He is thirty, he is from the Francois, and it is in Paris that he has a name for himself. Tommy Toussaint is one of the rising stars of 3D animation. To his credit, stakes in the movies ugly and nasty movies or the Grinch. On vacation in Martinique, he was at the Parallel 14 school to share his experience with the new generation of creators. (Re) See the report by Delphine Bez and Marc-François Calmo.
Students and Tommy Toussaint have only been around, but above all have the same passion for animation. To live his dream, the young Martinican had to leave his island at 17, the school did not yet exist. Today he is employed in the Studio Unit Image, in Paris. A creation studio known for many video games and animated films.
On the productions he works on, Tommy Toussaint is a specialist in textures. He creates the realism of the characters, such as the skin, the clothes or the hair. In the jargon, this is called “CFX”.
-There are more and more schools, more training, suddenly it is those who are passionate and more invested, who participate in their TD [travaux dirigés] that will make the difference. You have to hang on. But when you like it, there I am on vacation, but I can’t wait to go back to work.
Tommy Toussaint, 3D graphic designerAsked by Delphine Bez and Marc-François Calmo
Like the founder of the school, Tommy participated in very large international productions like “Me, ugly and nasty“or the new series”Love, Death and Robots“From the Netflix -on -demand video platform.
