2023
I had the cool opportunity to collaborate with Bellota Films on their documentary Matrix Generation, broadcasted on the French TV channel ARTE. As someone who grew up watching The Matrix, a film that became a cult classic of my childhood, this project was particularly meaningful to me. I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve watched the movie, so being able to contribute to a documentary that delves into the Matrix Generation felt like a full-circle moment.
The director Benjamin Clavel asked me to illustrate different chapters of the documentary, each corresponding to a distinct era of the Wachowskis: the late 70s, the 90s, the 2000s, and a vision of the future.
To contrast with the film and TV clips that make up the documentary, I aimed to create visuals that were richly textured and conveyed a raw, sketched quality. The illustrations needed to be filled with intricate details to capture the environments that shaped the Wachowskis' upbringing, showing how their work is a product of their era and inspirations. I experimented with a variety of brushes to achieve an ink brush effect that would bring a dynamic and handcrafted feel to the illustrations.
The illustrations
Compositing test
Here is the first compositing test I did to define the style of this illustrated sequences and how to animate it. The final compositing of the sequences as been done by Alban Periaut
The documentary
Matrix Generation
Illustration
I had the cool opportunity to collaborate with Bellota Films on their documentary Matrix Generation, broadcasted on the French TV channel ARTE. As someone who grew up watching The Matrix, a film that became a cult classic of my childhood, this project was particularly meaningful to me. I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve watched the movie, so being able to contribute to a documentary that delves into the Matrix Generation felt like a full-circle moment.
The director Benjamin Clavel asked me to illustrate different chapters of the documentary, each corresponding to a distinct era of the Wachowskis: the late 70s, the 90s, the 2000s, and a vision of the future.
To contrast with the film and TV clips that make up the documentary, I aimed to create visuals that were richly textured and conveyed a raw, sketched quality. The illustrations needed to be filled with intricate details to capture the environments that shaped the Wachowskis' upbringing, showing how their work is a product of their era and inspirations. I experimented with a variety of brushes to achieve an ink brush effect that would bring a dynamic and handcrafted feel to the illustrations.
The illustrations
Compositing test
Here is the first compositing test I did to define the style of this illustrated sequences and how to animate it. The final compositing of the sequences as been done by Alban Periaut
The documentary
