Experimental Realism

In 2008, In my eyes Bastien Vives is, it seems, the first BD "POV" (Point Of View). Otherwise known as "subjective camera" this technique to the film original is to represent the subjective view of a character, replacing the camera somehow to the human eye.

The use of this process shows once again, in addition to his undeniable talent, the explorer will this prolific author. The young designer worth however to propose a narrative at the height of his graphic virtuosity. As trapped by the device, more constraining than liberating, the background fails to reach the form in its audacity.
Because the story a thousand times read and reread a post-adolescent love between Parisian bobos otherwise hardly convincing, at least to seduce. Realistic triviality of course, but a bit smelly. One might then think that the author is satisfied in some facility in relation to the background, although the object - the young generation of today - perfectly reflects its concerns areas (see close friendships, The chlorine taste, Polina, etc.).

Fortunately, formal choices are of any interest and are the main - if not the only glow in this contemporary work. Through the use of soft colored pencil, no boxes, shades made in the method of representation of the subjective view Vivès expanding its narrative and graphic palette, and shows us the extent of his versatility.
In spring a completely banal smoothly from an author whose uninhibited graphic acuity alone run, in the foreground of a bottom of an emptiness in the air.