29: Jessica Rossier & Bastien Grivet -- Concept Artists, On The Witness, Spiderverse and Success
“Recording our twenty ninth episode, the guests of honor today are Jessica Rossier & Bastien Grivet. Concept artists, matte painters, studio owners and husband and wife, their illustrative styles has earned them work with talent such as Sony Animation Pictures, Blur Studios, Netflix and Wicked Saint. They’ve contributed to high profile projects such as The Witness from Love, Death & Robots, Into the Spiderverse, Halo Wars 2, Call of Duty Black Ops III, Darksiders III and more. Additionally, they’ve run a program called Art Weekend to unite artists together for entertainment, creativity and self development. Calling all the way from France, a very special thanks to Jessica and Bastien for making the time.”
00:01:52 Backstory: Switzerland & Ubisoft
00:10:30 Origins of Wardenlight Studios
00:12:36 Getting a Call from ILM
00:19:02 Studio Growing Pains
00:28:02 Personal Work Gets You Clients
00:31:52 Working on Into the Spiderverse
00:40:11 Working on The Witness
00:44:54 Digital Impressionism
00:54:58 Differences Between Film and Videogames
00:57:32 Outro
Jessica & Bastien’s Curriculum
