Didier Millotte

The first week of November saw me at Brackenhurst for the week photographing participants at the 2009 Littworld Conference. This was a week of immersion into the world of publishing, specifically, Christian publishing. I had a good time interacting with the men and women from all over the world. Among those in attendance was Didier Millotte, a French artist who writes and draws graphic books.

Didier is one very talented man. In the first few days I hadn't quite noticed him, but as the various sessions went on, he caught my attention. During the keynote sessions, he would be hunched over his drawing pad, pencil in hand busy sketching. This would be followed by him painting his sketches, to produce stellar images. Think of those who do sketches in courts where cameras may not be allowed. He was like that. Seeing it happen in real time was amazing.

Below is a drawing he did during the closing ceremony of the MC in his kilt.



Here he is drawing the view of Brackenhurst admin building and surrounding vegetation...



Here he is drawing the escarpment the day we took a trip to Naivasha...



Here he shows an example of one of his published works at a workshop he was giving on graphical novels...



I leave you to guess what it was he was doing here (hint: 2 person mexican standoff...)



Him busy with the post standoff activities...



In just 5 minutes, he had completely sketched me. He later painted the drawing and gave it to me the following day...



I am very glad I got a chance to get to know Didier. I sure hope our paths cross again. Check out his blog sometime. It's in French for the most part, though he has some of the posts in English as well. Enjoy the remarkable sketches he has on there.