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March of Giants
Principal UI Technical Artist. A 4v4 war MOBA from Ubisoft.
UI TECHNICAL ARTIST / MONTRÉALアート · 技術 · インタラクション
CREATIVE GOODS / UI TECHNICAL ART
Francis
Beausoleil.
I’m a UI technical artist with a love for games, art and motion.
I bring creative ideas to life through interactive systems, animation and a little experimentation.
GOOD IDEAS. FRESHLY MADE.SCROLL TO EXPLORE ↓
01 / SELECTED GOODS
A shelf full of
possibilities.
Games, identities and digital experiences.
A collection of projects through the years.
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Souvenir Flou
Recreating vintage logos.
Armor Games
Flash and Unity games for Armor Games. Art, animation and UI.
PinTown
Mobile game. Art, animation and UI.
Groupe Gaudreault
Wi-Fi login portal for bus passengers.
LogiqIT
Website design and development.
TwoRoads
Website design and development.
Wave Riders
Mobile game. Art, animation and UI.
Bodog Nation
Website and content management system.
SiftHeads: Street Wars
Flash game. Art, animation and UI.
Conway Jacques
Flash game. Art, animation and UI.
The Terminal
Flash game. Art, animation and UI.
Bob Sicle
Winner of Bivouac Urbain 2009, created in 36 hours. Art, animation and interfaces.
Spliced
Flash game created at Odd1 / Tribal Nova. Art, animation and UI.
Grossology
Flash game created at Odd1 / Tribal Nova. Art, animation and UI.
XenoSpace
Flash game created at Odd1 / Tribal Nova. Art, animation and UI.
Chrome Wars
Flash game created at Odd1 / Tribal Nova. Art, animation and UI.
Intranet
An intranet for tracking customer and employee orders and generating reports. HTML, CSS, PHP and MySQL.
Médiathèque
Creation and maintenance of the Lanaudière media library.
CyberLab
Computer training for seniors and technical support at special events.
Portail régional
Creation and maintenance of the Lanaudière regional portal.
A CLOSER LOOK
Technical
& Artistry.
Interfaces, environments and visual systems.
Selected presentation boards from my archive.
02 / THE CRAFT
Creative instinct.
Technical thinking.
I enjoy the space where visual design
becomes something you can interact with.
Interfaces & systems
UI technical art, UI systems and implementation, UI/UX design, shaders and materials.
Art & motion
2D and 3D art, animation, visual identity and the details that give a project its character.
Tools & code
Programming, scripting and web design. Building the connections between an idea and its execution.
Unreal Engine / Unity / Adobe Animate / Photoshop / Illustrator / Blender / Cinema 4D / Substance 3D / Python / C# / JavaScript
03 / IN MOTION
Made to move.
Art, animation and interface work.
The demo reel.
04 / THE JOURNEY
Always making.
From web and independent games
to technical art at Ubisoft Montréal.
2021–presentUbisoft MontréalPrincipal Technical Artist+
Current project: March of Giants. UI technical art.
2019–2021Souvenir FlouArtist+
Creating and selling products inspired by Québec popular culture.
2015–2019Armor GamesTechnical Artist+
Creating and integrating graphical assets, including work on BunkerSim. Steam Greenlight and Kickstarter presentations, promotional materials for PAX East and GDC, and promotional video editing.
2010–2015FailSafe GamesCo-founder / Artist+
Co-founding the studio, managing projects and client communication, and leading the art direction of most projects while adapting to new technologies.
2007–2010Odd1 StudioTechnical Artist+
Producing and integrating characters, animation and interfaces from game concepts and design documents.
2004–2007Question-GraphiqueGraphic Designer / Web Designer+
Developing the company intranet and creating print and digital advertising, websites and corporate identities.
2001–2003Connexion-LanaudièreGraphic Designer / Web Designer+
Creating the regional portal and heritage websites in Lanaudière through Canadian digital collections grants.
EDUCATION
Centre NAD
2003 · 3D animation & visual effects
Cégep de Joliette
2001 · Social sciences, individual studies
05 / SAY HELLO · こんにちは