Sébastien is a French concept artist, illustrator, and art director currently working at Supamonks studio and in the animation film industry.
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Get in touch with Sébastien
- Website: https://sledivenah.myportfolio.com/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sledivenah/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sleudart
Key Takeaways
“Don’t forget to take a break!”
- Sebastien actually went to three art/animation schools – prep school where he learned the basics, traditional art schools, where he learned drawing, anatomy and further fundamentals and then the animation school where he strengthened his skills and learned about 2D/3D animation
- He got his first internship thanks to a friend who worked in the same studio and recommended him to apply. The Art Director liked his work and gave him a test that he accomplished successfully.
- He got to his current studio Supamonks by just being committed. He had a list of studios, in Paris, that he was interested in and he just sent out applications, subscribed to the studio list and called them
- The worst advice, Sebastien received was that people will never respect you if you are not paid enough. Well, he doesn’t earn millions and he doesn’t lack respect of the other people 🙂
- Sebastien’s weirdest inspiration comes from high action movies
- Fav quote – “Fly, you fools” by Gandalf
Resources mentioned
- Studio where Sebastien works now – Supamonks studio
- Fav artists:
- Dice Tsutsumi – Pixar – he taught back at his school
- Goro Fujita, Tyson Murphy
- Events – Annecy Festival of Animation – portfolio reviews by big studios
- Art tools
- Cintiq Companion with Adobe Creative Cloud
- Lazy Line – clean your lines – plugin for Photoshop – helps him for his work
- Movies/Books
- Citizen Kane – a lot of new ideas for framing
- Book – Ogre Paradise (only available in French) – 3-4 stories – dark humor, adventure, fun to read, crazy absurd
- Fav video game – Dark Souls I, Doom
Special thanks to Sébastien for joining me today. See you next time!
All artworks by Sébastien Le Divenah, used with permission
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