Rémi Vincent / Tetsouille - Blog - Montréal (QC)

POP Montreal Festival Commercial Produced and Directed by Cedric...

Tue, 21 Aug 2012 19:10:33 -0400

POP Montreal Festival Commercial

Produced and Directed by Cedric Laurenty
Art Direction/Graphic Design: Mike Mason
Motion Design: Rémi Vincent
Tactile Design / Props FX: Will Vincent
Director of Photography: Simon-Pierre Gingras
Production Assistant: Olivier Mirat
Post Production: Cedric Laurenty

MUSIC: Grounders

I’ve been working on a self directed musical feature,...

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 13:16:14 -0400

I’ve been working on a self directed musical feature, collaborating with my good friend and talented electronic artist Neil Hamzaoui. We’ve been heavily influenced by Japanese visual culture, particularly manga animation, so I’ve spent time constructing parts of the video’s costumes using paper sculpting techniques, inspired by the animated series ‘Evangelion’.

A video recap of the live painting session with Frenchie Art ,...

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 12:51:04 -0400

A video recap of the live painting session with Frenchie Art , Meka , Osmoze & Tetsouille, during the annual Ste-Catherine sidewalk sale.
Special thanks to all the artists and all the people that came and support.
You can see the artwork at the WeSC Montreal Concept Store (1387 Ste-Catherine W. Montreal, QC)

Filmed & Edited by Johnny F. Kim (SHOT BY JFK): shotbyjfk.com
Music by Hopeless Youth - More than Blood

Photos of the event on Facebook page: facebook.com/wescmontreal

Photo

Fri, 13 Jul 2012 14:20:32 -0400

Illustration jamais sortie. À l’origine pour un projet de...

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:13:22 -0400

Illustration jamais sortie. À l’origine pour un projet de 2009, j’ai revisité le portrait de Robert de Montesquiou par Giovanni Boldini.

Never released. Originally for a project from 2009. I have revisited a paint of Robert de Montesquiou by Giovanni Boldani.

L’AMETAC, an association promoting artistic events,...

Mon, 05 Mar 2012 10:32:48 -0500

L’AMETAC, an association promoting artistic events, contact me to be part of Montréal en Lumière festival.
For this event, a 20-meter sphere has been set up on Place des Festivals in Montreal. I was responsible for all the visual content projected on this sphere.

L’AMETAC, une association qui fait la promotion d’évènement artistiques et culturel m’a appelle à travailler sur le festival de Montréal en Lumière.
Une sphère de 20 mètres a été installée pour l’occasion sur la Place des Festival. J’ai eu carte blanche pour créer le contenu visuel projeté sur la sphère.

CHECK OUT THE RESULT HERE: vimeo.com/37828862

Interview for Yodel Magazine

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:30:05 -0500

Rowena: Rémi Vincent is a freelance graphic designer and art director who has completed designs for Adidas and Salomon. Now based in Montreal, he originally grew up in Digne- les-Bains in the Southern Alps.

Rémi: “I really enjoyed growing up in the Alps, my childhood was amazing. I grew up between Provence and the Alps where you can do everything you want, go skiing in the winter and swimming in Verdon Gorge in summer. My family grew up there and I met many of my best friends and my beautiful girlfriend there. I found a lot of the inspiration for what I’ve created since from Digne-les-Bains.

When I was growing up people often told me to do some fine art sessions at school because they thought I was good with drawings but I preferred to imagine I was more of a Michael Jordan.

I was always playing basketball and football or hanging around the neighbourhood on my BMX.
I have always been a dreamer so creativity is naturally a very big part of me. At the end of the 90’s with my first PC and the rise of the Internet I began sketching and realised I had an artistic streak. As soon as I finished a boring science course, I changed direction toward applied arts. I do not regret my choice!

Today is a great era for artists because there are no longer technological or geographical limitations. With Salomon, I entered one of their artwork competitions and was nominated by them. A few months later, they contacted me to collaborate on their ‘artist series’ for both the summer and winter collections.

Adidas actually contacted me through MySpace inviting me to an event in Lyon to customise their caps. It was really challenging! I was asked to customise something like one hundred caps for a one-night event in one of their concept stores. I asked my friend and artist Onekon7 to help me on the project and we had to make snap decisions to find art techniques that were fast and efficient. We prepared some caps prior to the event and we finished them live during the evening.

I watch and learn from literally everything around me. It could be a landscape, a movie, an emotion, a dream, books, pictures, photos, fashion, sports or even lifestyles. I like to be into everything from painting to video to toys and clothes customisation. I would describe my work as colourful, playful, animated, typographic and electronic.

For me, an average day begins with a strong breakfast, and a walk with my French bulldog, Hervé, before going to work. I'm freelance now so I share a studio as my work place with four other great artists. Working from there makes me have a "normal routine". Depending on my workload I work 6 hours to 15 hours a day, that's what you got as a freelance. When I have a chance, I do some VJing work for events like music shows or clubs. And finally after my days work and when weather allows, I practice bike polo. It's really a fun sport even if it is not very well known.

I have lived in Montreal for over three years now – I was only supposed to spend one year abroad! It’s such a great city with lots of artists, music festivals and events so there is an excellent quality of life with great opportunities. It is so different to living in the Alps - snow may be the only thing the two places have in common. One thing is for sure – I miss the gastronomy of the Alps; tartiflette, raclette and the WINE!
I have a need to create and to get my art everywhere I can so I like customising objects like toasters and toys. Most of the time I begin by drawing something on paper and when I reproduce it on a 3D object it gives so much life to my creation. I love it!

