Enter the Realm of Creation.
I help brands, creators, organizations and studios build meaningful worlds – visually, narratively and strategically.
Trained at Met de Penninghen and shaped by years of work across Art Direction, Illustration, Narrative Design, Game Design and Typography, I learned one essential truth : no creative discipline exists in isolation.
All of them speak to each other.
When aligned, they create living “world-entities” : coherent, expandable universes that work seamlessly across branding, video games, publishing, immersive experiences and beyond.
Your story is the foundation of your impact.
It defines how your audience perceives you, remembers you and engages with you.
What story do you want to tell?
What world do you want people to enter?
What emotions do you want to provoke?
I craft visuals, narratives and concepts that align with who you are ; and with what you aim to achieve.
Because stories build worlds.
Let me craft the one that reveals who you truly are.
I shall tell your story.
World Architect•My Offers
Applications by Theme
“Discover how World-building transcends media.”
Every creative field hides a universe waiting to be built : this creative architecture can shape cinema, publishing, branding, theme parks, or even strategic think tanks. Every field can be reimagined through coherent, living universes.
If you are searching for more than an artist, a game designer or a writer, you are searching for a World Architect.
As a World Architect, I combine Art Direction, Gamification, Illustration, Narrative design and System thinking to give form to ideas : adapting modular worlds to any creative domain in a way that transcend a single medium.
Explore how each theme transforms imagination into structure by browsing Applications by Theme.
Premium Universes by Budget
“Choose your path into Creation.”
Whether you’re starting with a spark of concept or expanding a vast, interconnected saga, my modular packages scale from micro to epic. Every world has a different need. Some must be created from scratch, others must be analyzed, expanded, or realigned.
If you want more than production, if you seek structured imagination itself, you’re looking for a World Architect.
My offers are divided into two families: Creation Packages, where I design or co-build new universes, and Audit & Expansion Packages, where I refine existing ones through coherence, structure, and vision.
Each offer blends six disciplines – Art direction, Narrative design, Illustration, Gamification, UX/UI, and World-building – into one seamless methodology to deliver cohesive universes, which fits your vision and resources.
Discover the packages by scope, need or ambition by browsing Premium Universes by Budget.
Last Publications
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“The 4M” : Designing Superheroes for Public Health
Type : Art Direction, Artificial Intelligence, Cartoon, Character Design, Children, Comics, Concept Art, Editorial Cartoon, Game, Game Design, Graphic Design, Illustration, Narrative Design, Public, Science-Fiction, Typography, Videogame, World Architecture, World Design
The Complete Team of The 4M ☣️ Pandemics could also be of the Future and not only of the Past, as shows the Hantavirus, Gastroenteritis, Avian Flu or Ebola threats. The 4M are a comic-inspired and World Architecture project created during the COVID-19 pandemic to translate preventive health measures into empowering teenage narratives. With the…
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Site Update : World Architect Offers
Type : Announcement, Art Direction, Artificial Intelligence, Consulting, Edition, Game, Illustration, Narrative Design, Typography, UX/UI, Video, World Design
The Site Update : A New Creative Framework 🌐 I have developed a new set of offers and consequently opened a new section – and two dedicated sub-sections – on this site : My offers as a World Architect. This marks a structural evolution of this site : It now becomes a gateway into fully-fledged…
Tags : #AI, #Art Direction, #Artificial Intelligence, #Concept Art, #Consulting, #Design, #Edition, #Game, #Illustration, #Narrative, #Narrative Design, #Screenwriter, #Typography, #Video, #World Design, Boardgame, Budget, Cinema, Civilization, Concept, Creation, Escape Game, GameConcept, GameDesign, Multiverse, Price, Theme Park, TV, Universe, UX/UI, Videogame, World, Writing -
Interview with a Compeer #1.1 : Desfragmentations – “The Alchemical Vision”
The “Interview with a Compeer” Series ▶️ In these videos or podcasts, I share my expertise in Storytelling, Art Direction, Narrative design, Foresight or Esotericism and I demonstrate how these, apparently, unlinked disciplines can actually be used to infuse Creativity and Analysis in many -if not all- professional activities. Whether through Conferences or Interviews, I…
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Art Direction
What is Art Direction?
The Graphic Act must be understood regardless of the cultural or social context in which it is expressed and in which it must deliver its message. […]
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Why you need it…
As an Art Director for over 20 years, I have worked on a wide variety of subjects, themes and mediums. I have dealt with hard and scientific subjects, as well as light and imaginary subjects […]
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One Sentence, One Image
Each culture has its exclusive language but images are inclusive and common to all. […]
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Illustration
One Story in a single picture
You don’t judge a book by its cover… who doesn’t know this adage?
Though, this adage is false.
You always judge a book by its cover. At least initially. […]
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What is your style?
I have over 20 years of experience in Illustration. I was led to develop almost all styles and a very large number of techniques.
