http://mattroussel.cgsociety.org/gallery/ mattroussel's gallery of images en-us 120 http://mattroussel.cgsociety.org/gallery/825272

i made it to change my way of working.
i tried to give a simple graphic aspect.like if ti was made whith cartboard or something like that.

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Hi cgtalkers
i 'm trying something else.I like the idea of paper cut, and i will try to work in that way.
i work on the light much more than usual and i think it give to the illustration a photographic aspect.
thank's for your comments.]]> Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:05:30 +0000 http://mattroussel.cgsociety.org/gallery/819830

Hi All
cruising to reach a new style.i try to keep a simple mood whith soft colors.
hope you like it.
Thank's for your comments
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Hi Cgtalkers
thank's for your previous comment on the velib illustration.
you gave me confident and i continue to find this new style i'm looking for.Still in the Parisian mood, and urban way of life.
Let me know your feelings.
thank's friends
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Hi cgtalkers
i tried to catch a parisian feeling in this illustration.
i'm looking for a new style , using low colors and simple modelisation.
let me know what do you think.
thank's for looking.]]> Thu, 15 Oct 2009 05:58:10 +0000 http://mattroussel.cgsociety.org/gallery/802589

Hi all
this is an illustration for normandie promotion.
the aim was to promote the happy life in this french area.
i made it for an ad agencie, and i hope it will give you a good idea of this nice country.
thank's]]> Wed, 02 Sep 2009 11:43:56 +0000 http://mattroussel.cgsociety.org/gallery/798207

Hi all
i made this illustration for an audiobook publishing company www.kalliope-audiobooks.com .It's a cover art for the well known book of hector mallot "sans famille" i had a great pleasure to work whith them.
i tried to be the most closer to the original description of characters.
vray render and photoshop touch up.
thank's]]> Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:52:44 +0000 http://mattroussel.cgsociety.org/gallery/778415

Hi.
i start working on this new childbook project.This is the third page of the book, and i tried to find a new page setup,mixing comix page set up and traditional childbook page setup.
If anybody of you know an american publisher which would be interesting by this project , let me know.
I would like to find an american publisher , but i don't really know one, or biggest one.
if you have any information thank's to contact me.
I also try to find a 3d animation company to propose my work,my univer, as an art director..a dream,i would like to realize..
thank's ]]> Wed, 24 Jun 2009 02:04:51 +0000 http://mattroussel.cgsociety.org/gallery/777589

Hi cgtalker.
this is an illustration for a magazine cover.
The story is about the crisis impact in europe,showing that in france it's less important than in the other europeen country.
i tried to give a porcelaine feeling on this illustration.
Vray render as usual.
Hope crisis will not touch all of you..]]> Mon, 22 Jun 2009 03:57:47 +0000 http://mattroussel.cgsociety.org/gallery/770882

Hi cgtalkers
this is the 4page of the book of the happy misfortunes of Wu.
i used hair plug-in for the dragon and made several render for mixing them in photoshop.
vray render as usual.
have a good day..

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Hi There
this a first shot for a new childbook i'm working on.
(a character search for the moment)
I decided for this project to use Hair plug-in from c4d.
i use it as it was clay for the hair.
the second thing is that i try to use zbrush a little bit more than i did before.clouds and montain are c4d mesh i import in zbrush .
i will use it for clothes i think but not sure for the moment.
I made the choise of very light colors.
enjoy
thank's for your comments]]> Thu, 28 May 2009 01:50:43 +0000 http://mattroussel.cgsociety.org/gallery/767994

Hi cgtalkers
i made this illustration for an ad agencie.
this is a poster for a french bank, selling house credit.
the challenge of this job was to give the feeling as it was toys.
i had lot of fun to make it .

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Hi
i made this illustration for the title page of my children book.
i made a vray render and some postwork whith photoshop.
i have finished the last illustration of the book.
16 double pages, and it should be published on october.
i hope you like it..]]> Tue, 26 May 2009 03:19:05 +0000 http://mattroussel.cgsociety.org/gallery/765744

Hi cgtalkers.
here is my last job for a cover magazine.
render whith Vray.
hope you like it

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Hi everybody.
this is the 14th page of the childbook i'm working on.
vray render whith photoshop touch-up as usual.
i hope you like it and i thank you very much for all comments you post.it's a pleasure to read them.]]> Wed, 01 Apr 2009 07:10:09 +0000 http://mattroussel.cgsociety.org/gallery/748060

hi all
a long time i didn't post anything.
i made this illustration for a cover magazine.
hope you like it

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Hi Cgtalkers.
i'm still working on my new childbook.i reach the middle of the book and i have to make 8 illustrations more.
vray render as usual and photoshop touch-up..
Hope you enjoy it
Thank's]]> Thu, 22 Jan 2009 02:33:35 +0000 http://mattroussel.cgsociety.org/gallery/704190

Hi everybody
here is the 7th illustration of my next childbook i'm working on.
i tried to keep this old chinese style.
lot's of photoshop adjustement and combinason of different Vrayrender.
cheers
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Hi cgtalkers
i post this last work i made for a cover.
this is my favorite "papier maché" technic.
render whith vray and post work whith photoshop as usual.
thank's for your comments.]]> Thu, 27 Nov 2008 11:50:26 +0000 http://mattroussel.cgsociety.org/gallery/684750

Hi cgtalker
i just finished this illustration which is the 3thrd page of a new child book i'm working on.
render are made whith vray and i composed it whith photoshop.
hope you liked it.

