"The illusionist" Trailer

Here at last! The trailer of the last feature i worked on, "The Illusionist" by Sylvain Chaumet. 2D special effects and animals (except the rabbit) were mainly produced by yours truly!
The movie is announced to be out in the theaters on the 5th of May, according to Patay.
Enjoy!

KIA ORA

I was just listening to some TIKI TAANE's music, which then lead me to some SALMONELLA DUB tracks...next thing i know, i was trying to figure out how to draw Maori lads for an hypothetical animated TV serie! Ho boy!

bit of This, bit of That

Well, it is almost time for some spring cleaning and after a bit more of a year without proper fresh posts (my scanner was somewhat out of reach, secluded in a a storage place, trying to attain a certain sense of the world so to speak), i thought it was about the right moment to shake off my sketchbook.

Alors ca y est! J'ai finalement compris qu'il fallait scanner les dessins pour que les gens puissent les voir. Et merci bien.

Le petit Chaperon Gris...fallait y penser non?...par contre, on peut lui voir a travers...rhoo! Je viens de m'apercevoir de l'outrage fait par...

Al Swearengen (Ian McShane)!
Oui, apres avoir avidement avaler les trois saisons de DEADWOOD, et pleurer comme une vieille gauffre sans sucre devant la fin en queue de poisson de la troisieme serie, je m'attaqua de memoire a cette figure maitresse de la serie pour voir si j'avais bien tout compris! A priori non, puisque j'ai pas fait les rayures du costume!



Yakusa...Triade...ca ne mange pas de pain et c'est toujours de bon aloi!


Vingt Mille Lieues Sous Les Mers! Bon dieu les enfants...quelle bombe atomique! Voila en tout cas une passe sur Nemo...MONSIEUR le capitaine Nemo!



L'effervescence litteraire continue..."Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrel", un roman de Suzanna Clark. J'ai mis le temps pour me decider a le lire...si j'avais su que ce serais aussi envoutant!
Le personnage, a gauche, qui ressemble un peu a Michael Jackson (je viens de me flinguer, la...) se fait appeler "l'homme aux cheuveux de duvet de chardon" (thistle-down hair) ou quelque chose tres vraisemblablement similaire. Quand a Norrel, le magicien (ca y est j'ai tout dis!)..peut etre un peu trop vieux...allez! on le garde comme ca!Manque que Jonathan donc...



On va pas finir sans un petit dessin de RONIN...non monsieur! Pas chez moi!
Et en plus, ceux la sont a moitie moderne!

ENJOY!

Eliot Kid 2

FX designs

TV serie

Studio SAMKA

directed by Gilles Cazaux

Angel VITAMINA

Voila Angel Vitamina, un petit Projet qui nous vient de l'ARGENTINE, developpe par le studio WUJOCO. Les designs sont tres prometteurs et on peut voir un trailer sur le site. Ne pas oublier en passant de payer une visite aux blogs personnels des auteurs! En attendant d'en voir plus, bonne chance a eux!

Here's a project from Argentina called "Angel Vitamina", developped by WUJOCO studio. Check it out! Some promessing designs and a trailer is available on their website.

Merci a Catsuka pour avoir distribue l'info.

Japan 2009 (january)

Here's some pics from my one week trip to Tokyo, Japan,last January. A much waited first contact! My first steps were lead with expert hands, by the man we like to call "le Bougna", David Encinas. A very short week indeed, but i'll be back for more, you know that, Japan, that's why you're still calling...playing of that ocarina!
Let's go!

Princess Crystal - working title

FX design

Teaser TV serie

Marathon studio

kungFu Panda designs

Those were done for the production of Kung Fu Panda. That was an oportunity that i cherish up to this day as it allowed me to get more acquainted with Photoshop (behold all the clumsy coloring attempts and miss use of gradients!) and work with some great artists!
Most of those designs were masterly improved by Nicolas Marlet, who then, got what he deserved for it!
Baby steps into character designs, mind the gap and...enjoy!


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