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I still make glitchy landscapes. sometimes.

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graphic design clashes with concept art. part II

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Hue shift on personal artworks, just for fun.

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AI art: A lot we still don’t know but there’s something I am sure of. After 25 years of Art Direction in the video game industry and having had to assemble many Concept art teams over the years, I can assure you I would never ever consider hiring a supposedly “prompt artist”.

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if your image still looks good not matter how much you change the HUE, it means it's properly balanced :)

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okay let me take a shot at this #ArtsOfVibrancy thing.

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All good things come to an end. After close to 14 years on HALO, I have decided to pursue other opportunities outside Microsoft and 343 Industries. It's been a hell of a ride, loved every minute of it. Wishing the absolute best to 343, you guys are and always will be amazing.

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Still reeling from his passing. he lived fully for art and lived his art fully. Here's Flowers for Kim Jung Gi. @KimJungGiUS @SuperaniArt @kimjunggidirect @CauretteBD

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8 years

that brush work test became a river.

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2 years

browsing image folders from the past. finding this. posting it. that's all.

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4 years

A small painting done two days ago. A fast 40 minutes sketch to keep my motivation going.

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3 years

One of my biggest obsession has always been to merge graphic design and concept art into a single coherent intent. still searching, with passion.

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just some art from a few years back.

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5 years

Maysketchaday day 12. Medieval times. can't avoid doing at least one of these.

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2 years

#MaySketchADay experimental experiment

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Squeezing some last bits of line work before the new year. Sure fact is, I will never get rid of the line versus paint dilemma. I love both too much.

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10 minutes on a basic sketch, left. 90 minutes on a less basic sketch, right.

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6 years

i watched Lord of the Rings AND the Hobbit entirely, and my mind has gone medieval.

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And here is the final colorful post of a very rocky-bumpy year. Reflecting on these 365 days would be too long, better condense it in a single sentence: I am just glad we shipped Halo Infinite, and ecstatic of its reception. Happy New Year 2022!

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4 months

just art. from previous years.

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2 years

Until i make more, here's a batch of spaceships, in blue.

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1 year

spent an hour updating my Artstation, so I'm going to add a few here too.

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#MaySketchADay candy spaceships. day 7

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#MaySketchADay day 10 and 11. summer and winter versions for approximately the same image.

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6 years

day 25 #maysketchaday i'm afraid i went full medieval on this one :)

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1 year

spaceship post. for no particular reason.

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3 years

I had the great honor to make the front covers (regular and collector's editions) for @MacqMarine new book about the history of French Concept Artists, "Imaginaires du Jeu Video - Les concept artists Francais". published by @ThirdEditions

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5 years

#maysketchaday day 22. add your own title!

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7 years

Sketchclub experiment on ipad pro.

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2 years

Quite some Twitter turmoil right now. it makes me wonder why I keep coming back here, but now I remember! It's all because of the art.

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5 years

It’s been a while, so here’s a tower.

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5 years

and here's a personal artwork for absolutely no reason at all.

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5 years

For the sake of posting art, here’s a personal piece, obviously Mandalorian inspired. On a side note, congrats to all friends who worked on the show. It’s a splendid and fun adventure in many ways!

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1 year

repost from 2019.

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3 years

back after a week off in Oregon. needed that. so now here's ART.

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2017 iPad sketches in #procreate I definitely need to do more of these. oh wait ... what's this ... a new iPad! 👍

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6 years

day 29 #maysketchaday and yet another castlescape...

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worlds.

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Many spaceships, more #procreate goodness. I think I finally settled on a great pencil brush. did quite some tests on this sheet with the Narinder and procreate pencil brushes. But my favorite one is the HB pencil for final details and extra subtleties.

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2 years

Lots of (valuable) talks but where's the art? so to balance things before new year knocks, here's line stuff from 2022.

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tonight, I felt like sketching things. I often sketch the same things.

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if you jump in without understanding the most crucial principles of image making, it will certainly be all about the destination and nothing about the trip. It will make you feel full without ever understanding the simple pleasing act of eating. And you certainly don’t want that.

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… And more generally an artist that is not fully in control of his own input, or unable to personally provide a top-notch representation and breakdown of his inner creative world, stylistic accents, and personal compo/color choices.

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i should just do more line work ....

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3 years

Experimental cityscape. started on iPad's Sketchclub app. finished in Photoshop. I'm starting to like composing with subtle pinks.

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1 year

revisiting spaceships from 2015-2017. here's a recomposed sheet.

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5 years

#maysketchaday day 20. lost ship

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some blimps, in purple. a small iPad Sketchclub session that ended in desktop Photoshop for the main adjustment layers and some details.

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7 years

that's happens when i watch a Viking documentary.

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6 years

day 2 of #MaySketchaDay

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4 years

It's been a rough month. so here's a planetary ambience for you.

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2 years

not really good with tags, I always forget they exist. so here's another batch for this #artistsontwitter thing.

