Renaud Vigourt began working as an independent artist after his graduation from the École des Beaux-Arts of Besançon in 2010. First involved in both illustration and graphic design, he decided to focus on illustration back in 2014 when he started to be represented by Heart agency in London and New York. He now works on editorial commissions, books, and music projects in parallel with a personal practice around drawing, screenprinting, and Riso printing.
Renaud is one of the founders of the Atelier Superseñor in Besançon, France, a print-lab that gathers fifteen artists around hand-printing process and experiences.
Despite all the progresses made in digital techniques, Renaud still likes to draw by hand, with black ink, brushes, and pens, even if he adds colours digitally (as he is colourblind, he finds this way easier). In everyday life, Renaud describes himself as “not a very patient person”, except when he draws, as he loves spend a lot of time making dots and thin lines to bring volume and body to his drawings.
Very much influenced by 80’s horror movies and their organic wet shiny shapes, Renaud likes to explore and develop a personal universe inhabited by twisted figures who don’t seem to be able to die. Thus, his images also reference old cartoons from the 30s to the 50s, very much like Tex Avery meeting John Carpenter’s The Thing.
Despite the numbers of images he’s made, Renaud still feels the need to improve himself, and is always searching for new references and new risks to take. For this reason, he loves to work with authors and creative directors, expanding his own way of thinking and dealing with other approaches.
For upcoming projects, Renaud will continue to screenprint and Riso print his images, but is also keen to experiment with animation, bringing some of his figures to life.
www.renaudvigourt.com
@renaud_vigourt
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