3 Portrait Sketches in Colored Pencil

Model: Susan della Pia

Paris Black is the New Thor

Paris Black is the New Thor [A preliminary sketch in colored pencil]

Fantabulous Nanomorphique Adventure of M Hardoon Rotman - (Week 5)

[Previous Week Plot Review]

Catherine and Cassandra followed the flows of the visitors through the display cases in the rotunda. Cassandra kept telling her mother that there was a man lying on the ceiling. Catherine checked but did not see any strange things on the ceiling.

It was almost the closing time, they went to the elevator and descended to the first level of basement where Catherine’s office was located. She decided to take another look at a piece that was not included in the exhibition – an Amethyst with bizarre “behaviors.”

 & TWO  –  Mosaic Replica of “Napoleon’s Coronation”    < Week V >

The entire basement was an open space, all the items it stored, no matter a box, a drawer, or a shelf were in full display. The dimension was about 50 meters long and 20 meters wide, but its height was rather deceiving, because of a sunken area sat in the middle.

This sunken area was enclosed by a walkway about 2 meters wide along the four walls. At each corner, and in the middle of each side of the walkways, a small 5-step cement stair descended into the sunken well. Thus, this unusual layout gave the basement an extra height, almost equal to one and a half level of regular floor.

Three large desks, a long table, with chairs, and several filing cabinets were arranged at the south end of the sunken area, here, Catharine and two assistants performed their daily duties.

But as one stepped out of the elevator, the real eye catcher was not exactly the vast space, nor its massive storage. The first thing one’s eye would encounter was a huge mosaic mural on the east side wall. Expanding almost half of the length of the wall, the mural was a replica of Jacques-Louis David's ‘The Coronation of Napoleon.’

The historical event of Napoleon and Josephine’s coronation happened on December 2nd, 1804; and the location was Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. David’s painting depicted the very moment Napoleon holding the crown aloft for Josephine’s coronation.

Jacques-Louis David started this painting in 1805, and finished it by the end of 1807. The original painting, now in the Louvre, was gigantic 6 meters by 10 meters. But this mural focused on the two major roles, particularly Josephine whose kneeling figure, with the long train of the coronation mantle embroidered with gold bees, covered two thirds of the lower half of the replica. Also because of it was in mosaic style, the entire mural resonated a breath-taking effect of mesmerising fabrication of color and shape!

This mural became museum's hidden gem; via special request, organizations and groups were granted permission to descend to here and to be marveled by this art piece of its own.

The elevator door opened, and Cassandra bounced up and down all the way to the mural and stood in front of Josephine, the slightly bowing head of Josephine was just about at her eye level. This was almost a ritual whenever she had a chance visiting her mother’s office, stopping in front of the mural first. She would stand there for a long time, not staring at Josephine, but at her mantle, imagining and counting how many bees could be embroidered on it. She had counted with Napoleon’s mantle a few times already.

Catherine went directly to her office, but said to her daughter: "Don't stay outside too long, coming back to the office soon." The "outside" was the walkway, the sunken well naturally was the "inside;" because along the inner edge of the walkway, 18 electronic surveillance columns were installed. 7 at each long side, and 2 at each short side.

The columns were made of aluminum alloy, stood from the floor to the ceiling, and equipped with the most advanced electronic surveillance technology. The columns threaded a 3D invisible grid of complicated net, securing the entire collection on this floor. Each column was about 3 inches in diameter, the surfaces were covered with irregular shallow cuts of lines and iconic designs and they in turn were encrusted with crystal glasses. From these shallow crystal inlays, green florescent lights flashed at random intervals, scanning the outside world. These watchful rods and lights added a surreal atmosphere to the entire basement.

Storage cases, boxes, cabinets were orderly arranged in this sunken well, several movable stairs were available for reaching object on the higher shelves.

This advanced electronic security system was all controlled from the third floor Security Room at the south end, overlooking the rotunda. The room was in fact a glass box, with floor to ceiling walls of black one-way mirror.

All the artifacts stored here, no matter its size, as soon as received by the museum, would be scanned into the system, and the system would start tracking it 24/7. Therefore, to steal or smuggle any piece of the collection out of the museum would not be possible!

Catherine swiped her ID card through a slot on the Electronic Column, then entered into her office. She wanted to take a closer look at the piece she insisted not to be included in the exhibition, a crystal looked like an amethyst.

