March 2012
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February 2012
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Interview for Yodel Magazine
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/
January 2012
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BRILLE² live visuals @ Igloofest 2012 with Buraka... →
I’m gonna VJ this year at Igloofest (Montréal). First date is saturday, january 14. Let’s bring our one piece and have fun!
December 2011
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November 2011
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October 2011
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WatchFinalement 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
August 2011
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WatchI’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...
WatchPart 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)
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June 2011
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Workflow: my folder template
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...
May 2011
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April 2011
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WatchBRILLE² Showreel 2011
February 2011
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WatchTetsouille showreel 2011
“I never read, I just look at pictures. Andy Warhol”
January 2011
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Interview for Trisickle Magazine (Scotland) by... →
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December 2010
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“Everything old is new again.”
– Peter Allen
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New portfolio online, let’s get ready for 2011!
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WatchA recap of my work for Ski Bromont in 2010. I was in charge of motion design, not graphic design.
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November 2010
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iPhone case in progress
August 2010
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San Fernando video report
Voici enfin le report video de la soirée San Fernando à la S.A.T. de Montréal, il y a deux mois, pour Nightlife.ca. J’ai été appelé, par le biais de mon collectif Brille Brille à réaliser les visuels live et la performance VJ. Hey guys. Here is a video report of some live visuals and VJ performance I did 2 months ago for Nightlife.ca at S.A.T. Montreal. Hope you like it.
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Half-day at Moment Factory
April 2010
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Burned Toast
Je participe à la nouvelle expo collective organisée par Frenchie / Montréal Vinyl. C’est un show de toasters customisés. Vernissage ce soir, à Headquarters Galerie & Boutique, au 1649 rue Amherst. Avec Caroline Blais, Claudia Mannigel, Avive, Tyson Bodnarchuk, Mike Giles, Meka, Osmoze, Mélanie Baillairgé, Jean-François Groulx, Fred D, Lénia mc Farland, Dale Hayward, Yanick Blanchet aka...
March 2010
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Brille Brille + 123Klan live visuals @ Party What...
J’ai le plaisir de vous annoncer que Brille Brille va assurer le live visuals en collaboration avec 123Klan pour le premier party What Up Gangtars qui se déroule se coir à la S.A.T de Montréal. Une belle brochette d’artistes vous attendent : DJ Klever, Arthur King, Omnikrom, Random Recipe, A-Rock et Shaydakiss ! Début des festivités ce soir à 21h.
February 2010
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BRILLE² @ Igloofest video report
Original live visuals / vj content for Igloofest 2010. Art direction / graphic design / motion design: Tetsouille / Brille² Motion designer assistant: Maxime Roux Music: Cut Copy - Lights And Music (Moulinex remix) Video shot: JFK - derivedthread.com Video edit: Tetsouille - tetsouille.fr
January 2010
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BRILLE² @ Igloofest live stream!
You can see the Igloofest show from home! It will be live from Montréal, saturday, january 23, 2010 at 9pm (GMT-5) .
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BRILLE² @ Igloofest Montréal 2009
J’ai le plaisir de vous annoncer que mon collectif BRILLE² assurera les live visuals / VJ de la soirée du 23 septembre à l’Igloofest. Pour les non habitués l’Igloofest est un évènement incontournable de l’hiver à Montréal, avec un dancefloor qui peut descendre jusqu’à -30°C. On vous prépare du bon, je ferai un compte rendu pour les absents, sinon les autres, on se...
December 2009
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La Danse des Lumières vu par France 3
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La Danse des Lumières
Voici ma toute dernière réalisation en date, j’ai participé à l’élaboration du spectacle La Danse de Lumières de Moment Factory dans le cadre de La fête des lumières de Lyon. Mon intervention s’est située au niveau du design graphique / motion design de la projection vidéo pendant le show. Tout ceci se passe demain à 20h15 heure française, place Saint Ambroise à Lyon ! Et en...
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Tiestö Kaleidoscope World Tour visuals
As promised, this is my first realization with Moment Factory. We worked for Tiësto’s last world tour. we made a lot of VJ contents, and synchronized videos for some of his album tracks. For the synchronized videos, I worked on the following tracks: Escape Me feat. CC. Sheffield and Century feat. Calvin Harris. Sorry for the videos quality, they have been posted by Tiestö’s fans on...
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Moment Factory
I have been working for 8 months by now at Moment Factory, in Montréal, as a graphic and motion designer. What is Moment Factory ? “Moment Factory is based in Montréal, a creative city that feeds the videogame, entertainment and design industries. In our studios, we hijack technologies, imagine interactions, and build moods. That being said, we couldn’t be discreet if we wanted to. We...
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Perfect circle
“The circle is the first, perfect shape. The equidistant arrangement of the outer points from the center, defining and ideal, are impossible to achieve by human hand, The space speaks of potential - the tension between what is achieved and what could be achieved. From the circle, we derive ideals and focus, both the halo of saints and the cross-haired target in gun sights.” Dataflow.
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Les Enfants Terribles t-shirt launch: first strike
November 2009
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Le Bal de l'Horreur
Ces derniers temps, avec mon crew Les Enfants Terribles, nous avons été super occupés à préparer et organiser la soirée de cloture du Festival Spasm à Montréal. Report photo et vidéo prochainement. Been busy getting Le Bal de l’Horreur with Les Enfants Terribles. I should post soon pics and videos. (pictures by JFK from DerivedThread)
October 2009
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Showreel Spring 2009
Jamais posté sur le blog jusqu’à maintenant. Il date du printemps, à l’époque où j’étais à la recherche d’un nouvel emploi en graphic / motion design. Ça a déjà porté ses fruits. Il n’est dèjà plus à jour. This is my spring 2009 showreel, already “out of date”, hope you’ll enjoy it!