Warhammer 40000

Long ago, one of my very first digital paintings was inspired by Aaron Blaise, an animator and artist, along with his engaging YouTube channel and course content on his website, creatureartteacher.com. I felt so inspired by him that I binge-watched all the videos he uploaded, discovering many commonalities between his artistic journey and mine, as well as his perspective. I learned great techniques from him. Here is a cute composition I created, primarily focusing on storytelling, colors, values, and, once again, fur. The only photobashed element in this painting is a photograph of the leaves from my hazelnut tree, taken in my home garden in Saint-Jeannet, which is visible in the background. I thought it was a nice and easy way to complete the illustration, while everything else was digitally hand-drawn.

Here are some traditional portraits I painted using soft pastels. I generally enjoy exploring human gestures, eye and facial expressions, as well as values and colors to achieve an interesting rendering. Since childhood, I have observed my environment and the people around me extensively to build my visual memory over the years, and I have always felt the need to draw everything.

As an art teacher, here is one of the many digital drawing and painting courses I created to explain values and how to use colors on a simple shape. In this course, students will learn to render a proper apple under a chosen lighting atmosphere, such as a spring morning outdoors. I also provide valuable digital techniques in Adobe Photoshop to replicate traditional art in a digital medium. Once students have completed this painting following my guidance and demonstrations, I generally encourage them to attempt the exercise using different lighting atmospheres.

Here is a cartoon character design of a bat that I had in mind for a while. I wanted to use it for my art classes to teach the entire process of character creation as a gentle introduction to character design and development. I believe it is also a good way to cover some key points in Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator.

Here are some traditional cat portraits I painted using soft pastels. My focus was primarily on painting fur and accurately interpreting colors—after all, a black cat isn’t just black! There are many other colors in its fur, such as greens, blues, and browns, which, when combined with values, create a more realistic rendering of the fur. The first drawing was made using sanguine pencil and charcoal while observing my cat, serving as an excellent exercise for capturing feline expressions.

Inspired by Mitch Leeuwe’s pencil sketch, this piece was reinterpreted into an original composition with lighting as the primary artistic driver. The environment was designed to control contrast, light direction, and surface response, focusing on dappled sunlight interacting with the cat’s fur.

Another art course I created focuses on teaching colors and values through the design of a cute kitten. I believe this is also an excellent way to explain how to paint fur digitally without using downloaded brushes.

The objective of this illustration was to use the Link statue as a reference to create a completely new composition, following these steps: line art, shading, lighting, coloring, rendering, and special effects (FX). I have also cropped some close-up sections, so feel free to zoom in for more detail.

Here is the complete process of a short animated clip I created featuring Jerry Mouse fighting COVID-19. This project served as a course to primarily teach the use of Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator, as well as how to work in Adobe Animate and Adobe Premiere Pro. Throughout the process, I provided advice on the basics of 2D animation, referencing both of my all-time favorite books by Preston Blair and Richard Williams.

Here is a very simple cartoon character I designed for the drawing classes to gently introduce students to the art of character design and development. I generally start these courses with basic shapes to ensure that the material is comprehensible for everyone, including complete beginners. This course covers a variety of digital techniques and emphasizes organization in Adobe Photoshop. After gaining knowledge from this course, students can advance their skills and tackle more complex designs for their film school projects.