Heartbroken to say that after 3 years working at Phoenix Labs with some of the most talented folks I've ever met, our project has been abruptly canceled, and I am now looking for some new opportunities. What I'm looking for: full time remote job on a cartoony / stylized project!
Feeling like I've been waiting for such a series my whole life. It so insanely good. So many Moebius / European Sci Fi graphic novels vibes! Easily one of my favorite animated series ever, if not the best one.
Hey, I'm Charlรจne, I'm a concept artist @ Blizzard Entertainment on Hearthstone, I love food, saturated colors, and little houses! \o/
#artvsartist2019
#artvsartist
I started this personal project 20 years ago. Feeling like I now have a satisfying washed colors rendering that should allow me to produce more! Never give up and keep working on your personal stuff folks, even if that's just 5mn per day! ๐ช
Hi
#VisibleWomen
! I'm Charlene, a Sr. Concept artist currently working at Phoenix Labs on an unannounced project! Previously I worked at Blizzard (Hearthstone) and Ankama (Dofus). I'm a proud
#gamedevmom
and I like cartoony stuff and juicy colors!
Hey
#PortfolioDay
! I'm Charlene, a concept artist in the video game industry by day, and at night, I work on my personal world building project Raizh! I love cartoony stuff and juicy colors!
"How do you get such clean line arts?" I refine my sketches several times until it's ready to get the final lines. Step 2 is generally good enough to start the final line art, but sometimes I need a 3d step before starting the final stuff.
3/6 While we were looking for a new artist, I heard that "we should be careful with young women with a large audience on social medias, because they tend to not obey and listen to their colleagues at work".
5/6 I personally believe that all of this is not specifically linked to Blizzard. Nothing new. This is a society problem. The less women there is in a certain place, the more there's a risk of "frat boy culture".
6/6 I still believe that I had an amazing time at Blizzard, even (or especially) as a mother. Hoping the company will change. Hoping our industry will change... Hoping our society will change.
Is that
#PortfolioDay
again? Hi, I'm Charlene, a concept artist who's been working in the video game industry for 13 years! Instead of showing what I made in my previous jobs, I'm gonna highlight some concepts I've made for "Raizh", a personal worldย building project of mine!
2/6 Was stared at my breast while I was explaining it was unfair that women could not wear what they wanted without fearing men's look, and that they had to wear bras if they didn't want any trouble (I'm basically a hippie always wearing large stuff, I never wear anything "sexy")
4/6 I heard some very border line comments about the LGBT folks, basically associating a large part of the community to BDSM practices because of what you could see during the Prides, and questioning their legitimacy to adopt kids.
Hi! I'm Charlรจne, I'm a concept artist, currently working at Blizzard on Hearthstone, previously worked at Ankama on Dofus as a 2D artist and on some boardgames such as Descent: Journeys in the Dark 2d Edition or MasterFox.
More works:
#VisibleWomen
โจHi
#PortfolioDay
!โจI'm Charlรจne, a concept artist currently working at Phoenix Labs on an unannounced project! On my free time I love working on a postcards collection project!
Yay, it's
#PortfolioDay
! I'm Charlene, a concept artist currently working on some unannounced project at Phoenix Labs! ๐On my free time, I love working on some personal world building projects!
Hi
#VisibleWomen
!
I'm Charlene, a senior concept artist currently working on an unannounced project at Phoenix Labs! Previously I worked on Hearthstone at Blizzard, and on Dofus at Ankama! I love cartoony stuff and juicy colors!โจ
So this is the work of my husband
@sylvain_decaux
: he's super talented and he's looking for a job of character concept artist in Irvine area! (Los Angeles would be a too long commute for us, as I'm working here). Please share this post so he has the more visibility possible!
After 5 years, this is my last day on Hearthstone, since I've decided to leave Blizzard to move on a new adventure! This has been an amazing journey, and I wanted to share with you what it looked to work as an artist, a woman and mother on Hearthstone. Here we go!
There's now 3 different civilizations in my little universe! 1st pic a house from the Mogun Nation โญ๏ธ, A-shaped house is Empire of the Sun โ๏ธ, and the mushroom house belongs to the Kingdom of the Moon๐. Which one is your favorite?
Let me introduce you to the Empire's architecture! People in the Empire worship the Sun God Hiyo, and their architecture mostly features angular shapes with sharp edges, triangles and wooden platforms. Except for cities like Coniseb, which was built on an ancient Eldรนnis city!
Hey
#PortfolioDay
! I'm Charlene, a
#gamedevmom
, currently working as a concept artist at Phoenix Labs on an unannounced project! Previously I worked on Hearthstone at Blizzard, and Dofus at Ankama. I love cartoony stuff and juicy colors!
Is that
#PortfolioDay
again? Hi, I'm Charlene, a concept artist currently working at Phoenix Labs on an unannounced project! On my free time, I've been working on Raizh, a personal world building project of mine. I love cartoony stuff and warm colors!
Is that
#VisibleWomen
already?!? May I take this opportunity to highlight a personal project I've been working on? So far it's all about world building๐, magic mushrooms๐, and cool houses ๐ in a fantasy universe!
Hi! I'm a Sr. Concept artist currently working at Phoenix Labs on an unannounced project! I've been working in game dev for 13 years! Also mom of 2, I'm gonna be part of the panel "Motherhood In the Games Industry" at the GDC on Thursday! \o/
#WhatAGameDevLooksLike
Happy new year folks! Here's a new concept for Raizh, my personal worldbuilding project! I decided to adopt a new lay out and a new font, and I'm feeling pretty happy about the result!
The Akaldoros live in the Kingdom of the Moon, they are part of the Children of the Night! ๐
Also started to use
#Rebelle7
in addition to Photoshop! Such a powerful tool for people who enjoy digital watercolors.
New mounts and characters for my personal world building project Raizh! The Moguns love to use these giant insects to travel across the Desert of Seldanyl! ๐ชฒ
Got so much of my work that was stolen by AI without my consent... This is pretty much a nightmare.๐ Starting to think I might have to remove everything from every art website.
What a heartless thing to do... So many neurodivergent employees or folks with families had found their balance thanks to the WFH situation. I wish people remembered before the rise of capitalism, people used to spend more time with their families rather than their coworkers.
An Activision Blizzard spokesperson has confirmed that the company will be ending most work-from-home practices, with Blizzard Entertainment employees being required to spend at least three days a week in office starting on July 10th.
Hi there
#ArtistOnTwitter
! I'm Charlene, a
#gamedevmom
, currently working as a concept artist at Phoenix Labs! Previously I worked on Hearthstone at Blizzard and Dofus at Ankama. I love cartoony stuff and juicy colors!
I don't use traditional medium often anymore, but when I do, I love using ink pencils. So much fun on this fish house! This one was a commission for
@NightblueArt
: thank you so much for your support!
#ink
#conceptart
#drawing
#myartrange
I feel like building design and texture painting definitely have become my comfort zone, I need to paint more characters, and to leave Photoshop more often! :)
Houses in Deneb, from a very old personal project (most of it was made when I was a teen): Raizh. I started to work again on that project a few days ago, and decided I was done with the long painting process for now. I'm having way more fun with with these washed colors!
It might feel challenging to be an artist sometimes, with all the AI stuff, lay off in the animation and game industry going on. But I always will feel grateful for the deep state of meditation, exaltation and happiness painting and drawing induce in us.
Oh hey, is that
#artvsartist2022
already? Most of the stuff I've been working on for almost 2 years are under NDA, so here's a mix of new and old stuff!
#artvsartist