Feature: Aleksi Briclot
Aleksi Briclot
Concept artist and Art Director in the videogame industry for 9 years, Aleksi was lead artist on ColdFear, the horror-action game developed by DarkWorks for Ubisoft, then on Splinter Cell Double Agent, from the hit series and more recently on the big upcoming title Haze (still Ubisoft) and Dungeon Runners (NCsoft).
He also contributed on the Heroes of Might & Magic 4 ‘s trailer and the Prince of Persia 3 2005 E3 ‘s booth banner. Also an illustrator, he drew pieces for RPG books (hundreds of interior illustrations), magazines, and comics. He did covers for Mage, Vampire , C.O.P.S Rpgs, Tolkien, J.V.Jones, Bradley books, Horroclix (Wizkids) packagings, Privateer Press, World of Warcraft gaming cards……
He’s also one of the main cards and packagings’ artist for Wizard of the Coast (Magic : The Gathering, Dreamblade,). As for comic-books, his early works were the comics adaptation of the videogame Alone in the Dark 4, then Spawn : Simony The graphic novel for TMP, best selling trade paper back in the US for May 2004. He had also taken part in the Legends of the Round Table, a comic-book for the European market. He’s also a cover artist for Marvel on the Annihilation:Conquest saga and for Hellgate, another Dark Horse limited comic-book serie.
He keeps on illustrating Merlin, an ambitious 130 pages artbook about the legendary wizard and new Spawn Graphic novel called “Architects of Fear” for ToddMcFarlane Productions. He is also an instructor for the international ConceptArt / MassiveBlack workshops and you can find samples of his artworks in several international artbooks, fantastic and digital art anthologies and magazines.
Aleksi is living and working in Paris.
http://www.aneyeoni.com
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