes de la couverture de A King&#8217;s Life<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">\u2022 Pr\u00e9f\u00e8res-tu les \u00e9diteurs qui te laissent illustrer un sujet \u00e0 ta guise, ou ceux qui donnent des instructions pr\u00e9cises. J&#8217;ai entendu des illustrateurs pester tant\u00f4t contre les uns, tant\u00f4t contre les autres.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\">Je pr\u00e9f\u00e8re avoir plus de libert\u00e9. J&#8217;aime pouvoir mettre quelque chose de personnel dans les dessins, avoir l&#8217;impression d&#8217;un travail \u00e0 moi, original. La libert\u00e9 artistique, dans la limite de ce que permet le sujet, c&#8217;est quand m\u00eame agr\u00e9able. Donc, il vaut mieux me laisser la bride sur le cou.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">\u2022 Quels sont les jeux dont tu es le plus fier? Pourquoi? Quels sont ceux que tu as eu le plus de plaisir \u00e0 illustrer ? Pourquoi ?<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\">Les jeux que j&#8217;ai illustr\u00e9 sont un peu comme mes enfants, je ne peux pas en privil\u00e9gier un. Ou alors, je pr\u00e9f\u00e8re toujours le dernier sur lequel j&#8217;ai boss\u00e9 <span style=\"color: #008000;\">(note de Bruno : c&#8217;est aussi ce que je r\u00e9ponds quand on m&#8217;interroge sur mes cr\u00e9ations)<\/span>. Lorsque je re\u00e7ois des exemplaires d&#8217;auteur, j&#8217;en conserve g\u00e9n\u00e9ralement deux. J&#8217;en ouvre un, et montre les cartes et tous les \u00e9l\u00e9ments \u00e0 ma famille, qui,me demande pourquoi ceci, pourquoi cela&#8230; C&#8217;est donc plut\u00f4t \u00e0 elle qu&#8217;il faudrait poser la question. La deuxi\u00e8me boite reste sous film, pour mes enfants quand ils grandiront &#8211; j&#8217;esp\u00e8re qu&#8217;ils y joueront. Mon fils et ma fille ont 7 et 3 ans.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\">C\u00f4t\u00e9 sujets, j&#8217;aime bien dessiner les monstres, les aliens, et les cr\u00e9atures style zombies, dragons, guerriers mystiques et tout ce qui est vivant avec des caract\u00e9ristiques bien marqu\u00e9es, gros, maigre, petit&#8230; cela me permet de bien jouer avec les formes et les directions. De toute fa\u00e7on, je suis content de mon boulot d&#8217;illustrateur, car c&#8217;est sans doute la seule chose que sois capable de faire, et c&#8217;est aussi celle que j&#8217;ai envie de faire.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-dance-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6630\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2017\/07\/09\/mihajlo-dimitrievsky-illustrateur-de-a-kings-life-mihajlo-dimitrievskis-art-for-a-kings-life\/kings-life-dance-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-dance-2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"454,617\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Dance\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;King&amp;#8217;s Life&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-dance-2.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6630\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-dance-2.jpg\" width=\"331\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-dance-2.jpg 454w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-dance-2-110x150.jpg 110w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-dance-2-221x300.jpg 221w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 331px) 100vw, 331px\" \/><\/a><em><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><br \/>\nA King&#8217;s Life<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">\u2022 Quelques remarques sur ton travail sur A King&#8217;s Life ?<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\">C&#8217;\u00e9tait chouette. J&#8217;ai re\u00e7u un email d&#8217;un \u00e9diteur dont je n&#8217;avais jamais entendu parler, pour un jeu de Bruno Faidutti. Nous avions d\u00e9j\u00e0 travaill\u00e9 ensemble <span style=\"color: #008000;\">(note de Bruno: pour un jeu dont la parution a malheureusement \u00e9t\u00e9 annul\u00e9e)<\/span> mais je ne savais pas alors que tu \u00e9tais connu dans le monde du jeu. Le th\u00e8me du jeu \u00e9tait sympa &#8211; une journ\u00e9e dans la vie d&#8217;un roi au Moyen-\u00c2ge, sans doute la p\u00e9riode historique que je pr\u00e9f\u00e8re dessiner. Plein de personnages marrants, pas d&#8217;urgence. Tous les \u00e9l\u00e9ments \u00e9taient en place, et cela a \u00e9t\u00e9 un boulot amusant et facile &#8211; je ne vois pas comment le d\u00e9crire autrement. Pas de longs emails, pas de descriptions pointilleuses, un boulot tranquille comme je les aime. J&#8217;esp\u00e8re que les joueurs aimeront le jeu &#8211; et mes dessins.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>A King&#8217;s Life<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"> Un jeu de Gwena\u00ebl Bouquin &amp; Bruno Faidutti<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\">Illustrations de Mihajlo Dimitrievski<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"> 4 \u00e0 8 joueurs \u2013 30 minutes<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"> Publi\u00e9 par Pandasaurus Games (2017)<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.trictrac.net\/jeu-de-societe\/emoticon\/infos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tric Trac<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boardgamegeek.com\/boardgame\/72766\/smileyface\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Boardgamegeek<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/the-mico-valeria.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6624\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2017\/07\/09\/mihajlo-dimitrievsky-illustrateur-de-a-kings-life-mihajlo-dimitrievskis-art-for-a-kings-life\/the-mico-valeria\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/the-mico-valeria.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"369,514\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"the mico valeria\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/the-mico-valeria.