Michel Thibault

Michel Thibault is a lead character modeller working at Ubisoft Montreal and is best known for his work on the Assassin's Creed series, among which are Assassin's Creed, Assassin's Creed II, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, Assassin's Creed: Revelations and the upcoming Assassin's Creed III. His areas of specialty are concept art, illustration and visual development of 3D character models, all of which he has employed in creating character models and promotional artwork for the Assassin's Creed series.
Career
- Team Lead Graphic / Character modeler (Assassin's Creed III)
- Team Lead Graphic / Character modeler (Assassin's Creed: Revelations)
- Team Lead Graphic / Character modeler (Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood)
- Team Lead Graphic / Character modeler (Assassin's Creed II)
- Character artist (Lost : Via Domus)
- Character artist (Assassin's Creed)
Games credited
- Assassin's Creed III, (2012), Ubisoft
- Assassin’s Creed: Revelations, (2011), Ubisoft
- Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, (2010), Ubisoft
- Assassin's Creed II, (2009), Ubisoft
- Lost: Via Domus, (2008), Ubisoft
- Assassin's Creed, (2007), Ubisoft
Gallery
The following gallery contains Michel Thibault's concept development art for Assassin's Creed, Assassin's Creed II, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood and Assassin's Creed: Revelation.
Assassin's Creed
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Majd Addin character model.
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Majd Addin’s personal guard.
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Masyaf garden’s woman character models.
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Saracen knight character model.
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Texture model of Talal’s clothing.
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Abu'l Nuqoud character model.
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Abu'l Nuqoud’s personal guard.
Assassin's Creed II
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Florentine armor character model.
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Alternate Florentine armor character model.
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Armor of Altair character model.
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Armor of Altair alternate character model.
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Assassin's Creed II promotional illustration.
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Ezio’s armor texture model.
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Lucy Stillman promotion illustration.
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Savonarola concept art by Michel Thibault.
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Savonarola promotional art by Michel Thibault.
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
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Caterina face models.
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Christina face models.
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Claudia face models.
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Desmond face models.
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Thief NPCs face models.
Assassin's Creed – Personal work
The following gallery contains Michel Thibault's personal artwork and is not official Assassin's Creed or Ubisoft artwork.
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Native American concept model- Personal work by Michel Thibault.
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New engine face model test by Michel Thibault.
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New engine male boy face model test by Michel Thibault.
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New engine male face model test by Michel Thibault.
Trivia
- Thibault sometimes goes under the artist name of Mike Tibo.
- Thibault has been widely recognized for his exceptional contribution to the field of 3D modelling and character modelling.
- He specializes in 3Ds Max, Zbrush, Photoshop and Mental Ray art software for the creation of his unique high resolution character models.
External links
- Official Website.
- Michel Thibault's professional profile at Linkedin.