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3Dtotal : Hi Sebastien, how are you? We’ve been chatting on and off about different images and projects over the past couple of years, so it’s great to finally have this opportunity to interview you. Can you start us off with a little introduction about yourself – how you got into 3D and how your decisions since then have seen you progress to where we find you today?
Sebastien : Hello Lynette, it’s a pleasure for me to share a moment with you in the pages of 3DCreative. Well, I am 33 years old and I live in an eastern corner of France, surrounded by trees and cows! I’ve worked as a freelance designer since 2005, after spending a few years working in an advertising agency as an art director (mainly in web and print). I started 3D at around the same time as my freelance activity, which left me a little more time for research and personal experiments. |
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3Dtotal : I see! So what was it that inspired you to take up 3D? Can you remember what the “trigger” was?
Sebastien : have always created personal artwork. When I was small, I used to make masks of monsters in latex in the basement of my parents’ house. When 3D began to take steps forwards in the cinema, with films like Jurassic Park, I was immediately attracted by it. However, it was not so easily accessible at that time. Over the years, computers have become more powerful and software has become more affordable. With the coming of the web and online communities, it became easier to exchange tips and information, and it was in 2003 when I created a CG image for the first time in 3D. |
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3Dtotal : Wow, latex masks sound like great fun to make! Your website (http://www.xxeb.net/) gives little away about the creator behind the fantastic 3D artworks that we can find there … Looking at your portfolio, however, we find a collection of confrontational images – disturbing, grotesque, violent and dark images that really test the viewer! Where do all these unique concepts come from? What are your main sources of inspiration?
Sebastien : I am indeed somewhat unreserved; for a long time I have been adopting
the motto: “Better a vivid picture than a bad speech.” I watch a lot of movies from all genres; I think my main source of inspiration comes from these. In fact, I love the idea of starting with an idea, often simple and obvious, and then allowing it to take on a more dreamlike, more personal, and as you say, darker and more violent element. |
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3Dtotal : What has been the most inspirational movie you’ve ever seen, in terms of artistic influence? Are there any other sources of inspiration that you regularly use, for example books, other artworks, etc.?
Sebastien : I’m just curious to know where these fantastic ideas all emerge from – they’re so powerful!
I am an unconditional fan of the great artist and author, Clive Barker. I have read all his books and I think I have seen all the films to which he has contributed. When Hellraiser was released, it came as a real shock to me; my vision shifted and it seemed to answer all of my nightmares!
More recently, I saw an extremely disturbing film, surreal and impregnated with a terrible mood:
Taxidermy, by György Palfi. And in terms of literature, even if I today lack the time to read everything that I love, I am always ready to read and reread the
work of Thomas Bernhard. |
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