[To be continued next week]

Poster for Jade Exhibition at Pellimet Museum in Paris

洛哈同奇譚之奈米奪魂記 － 小說連載預告

連載預告  ──  全新插畫科幻小說

【洛哈同奇譚】之《奈米奪魂記》      ──  姬璘璆著

原創科幻小說【洛哈同奇譚】之第一篇《奈米奪魂記》即將於下週起，於本網頁開始連載！

連載方式：

每週一篇，每篇字數約八百至一千六百不等。

全篇連載將以中文及英語，同時於同一或不同之部落格網頁推出。

連載每篇將同時附一幅插圖。

【本小說故事純為虛構，任何人物、地點、事件等若有雷同，實屬無意之巧合。】

以下是小說故事與角色人物之簡介。

全篇故事簡介

巴黎著名的『裴聿美東方藝術博物館』正展覽著一批捐贈而來的中國玉器，可是就在展覽開幕的當天晚上，其中兩件，被三名蒙面的日本忍者武士劫走了，同時失蹤的，還有一位十歲的羅珊蒂小妹妹，她是博物館考古學者凱薩琳丹芙博士的女兒。

表面上看，一如警方公佈的資料所稱，這是個簡單的劫寶與綁架事件，但實際並非如此，羅小妹妹不是被忍者綁架的，她的母親凱薩琳目睹並親身經歷了整個的事件過程，她相信女兒是被一個神秘的『隱形人』帶走了！

對警方未能公佈事件真相，令凱薩琳非常憤怒，驟失女兒使她傷心欲絕，而如果警方只肯往錯誤的方向去調查，她又如何能把女兒再尋回身邊來呢？！

同時，當晚博物館附近不少居民，報警堅稱見到一艘外型像馬蹄蟹那樣的大飛船，自博物館上空一閃而逝。

凱薩琳見到的神秘隱形人是誰？被劫的兩件古物珍寶，究竟藏了什麼秘密？羅珊蒂此刻身在何地？

事件真相撲朔迷離，請您於下週同一時間來此網頁繼續閱讀，本篇連載小說將帶領您一步步向事情的真相逼近。

小說人物介紹

主要人物：（第一組） 

馬樂開·哈同·洛特曼──書中代號：洛哈同。小說主人翁，被一種外星奈米菌元體生物擇定為實驗對象，體內部分為外星奈米菌元體入侵並控制，行為因此稍微有異常人，故外號『瘋帽匠』。

凱薩琳·達維·丹芙──法國巴黎裴聿美東方藝術博物館駐館考古學家。

卡珊德拉·丹芙·羅──中文名：羅珊蒂。凱薩琳丹芙的女兒，十歲，自幼便有『心靈感應』能力。

羅軒轅──中國權威地質兼礦物學家。凱薩琳丹芙的丈夫，羅珊蒂的父親。與凱薩琳正經歷分手中。

（第二組） 

老人解吉諾──外星奈米菌元體生物領袖。運用一種宇宙稀有礦苗及其水晶體，投影成形，外表乃一老人，有斜著行走的毛病。

解蓉娜──外星奈米菌元體生物。投影為地球人類女性。

解傑若──外星奈米菌元體生物。投影為地球人類男性。

解極茸──外星奈米菌元體生物。能投影並改變形狀為任何生物或物體。

（第三組） 

薄鳳池──法國馬賽實業家兼花花公子。『美夢世界影業公司』董事。

薄樂妮──薄鳳池妹妹，電影製片人。

唐美儀──中國女影星。薄鳳池未婚妻。

次要人物：

（第一組） 

伊萊夏蒙──日本名字：梶兵猶太郎，社會尊稱：『東京先生』，社會暱稱：『東京的川普』。七十歲，美籍猶太人，長住東京，著名外星文物收藏家，自號『十全老人』，因所收藏的外星文物已達十件。
春花若子──歌舞伎藝名：『玉奴春五郎』。著名歌舞伎藝人，東京先生機要秘書，『蝶甲蜂刃流』忍者武士。
天外竜之介──東京先生私人保鏢，『乾坤神隱流』忍者武士。
天外猿之助──東京先生私人保鏢，『彌形淨賀流』忍者武士。

（第二組） 

一色理性──日本新一代電影導演。
瀨戶內珡海──日本青春派女影星。一色理性女友。

瀨戶內瀚海──瀨戶內珡海同父異母哥哥。日法混血。
筱川雲友──編舞家。
仙道也──作曲家。

【本小說故事純為虛構，任何人物、地點、事件等若有雷同，實屬無意之巧合。】

第一週第一章將於下週推出。

Bad Boy’s bad hair do day - Colin Farrell Portrait

 

Bad Boy’s bad hair do day - another study of hair rendering in pen and ink. 

Colin Farrell Portrait