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Hi all,

my last work, very inspired by "Howl's moving castle" of Miyasaki.
It was really interesting to blend some mechanichals shapes with a flying rock, i used a couple of brushes and some 3d cylinders for the wheels.
Hope you like it.]]> Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:01:52 +0000 http://monks.cgsociety.org/gallery/641744

Hi all,

this is my last picture done in photoshop, it's a strange cavern...i wanted something with a weird and magic ambience. The challenge was to choose a good set of color, finally use this one.

Hope you like it ! ]]> Wed, 11 Jun 2008 23:41:28 +0000 http://monks.cgsociety.org/gallery/635664

Hi all,

my last work done in Photoshop, a classic theme...a queen waiting for the return of her king. The challenge for me was to put a detailed character in the foreground, i only draw environments habitually... i don't know if it's a success but it was a good exercise. Hope you like it !]]> Mon, 26 May 2008 23:25:28 +0000 http://monks.cgsociety.org/gallery/628864

Hi all,
This is my last work, done in my free time. The challenge was to make a crowd in a city, i try to keep it simple. I use medieval references for the style of the towers, all is done in photoshop with custom brushes. Hope you like it !]]> Tue, 06 May 2008 21:28:13 +0000 http://monks.cgsociety.org/gallery/615903

Hi all,
here's my last work, i try to make a serie of pictures of an old palace with the same mood and lighting.
Bigger version of each picture available on my website.
Hope you like it !]]> Tue, 01 Apr 2008 21:39:33 +0000 http://monks.cgsociety.org/gallery/608267

Hi all,
I have just finished this one, i made it just for fun. I started the picture with very simple shapes in photoshop, it's became a big skeleton and then this kind of temple...]]> Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:05:33 +0000 http://monks.cgsociety.org/gallery/603155

Isn't it a good day to jump ? I made this one just for fun, base jumping is a really crazy sport, especially when it's done from a building... hope you like it !]]> Sun, 02 Mar 2008 22:02:08 +0000 http://monks.cgsociety.org/gallery/601579

Hi all,
This is my last work for the Nvart challenge,, i didn't want to make just a city in a landscape, i tried to imagine a story for it. My inspirations are futuristic buildings and the old westerns.
The scene take place in part of the city where is an arena of justice, there's two characters that represents two families. They are going to have a duel to resolve the problem and the judgement. More the family has money, more the duelist is talented. But who's gonna win ?
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Hi all,

trying some photoshop techniques on this piece, painting rocks, metal...and then this picture. I'm not really satisfied but it was a good base to train myself with new brushes Hope you like it !]]> Thu, 25 Oct 2007 03:40:28 +0000 http://monks.cgsociety.org/gallery/549999

A new matte inspired by a lot of things...japanese architecture and scifi structures. Basic shapes made in Xsi, painting and lighting in photoshop.]]> Sat, 13 Oct 2007 19:57:03 +0000 http://monks.cgsociety.org/gallery/478510

My last finished work,
a lost temple in the mountain, there's a lot of references for this picture (Lord of the Rings, Warhammer, 300....). My goal was to improve my technique of sculpting moutain's details and textures them in Zbrush. A lot of polygon, i've tested the limits of my computer..hem..it's still alive.
I used Xsi and mental ray for lighting and rendering, photoshop was used to create various brushes for the modeling and texturing in Zbrush.
Hope you like it.]]> Mon, 26 Mar 2007 01:57:02 +0000 http://monks.cgsociety.org/gallery/476605

A new picture using Zbrush and Xsi, all modeling and texturing is done in Zbrush, rendering in Xsi with Mental Ray !
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Anther picture inspired from the comic book "Lost Paradise", changing a lot of things....An old cathedral reconverted in a curious library, i try to work on two ambiences, day and night.
All is made in xsi and rendered with mental ray.]]> Mon, 11 Dec 2006 17:55:58 +0000 http://monks.cgsociety.org/gallery/434485

Train Station

Inspired by a picture of the comic book "Lost Paradise" (Ange & Varanda). I change a lot of things (locomotive, background, characters....). My goal is to make a curious ambience out of time. Modeling in xsi and zbrush, rendering in xsi with mentalray.
Hope you like it .]]> Mon, 27 Nov 2006 13:43:11 +0000 http://monks.cgsociety.org/gallery/423112

A Knight Templar with a curious armor, i try to make something different for the helmet. I imagine that it can be a video game character...My goal was to create a character with only normals maps created in Zbrush (thanks Zmapper ). There's no bump and no displace. Rendering with Mental Ray.]]> Mon, 30 Oct 2006 08:39:28 +0000 http://monks.cgsociety.org/gallery/382496

hi all,
this is my first matte/painting, mixing 2d (photos & painting) with 3d elements. I put it in the 3d section because the most of the time has been past on the modeling/texturing/lighting of the city.

I try to make an ambience of mystery about a forgotten city on the japan coast, with a quiet sea and mist.

I've made a making of this work, you can find it here :
http://www.mks-art.com/galeries/mattes/making_of_cfcity/fcity.htm
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It's my picture for the challenge Journey Begins.All done with fractal textures of xsi and rendering with mentalray.

It's the story of a young boy who wants to become a knight. He's poor, he has no castle and he don't know anything about knight's rules.
But there's a knight's tournament near his village, so he makes a crazy horse and curious weapons and he's going to win this tournament ! What a crazy journey !

hope you like it !]]> Mon, 26 Jun 2006 06:53:06 +0000 http://monks.cgsociety.org/gallery/301491

Hi all,
here's my final picture for the challenge Spectacular, i know it's not perfect but the challenge is end now and it's time to make another picture
thanks again to the challengers for their support.
History of the picture :
A crazy challenge for crazy bikers : make a race on a highway in the wrong direction....on pockets bikes ! Let's Roll !
]]> Mon, 12 Dec 2005 12:48:46 +0000 http://monks.cgsociety.org/gallery/220182

Here the robot of comic book "MEKA", the robot is designed by the illustrator Bengal, I did it for fun and to test the innovations of xsi 4.2 (approximately three working hours)
I hope that this picture will give you desire for reading the comic strip !
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three characters for a short film...there are the three stupid brothers of a special medieval story (mixing modern and medieval accessories).I did this a little bit every evening after my work...the project advances gently, but it advances! thanks for your comments.
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This is just a picture i made to be a lighting/texturing reference for a personnal project, using Xsi with only procedural textures of it and mental ray for render.
hope you like it !
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