redwhirlpool Blog - Concept art by Nicolas Ferrand

CONCEPTROOT

2012-01-27T07:13:00.001-08:00

Today i am featured on conceptroot , a new concept art oriented website , with a nice and clean interface
Its here !

IceBreaker

2012-01-25T14:40:00.001-08:00

I always wanted to work on a icy mood !

Planet terraformers

Roadblock

2012-01-19T09:32:00.000-08:00

Today i was in a "road warrior" mood :)

Invasion planet earth

2012-01-13T13:53:00.000-08:00

I decided to do a serie of pictures , action movies style oriented , with "matte painting" and speed painting techniques.
The goal here is to product quickly some realistic pictures , and to follow a story.

Alien invasion

Giant bug form outer space
And mothership from the black hole :)

Available Now !

2012-01-09T14:49:00.000-08:00

Playing with props design

Petroleum

2012-01-02T13:37:00.000-08:00

Happy 2012 everyone !
First speed painting of the year

Exploration

2011-12-20T14:04:00.000-08:00

Speed painting of the day

The white light

2011-12-13T11:10:00.000-08:00

Some heroic fantasy to change a bit :)

December pictures

2011-12-01T12:33:00.000-08:00

Various topics

Mars delivery

WitchDragon

Eeries

2011-11-25T07:54:00.000-08:00

Finishing some speed paintings

Friend of the night

2011-11-22T14:30:00.000-08:00

News and a spaceship

2011-11-15T12:10:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone ! Its been a long time with no posts ! Its a shame i know !
Lot of new things in my life ,i started my own company (Nicolas Ferrand concept design Inc.) and i am now working as a freelance senior concept artist , movies , video games etc , i am currently available !
I will also have more time to work on my IP.

Heres a new spaceship , more speed paintings to come !

Theconceptartblog

2011-08-02T07:41:00.000-07:00

Hi !
Today no pictures , but a link to an awesome blog , movies , artbooks and anime oriented , lot of pictures , sketch board , and useful links to great artists.

Go check and + favorite it ! :)

Neon Taxi

2011-07-14T18:27:00.000-07:00

Playing with shapes and vivid colors !

Canyon road

2011-07-08T16:16:00.001-07:00

Speed concept of the night !

Leewiart artbook

2011-07-05T06:44:00.001-07:00

Hi , i am bit lazy with the summer , but i m working a batch of pictures and speedpaintings too :) !

I am also very proud to be a part (17 pages ) of the newly launched serial books of Leewiart !

Environment design

Check the website for details

They did an awesome job and the quality of the book is great , with ton of great artists , so go order a copy ! :D

Underwater city 2

2011-05-14T18:39:00.000-07:00

Still playing with my submarine concepts

Pho time !

2011-05-08T20:45:00.001-07:00

Even in the galaxy its always pho time ! :)

Call now !!

2011-03-13T16:11:00.000-07:00

I didnt post a picture since a long time ! its because im working on a big personal project so heres a sample : a city study , some 3ds max and a lot of photoshop :)

Blog and website update

2011-03-09T08:31:00.000-08:00

Hi , i took some time to update my blog and website layout design
http://www.redwhirlpool.com/

I was not happy with the limited pictures per gallery ( and also the limited gallery number) with the deviant art portfolio system.

So i did a new website hosted on my provider , there is now more pictures per project and some extras section like : brushes download etc

More sections will come in the future !

And speedpaintings on the blog too ^ ^

3D Total - 2D artist magazine interview

2011-01-12T07:55:00.001-08:00

Hi everyone , happy new year 2011 !

3D total did a nice interview of myself in their magazine : 2D artist - january issue

The magazine can be found »» here

You can also check a PDF - preview of my interview »» here

Thanks guys !

Frozen

2010-12-15T21:04:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone , no im not dead , but beside job , freelance and a big personnal project , i need to find some extra time to work on some wood witch pictures.
So heres a new one , inspired by the canadian winter :)

Happy Christmas Holidays !

Lines and colors

2010-10-03T17:11:00.000-07:00

Thanks to Charley Parker , he wrote an article about myself on his beautiful blog : Lines and colors
Lot of updates about "classic "artists in the history of art , so its an honor to be among them :)

Check his blog to discover or rediscover great artists : Lines and colors

Sky city 2

2010-08-31T16:46:00.000-07:00

Still in the clouds :)

Sky city

2010-08-26T10:59:00.000-07:00

Wide screen speedy , during lunch time.

