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Jean-Baptiste Monge joins Brian Dunaway and Joel Duggan to talk about his book Celtic Faeries, Character Design, Animation and so much more!
About Artist: |
| https://www.jbmonge.com/ |
| French Illustrator, author, painter since 1994, creating his own illustrating stories in books, Jean-Baptiste Monge, who lives now in Montréal Canada, is nowadays Character Designer and Visual Development Artist for CG animations and movies. |
| I write on legends and about faery from authors of the 19th century |
| Notable clients: |
| Montreal studios/industry, Sony Pictures Animation, Digital Domain and Blizzard Entertainment (Diablo Art Books) |
About the work: |
| January 1, 2015 |
| Main Character Designer and Visual Dev at Cinesite Montreal on a CG Animation movie |
| Under the direction of John Williams (Shrek) and Howard E. Baker |
| Sept 2013 / Dec2014 |
| Main Character Designer on Troll : the Tale of a Tail |
| Production Sagatoon Quebec (c) 2014 |
| 2015 / 2016 January |
| Jan 2016 – “L’atelier Animation” in Montreal |
| My most recent work is for “L’atelier Animation” in montreal that finished this january. i did character design and color keys and also consulting for the art director. |
| Social media |
| https://twitter.com/jbmonge |
| https://www.instagram.com/jbmongestudio/ |
| https://jbmongestudio.tumblr.com |
| https://www.facebook.com/jeanbaptiste.monge |
| https://www.youtube.com/user/JBaptisteMonge/videos |
| https://patreon.com/jbmonge |
| note: you can add my patreon page with this link: www.patreon.com/jbmonge |
| Video Games: Blizzard Entertainment, Spiders |
| New Projects – Kickstarter – Celtic Faeries: Deluxe Edition |
| https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1355760824/celtic-faeries-deluxe-edition-book-by-jean-baptist |
| CONGRATULATIONS! – Celtic Faeries FUNDED in the first week and hit $60K earlier today! |
Show Notes: |
| Celtic Faeries Kickstarter |
| Why did you decide to do a Kickstarter for Celtic Faeries? |
| What have been some of the big challenges in making the Celtic Faeries book? |
| What’s a project or challenge you’ve been dying to take on? |
| Can you tell us a bit about (publishing company)? Why did you start it? |
| Would you share with us how Iain mccaig and Guillermo del Toro contributed to the book? |
Game Art |
| You have worked for Blizzard as well as Spiders. How different is the gaming market from your other endeavours? |
Work |
| I’m guessing that one of your influences is arthur rackham. True or false? Also, Brian Froud. |
| Alan Lee |
| Brian Froud |
| Arthur Rackham |
| What was it that made you decide to make a career out of your art, and how did it come to pass? |
| I have heard your current work space in Canada is pretty small. Any plans to expand? Are you a giant? |
| Tell us about your cats: Minus and Banana. Are they artistic as well? or just greedy little time bandits like my cats? |
| The LAST Question… Ever… (Pay It Forward) |
| Can you share an artist you are a fan of for our listeners to follow? |
| Where can we find their work online? |
| Robb Mommaerts |
| robbvision.com |
| Denis Zilber |
| https://www.deniszilber.com |
