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What was the turning point in your career? I met awesome people at key moments who really helped me get my foot in the door of the art industry. From the editors at Ankama Publishing (comic book coloring on Killing Time, Maori) to TV producer Adam Lawson (lead art and AD on Titansgrave), or the great folks at Powerhouse Animation (visual development on Netflix Castlevania). They’ve been here just when I needed something to happen. You can call it luck, I do ? But the turning point in my life happened on sort of an epiphany when I realized I needed to go back to my childhood dream. It’s been tough, but today I’m glad I put in the hours, because it’s a fantastic job. What is unique about your approach to a project? It’s not easy to be objective about that, but I think my past as a musician and a software developer helped me develop a holistic approach to creativity. I’m far from being a specialist in any domain: I’m not a good penciller, painter, or sculptor. But I see each new creative challenge as a problem to solve. I try to rely on various skill-sets and knowledge, such as photography, design principles, composition, physics of light, laws of optics, camera lenses, color scripting, visual storytelling and general curiosity in order to create my concepts and images. When the time comes to solve a tough technical challenge, I try to split it into smaller problems, easier to manage. What is your primary 3D modeling software? Why? Definitely ZBrush. In my workflow, and because I don’t care about topology, it’s the fastest and most versatile modeling tool I’ve ever tested. I’ve learned Maya, Modo and Blender in the past, and they’re all great and incredibly powerful packages. But for concept art, I think ZBrush is as intuitive as pencil and paper.