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6624\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/the-mico-valeria.jpg\" width=\"345\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/the-mico-valeria.jpg 369w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/the-mico-valeria-108x150.jpg 108w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/the-mico-valeria-215x300.jpg 215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 345px) 100vw, 345px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>I discovered Mihajlo Dimitrievski, also known by his twitter id, @themico, in 2014, when he was working on the graphics for a new edition of <a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/?p=723\">Castle<\/a>. Unfortunately, this edition was never published. However, since I really liked the graphics, I wrote down the artist\u2019s name and email address in my books.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/themico3-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6508\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2017\/07\/09\/mihajlo-dimitrievsky-illustrateur-de-a-kings-life-mihajlo-dimitrievskis-art-for-a-kings-life\/themico3-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/themico3-1.png\" data-orig-size=\"499,500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"themico\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/themico3-1.png\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6508\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/themico3-1-300x300.png\" width=\"250\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/themico3-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/themico3-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/themico3-1-299x300.png 299w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/themico3-1.png 499w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/themico4-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6509\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2017\/07\/09\/mihajlo-dimitrievsky-illustrateur-de-a-kings-life-mihajlo-dimitrievskis-art-for-a-kings-life\/themico4-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/themico4-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"500,500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"themico\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/themico4-1.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6509\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/themico4-1.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/themico4-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/themico4-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/themico4-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>One year later, a small Us publisher, Pandasaurus Games, decided to give a second chance another of my older designs, Smiley Face, and agreed to give it back its original medieval setting. I immediately suggested they hired Mihajlo for the graphics. Luckily, since in the meantime he had become better known and quite busy, he was available.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/hand-of-the-king-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6510\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2017\/07\/09\/mihajlo-dimitrievsky-illustrateur-de-a-kings-life-mihajlo-dimitrievskis-art-for-a-kings-life\/hand-of-the-king-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/hand-of-the-king-2.png\" data-orig-size=\"700,394\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"hand of the king\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/hand-of-the-king-2.png\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6510\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/hand-of-the-king-2.png\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/hand-of-the-king-2.png 700w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/hand-of-the-king-2-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/hand-of-the-king-2-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/hand-of-the-king-2-500x281.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>At the same time, my friend Bruno Cathala also happened to work with Mihajlo, and it\u2019s another nice story. To make the prototype for his small Game of Thrones card game, Bruno had used a set of totally unauthorized caricatures of all the book characters which he had found on the internet, and which had been drawn by themico. When Bruno showed his prototype to Christian Petersen, at FFG, Christian decided to publish the game, but only if George Martin agreed to use the fun caricatures used in the prototype. When shown the art, George Martin agreed at once and that\u2019s how these pictures, originally made just for fun by a little known Macedonian artist, ended as official GoT stuff, for which Mihajlo has been payed &#8211; and I hope well payed.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-Saturday.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6622\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2017\/07\/09\/mihajlo-dimitrievsky-illustrateur-de-a-kings-life-mihajlo-dimitrievskis-art-for-a-kings-life\/kings-life-saturday\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-Saturday.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"538,454\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Saturday\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;King&amp;#8217;s Life&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-Saturday.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6622\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-Saturday.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-Saturday.jpg 538w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-Saturday-150x127.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-Saturday-300x253.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-Saturday-356x300.jpg 356w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><em><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/em><span style=\"color: #808080;\">A King&#8217;s Life<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>The graphics for <a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/?p=6468\">A King\u2019s Life<\/a> are more detailed and grotesque. The artist visibly had fun imagining a short, bitter and petty king surrounded by ambitious and debauched courtiers. The reason why the king is clean shaven is probably that he\u2019s unable to grow an imposing beard like his imposing great father one\u2019s. One more reason to drink, eat, hunt, dance, tourney and had fun in all possible ways, even when forcing oneself a bit.