S U R V I V
A L - I N F O
- nickname : Shaka ^_^
- realname : Arthur Hugot
- email/msn : booyashaka@msn.com
- myspace : myspace.com/booyashakya
- job : Art Director
- dob : 1976 / 11 / 27
- zodiac : sagitarius [fire!] + leo [fire!!]
- chinese zodiac : dragon [fire!!!]
- war cry : Booyashaka !!
- sports : fencing, roller and frisbee :)
- location : europe » france » paris
- art influences : Yoshitaka Amano, Hyung-tae Kim, Ayami Kojima, Akihiko Yoshida, Yukito Kishiro, Masakazu Katsura, Terada, Masami Kurumada, Gustav Klimt, Egon Shiele, Yslaire, Bengal, Falcoon, Joann Sfar, Junko Mizuno, Posada ...
- likes : drawing and cg, electro+indus+triphop+goth music, video games, japanese culture, sushi, buddhism, astrology, fantasy and SF, celtic mythology, medieval ages, swords, fencing, roller, vampires, body-art, tatoo'z, catz and dragons, travelling around the world ...
- dislikes : bad karma ...
T R A I N I N G
- 2000 » Vocational training on 3D STUDIO MAX at ADIG [Paris - France]
- 1999 » Vocational training on FLASH and STUDIO PRO at PYRAMYD NTCV [Paris - France]
- 1997 » Visual Communication High Technician degree at BRASSART High School [Tours - France]
- 1994 » A Level in Arts at the Lycee St Jean [Limoges - France]
J O B - E X P E R I E N C E
- 2006 » Creation of Amira (Carabas), printed comic book for ages 6-10
- 2001 & at the present time » Art Director / Pixel Artist / Chara designer at Gameloft [Paris - France] - UbiSoft subsidiary [creation of video games for mobile, NGAGE, Nintendo DS, Sony PSP and PDA platforms]. Some of my major projects are : Massive Snowboarding [snow - mobile ], Lumines [puzzle - mobile ], Paris Hilton Diamond Quest [puzzle - mobile ], Medieval Combat [versus - mobile], XIII [arcade - mobile], Nightmare Creatures III art concepts [beat'em'all - next gen], Speed Devils [racing - mobile], Air Strike 1944 + Siberian Strike + Siberian Strike X [shoot'em'up - PPC / PDA / mobile], Infectious Ground [FPS - PPC], 5-pack [games pack - PDA]
- 2001 february » Realisation of the Shocked movie "Mission 3G 100% Sound" (SIMphonIC conference & The 3GSM world congress events) for Oberthur Card Systems.
- 2001 january » Graphic Artist at Distance Ultra Courte [St Germain en laye - France] - Creation of the CD cover "Colors - chapter one" and flash-sketch for Groupe IGS.
- 2000 december » Graphic Artist at IO interactive [Paris - France] - 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 and Art director at Churchill [Paris - France] : Creation and realisation of websites : ZAPA women fashion, Opéra National de Paris , Conseil d'état, CES, Gitem, Woodstock Hostel, DEFURSAC men fashion, STARWARS flash game for pizzahut ...and a lot of mock-up for Orcanta, Helena Sorel, France Loisirs, Fox Kids, Air France cybair, La 5eme jeunesse, Voltage FM, Hachette Livre, Freshlook, Finacor, Crazy-Horse ...Creation of different print works : CD covers, leaflet for ETS, Conseil d'état and Churchill, mockup for the annual report SALOMON and much more :)
- 1997 december » Creation of the japanese comic strip Sakura Zensen
- 1997 september » Graphic Artist at Even Interactive Media [Neuilly - France] : Creation of the Canal Mosaique and France Telecom Cable telly design.
- 1997 jully » Creation of logos P2S and BORN such as their declinaisons - Graphic revision of the Maisons Ericlor interactive kiosk.
- 1996 february » 2 weeks job experience in the graphic studio MGGP [Niort - France]
- 1996 january » 4 weeks job experience in the firm Amicropuce [Orleans - France] as Graphic Artist.
- 1996 january » Realisation of 8 illustrations for the PC games compilation "MileHighClub"
T E C H N I C - S K I L L S
- Software technic skills » adobe PHOTOSHOP+IMAGE READY ***, discreet 3D STUDIO MAX **, macromedia FLASH **, Adobe AFTER EFFECTS **, adobe ILLUSTRATOR **, macromedia DREAMWEAVER **, strata STUDIOPRO *, quark XPRESS *
- Misc technic skills : CSS, PHP, Javascript, misc. video games editors ... PC, MAC and AMIGA environments friendly ^_^