Medusa city 2

2010-08-21T13:16:00.000-07:00

Another study of my concept

Sand warehouses

2010-08-15T15:57:00.001-07:00

Tonight speedy ...

Underwater city

2010-08-04T22:19:00.001-07:00

Hi
Its summer and its scubadiving time ! :)
I wanted to play with some submarine design , maybe the first of a serie ?

Concept art World feature

2010-07-03T10:21:00.000-07:00

Hi ! Yeah i know , i am a bit quiet at the moment , but its just an illusion , i am working on several pictures , maybe for a big project ... we ll see :)

Thanks to concept art world who featured me , and did a small article on my work !

Its Here

Enjoy the summer guys and girls ! :)

3D total - 2D artist magazine

2010-05-25T11:16:00.000-07:00

This month , i am in the may issue of 3d total 2Dartist magazine
My fly 1 was chosen to be inside , thanks guys !

tradibrush 2 - the revenge

2010-05-06T15:19:00.001-07:00

hello everyone , today i did some variations on my brushes !

a sharper one , mostly for drawing and the other one for background and to give a painting effect on flat colors

feedback and crits welcome ! :)

DOWNLOAD

Meow Soup

2010-04-21T16:11:00.000-07:00

Besides the wood witch , im always working on my space pirate cats adventure
Tonight : some spaceship studies ...

The woodwitch - part 4

2010-04-04T14:40:00.001-07:00

Starting to work more on my characters for my story :)

The Wood witch - part 3

2010-03-29T16:31:00.001-07:00

speed painting , still working on my story ...

Fly 1

2010-03-17T16:52:00.000-07:00

Speed concept of the night , just playing with shapes

Tradi brush

2010-03-15T08:57:00.001-07:00

Hi everyone
Today im sharing a brush that i did , im pretty happy with this one , the goal was to (almost) recreate the bleeding painter effect in a photoshop brush , and to have a blend with charcoal and oil painting effects.
Try it ----» HERE ; have fun with your speed paintings and give me your feedback.

Nightblade

2010-03-05T14:19:00.000-08:00

Following my story : The woodwitch ...

Introducing three characters : the forest samurais

Assassins creed 2 - concepts

2010-02-16T11:03:00.000-08:00

Hello !
i finally get a hand on my Assassins creed 2 concepts.
Because i left Ubisoft for Eidos i wasnt on the project for a long time , and the game art direction changed , so its not in the game. (sometimes its like this in the industry , but at least its good for the portfolio :) )
But its always a pleasure to work on this license
I did environments , "preinterface" tests and some props

The Wood witch - part 2

2010-01-27T15:53:00.000-08:00

Im following my little story...

Fairy Seeds

2009-12-23T08:39:00.000-08:00

Happy christmas everyone !

Lascopainters - Interview

2009-12-21T12:15:00.000-08:00

The French forum : lascopainters did an interview (in french) of myself
Enjoy :)

POLYBOTS

2009-11-30T19:57:00.001-08:00

Hi !
This is a serie of robots i did
The goal here was to create robots with almost only angular shapes , and to have fun :)
3D meshes done in 3ds max and paintover with photoshop.
I also try to work if each picture was a cover for a model ship box.
Cheers !

Celebration 3D (Vincent joyal) version

2009-11-24T08:00:00.000-08:00

So the unearthly 09 challenge is over , we are waiting for the results
But heres the work done by my teammate : Vincent jo yal , he did an incredible job by following the moods , the shapes and the colors of the original concept.
Thanks vincent for your amazing 3D skills :)

Steps : modeling , textures , lighting

And the final renders : directly in the Unreal engine , so its playable !

Celebration

2009-10-24T10:18:00.000-07:00

Hi , heres the final concept i did for the unearthly challenge :
Create a 3d scene that depicts "End Game." Your scene can be created in any style and it can be shown within any time period - futureristic, medieval, fantasy, etc. Besides depicting the essence of End Game, you must also include your team's colors and/or logo in your creations. Remember, this is an evironment challenge, so characters, even dead bodies, are banned.

