STEAMPAINTING

What backgrounds do you have at Steambot? (Education, professional background, years of experience) asked by john

We cover quite a lot of backgrounds to be honest, Sebastien studied in Cinema, Photography and traditionnal media, Joel in Animation, David and Thierry in Industrial design and Interior architecture, and finally Manuel... . We have worked in several Videogame, Animation and Film companies in many countries, some of us have more than 15 years of experience, we invite you to check our personal websites if you want to know more.

What was the most difficult part of concepting for you to learn? Design? Idea generation? Technical skills? asked by Tim

First, being a concept artist doesn't necessarily mean that you need to be the best illustrator, you need skills indeed, but mainly to support your ideas, it has more to do with creativity and problem-solving abilities. Technical skills or style are becoming more and more important, but in the end your brain makes all the difference. We think that working efficiently is the most important and difficult part to achieve while being a production artist, because there are so many parameters to take in account, look you need to be a great illustrator/painter, art-director, cinematographer, story-teller, animator, social and creative individual, all-in-one sexy package! Thus, it is essential to understand the difference between concepting for production works and posting on forums, the constraints are very different, so are the responsabilities.

What/Who are your main influences ? asked by Fabien

Sébastien answers: I think my first influences were my parents. My father, photographer. He owns a photo lab I gave me a my first notions of framing, lighting and composition and give me my first camera. For my mother she paint since many years, probably she start when she was child and learn me how hold a brush, mix and blend color, work with oil and of course draw and paint. The nature and animals, because it's the first subject I drew. The music. Really important. Pobably the most important thing. I start a six to play and I never stop. It's my first passion. Sounds really inspires me. And of course, many other artists have contributed to build my imagination. The list will be too long but many painters, photographers, comic drawers, film directors, sculptors, writers, architects, misicians etc.