• MODEL: Nicolas Ferrand aka VIAG

• HOME: www.redwhirlpool.com

Hi there this is Nicolas Ferrand, born in 1975 in France. Nicolas studied Fine Arts at the Olivier de Serres Art School and graduated with a Higher Certificate (BTS) in Ceramic Design. Then, at the Estienne Art School, he studied Multimedia and 3D Modeling. He started to work for videogame companies as a 3D artist (Babylon software, Nadéo and Ubisoft Paris to name a few). He then chose to leave France to join Ubisoft Canada, where, after some time as a 3D artist, he finally returned to his artistic roots: Concept Design.
He is currently collaborating on various projects with other bots, like Barontieri, Vyle, Simonak etc... Video game and movie worlds are rapidly converging, so he keeps an eye on both sides , who knows...

He has worked as a 3D artist on Splinter Cell 2 (Pandora Tomorrow), Ghost Recon 2, Splinter Cell 3 (Chaos Theory), and Splinter Cell 4 (noc). Recently worked as a concept artist on Prince of Persia 3 The Two Thrones and Assassins.