Let's talk a bit about @Displate and its particularly dishonest policy. Like many other artists, it has been months since I noticed the theft of my illustrations on this site.
/1 After spending hours trying to report thefts with clear evidence, a new level has been reached. For its facebook ads, #Displate highlights an artist who seems very "inspired by my work":

Please, don't buy anything on @Displate, it's full of art thiefs. The administrators are complicit in thieves and it's filled with images taken from google image with ridiculous resolutions. I have a lot to say about this site which has been scamming artists for years. I will speak more specifically about it next week, because I have a lot to say about it. For several months I tried to get them to react to their dishonest methods.

Comme tout les trois mois, un youtuber à succès ou une startup tente l'appel au travail spéculatif sous prétexte de concours ou travail communautaire. Cette fois, le youtuber en question a écouté les remarques et rétropédalé, excellent move donc d'écoute sans se braquer. En compagnie de mon collègue d'atelier @JulienMoya ça fait des années qu'on tente la pédagogie sur le sujet pour arrêter le cycle infernal de la banalisation des prétendus appels d'offre à l'aveugle et la promesse de visibilité.

I shared on @ArtStationHQ 's magazine my way of painting and synthesizing light in my artworks (🇬🇧 version) :
magazine.artstation.com/2020/07/unders…
Pour les francophones, voici la version FR 🇫🇷 est dispo sur mon post facebook suivant : facebook.com/TohadChaos/pos… I'll try to illustrate with demonstrative examples the four points of this post :
1 - Start you sketch with colors

These last weeks, many facts about sexism and ill-treatment in the VG and YouTube industry have been exposed.
Thanks to those who have the courage to speak out and reveal their stories. This is probably the only way to clean up a dehumanized world of work. In my first job in architecture, I was confronted with a violent, mysoginistic and discriminating managers. I have faced it, and I know the threats and pressures that we can receive (and worse for women).

Essential post for animation and video game students. Unachievable ambitions, artistic pride, and willingness to do everything is the perfect recipe for self-destructiveness and go blind to your own talent. You don't have to be a "game changer" immediatly after school.

https://twitter.com/lu_curie/status/1257752263700946946

Take your time, it's ok to be a junior artist in a small company. Everyone need time to understand the industry, to accumulate culture and skill.
For me it's the pro-gamer syndrome, students want to reach the top 1 position. But you'll never find it in art and creative jobs.

Portfolio update : Concept art for the upcoming remaster of Yoshi's Island SNES on Switch announced by Nintendo for Mario's 35th anniversary (Super Mario All-Stars 2) artstation.com/artwork/lV0NrJ 2nd concept art for the upcoming remaster of Yoshi's Island SNES on Switch announced by Nintendo for Mario's 35th anniversary : artstation.com/artwork/zAgmAD

Notre équipe d'@UmeshuLovers s’agrandit. Nous recrutons un.e concept artist pour un CDI dans notre studio à Toulouse. Le descriptif et l'ensemble de l'annonce est disponible ici : facebook.com/TohadChaos/pos…
Merci d'avance à celleux qui relaieront le post 🌳 @UmeshuLovers I forgot to say English-speaking is ok, we are open to every people you can speak english or french. Don't be shy, many artists have the "imposter syndrome", and these are often the best portfolios.

I am experimenting with new techniques for painting clouds. Many of you ask me what brush I use for painting cloud... but I change my technique for every artwork. Sometime I just use the classic photoshop hard brush, or a noisy artistic brush, or a I create a brush for unique opportunity.

Various speed-paintings from my portfolio, between one and three hours per image : artstation.com/tohad To be honest, it's pure random composition, I don't know where I'm going when I start this type of exercice. I try various stuff and I obtain happy accident. It's impossible for me to be so fast when I'm working a defined project or illustration :)

Short thread with my fake concept art I made for April Fools' Day.
2019 : Dragon Ball by Pixart Studio directed by Alex Hirsch 2017 : Back to the Future 4 : Beyond space and time, directed by Dan Harmon, with Taron Egerton (Marty Mcfly) and Jim Carrey (Doc Emmett Brown).

Lot of people asking me how I use color scheme or what is my process for the color mood in my illustrations.
I don't use triad/analogous colors or color scheme. I just select my color instinctively. Each time i tried to follow a rule or a process, it never works with my feeling. The rules of the color harmonies are important for graphic designer... but I always preferred to do it randomly. I use a lot the "replace color" function to try various happy accidents.

Soutien aux victimes de la #ligueduLOL.
Les révélations permettent de mieux comprendre l'ambiance délétère qui apparaissait dans ma timeline à l'époque, et qui m'a fait me tourner vers le Twitter anglophone. Cette toxicité montre des carrières qui se construisent en démolissant celles des autres. On ne sait pas d'où vient leur pertinence, hormis celle de constamment dénigrer. C'est n'est pas de la critique, juste de l'exclusion.

2 years ago, an animation studio contacts me for a collaboration and invites me to meet them.
The discussion starts with this:

- So what are you doing in life?
- Well... I am concept-artist
- No I mean like real job.
- Concept-artist...
- No no, not your hobby, your day job!

https://twitter.com/bombsfall/status/1052208892787220480

I specify that it's a studio which has already produced two films and different animated TVshow.
The conversation was surreal, they didn't understand why I refused to make free trial days.

Which art works have brought you closer to the Stendhal Syndrome?
I think my first time was with Magritte's paintings. The relation to the sky and the feeling of variations of scale continue to fascinate me. The second one is Mind Game (Masaaki Yuasa, 2004, Studio 4°C)
It's the most beautiful movie I've seen in my life and it helped me a lot at the end of my studies to make choices. The message is very strong and helps to accept ourselves as we are.

No matter how stupid things some teachers can say, staying in a comfort zone is never advisable.
Lock yourself up in an artistic style with a spirit of revenge will not make you more open-minded than an old neurotic teacher.

https://twitter.com/misspenart/status/1034499236862148609

A negative opinion should not become an injury that you keep for years. Sort through the reviews, and accept the idea that you will not be able to please everyone. It's art. Just art. Nothing more. Do not mix it with your ego. Your drawings are not yours children or you soul.

Showing to my intern how to speed paint a tree in less than twenty minutes : Hey folks, thank you very much for your comments. I have now @Procreate and I'll share soon my process for this type of work.