First challenge for me this year, I signed up the poster for ‘Les Courses de Strasbourg 2023′ (Strasbourg Races). This type of project isn’t easy to illustrate, as it requires juggling many different parameters. What style to use? What angle? And what about the degree of detail? I chose a visual approach that I rarely use in my commissioned work, relying on my sketching experience to preserve the initial drafts’ energy and spontaneity unto the final rendering.

With a snapshot in my mind, I sketched a moment in the race, inviting a variety of participants from seasoned runners to family strollers. My focus when painting was to play with the movement throughout the image and find the right balance among the different characters and silhouettes. Since the event aims to be festive and inclusive, I was thrilled to play freely with colors harmonies and ‘run wild’ with the intensity of hues.

A selection of studies (digital painting).

Chousse, Air DJing (above)

Goodbye Zurich

Tristan’s Office

Last ray of sun in a bedroom

Random Heavypaint studies

I like to think about the meaning of my images and how they can be understood. I sometimes leave traces leading to different possible interpretations. It’s the case in this greeting card painted in 2019, soon after the beginning of the ‘Yellow vests” movement in France. Depending on your vision of politics, you could either see a parade celebrating the new year and its festivities or a white collar escaping a crowd during a riot.

Daily paintings.

Digital painting series, painted virtually on location.

Octave M (1864 – ), digital painting. “Octave was so fast he could travel in time”
This picture was shown in a bike art exhibition that traveled in Athens, Volos and Thessaloniki, back in 2016.

Youpiemonday is a creative studio based in Strasbourg, France. Focusing on concept art, illustration and animation, the studio strives on creating tailor made visuals to help serve its clients and their communication needs.

Below: a photo of the image on the building.
Illustration created to promote the alternative Xmas market in Strasbourg. The picture has been used to cover the front of the SNCF Regional Direction while the building was renewed.

A selection of speed paintings (painting time from 20 min to 1h).

Empty work site (above)

Speeding Carriage

Ulf The Lonely Yeti

The witch ruins

The challenger

Bear Skin

The Prophet