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/13087117_1245627712113947_5639511013171243405_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6631\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2017\/07\/09\/mihajlo-dimitrievsky-illustrateur-de-a-kings-life-mihajlo-dimitrievskis-art-for-a-kings-life\/13087117_1245627712113947_5639511013171243405_o\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/13087117_1245627712113947_5639511013171243405_o.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1041,624\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Valeria\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/13087117_1245627712113947_5639511013171243405_o-1024x614.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6631\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/13087117_1245627712113947_5639511013171243405_o.jpg\" width=\"584\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/13087117_1245627712113947_5639511013171243405_o.jpg 1041w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/13087117_1245627712113947_5639511013171243405_o-150x90.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/13087117_1245627712113947_5639511013171243405_o-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/13087117_1245627712113947_5639511013171243405_o-1024x614.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/13087117_1245627712113947_5639511013171243405_o-500x300.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\">Quests of Valeria<\/span><em><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>And here comes my interview with The Mico<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em>\u2022 How did you become a board game illustrator? Was it something you wanted to do for quite long, or did you just seize an opportunity?<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><em>Well, accidentally. Shem Philips from Garphill Games emailed me and asked me about doing some illustrations for his game two or three years ago, and from then on I\u2019m actively drawing boardgames. I really had no idea before that boardgames are so widely played and so popular, I didn\u2019t know there was something like a board game industry and board game players. I also work a lot in the animation and marketing world, and I must say that people playing, designing and publishing boardgames are among the nicest ones &#8211; at least virtually. So, I have entered this boardgame business accidentally, and it seems to be pretty awesome.\u2028One of the things i like about it is that, since I work on a couple different projects at once, I can jump from one universe to another. I draw vikings in the morning, turtles in bath afternoon and cosmic pigs or whatnot at night. I like this diversity in topics. I also really enjoy the feedback I get from players. It is quite satisfying to make people happy &#8211; or sometimes pissed of.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/14316907_1373584022651648_60550771493845606_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6641\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2017\/07\/09\/mihajlo-dimitrievsky-illustrateur-de-a-kings-life-mihajlo-dimitrievskis-art-for-a-kings-life\/14316907_1373584022651648_60550771493845606_n\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/14316907_1373584022651648_60550771493845606_n.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"624,688\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Mico\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/14316907_1373584022651648_60550771493845606_n.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6641\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/14316907_1373584022651648_60550771493845606_n.jpg\" width=\"408\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/14316907_1373584022651648_60550771493845606_n.jpg 624w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/14316907_1373584022651648_60550771493845606_n-136x150.jpg 136w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/14316907_1373584022651648_60550771493845606_n-272x300.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 408px) 100vw, 408px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #008000;\">\u2022 Do you plan to keep on illustrating boardgames, or do you have other career plans ?<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\">I draw everything people want me to draw for them, and at the moment I do work on a lot of boardgames. I do have a lot of future projects as well, so as long as people enjoy my drawings in their games, I\u2019m in.<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><em>As for other plans or stuff, I\u2019m an art director in an animation studio here in Macedonia, and we are working on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lynxanimation.com\/about-us.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the first Macedonian feature animated movie<\/a>. I also illustrate lots of books, and I work a lot as a storyboard artist for advertising companies in the Balkan region (and sometimes elsewhere).<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><em>This means I really work A LOT. I usually do a couple illustrations, concepts and boards a day. That\u2019s why I love early cartoon network cartoons (cartoony style gets done faster) and long beards (I can\u2019t sit tight long enough to cut it). Since I started as a comic book artist, I hope some day when I\u2019ll have some free time I\u00a0\u2018ll go back to it and do some comics.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/13095959_1245405455469506_1435793822236725972_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6634\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2017\/07\/09\/mihajlo-dimitrievsky-illustrateur-de-a-kings-life-mihajlo-dimitrievskis-art-for-a-kings-life\/13095959_1245405455469506_1435793822236725972_n\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/13095959_1245405455469506_1435793822236725972_n.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"425,598\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/13095959_1245405455469506_1435793822236725972_n.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6634\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/13095959_1245405455469506_1435793822236725972_n.