igor: 1) Well this is a novice question. I love how you give texture to your paintings. I read somewhere you scan actual painting and then composite it to your photoshop painting. My question is how do you blend it with the rest? Do you apply it to a new layer then play with the layer mode and oppacity? Or do you use it as a custom brush? How do you do it exactly?
- all of these above! :D:D:D
it is true that i often use parts or extracts of images previously done. i rarely grab materials that aren’t mine. apart from conventional textures, it may have never happened.
igor: 2) Have you ever thought of doing a comic book? I’m sure some french comic book editors would love your style.
- yes i did. actually i had a meeting with delcourt just before leaving for canada. i will probably think about it afterwards. but here is one negative thing about the comic world: it rarely pays!
igor: 3) One of the multiple things that amaze me in your art is the sense of space, the gargantuan feel. How do you achieve that? Composition, attention to details…?
- being very precise in the way you add human figures and progressive details is important.
the way to do this is for exemple to repeat similar details on different areas of your image. it adds to the depth.
igor: 4) You’ve been doing a lot of book covers lately. Did you offer your services or did they come and ask you to work for them? Also, when you discover a book while wandering in your local library, how important is the cover art to you? (Peronaly, I would buy a rubish if the cover attracts me. It’s stupid I know)
- i entered into the french book cover industry thanx to benjamin carre. he had already been doing a lot of covers for years, and publishers wanted his style.
- the first covers were done for clients who knew about my works but who had to “wait and see” if it fitted in the book industry. afterwards, i admit that all the covers had been asked to me by publishers who wanted me to show my personality and style.
-same for me! cover art have always had a huge impact on my choices.
igor: 5) Something intrigues me in your personnal work (as opposite to your corporate stuff). While beeing very different from each other, all of your paintings seems to be part of the same universe. Your art is very coherent. Is it intentionnal? Don’t you soemtimes think of bringing that world to live in another medium like animation (or comic books to loop back to my second question;))
- who knows! i’d probably be delighted to see my art in other areas than games and books.
- i just hope that coherence will not kill the surprise on a longer term. i will do everything needed in order to still stimulate your feelings as a viewer.
igor: Last) Please, don’t forget to tell us about the artists who insipre you. I’m realy interrested 
there would be too many names to add.
i will just add one: a guy that has been doing amazing stuff, ultrahsu. http://www.iamfrancis.com/
anyways, good work dood.
