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• Arthur "shaka" Hugot
• Current job: worldwide Art Director at Gameloft (Art Director, Graphic Artist, GFX team management, Chara-designer, illustrator, Motion-designer, Pixel pusher, 2D animator, game-designer, Web and Print design in a wide variety of graphic and art applications. Working for the video-games industry since 2001)

Contact / Websites:

• email/msn : booyashaka@msn.com
• myspace : myspace.com/booyashakya
• linkedin : linkedin.com/in/arthurhugot

Misc

• dob : 1976 / 11 / 27
• zodiac : sagitarius [fire!] + leo [fire!!]
• chinese zodiac : dragon [fire!!!]
• war cry : Booyashaka !!
• actual location : europe » france » paris
• art influences : Rockin Jelly Bean, Yoshitaka Amano, James Jean, Jeff Soto, Koji Morimoto, Hyung-tae Kim, Ayami Kojima, Hayao Miyazaki, Akihiko Yoshida, Yukito Kishiro, Terada, Gustav Klimt, Egon Shiele, Yslaire, Bengal, Joann Sfar, Junko Mizuno, Posada ...
• likes : Drawing and CG, electro music, Video Games, Japanese culture, astrology, fantasy and SF, medieval ages, swords, fencing, roller, vampires, body-art, cats and dragons, travelling around the world …

 

S P E C I A L I T I E S T E C H N I C - S K I L L S

• Art Direction, team management, Chara-design, UI design, Pixel art, 2D animation, motion design, Web, Graphic and Print design, Game Design ...
• Tools : Photoshop, After Effects, 3Dsmax, Flash, Dreamweaver, Illustrator
• Misc technic skills (rookie level) : CSS, PHP, Javascript, misc. video games editors ... PC, MAC and AMIGA environments friendly ^_^

 

J O B - E X P E R I E N C E

• 2001 - present : worldwide Art Director at Gameloft [HQ Paris - France] - UbiSoft subsidiary.
  Team management / Hiring and managing Third parties + freelance artists
  Artists internal recruitment, training and management all around the world
  Daily analysis with Gameloft producers / monitoring all the art production
  Art Direction / Graphic Design / Chara-design on various projects including AAA titles in the mobiles / Nintendo DS / WiiWare / Xbox Live Arcade / Iphone / Ngage gaming industry:

  Nintendo DS
  Assassin's Creed: Altair's Chronicles ©ubisoft – 2008
  Guitar Rock Tour ™ ©ubisoft – 2008
  Miami Nights: Singles in the city ©ubisoft - 2008
  Real Football 2008 ©ubisoft - 2008
  Brothers in Arms DS ©ubisoft - 2007

  WiiWare
  Ghost Mansion Party ©gameloft – 2009
  Wild West Guns ©gameloft – 2008
  TV Show King ©gameloft - 2008

  iPhone / iPod
  Blades of Fury ©gameloft – 2009
  Terminator4: Salvation ©gameloft – 2009
  Castle of Magic ©gameloft – 2009
  Assassin's Creed: Altair's Chronicles ©gameloft – 2009
  Hero of Sparta ©gameloft – 2008
  Guitar Rock Tour ™ ©gameloft – 2008
  Brothers in arms® Hour of Heroes ©gameloft – 2008
  Lost ©gameloft - 2007

  Xbox Live Arcade
  EarthWorm Jim ©gameloft – TBA
  Brain Challenge ©ubisoft - 2008
  Prince of Persia Classic ©ubisoft – 2007

  Playstation Network
  EarthWorm Jim ©gameloft – TBA
  Battle Tanks ©gameloft – 2009

  PC
  Block Breaker Deluxe ©gameloft - 2006
  Siberian Strike X ©gameloft - 2006
  Midnight Pool ©gameloft – 2006

  Ngage + Mobile
  Rayman Raving Rabbids, Lumines, Brother in arms, Guitar Rock Tour, Assassin's Creed, Medieval Combat, Block Breaker, Massive Snowboarding, XIII, Prince of persia, War of the world, Totally Spies, Air Strike 1944, Dogz, King Kong, Splinter Cell and much more (around 200 games) ...

   

• 2006 : Creation of Amira (Carabas), printed comic book for ages 6-10
• 2001 february » Realisation of the flash movie "Mission 3G 100% Sound" (SIMphonIC conference & The 3GSM world congress events)
• 2001 january : Graphic Artist at Distance Ultra Courte [St Germain en laye - France]
• 2000 december : Graphical User Interface Designer at IO interactive : Interface Design for a CD-rom - Drawing Anim about the new mobile norm : UMTS
• 2000 may : Design and realisation of the Shocked part "L'aventure du XXeme siècle" (computer's history) on the website Ordiworld
• 1998 january - february 2000 : WebDesigner / Art director / Flash Animator at Churchill [Paris - France] : Creation and realisation of websites : ZAPA women fashion, Opéra National de Paris , Conseil d'état, CES, Woodstock Hostel, DEFURSAC men fashion, STARWARS flash game for pizzahut ...
  Creation of different print works.
• 1997 december : Creation of the japanese comic strip Sakura Zensen
• 1997 september : Graphic Artist at Even Interactive Media : Creation of the Canal Mosaique and France Telecom Cable telly design.
• 1996 january : job experience in the firm Amicropuce as Graphic Artist.
• 1996 january » Realisation of 8 illustrations for the PC games compilation "MileHighClub"

 

E D U C A T I O N

• 2009 : professional training course on After-Effects at IESA multimedia
• 2009 : professional training course on Z-Brush at ISART
• 2008 : professional training course on 3D Studio Max at Les GOBELINS
• 2005 - 2008 : Artistic Anatomy training with Thomas Wienc (teacher at Les Gobelins)
• 1999 : professional training course on Flash and Studio Pro at PYRAMYD NTCV
• 1994 - 1997 : Visual Communication High Technician degree at BRASSART High School (Major / Valedictorian)
• 1994 : A Level in Arts at the Lycee St Jean