Alexandre Mougenot: CG artist interview

My name is Alexandre Mougenot, I am 21 years old, I live in Antibes in the south of France, and I’m a fourth year student in CG animation at Mopa School (Supinfocom Arles). I would like to be a CG character and creature artist that specializes in ZBrush. I also love a lot of software like 3ds Max, Maya, Substance Painter, Marvelous Designer, Ornatrix, V-Ray, and Photoshop .

We had an exercise at school that was to fully reproduce an illustration that we liked. So, I modeled the Samuraï from the fantastic art of Hua Lu, the winner of the last ArtStation Challenge. This exercise helped me to discover a great workflow within ZBrush, and allowed me to work more neatly. Thanks to this workflow I sculpted the Little Gladiator faster with ZBrush, Maya, V-Ray, Ornatrix, Substance Painter, and Photoshop.

For the Little Gladiator, there were many challenges. The first was to sculpt a tiger in a cartoon style, and I had never done that before. It was very interesting because I learned a lot about the anatomy of a quadruped. Second was the posing, to get a good interaction between the both characters, and to give them life in one picture. And the bigger challenge was the fur on the tiger. It was the first time I tried to sculpt fur onto a character and I loved that. It’s inspired my new character which I will try to finish soon.

I have a website, and it’s always up-to-date. When I finish a project, I immediately post it. I think it’s very important to keep all the files clean for the demo-reel. Everything is ready for my portfolio at every moment.

I haven’t finished my studies yet, so I will realize a short film this year with a new team, and next I will work on my diploma film. During my free time I will sculpt a lot of characters with different challenges. And maybe, I will do collaboration with talented friends to improve ourselves.