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#maysketchaday day 11. Interstellar influenced. add the music of Jon Hopkins (Insides), and you'll have an accurate picture.

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#maysketchaday day 30. temple and ruins equals awesomeness.

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Another sheet of crowded spaceships in @Procreate . I tried to escape out of my own design habits for each new one. Easier sand than done. I also overuse the auto ellipsis feature, because it's such a joy to use.

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#maysketchaday day 31. so here's the finish line. this was exhausting, but very insightful. final artwork right here. thanks for all the feedback and comments. signing off!

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At the end of the day, you can test AI Art all you want and find it fun, and maybe there will be soon new applications morally more acceptable, devoid of blatant theft and copyright infringement like in its actual configuration. But the problem will remain: …

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day 22 #maysketchaday and here's a courageous combo. the image(s) may appear vaguely familiar for sure :)

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Finger painting done on my Iphone 7+ and Procreate Pocket. @procreate pocket is a very intuitive app. i only have minor feedback after a few hours of painting. more soon!

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thanks @pascalblanche for keeping the spaceship inspiration alive, especially during these dark times. (❤️🇺🇦) i really needed this motivation mate. 👍

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Now that i took some time without sketching anything since the end of #maysketchaday , i'm thinking about how to extend the fun. i decided to post an image a week, every Wednesdays. I'll develop soon. meanwhile, here's the full sheet of goodness from May.

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6 years

30 minutes painting. yes.... i painted.

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4 years

just another fantasy fortress. personal work. because 2020 is slowly ending and that my gauge of personal sketches isn't full enough for this year.

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#maysketchaday day 17. simple pyramid stuff.

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Final artwork for 2019 and this past decade. Happy new year to all! and a side note: it will now be time to wrap up my fourth book, Structura 4. one final effort!

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#Maysketchaday day 15. not done with that grass yet.

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6 years

late night spaceship sketch

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day 31 #maysketchaday this is my final contribution to this awesome month of may. doing this exercise was immensely insightful on many levels. i'll come back to it soon.

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#maysketchaday day 3. "vestiges". give me my daily doses of romantic ruins...

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day 27 #maysketchaday a "not so secret" mountain hideaway

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3 years

More Hue shifting explorations on personal pieces, simply because it's the weekend.

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illustration with graphic bits added - part III I love playing with cubes, circles, triangles, and shapes without an official name too.

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17 years ago, I started illustrating the book covers for Frank Herbert's DUNE books, for the French publisher @Pocket_Editions . Watching Denis Villeneuve's movie yesterday made me want to jump back into my archives. a throve of old PSDs and WIPS. I should sort this stuff.

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day 30 of #maysketchaday a few minutes late, again. shaaame! i'm slowly getting there.

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6 years

medieval dream. nothing can be too blue.

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7 years

still resting from surgery. nonetheless trying to sit at my desk because staying in bed long term is awful, and obviously, as a result, I painted.

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3 years

Halo Infinite: Early exploration for the Banished architecture style. As usual, i need to post more art, and more regularly.

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1 year

a few years ago, I did a step by step tutorial for ImagineFX to explain the way I use color dynamic options to add texture to brushes strokes. fun exercise.

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this time i recorded the whole thing. might do a video as soon as i find the time. also, @Procreate sketch brushes are always my favorite.

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The Art of #haloinfinite is out today. Humbled to add this book to more than a decade of Personal #Halo adventures. I'll add that my book introduction provides some insights into the new legacy oriented visual direction we took for Infinite. Enjoy!

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fun little exercise: create a blueprint of your own spaceship, adding story bits by explaining or imaging real function. difficult, but insightful. oh, and give it a name too.

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#maysketchaday day 1! "stay". I have no idea how I will keep them going through a full month. but it work last year. I'll figure it out. :)

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#maysketchaday day 25.

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day 26 #maysketchaday let's go back to some scifi. let me present to you ... Florida 2068!

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4 years

throwback to years and years of 30 minutes paintings. great for a yellow oriented #ArtsOfVibrancy post. these are from 2013

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#maysketchaday day 8. "les domes bleus".

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in a typical @ianmcque fashion, I felt like doing a zero gravity ship.

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a small test done with the new @Procreate features on Ipad. i must admit it's pretty insane. you can now make perfect curves and ellipses. when it comes to line work, it's groundbreaking.

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day 21 #maysketchaday desert market, part 2

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A gathering of spaceships. Title and story welcome, if you feel like it.

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I haven't sketched for ages, so I opened a canvas and doodled whatever came up in my brain. and since I started reading "the unspoken name" by A K Larkwood in which there's a description of "maze ships", I guess it all makes sense.

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some strange castle. it feels good to just paint.

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day 28 #maysketchaday weird temple thing with a probable pilgrim. this one comes a few minutes late, but i was in the Olympics Peninsula all weekend. hard to find the time :)