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Hi There
some food for these days.i Made it for a french magazine.
Hdri render whith c4d whith a little photoshop post work
Bon Appetit!!]]> Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:52:11 +0000 http://mattroussel.cgsociety.org/gallery/671288

Hi cgtalkers
this illustration is the second one i made for my french agent.
this is an exemple of the famous french cooking.
i hope you like it, not the calf head but the illustration ]]> Thu, 04 Sep 2008 07:41:10 +0000 http://mattroussel.cgsociety.org/gallery/670425

Hi cgtalker
i made this illustration for my self promotion.
i used Vray for the render and i hope you like it.
let's go for a new year of funny jobs.]]> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 09:25:30 +0000 http://mattroussel.cgsociety.org/gallery/656454

Hi cgtalkers.
summer time is not good for creation.too many temptation,sea,sex and sun!
But work life go on and i made this cover for a canadian magazine.
i hope you like it , and i wish good vacation for all of you.
keep fun!

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Hi Cgtalker
long time i don't post something!.
But i'm still working and alive
i start working on the third album of the "L'amie de Zoe" serie.
this time it will be much more colored.
c4d render and photoshop touch-up for the pencil sketch look
I hope you like it and thank's for your comments.

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Hi everybody
i 'm looking for a new type of render for a new book i'm working on.I start from a Vray render and work on it whith photoshop.
i try to reach a chinese painting effect.
The fun part of this new project is that i send to a writer the precedent post i made.(bad mood)
He found inspiration around the character and he is working on this text..happy and misfortunes of Wu..

Hope you like it.


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Hi cgtalker.
here is my first illustration rendered whith Vray.
good thing to discovert a new tool..
I tried to explain the mood i feel sometimes.
the sentence is a chinese proverb.
hope you like it..

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hi Cgtalkers
here is my latest job.
i did it for my personnal promotion, looking for a plaster look.
I hope you will like it.
The book in the illustration is an hermann hesse book"the wolf of the steppes"you have to read it if you want to better know yourself.]]> Tue, 11 Mar 2008 06:39:41 +0000 http://mattroussel.cgsociety.org/gallery/593294

Hi cgtalkers
this is the first illustration of a book i'm working on.
i tried to give a chinese painting feeling,and i respect the chinese opera clown costume, for more truth in the story.
all made whith c4d and hdri rendering and like usual photoshop touch-up.
Hope you like it.]]> Fri, 08 Feb 2008 07:57:13 +0000 http://mattroussel.cgsociety.org/gallery/585562

Hi everybody
it seems this car has something special when i see many post of it.
Here is my contribution for this car.i made it for an insurance advertisinghderi rendering as usual and some postwork whith photoshop.
Hope you like it
Thank's]]> Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:53:51 +0000 http://mattroussel.cgsociety.org/gallery/566728

Hi cgtalkers
I made this illustration for a BBDO promotional ad (toronto).
the text for it was :"every last idea"
(art director Todd Cornelius)
my part of work was only the head and the juicer, and some spots on the table.i start working from a sketch,and from my first render they shoot a photo.then whith the photo i integrate a new render and composed it whith photoshop.
Funny job to do..]]> Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:47:17 +0000 http://mattroussel.cgsociety.org/gallery/563652

Hi CGtalker
here is my personnal latest job.
this is the portrait of a friend of mine, which is clock maker.
he look like an afghan levrier, and it's why he has a dog head.
i tried in this portrait to evocate the life of my friend whith differents symbol.the painting is mine and represent his house where he will live when he will finish to rebuilt it.5 years of work from now..
hope you like it.]]> Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:04:31 +0000 http://mattroussel.cgsociety.org/gallery/561343

Hi Cgtalker
here is my latest advertising job.
i worked on it during august month, it is used for a commercial cover for a supermarket company "Auchan".
i worked a lot on this illustration because the client was very requiring.
i present to you my version and not the final one ,because i think this one is the better than the commercial one.
Time to write to Santa Claus for this chrismas time.
thank's to your comments]]> Wed, 14 Nov 2007 10:04:07 +0000 http://mattroussel.cgsociety.org/gallery/558500

Hi Cgtalkers
i work on the second child book, after the green one , here is the pink one.
Zoe is landing on a pink planet and meet a strange blue boy.
This is a story about difference between human being.
Hope you like it , and if you want to buy the first one ,you can send me a mail and i will send you the link.
thank's to see it.]]> Tue, 06 Nov 2007 18:52:47 +0000 http://mattroussel.cgsociety.org/gallery/548771