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/13095959_1245405455469506_1435793822236725972_n.jpg 425w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/13095959_1245405455469506_1435793822236725972_n-107x150.jpg 107w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/13095959_1245405455469506_1435793822236725972_n-213x300.jpg 213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><br \/>\nCavern Tavern<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #008000;\">\u2022 Are you a gamer ? When you have to illustrate a board game, do you look at the rules, do you play the prototype, or do you just follow the publisher\u2019s instructions ?<\/span><br \/>\n<\/em><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><em>Sadly, I dont play boardgames, or not yet. Sorry people but that is so. I used to play video games a lot, but I slowed down when my drawing career got a real start. I\u2019m desperately looking for time to go back to my PS4, but I can sit with it only 20 minutes every two or three days. That\u2019s how much my son lets me play.<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><em>I don\u2019t have time to play boardgames. I don\u2019t know where to start from or what to do with a game box. From what I see, one has to be relatively relaxed to play and enjoy a game with family and friends &#8211; it\u2019s one of the things which surprised me when I started working on boardgames and discovering the boardgame community. I really should start some day soon since now I\u2019ve started to collect games (like I collect comics, art books and toys) and I even plan to have a play room on my studio floor. <\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #993300;\">When I illustrate a game, I usually ask for a description of the characters &#8211; the shorter the better -, except in the few cases where I have to really pinpoint something. So far, I have mostly worked with minimal interference from publishers and designers &#8211; I guess this means they are satisfied with me. I always try to add some extra over what a publisher asks me, as a personal mark, and to do the job as best as I can. So, no rules, no prototype, I just follow the publisher\u2019s instructions and add my grain of salt, as long as it seems to fit the game style and art description.<\/span> <\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/themico.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8394\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2017\/07\/09\/mihajlo-dimitrievsky-illustrateur-de-a-kings-life-mihajlo-dimitrievskis-art-for-a-kings-life\/themico\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/themico.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"510,510\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"The Mico\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/themico.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8394\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/themico.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/themico.jpg 510w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/themico-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/themico-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #008000;\">\u2022 Do you attend gaming conventions, do you actually meet with publishers, or do you do everything from home via the internet ?<\/span><br \/>\n<\/em><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><em>I\u2019m now working as a board game illustrator for about three years, and I haven\u2019t attended any game convention yet &#8211; but I haven\u2019t attended a single comics convention either. Now that the kids are grown up a bit, I might find time for comic book conventions, and may be boardgames conventions as well. The main issue would probably how to send back home all the stuff I would buy there.<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #993300;\">I don\u2019t think I ever met face to face anyone from the board gaming business in person, except the few Macedonian publishers and designers, who are all my friends now. Everything happens by email. It feels a bit strange &#8211; I work with hundreds of people, and I even don\u2019t know the sound of their voice <span style=\"color: #008000;\">(Note from Bruno : the sound of my voice is usually what people remember about me)<\/span>. I should think about this in the coming times.<\/span> <\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/16105770_1551518041524911_1633821603763894849_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6635\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2017\/07\/09\/mihajlo-dimitrievsky-illustrateur-de-a-kings-life-mihajlo-dimitrievskis-art-for-a-kings-life\/16105770_1551518041524911_1633821603763894849_n\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/16105770_1551518041524911_1633821603763894849_n.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"567,802\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/16105770_1551518041524911_1633821603763894849_n.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6635\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/16105770_1551518041524911_1633821603763894849_n.jpg\" width=\"318\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/16105770_1551518041524911_1633821603763894849_n.jpg 567w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/16105770_1551518041524911_1633821603763894849_n-106x150.jpg 106w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/16105770_1551518041524911_1633821603763894849_n-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 318px) 100vw, 318px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><br \/>\nShipwrights of the North Sea<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #008000;\">\u2022 How do you work ? Do you do everything on computer or do you start with a hand sketch ?<\/span> <\/em><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><em>Working process. I do a few sketches, so fast that I don\u2019t know if I can even call them sketches, when I read the first email describing the subject. This is just to get an overall something from which I will start. It\u2019s usually little more than a couple lines on whatever paper is in front of me. I prefer to work without sketching, as freely as possible, a wild ride on the final illustration. Drawings that are made more freely have more life, are not &#8211; I don\u2019t know how to call them &#8211; tight or dead. I tend to work in a very loose way. That\u2019s why I\u2019m only an illustrator and will never paint like, I don\u2019t know, Donato Giancola, Frazzeta or Valejo. I like to enjoy he act of drawing, I don\u2019t want it to be a burden. I try to put the maximum effort in the final drawing.