Summary

SKILLS
∙ Visual and IP Development,Concept art, matte painting, speed painting, roughs and sketches.
∙ Able to do organic and mechanical designs, environments, characters, creatures, and props.
∙ Modeling with real time constraints, low/high poly, unwrapping, texturing.
∙ Deep understanding of Unreal Engine and other game engines for quick environment set up, and then paint over.
∙ Versatile, curious, open-minded, very attentive to critiques, and highly motivated. Great communication skills. Quickly adapts to new work environments, able to work independently and with teams.
∙ Excellent image knowledge (colors, composition, shapes, design, perspective, light etc. ...)
∙ Capacity to create audio FX (Reason, Soundforge, Acid ) and effects ( knowledge of particle systems under Unreal Engine )

WORK HISTORY
∙Riot Games :
Senior Concept Artist on R&D projects 2015 - 2019, including Valorant

∙Guerrilla Games (Sony Cambridge, England ) :
Senior Concept Artist ; March 2014 - July 2015
∙ Helping with developing an IP for emergent technology (RIGS for PSVR)
∙ Concepting environments, weapons, props, and characters.
∙ Creating 3d prototypes and animations to use for final concepts.

Freelance: Concept Artist/Illustrator February 2011 - Present
∙ Duelyst
∙ Hex tcg
∙ Cyanide Studios
∙ Guter-Punkt
∙ Moving Picture Company (MPC)
∙ Nanototem
∙ NaturalMotion
∙ Steve Aoki for music video " Singularity"

∙ Online instructor for CGMA - Digital Painting course
∙ Digital Arts Teacher at New 3dge Paris, France 2013-2014
∙ Taught digital painting and design, did explanations, demos, and paint overs for students.

EDUCATION
L.I.S.A.A 2009 - 2013
Diploma in Video Game & Digital Animation Art in Paris.

SOFTWARE
Photoshop, 3Dsmax, Substance designer/painter, Zbrush, Unreal Engine, and more.

LANGUAGES
French - Native language
English - Fluent
Spanish - Average
Greek - Average
Chinese - Notions
Russian – Notions

WORKSHOPS
Digital Arts Teacher at Odd School in Lisbon, Portugal 2012
Speaker at Trojan Horse was a Unicorn in Lisbon, Portugal 2013
Mentor at Trojan Horse was a Unicorn in Lisbon, Portugal 2014
Mentor at Trojan Horse was a Unicorn in Lisbon, Portugal 2017
IFCC speaker, Croatia, 2015

Articles :

https://kotaku.com/because-robots-dont-get-sunburn-1627249797

https://shop.3dtotal.com/books/3dtotalpublishing/digital-painting-techniques-volume-6?

https://magazine.artstation.com/2014/09/concept-artist-geoffrey-ernault/

CGMA interview:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I96pAskCvRQ

3dtotal:
http://www.3dtotal.com/index_interviews_detailed.php?id=344#.VERO_fnF98E

2DArtist Magazine:
http://www.2dartistmag.com/archive/issues_2014/june/main.html

The Art and Industry podcast :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kk_0eK21l8

VoxGroovy :
http://www.voxgroovy.is/archives/12764

LayerPaint:
http://www.layerpaint.com/index_interviews_detailed.php?id=157#.XIxs_ChKj-g

CGSociety:
https://cgsociety.org/news/article/3617/a-journey-through-the-colorful-concepts-of-geoffrey-ernault-

Skills

Software proficiency

3ds Max

Keyshot

Photoshop

Substance 3D Painter

Substance 3D Designer

Unreal Engine

ZBrush