Hi cgtalker.
i made this illustration for a calendar.the theme was,"september ,city and mr brown...it's all i had like information.
i made a turn in my back-up files and extract some characters and models and many illustrations i made around the "city " theme.
i had not many time to do it and i made this choice..one advantage of 3d and cg works is that you can reclying our artwork again and again and if you have a lack of self-satisfaction, do it like me and create your own museum, to the glory of your art!!
thank's for your comments]]> Wed, 10 Oct 2007 09:57:52 +0000 http://mattroussel.cgsociety.org/gallery/543924

Hi CGtalkers!
i post this logo i made for client Isaac Mann).i met him on this marvelous forum.
He contacted me for this job,sending to me a sketch of the character.I learned how and what was an enchilada.i'm not a mexican cook specialist!I had a great fun to work on it and to work whith Isaac..i llike working whith an AD like him, giving me enough freedom to give free course to my creativity.
i hope you will se this logo somewhere near California one day.]]> Wed, 26 Sep 2007 07:24:31 +0000 http://mattroussel.cgsociety.org/gallery/541361

Hi
i start working on the second childbook after the green girl.
the blue boy is the following story.i have to finish it before end of october, but i'm not sure to succed..
i hope you like it.
thank's ]]> Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:28:47 +0000 http://mattroussel.cgsociety.org/gallery/539009

hi cgtalkers.
i made this illustration for a french magazine "Le Monde"
i used old elements for this illustration as the squirrel and the character.the reason was the delay i had..very short.
Usually i don't like to do it but sometimes it's necessary.
hope you like it and i thought i was interessant to see an illustration in his context.]]> Wed, 12 Sep 2007 07:19:41 +0000 http://mattroussel.cgsociety.org/gallery/533459

Hi
this illustration was made for an advertising.
the client was a shoes companie and i had to model all shoes from real exemple.
it took me a little bit time but it's done.
this one was for the summer collection and i have to do an other one for the winter collection.
i used hair plug-in of course for the hair
hope you like it.
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hi everybody.
here is an illustration for a press magazine.
hdri render and photoshop touch-up .
hope you like it..and back to holyday..

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Hi everybody
an other illustration from the book.this is the rescue of the cadillac by the Topolino and the girl.
hdri as usual, whith ambiant occlusion for the render set-up.
i use some car models find on internet and re-worked for my needs.
hope you like it
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Hi everybody.
i'm working hard on this book.this illustration is the 7th one of the story and i have 5 more to do before end of May.
hdri rnedering, and a little post-work on it.(haze on the top left side..by exemple).
the models are inspirated by a cadillac 1936 for the white one
and a Fiat topolino 1936.
Thank's for you comments allways constructivs..
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hi everybody
i'm working on a new child book.
this is a story of a little girl meeting an old live car..
i made 2 renders, one for the background and one for the entire scene whith tthe first render as a background mapping.
render in hdri mode whith some photoshop touch-up as usual..
hope you like it.]]> Fri, 04 May 2007 10:08:12 +0000 http://mattroussel.cgsociety.org/gallery/491189

Hi
this illustration is a cover art for a children story.
i wrote the text and , like i'm not a writer i gave it to a professional writer, which re-write it.
it's a traditionnal sci-fi story, whith alien, robot and space ship.
hope you like it]]> Mon, 30 Apr 2007 13:24:20 +0000 http://mattroussel.cgsociety.org/gallery/486174

hi
this illustration was made for an ad .
it's a cover for a brochure.
hope you like it]]> Mon, 16 Apr 2007 16:59:38 +0000 http://mattroussel.cgsociety.org/gallery/481621

Hi cgtalkers.
here is an illustration i made for my agent.
the theme i had was "bizarre world festivals".
i hope it will make you laugh a little..]]> Tue, 03 Apr 2007 07:46:20 +0000 http://mattroussel.cgsociety.org/gallery/478604

Hi
this illustration is the cover and the 4th of cover from the book i'm working on.
i have to thank the cgtalk creators, because i had the suprise to be contacted by a member to make a short movie of this story..
this is the real magic web effect ]]> Mon, 26 Mar 2007 08:35:46 +0000 http://mattroussel.cgsociety.org/gallery/471533

Hi
here is a cover art i made for a Canadian magazine
"Canadian Lawyer" of march issue.
the theme was "the great lie, law firms offer work-life balance."
hope you like it and hope there is no lawyer among you..]]> Wed, 07 Mar 2007 14:22:46 +0000 http://mattroussel.cgsociety.org/gallery/470582

Hi everybody
here is an illustration i made for a Unicef collectiv book .
i made the choice of soldier children theme.
i hope the message is clear.
good day]]> Mon, 05 Mar 2007 10:38:49 +0000