It will be a teamwork , im doing the concept and a friend (vincent joyal) will do the 3D

Paintover with photoshop on a quick 3ds max scene i did.
I tried to work on the end game cinematic , where the hero is flying back to home after a lot of adventures.
The city is free and its time to celebrate with a mystic mood.

Now im waiting for the result in 3d
the thread is here

Arting365

2009-10-23T20:11:00.000-07:00

Thanks to zhuzhu , im now on Arting365 , the most popular art design website in China. The symposium's theme is "to speak with your artworks"

BLOO-2

2009-10-09T13:04:00.000-07:00

Following the journey...

BLOO

2009-10-01T11:31:00.000-07:00

Speed painting

la reine des coquelicots

2009-09-28T16:00:00.001-07:00

Speed painting

Opale blanche

2009-09-22T16:24:00.001-07:00

speed painting

Ghosts of the desert

2009-09-21T12:24:00.000-07:00

Still working on my bots , but i have some extra time for a speed painting :)

They are coming

2009-09-18T14:34:00.001-07:00

Its friday , and its time for some speed painting

Prints

2009-09-16T08:49:00.001-07:00

after some requests , prints are now available on my deviant art profil :
The wood witch , the adventure continues , black rain and soon pirates of the spanish main

Check it out ! dont hesitate to ask for pictures to print !

And just a teaser to prove im not sleeping , the bots are coming ! :D

The Wood witch

2009-09-09T13:35:00.000-07:00

Still working on my bots , but i found some extra time to follow my tests with colors and strokes

3CH WEB update

2009-09-02T11:41:00.000-07:00

Yes another update for 3CH , thanks to YOG , the guy who did the web version of the 3CH.
We have now a new version with a larger variety of topics plus some little changes :)

There is now two new buttons at the bottom , simple and advanced , for complex or short structures.

So feel free to try it HERE !
The link is a bit different now , so update your favorites :)

Featured

2009-08-17T11:39:00.000-07:00

Fabiën Tesselaar launched his new blog : Tessmore .com , you can find a selection of nice artists , and also some nice features and mini interviews .
i have been featured here

Thanks Fabiën , keep up the good work !

Dragon serie

2009-08-11T15:25:00.000-07:00

First one of the serie
i will keep them almost monochromatic , just to play with shapes , style and composition

autumn flowers

2009-08-11T12:56:00.000-07:00

3CH Update

2009-07-28T08:07:00.000-07:00

because i changed my subdomain names ,the 3CH links are updated !
3CH WEB

3CH SOFTWARE WITH MODS

DA portfolio - website update - crap teaser

2009-07-27T15:23:00.000-07:00

Thanks to deviant art and the new portfolio feature , now you can have access to a free website template , easy to customize and to use.
I just need to add some photo and to update the press section , but i think the result is better than the previous template , with autoresize of the pictures , depending of you screen etc etc
I know its a very simple template , but i like to keep the main website as clean as possible , for the fancy part i have got my blog :)

Check it here

I m also back from holidays , but i have a lot of pictures to come , i tryed different styles and techniques , so stay tuned , heres a crap teaser :D

Mobirds

2009-06-22T15:32:00.000-07:00

The adventure continues ...

2009-05-15T15:03:00.000-07:00

THI4F and exodyssey news

2009-05-11T08:46:00.000-07:00

Hi ! Today i can officially announce that im now working on thief4 , its a great project and we are pushing the concepts and also the game to the best ! I hope to show you more soon !

Official website

Im also back from LA , 5 days of exodyssey parties with the steambot crew , it was really great to meet people and to see everyone enjoying the book , thanks again to the guys of reel fx / radium for the incredible party ! thanks to DSP for the printing and the service quality ! thanks to gnomon for the second exhibition party ! thanks to jaime labelle and zbrush for the sculpture and the generosity.
Thanks to Justin Oaksford and all the art center guys for the great help , the support and the live paintings :)
I really enjoyed to meet people like , goro , justin , porkchop , joe , m@ , thanks for the friendship , the help and for the presence guy !

I will post more photos soon

Here s some from Eric NG !

