{"id":6,"date":"2006-11-06T09:55:07","date_gmt":"2006-11-06T17:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kyzfdlo.cluster021.hosting.ovh.net\/index.php\/about\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T16:50:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T16:50:45","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/olivier-ladeuix.com\/blog\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About me"},"content":{"rendered":"

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My name is Olivier Ladeuix<\/strong>, I was born in Bayonne<\/a> (France) and I have been living in London and in the UK since Septembre 1999 after a 2 years stay in Senegal (Africa), working for the French Air Force.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Mauritania 1999<\/p><\/div>\n

I am a freelance 3d character animator\/modeler\/character TD<\/strong> working in cartoony Video games,<\/strong> animated TV series<\/strong> and animated Features. <\/strong>I am also the creator of the animation mentoring program: “Pick My Brain”<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

You can find an old version of my CV in the Showreel section<\/a> of my blog or ideally check out my LinkedIn profile<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I am currently working at Double Negative<\/a> in London and previous to that I worked at 2d3D on the feature Minuscule “Valley of the lost Ants”<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Minuscule<\/p><\/div>\n

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Previous to that, I animated on Chico Chica Boumba<\/a>, a fun and successful Kid TV series currently airing on French music TV channel M6.<\/strong> Chico Chica Boumba is directed by French ultra talented Director, Cedric Babouche<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Spare Parts<\/p><\/div>\n

In 2009 I was working on my last video game “Spare Parts”<\/a>, a cartoony action adventure game, at EA BrightLight studio<\/strong>, the British branch of EA, animating<\/strong> but also helping with the modeling, rigging, cutscenes storyboarding, pitching and previz.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Banjo Kazooie Nuts & Bolts<\/p><\/div>\n

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I started my animation career in 2007 working for legendary Microsoft Game Studio<\/strong>,\u00a0Rare<\/strong><\/a>, in Twycross near Birmingham, producing realistic and cartoony animations for games like the latest instalment of Banjo-Kazooie, Banjo Kazooie “Nuts and Bolts” 3<\/a> on the Xbox 360 and the Dashboard Avatars.<\/p>\n

A selection of pretty dated but still interesting animation can be found on my 2009 Rare game showreel<\/a>, check it out.<\/p>\n

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with Mike my hero, at his office in Emeryville<\/p><\/div>\n

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I graduated from Animation Mentor<\/a><\/strong> in
\nSpring 2008<\/strong>, after 2 years through:<\/p>\n

6. Short film production (2nd term)<\/strong> with ex Dreamworks animator Kevin Koch<\/a><\/p>\n

6. Short film production<\/strong> with Dreamworks Supervising AnimatorJason Schleifer<\/a><\/p>\n

5. Begining short film<\/strong> with director, storyman, animator Elliot M.Bour<\/a><\/p>\n

4. Advanced acting<\/strong> with Dreamworks animator Morgan Kelly.<\/a><\/p>\n

3. Introduction to acting<\/strong> with Michelle Meeker,<\/a> who worked on various projects from Sims to Lord of the Rings for companies like Pixar, Weta, Maxis\/EA…<\/p>\n

2. the principles of body mechanics<\/strong> with Pixar Senior Animator Robert Russ<\/a> (Toy story 1,2, A Bugs life, Monsters, Nemo, Incredibles, Cars)<\/p>\n

1. Basic foundations<\/strong> under the mentorship of Dreamworks supervising animator Cassidy Curtis<\/a> (Shrek, Madagascar, Shark Tales, \u00a0Over the edge…)<\/p>\n

To further my skills I have also been part of:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"Animation Collaborative<\/strong>, a school usually refered to as “The Pixar school” since it was founded by Pixar Animators Andrew Gordon and Michal Makarewicz<\/a>, is taught by Pixar artists and sits right outside Pixar in Emeryville.<\/p>\n

I attended the Animation<\/strong> and Character design classes<\/strong> with respectively Victor Navone<\/a> for animation<\/strong>, Albert Lozano<\/a> and Chris Sasaki for Character Design<\/strong>. I would definitely recommend that school to professionals trying to break into the feature animation industry.<\/p>\n

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Keith Lango APT training<\/p><\/div>\n

Keith Lango’s first APT class (Animation: Personal Trainer)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Escape<\/p><\/div>\n

Escape’s Anatomy for digital artists<\/strong> when they used to charge realistic fees.<\/p>\n

I regularly attend CG and animation events (CTN, Annecy, Siggraph..) .<\/p>\n

Outside of my Animation work, you might know me for the abAutorig tutorial series,<\/a> a set of popular videos that generated 30k viewings on Vimeo.<\/p>\n

[vimeo]http:\/\/vimeo.com\/14722424[\/vimeo]<\/p>\n

I also translated Mike Walling’s<\/a> video tutorial to French<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/vimeo.com\/22386291<\/a><\/p>\n

I love animation but I love practicing fine art too with both traditional and digital mediums. Life drawing, painting, sketching, modelling with a preference for oil painting and modelling with clay.<\/p>\n

If you want to talk about Animation, modeling or anything else, fell free to send me an email at dutruc@hotmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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