Nicolas Ferrand

Nicolas Ferrand, sometimes known under his alias Viag, was formerly a Lead Concept Artist working at Ubisoft Montreal, and is best known for his work on the Assassin's Creed series, among which are Assassin's Creed and Assassin's Creed II.

His areas of specialty are 3D modeling and concept creation, all of which he has employed in creating artwork for the Assassin's Creed series. For Assassin's Creed II, Ferrand worked mainly in creating concept art for the Animus menu and the Animus itself.

Currently, Ferrand works as a freelance Senior Concept Artist for movies and video games and has set up his own freelance artist company.

Biography[edit | edit source]

Born in France, Ferrand now lives in Montreal, Canada, and he has been an active concept designer in the gaming industry since 1999.

Games credited[edit | edit source]

RPM Tuning (2001) - Babylon software
Ghost Recon 2 (2004) - Ubisoft
Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow (2004) - Ubisoft
Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones (2005) - Ubisoft
Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory (2005) - Ubisoft
Splinter Cell: Double Agent (2006) - Ubisoft
Assassin's Creed (2007) - Ubisoft
Thief 4 (2008) - Eidos Montreal
Far Cry 2 (2008) - Ubisoft
Avatar: The Game (2009) - Ubisoft
Assassin's Creed II (2009) - Ubisoft
Singularity (2010) - Activision

Experience[edit | edit source]

Aside from his production work on various games, Ferrand has experience from the following:

Various games and post-production companies (1999–2001) - 3D artist, photocopy, lip-sync, level art
NAD CENTER - Lecturer/Instructor (Introduction to concept art)
Universal Studios (2012) - Senior Concept Artist on the TV series Defiance