If I hadn’t been a designer I don’t know what I would have been...a shepherd in the Alps, who knows? I’m lucky I have a passion for art and can live from it. In the future I still picture myself having as much fun as I do now and still creating and playing with images. I won’t ever grow up!”

http://www.yodelmagazine.com/

BRILLE² live visuals @ Igloofest 2012 with Buraka Som Sistema (PT), French Fries (FR) & Bambounou (FR)

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 21:25:06 -0500

BRILLE² live visuals @ Igloofest 2012 with Buraka Som Sistema (PT), French Fries (FR) & Bambounou (FR):

I’m gonna VJ this year at Igloofest (Montréal). First date is saturday, january 14. Let’s bring our one piece and have fun!

The Missing Link research project at Pictoplasma...

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 11:21:24 -0500

The Missing Link research project at Pictoplasma Festival:

Figure the missing link between the human and the monkey, aka the Yeti.

My Missing Link is part of the main section of the exhibition at Gaité Lyrique in Paris.A massive wall in the central exhibition hall presents 500 of the very best entries.

Batch 1 - 10 characters.

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 12:38:00 -0500

Batch 1 - 10 characters.

My entry for Five Second Project “Monster Bash”. Tools: Cinema...

Sun, 06 Nov 2011 19:34:08 -0500

My entry for Five Second Project “Monster Bash”.

Tools: Cinema 4D / GreyscaleGorilla’s HDRI Light Kit Pro / After Effects / Ableton Live

Fall

Sat, 22 Oct 2011 21:57:28 -0400

Fall

Des poilus ! / Part of my experimentations in Cinema...

Sat, 22 Oct 2011 21:39:19 -0400

Des poilus ! / Part of my experimentations in Cinema 4D.

Tools: Cinema 4D / GreyscaleGorilla’s HDRI Light Kit Pro / After Effects
Music: Polymorphic - Technomusic

Logo animation for the Spasm Festival. Sound design:...

Thu, 06 Oct 2011 10:34:58 -0400

Logo animation for the Spasm Festival.

Sound design: Jean-Nicolas Leupi
Tools: Cinema 4D + Mograph / Thrausi plugin / GreyscaleGorilla’s HDRI Light Kit Pro / After Effects

“Spasm est un festival de cinéma de genre et de l’insolite. Tout film qui sort de l’ordinaire, qui a de la gueule, qui fait rire, qui dérange, qui fait réfléchir, qui inspire, qui émerveille… Dédié avant tout au cinéma québécois et de la francophonie internationale.”

Finalement après plus de 5 ans d’expérience, je suis...

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 11:17:00 -0400

Finalement après plus de 5 ans d’expérience, je suis FREELANCE! { direction artistique, design graphique, motion design & animation. À la recherche de projets cools et créatifs. Très excité à l’idée de mes futurs challenges.

I’m FREELANCE! {art direction, graphic design, motion design & animation. Looking for some cool projects!

Music: Neil Hamzaoui

I’ve made the logo animation intro for the upcoming IF3 in...

Fri, 19 Aug 2011 08:32:06 -0400

I’ve made the logo animation intro for the upcoming IF3 in Montreal.

Announcing the IF3 International Freeski Film Festival, from 14 to 18 september 2011 in Montréal. The biggest ski party of the year!! Considered as the “Cannes of ski world” , the festival has been created to bring together the best of the free ski world and amateurs into one event. To celebrate the upcoming season, IF3 brings together athletes, filmmakers, industry leaders and fans for a long week-end of movies and parties!

Links: IF3 | Zapiks

Thanks Robermade.tv

Part of my experimentations in Cinema 4D. Tools: Cinema 4D +...

Sun, 14 Aug 2011 21:04:55 -0400

Part of my experimentations in Cinema 4D.

Tools: Cinema 4D + Mograph / Thrausi plugin / GreyscaleGorilla’s HDRI Light Kit Pro / After Effects
Music: Sebastian - Ross Ross Ross (easy pick)

Part of my experimentations in Cinema 4D. Tools : Cinema 4D...

Thu, 11 Aug 2011 11:14:55 -0400

Part of my experimentations in Cinema 4D.

Tools : Cinema 4D / Thrausi plugin / After Effects

Free 3D models from TurboSquid:
- turbosquid.com/FullPreview/Index.cfm/ID/554455
- turbosquid.com/FullPreview/Index.cfm/ID/506631

Workflow: my folder template

Wed, 01 Jun 2011 13:35:00 -0400

Since my work focuses particularly on motion design, I developed an organization and a set of methods in order to optimize workflow.

I came up with this folder template, inspired by my personal and work experience that I decided I’d share with you. Hopefully it will be useful.

It’s very simple :

All my finals are in the 01_FINALS folder.
All the files I’m working on are located in 02_WORKINGFILES.
All my footages / sources linked by example in my After Effects project are in 03_SOURCES.
And all the rest is put in 04_DOCS.

You can download it here (icons for Mac OS X only)

If you guys have any suggestions, write a comment.

UPDATES:
2012-06-20 1.5: added an inspiration folder and a Keynote folder in working files.

Montréal and around

Mon, 30 May 2011 17:25:51 -0400

Montréal and around