With Blender, it took a couple of days.”Īlex studied 2D animation at the celebrated GOBELINS school of visual arts in Paris, an institution that supplies world-class talent to major studios like Disney, Pixar, and Universal. “In the past, an animatic would take me weeks. A still from the animatic for Alex’s forthcoming film, Maryam & Varto. As always, it’s free to use for any purpose.
Inspired by Alexandre’s Blender experience? Download Blender here. Here, we explore Alexandre’s use of Blender, especially his enthusiasm for Grease Pencil, hybrid 2D/3D storyboarding, tips and favourite tutorials, and his thoughts on VR as part of the production pipeline. As well as directing and animating, he’s a senior storyboard artist. He works on large international projects - and smaller scale, more personal films. Looking for a quicker way to storyboard? Or a new creative niche? Or simply want to mix things up?Īlexandre Heboyan is an animation director based in France.