I master as much the subjects of Heroic-Fantasy as those of Science-Fiction, “Real Life” or Illustrations for Children. […]
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Things to remember
Generally, I work initially with sketches or mockups that I propose to the client for he can have an idea of the concept towards which we are heading, a working basis. […]
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Narrative Design & Scenario
Coherence and anticipation
Narration and Writing are close to Illustration and Design because all these disciplines tell a Story… Depending on its field of application, Narration can deliver its message in an instant (Slogan) or be progressive to bring the reader to immerse himself voluntarily in a well-defined universe (Scenario). […]
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Why do you need storytelling?
Regarding Storytelling and Copywriting. Their practice allows a product, a brand, a franchise, a concept to sincerely incarnate and develop itself beyond the basic frame of reference. […]
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What is “Red Teaming”?
The concept of “Red Team” was developed by the US Army in 2003, to anticipate future surprise attacks following the attacks of 9/11.
To be on the “Red Team” is to think like the enemy.
It means adopting your adversary’s point of view, objectives, culture, way of thinking, ideology, beliefs, fears, etc. […]
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World Design & Comics
What is World Design?
World Design is a discipline stemming from Narrative Design which makes possible to create a coherent universe in all aspects and at all scales.
Narrative Design focuses on the plot, the narrative arcs and the development of the Scenario ; World Design focuses on the conceptual context in which the Scenario takes place. […]
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What is your World?
Your Universe can be either Realistic, Cartoon or Science-Fiction ; its transmission can range through Branding, Copywriting, Writing, Game or Cinema. But to be able to generate a strong Universe, in substance as well as in form, it is necessary to immerse oneself in the narrative, graphic and historical codes of this Universe. […]
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Comics as World Design!
As a scriptwriter-drawer of comics, I was led to apply World Design directly to this medium. And, conversely, Comics can be a great tool for applying World Design to a variety of other media such as Video Games, Branding, Strategic Foresight, Cinema, Novel, etc. […]
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Game Design & Gamification
What if you would need a good game?
All existing systems can be transformed and adapted into games.
Gamification is an extremely effective way to offer an interactive immersion in a given universe, to give another filter of vision of a process or to pose the stakes, the environment and the solutions of a problem. […]
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What is Game Design?
Game Design encompasses the 3 necessary axis for the creation of a Game, which are : The Game Mechanics (the container), the Gameplay (the content) and the Player Experience (the benefit of the player). […]
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What is Level Design?
Level Design is a fundamental discipline that is part of Game Design and contributes to Gameplay ; it is practiced in video games but can also extend to certain Boardgames. […]
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Typography
Text is information
The paintings of the Lascaux Caves transformed Image into Sign, the Egyptian hieroglyphs transformed Sign into Concept and the Gutenberg Bible transformed Concept into Word.
There is a form of sacredness in the Word. […]
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Typography is emotion
Emotion generated by a typeface can be subtle or impactful, but in any case, it must be consistent with itself : all the glyphs that make up a typeface must be affiliated… and yet, each glyph must also have its own personality. Exactly like a human family. […]
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Do you convey the right message?
I can help you discern your exact typography needs : most of the time, it is not necessary to create a complete typeface. The question is : do you know the right typographic tool to convey your message effectively and appropriately? […]
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Consulting
Who are you?
Most people believe that solutions that work for others work for them.
They focus on the success of the outcome of such or such strategy, branding or storytelling but not on its origin and its context. […]
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What do you need?
Once the framework has been set, we can together determine your real needs through a precise analysis of your problem, for example:
Are you asking the right questions?
Are you limiting your perception filter?
What is the origin of your desire for change?
Are you the victim of a cognitive bias?
Are you consistent with yourself? […]
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Imagination is Imagine Action
The Consulting that I practice allows me to stem from the core of several disciplines that I master. And all of them have one thing in common : Imagination.
And Imagination is to imagine action. That is, designing an abstract possibility within a given framework that will be transformed into concrete action. […]
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Blog & News
The Story continues…
This section contains all the archives of former publications, posts, news and articles, sorted with the most recent ones. You may also browse all the categories pertaining to all the themes that I have covered.
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About me
Who I am
I am Art Director Senior, graduated from Penninghen, Paris.
Specialized in Illustration and Concept Art especially in Heroic-Fantasy and Science-Fiction, I am also an Author, Scenarist, Typographer, Game Designer, World Designer and Creative Consultant. […]
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Or consult my extended biography…
What I am made of…
You may embrace a summary of all my interests and soft skills in a single view HERE…
How I sound like…
You may listen to the podcasts and interviews I have participated to HERE…
Contact me for your Project
Let’s start the Story together…
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They trusted me :
Ernst & Young
International professional services Firm
Civipol
International Consulting Company
Armée de l’Air et de l’Espace
French Air and Space Force
Direction Générale de l’Armement
French Government Defense procurement and technology Agency
Agence Innovation de Défense
French Army Innovation, Research & Development Division
The Red Team Analysis Society
Strategic Foresight & Warning Company
Casus Belli
Role Playing Game Magazine
Jeu de Rôle Magazine
Role Playing Game Magazine
Editions Mnémos
Fiction and Fantasy Publisher
Multisim Edition
Role Playing Game Publisher