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FZpqJ_Z7l0c\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\">Drawing the Feast card for A KIng&#8217;s Life<\/span><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em>\u2022 Do you prefer when publishers let you loose about the graphics, or when they give you very detailed descriptions of what they want ? I\u2019ve heard other artists curse either the ones or the others.<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Loose approach works best from me. I like wen I can put something mine into others\u2019 ideas, so they can be called \u00ab\u00a0original stuff\u00a0\u00bb. And it is cool to have some sort of artistic freedom, in the limits of subject and requirements. So a loosen approach works best for me.<\/span> <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #008000;\">\u2022 What are the games you\u2019re most proud of ? Why ?\u2028What are the games you had most fun illustrating ? Why ?<\/span><br \/>\n<\/em><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><em>The games I work on are like my children so I can\u2019t really set one or another apart. Let me just put it like this &#8211; I like the last one i worked on the most <span style=\"color: #008000;\">(Bruno\u2019s note : that\u2019s also what I usually says about my game designs)<\/span>. When I get my author copies &#8211; depending on he copies I get &#8211; I usually keep two. I open one, looks at cards and stuff, and shows it to my family. That\u2019s the fan part, questions, what is this, why that, etc. So I should probably ask them this question. The second copy stays sealed for what my kids will grow up, and I hope they will play it then. My son and daughter are 7 and 3 now.<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #993300;\">As for the subjects, I really like to work on monsters and aliens, stuff like zombies, dragons, mystic warriors, or on characters which have strong characteristics, fat, thin, tiny, so that I can play with forms and directions. And I\u2019m glad to be in the drawing business because it\u2019s probably the only thing I can co, and it happens to be the thing I like to do. So, win-win for me so far.<\/span> <\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-Hunting.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6636\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2017\/07\/09\/mihajlo-dimitrievsky-illustrateur-de-a-kings-life-mihajlo-dimitrievskis-art-for-a-kings-life\/kings-life-hunting\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-Hunting.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"454,617\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Hunting\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;King&amp;#8217;s Life&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-Hunting.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6636\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-Hunting.jpg\" width=\"331\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-Hunting.jpg 454w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-Hunting-110x150.jpg 110w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kings-Life-Hunting-221x300.jpg 221w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 331px) 100vw, 331px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><span style=\"color: #808080;\">A King&#8217;s Life<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #008000;\">\u2022 Can you tell something about your work on A King\u2019s Life ?<\/span> <\/em><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><em>Kings life. Well, it\u2019s cool. I got a mail from a publisher I didn\u2019t know, for a game by Bruno Faidutti. I had once worked with you before <span style=\"color: #008000;\">(Bruno&#8217;s note : on a game which has unfortunately been cancelled)<\/span> without knowing who you were, and now I see that you are famous in this game business, so it was cool. The subject sounded, and is, really cool &#8211; a day in a king\u2019s life in medieval times, one my favorite historical time. Lots of fun characters, flexible deadline. All the picks were in place, so it was really nice and easy. I don\u2019t know how to describee it better. No long emails, no long descriptions, smooth work, my favorite way. I hope the people will like the game (and my drawings) too.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>A King&#8217;s Life<\/strong><\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em> <span style=\"color: #993300;\">A game by Gwena\u00ebl Bouquin &amp; Bruno Faidutti<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em> <span style=\"color: #993300;\">Graphics by Mihajlo Dimitrievski<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em> <span style=\"color: #993300;\"> 4 to 8 players \u2013 30 minutes<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em> <span style=\"color: #993300;\">Published by Pandasaurus Games (2017)<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boardgamegeek.com\/boardgame\/72766\/smileyface\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Boardgamegeek<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uFU-trq3WAM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>J\u2019ai d\u00e9couvert Mihajlo Dimitrievski, parfois d\u00e9sign\u00e9 par son pseudo twitter @themico, en 2014, lorsqu\u2019il fit des illustrations pour une nouvelle \u00e9dition de Castel. Cette \u00e9dition n&#8217;est malheureusement jamais sortie mais, ayant beaucoup appr\u00e9ci\u00e9 les dessins, j\u2019ai not\u00e9 lenom et l&#8217;adresse &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/blog\/2017\/07\/09\/mihajlo-dimitrievsky-illustrateur-de-a-kings-life-mihajlo-dimitrievskis-art-for-a-kings-life\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[417,90],"tags":[87,321,403,412,416],"class_list":["post-6494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-illustrateurs-illustrators","category-kings-life","tag-bruno-cathala","tag-idw-pandasaurus","tag-game-illustration","tag-mihajlo-dimitrievski","tag-smiley-face"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2HNOP-1GK","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6494"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8395,"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6494\/revisions\/8395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}