DIGITAL UP Magazine NO.2 | Page 42

PROFILE Nicolas Obéry fantasmagorik T his is Nicolas Obéry. He is an art director and digital illustrator based in Paris, France. His latest artwork ’’Fantasmagorik’’ is a series of 3D digital portraits of pop icons and celebrities. Inspired by surrealism, Nicolas uses black and white technique to create unique digital collages. He incorporates various elements he finds inspirational and then sculpts a completely new image out of them. Nicolas relies on today’s creative tools in his postproduction. We talked to Nicolas about his art, inspiration, work process, plans for the future… and here is a glimpse of Nicolas’ surreal world. [ 42 ] DigitalUP