Guillaume Poitel

2D Artist | Chara designer

Montpellier, France

Summary

Strong of 10 years of experience in animation, VFX and video games, Guillaume is a polyvalent 2D artist, with an affinity for character art and storytelling.

■ Biography ■

After graduating from ESMA Montpellier and co-directing the award-winning 3D animation short "MYTHO LOGIQUE" in 2010, Guillaume started working as a 3D artist & animator in the advertising and animation industry, most notably for THE MILL (UK) and IN EFECTO (France).

Switching to video games in late 2014, Guillaume worked as a 2D artist for indie game studio KOBOJO (France). He then moved to Poland in September 2016 to join CD PROJEKT RED (Poland) as a 2D generalist artist on "Gwent" and "Thronebreaker", two games spin-off from the critically acclaimed "WITCHER" franchise.

Back in France since October 2018, Guillaume has worked as a 2D/UI Artist for UBISOFT on the highly-anticipated adventure game "Beyond Good and Evil 2", before going freelance from April 2020. Since then, he provides illustrations and character designs for independent clients, while developing a supernatural thriller comic book.

■ Available for freelance work ■

▫ Character design
▫ Comic books covers / layouts
▫ Illustration

Skills

Software proficiency

Photoshop

Premiere

Audition

Blackmagic Design Fusion

Maya

Nuke

Productions

- Video Game
  Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales
- Year
  2018
- Role
  2D Generalist
- Company
  CD Projekt Red
- Video Game
  Gwent: The Witcher Card Game
- Year
  2017
- Role
  2D Generalist
- Company
  CD Projekt Red
- Mobile Game
  Mutants: Genetic Gladiators
- Year
  2015
- Role
  2D Artist
- Company
  Kobojo
- Movie
  Mytho Logique
- Year
  2011
- Role
  Co-director & 2D-3D Artist
- Company
  ESMA

Experience

2D Generalist / UI Artist at Ubisoft
Montpellier, France
October 2018 - April 2020
On the game "Beyond Good And Evil 2"

■ UI Assets creation and integration (using in-house technology) ■ Iconography visual research (icons and HUD elements) ■ 2D/3D R&D (animated mockups creation to push forward ideas, and communicate with the appropriate department on the technical needs of the UI Team)
2D Generalist at CD Projekt Red
Warsaw, Poland
September 2016 - August 2018
On the game "Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales"

■ 2D Map assets creation: enviro/props design and rendering ■ Character dialogue animation R&D (Adventure installment) ■ Vista matte painting ■ Voice acting (inkeeper)

On the game "Gwent: The Witcher Card Game"

■ 3D Animation (Spectral whale card) ■ 2D Menu illustrations ("Starter pack", "Holiday pack", "Lunar New Year")
2D Artist at Kobojo
Paris, France
January 2015 - September 2016
On the game "Mutants: Genetic Gladiators"

■ Character concept, character animation, assets creation ■ 2016 splash screen illustration

On the game "Primal Legends"

■ Additional character art
3D Artist at In Efecto
Montpellier, France
November 2011 - April 2014
Animation, 3D & VFX for commercials/billboard/print projects.

Various tasks depending on the projects: Modeling, texturing / Rigging / Layout / Animation / Lighting, rendering / Compositing / Concept art / Digital painting
3D Artist at The Mill
London, United Kingdom
October 2010 - October 2011
Animation, 3D & VFX for commercials and game cinematics.

Various tasks depending on the projects: Modeling / Rigging / Previz / Animation / Concept art
Co-director & 2D-3D Artist at ESMA
Montpellier, France
August 2009 - September 2010
Co-director of 3D Animation short film "MYTHO LOGIQUE".

My assignments:

■ All character designs ■ All Storyboards ■ Stereoscopic 3D layout ■ Character modeling and rigging (shared task) ■ Character fx (hair dynamics for all female characters) ■ Animation (shared task) [Breakdown available on Vimeo] ■ Lighting/rendering ■ Compositing (shared task) ■ Film and trailer editing.