Gilles Beloeil

Gilles Beloeil is a Senior Concept Artist and digital matte painter at Ubisoft.

Biography

He initially began his career in 2002 with 4-Elements Studios, in Montreal, Canada, on several TV projects and commercials. However, Beloeil has expanded to work with quite a number of different companies throughout the world in both advertising, film, and the computer gaming industry.

In 2007, he began working as a concept artist and digital matte painter for Ubisoft, and since then has worked on many games in the Assassin's Creed series, such as Assassin's Creed, Assassin's Creed II, Assassin's Creed: Revelations, Assassin's Creed: Brother hood, Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy, Assassin's Creed III.

In addition to this, he has worked on game cinematics for Assassin's Creed, Far Cry 2, EndWar, Assassin's Creed: Limited Edition Art Book, and the Ubisoft short film Assassin's Creed: Lineage.

Games credited

Assassin's Creed (Minor Landscape Concept Artwork) (2007) - Ubisoft
EndWar (2007) - Ubisoft
Far Cry 2 (2008) - Ubisoft
Assassin's Creed II (Concept Art) (2009) - Ubisoft
Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy (Concept Art and Matte Painting) (2010–2011) - Ubisoft
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (2010) (Concept Art) - Ubisoft
Assassin's Creed: Revelations (2011) (Concept Art) - Ubisoft
Assassin's Creed III (2012) (Concept Art) - Ubisoft

Filmography

Pinocchio 3000 (Lighting Team Lead) (2003)
La dernière incarnation (3D All-rounder) (2004)
Alone in the Dark (Lead Lighting) (2004)
Charlie Jade (Digital Matte Painter) (2004) - TV series
Final Destination 3 (Sequence Lead Lighting) (2005)
Fantastic 4 (Lighting TD, Sequence Lead Lighting) (2005)
Happy Feet (Lighter/Compositor) (2006)
Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D (Sequence Lead Lighting, Dinosaur Concept Art) (2007)
Assassin's Creed: Lineage (2008–2009) - Ubisoft

Trivia

Beloeil's talent as an artist has been widely recognized, and he has a very diverse range of talents when it comes to working in different software mediums, such as Adobe Photoshop, Autodesk Softimage XSI, Autodesk Maya, Digital Fusion, Adobe After Effects, Shake, and Renderman, all of which he boasts an expert level proficiency with.
He has worked alongside Alexandre Amancio in Far Cry 2. Both he and Amancio were noted to have revolutionized the 3D piping effect of background images with their innovative designs.
Beloeil has also worked very closely with Raphael Lacoste to create accurate imagery of historical monuments and street layouts throughout Constantinople by actually visiting the modern-day city (Istanbul).