About

ABOUT

Hello, I’m Simon LocheConcept Artist, Character Designer, Comic Book Artist and Art Director.

I provide quality artworks and assets for the entertainment industry.

You will find on this website some of the most representative of my artworks, jobs, sketches, trials or even random thoughts. Of course this is not exhaustive and many drawings are still under Non Disclosure Agreements, but most of what is shown here is what I’m proud of.

I hope you will enjoy your time here and feel absolutely free to give your comments on what you see.

Simon Loche.

SERVICES

I provide quality artworks and assets for the entertainment industry.

With over 15 years experience, I provide a design sensibility that has been tested throughout numerous production environments. I strive to exceed the expectations of my clients while providing an open and collaborative approach to the design process. My goals are quality, efficiency and above all, an innovative approach to any project I take on.

I offer:

- Graphic illustration services

- Graphic design services

- Design, creation and development of characters, storylines and multimedia products

- Animation design services

EDUCATION

■ High School Emile Cohl (illustration, graphism, comics, animated movies, sculpture) – Lyon, France. ● http://www.cohl.fr.
■ Baccalauréat C (scientific).
■ International French School – Rome, Milan, Turin (Italy). ● http://www.lsmi.it/

SKILLS

Concept Artist, Comic Book Artist, Art Director, Story Boarder, Character designer.

■ Techniques:
Any traditional media (watercolor, gouache, colored pencils, pantones, oil painting, acrylics) and Digital Painting.
■ Softwares knowledges:

- 2D softwares: Photoshop CS5 ● Illustrator CS5 ● Painter 12 ● Sketchbook Pro 2010 ● Artrage 3.0 ● Alchemy.
- 3D softwares: Google SketchUp ● Cinema 4D R10 ● Blender ● Mudbox ● ZBrush4 R2.

- Additional softwares:  After Effects CS4 ●  Flash CS4.

- Mac OS 10.6 and Windows.

PUBLICATIONS

ROBIN HOOD Serie – Soleil publisher

ROBIN HOOD Book 1 – Merriadek

ROBIN HOOD Book 2 – Morrigane

ROBIN HOOD Book 3 – Robin Hood

ALIKA Serie – Le Lombard publisher

Alika Book 1 – Les Territoires Interdits

Alika Book 2 – La Thaumaturge

Alika Book 3 – L’Ere des Dragons

MR EDDY – Soleil publisher

SKYDOLL FACTORY – Soleil publisher

LES FILLES DE SOLEIL – Soleil publisher

SHUFFLE 05 – Character Design – Le Lombard publisher

DRAGON Magazine – Hexagonal publisher

VARIOUS BOOKS – Hugo and Cie publisher

CLIENTS

Warner Bros (Cinematographic), Foundation 9 (Video Games), Double Helix Games (Video Games), Backbone Entertainment (Video Games), Soleil (publisher) , Le Lombard (publisher) , Hexagonal (publisher) , Studio Tanuki (Games and Web), Uzik(Web), Big World (Cinematographic), Big Productions (Advertise), and many others as a freelance graphic designer…

AWARDS

CGHub Golden Awards (2010)

INTERVIEWS

Character Designer website.

For more information, feel free to Contact Me.