Amethyst sunset

2009-04-29T17:56:00.000-07:00

Le pelerinage

2009-04-27T17:19:00.000-07:00

On earth , the last survivors are rescued by the OCR priests. Joining the community and ready to fly aboard of the AX1 - ARCH ; direction mars ....

Interview on 3DM3.com

2009-04-21T07:25:00.000-07:00

Thanks a lot to the guys of 3DM3.com for this nice interview

Exodyssey available & Gnomon gallery

2009-04-14T08:44:00.001-07:00

The steambot book is available ! : amazon , etc etc
you can check a nice and first review of the baby here

SATURDAY, MAY 9TH, around 7:30 PM please join us for an epic party at the Gnomon Gallery and the official launching of Exodyssey! Book signing, live painting, DJ's, wine and food...

(Image by Feerik from the book Exodyssey)

enjoy !

Pirates and cie

2009-03-31T12:14:00.000-07:00

Some cover i did for a french publisher but they canceled it (yes i know...) after many changes.
I added the black and white composition sketches.
They asked me to do the same kind of picture than "the pirates of spanish" i did (exterior and underwater view)
Cheers ! :)

medusa city

2009-03-19T15:31:00.001-07:00

Following my underwater serie :)

EXODYSSEY : Steambot artbook - interview

2009-02-26T08:31:00.000-08:00

Interview of the steambot guys about the first artbook : exodyssey

Coming for the end of march

Star Ocean

2009-02-16T21:11:00.000-08:00

Still working on my speed concepts , and also my serie of ocean adventures :)

3ch 2.0 002

2009-02-10T12:29:00.000-08:00

Second episode here ! :)

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=147928&page=2

Topic : a shining skeleton receives a knight in a temple

Deadline : Friday 20 February

Green day

2009-02-09T20:14:00.000-08:00

Trying techniques for speed painting , now i want to spend maximum 30 min to find a composition with 3ds max , simple shapes etc

And after im going to photoshop to quickly establish the mood. (about 1 hour : lunch time)

so 1 h 30 min for the entire picture

Black rain

2009-02-06T07:56:00.000-08:00

So heres my speedy for the 3ch session on concept art , i tryed different techniques for this one , with a quick 3d scene , and by working in pen mode to gives the edgy effect :)

Street of madness , Black rain in the sky.
Creepy shadows floating above me
I hear them screaming and laughing , the end is near...

3CH with a vengeance

2009-01-20T14:11:00.000-08:00

After people asked me , im doing new 3CH sessions.

Nothing to win , just the pleasure to create new pictures and to share them with the community !

So for those who are interested , its HERE

Come into the action ! :)

The first topic is : A group of atrocious creatures are lurking at an old guy in a street of shangai

And the deadline is the 6th of February

have fun !

Website 2.0

2009-01-10T10:35:00.001-08:00

Hi everyone and happy new year ! best wishes for 2009 !
The new redwhirlpool website is out and almost finished , still need to add the bio , press and links sections

But the main structure is here

Cheers !

FarCry 2 work

2008-10-22T19:26:00.000-07:00

So heres a sample of my job on farcry 2 , mostly environnements , Speed painting ,moods , finished pictures with 3d shapes and sometimes paintover on level design in the farcry engine.

I really enjoyed the project , it was the time to develop some new vegetation brushes , work more directly in colors , work on daily moods.

I didnt try the game yet , but it seems huge

If you want to see more pics go here :) (and soon on my new website)

Exploration

2008-09-23T22:52:00.001-07:00

Arcanes titan

2008-09-15T21:39:00.000-07:00

Shadow samurai

2008-09-09T23:08:00.001-07:00

speedie of the night !

2008-09-07T22:30:00.000-07:00

Through grand canyon

2008-09-01T15:53:00.000-07:00

Back to the speed painting , yihaaa !

Thunderdome !

2008-08-10T18:29:00.000-07:00

The last man standing challeng e is over for me !
It was a lot of fun for me and its always very challenging to "fight" against all these competitors.

I cant wait for the next last man standing ! good job everyone and thanks to cody tilson (strych9ine) for the organisation !

here s my entries for the different rounds : underneath it all
outbreak

Unfair advantage

Hi !

2008-08-10T16:57:00.000-07:00

Im starting this blog , it will allow me to post speed paintings , to show and to try different stuffs !