Purple Magazine
— F/W 2014 issue 22
Cédric Rivrain
artist/illustrator, Paris
interview by CAROLINE GAIMARI
portrait at his apartment by GIASCO BERTOLI
ChloeÌ sevigny, Minnie Mouse & MiCkey Mouse (FaCe PlasTer iii), 2008, PENCIL, COLORED PENCIL, INK, MAKE-UP POWDER, AND NAIL POLISH ON PAPER
Bonjour Tristesse, 2011 PENCIL, COLORED PENCIL, AND INK ON PAPER
CAROLINE GAIMARI — Your drawings are so precise, almost like a mirror image or a photo.
CÉDRIC RIVRAIN — It’s funny you mention photos because I don’t actually work from one picture. A photo is just so flat when you draw it if you just reproduce one. I work mainly from the 3D idea I have of the person, derived from a compilation of photos that I take myself or find online, of every angle of the face.
CAROLINE GAIMARI — The main focus in your portraits seems to be the eyes, which look so…