Raphael lacoste art book

Very few art experts disagree that by sticking by his own convictions harmony was prefable to discord his contibution to the stanza della segnatura is one of the great landmarks in humanist art. Behind the scenes on the art of assassins creed origins. Raphael lacoste was the art director at ubisoft, where he worked on games such as prince of persia and assassins creed. Worlds the art of raphael lacoste will feature a great selection of personal artworks including illustrations, mood paintings, sketches and some of the most iconic pieces raphael created for the game franchise assassins creed. Raphael lacoste was the art director of ubisoft for games like prince of persia and assassins creed. Raphael continued to paint, traveling constantly, living the life of a seminomadic painter.

Digital environment painting matte painting with raphael lacoste. The three great masters, raphael, leondardo da vinci, and michelangelo, were all contemporaries. Brief testimonials are peppered throughout the book, written by creative directors, art directors, producers, and. But even then, raphael looked past pointscoring, beating the boss and completing the levels.

For more of his epic scifi cityscapes, spaceship designs and ancient environments please check out his artist pages on artstation and facebook. He won a ves award in february 2006 for his work on two thrones from prince of persia. L i g n e s is the second artbook of raphael lacoste, illustrator and art director. This week were featuring the fantastic work of canadian artist raphael lacoste. Ac senior art director drawing stuff, building worlds. Together with michelangelo and leonardo da vinci he forms the traditional trinity of great masters of that period. It includes the iconic assassins creed, cover art for fantasyscifi titles bragelonne, random house, thor books, etc. Raphael lacoste is a senior art director on videogames and cinematics. In the latest of our series of articles on breaking into the cg industry, we talk to ubisoft art director raphael lacoste. From sketch to color, a speed up video of raphael lacoste.

The superb science fiction and fantasy themed works of raphael lacoste, a digital illustrator and concept artist working in the video game and movie industry. In this video you will see raphael lacostes beautiful art book worlds and hear about sota state of the art kickstarter campaign. Raphael lacoste was the art director at ubisoft on such titles as prince of persia and assassins creed, winning a ves award in february 2006 for his work on. Drafting and producing concept art is critical to a game project like black flag, and throughout the development process countless pieces of concept art were created by. This is the wip for my art book projects cover, you can support the project here. The superb science fiction art of raphael lacoste scifi. This books is showcasing a collection of selected ink and pencil sketches, made by the artist between 2015 and 2018. He is currently working with ubisoft as brand art director for the assasins creed franchise, which is noted for its beautiful environments. He is the brand art director for assassins creed, and has worked on many great games and movies, as art director and concept artist. Raphael lacoste l i g n e s is the second art book of raphael lacoste, illustrator and art director. If this sounds interesting please send me a mail to albin. Limited edition art book takes a look at the first assassins creed game a thirdperson actionadventure game where gamers play as an assassin on a grand quest against the templars during the third crusade from preproduction to the final product.

Again this book reproduces every panel at large scale together with all the drawing raphael considered necessary to make this room his masterpeice. He was enormously prolific, despite his early death at 37, and a large body of work remains, especially in the vatican, where raphael and a large team of assistants, executing his. Raphael also worked as a matte painter and senior concept artist on such. After this experience, raphael worked as a matte painter and senior concept artist on movies like terminator salvation, journey to the center of the. Matthew miller is a writer and editor for game informer magazine and website, where he has covered games since 2004. Raphael lacoste is an illustrator and artist, artistic director on assassins creed black flag and origins, winning a ves award in february 2006 and in 2018 for both prince of persia and assassins creed. He lives just outside of minneapolis, mn, with his wife and two exuberant dogs. Format and details 8,5x11 inches 21x28cm soft cover artbook. The art of raphael lacoste, raphael lacoste artstation. Raphael lacoste was the art director at ubisoft on such titles as prince of persia and assassins creed, winning a ves award in february 2006 for his work on the two thrones cut scene from prince of persia. Jul 5, 2019 renowned concept artist raphael lacoste is publishing a book with itsartmag.

For more of it please check out his portfolio at cgsociety. The superb science fiction themed artworks of raphael lacoste, a concept artist, matte painter and art director working in the video game and movie industry. Raphael lacoste art director of assassins creed valhalla. It includes the iconic assassins creed, cover art for fantasyscifi titles. The following is a list of paintings by italian renaissance painter raphael. He studied in 1993 at fine arts school, art and media option, photography and video, at the same time, he was photographer and composer for a theatre company les. His list of projects include video game titles like prince of persia. The winner of a ves award for his work on the cinematics for prince of persia. The title for this book couldnt be more apt, since each painting takes us to a whole new world or era or story. The art of raphael lacoste book preorder artstation. Raphael lacoste lives in canada, montreal, with his family since 2002. In this video you will see raphael lacostes beautiful art. Raphael lacoste is a environment concept artist and matte painter currently working as senior art director for ubisoft. Raphael lacoste is an illustrator, visual development artist and art director for the gaming and film industries.

Raphael lacoste on ink pen drawings, anime drawings boy. Renowned concept artist raphael lacoste is publishing a book with itsartmag. The art of raphael lacoste book preorder futuristic. This pdf books is showcasing a collection of selected ink and pencil sketches, made by the artist between 2015 and 2018. In this book raphael lacoste shares a selection of his artwork from over the last 15 years. I have written the first book in an epic fantasy series and i am looking for someone that would like to make images for some of the scenes. Intro for raphael lacoste video tutorial included in worlds art book. I loved black flag, but thats a post for another day. He has won several awards including a ves for his work on prince of persia and he has also worked on numerous hollywood blockbusters such as terminator salvation, journey to the center of the earth, death race, immortals 2011, repo men and jupiter ascending. Very good news, my new artbook is available on my bigcartel here. Tutorial introduction \\ scifi scene by raphael lacoste.

Wanting to challenge himself in the film industry, raphael worked as a matte painter and senior concept. He was born in 1974 in paris, but lived mostly around bordeaux, south west of france until he left for canada. Raphael has also worked on feature films like terminator salvation, journey to. Raphael lacoste is one of the most well known senior art directors in the video gaming industry. Its needless to say that raphael masters composition, lighting and color with such a finesse that few do. He was the art director at ubisoft on such titles as prince of persia and assassins creed, winning a ves award in february 2006 for his work on the two thrones cut scene from prince of persia. The book designlayout and art direction is done by brent ashe, art director and graphic designer who have worked with warner bros, artstation. Worlds, a limited edition art book by raphael lacoste. Hes been doing some fantastic pieces for games like assassins creed, which gives us some really great images. Raphael lacoste is franchise art director on assassins creed at ubisoft, winning a ves. Raphael 184 artworks painting visual art encyclopedia. For raphael lacoste, art director of ubisofts hugely popular assassins creed franchise, this is an important distinction.

Its humans against a big, scary world in these fantastic. See more ideas about art, concept art and fantasy landscape. He will also present artworks produced for fantasy and. He was able to merge the influence of florentine art with his own developing style, creating a smooth, flowing composition, which was highly regarded. Digital environment painting matte painting with raphael. Growing up in the 80s, raphael played games like pitfall, another world and rick dangerous, a platformer inspired by indiana jones. W o r l d s digital version of the art book by raphael. Raphael lacoste has a master of art in 3d animation university of portsmouth and a fine arts degree in art and media, photography. From sketch to color, a speed up video of raphael lacostes painting process. I really cant get enough of concept art illustrations. The full pdf version of the limited edition art book by raphael lacoste, w o r l d s, enjoy the book on your ipad or tablet with high resolution images.