20.04.08 Follow this link to see one of my first artwork from Deus Ex III. 14.03.08 Updates! I've added a page here, I'll soon update my website entirely and give you some extras. 12.02.08 CHARACTER DESIGN PIPELINE: Production Art & Research Techniques with BARONTiERi has finally been released, check it out on the Gnomon Workshop main page. hopefully you'll like it, I have really tried my best to offer you an instructional DVD about the whole process behind the creation of 2 iconic characters from our forthcoming Artbook. Sebastien Larroude has also released his DVD: From speedpainting to Matte Painting.

08.01.08 Happy New Year everyone! So tired today! I just finished my first class at the Montreal Campus of Champlain College where I'll be teaching an Advanced Seminar in Conceptual Art. It's going to be a lot of fun with a small but motivated class!

22.12.07 I came back from the last Gnomon Workshop: Live! You can check this interview (questions by Vyle) where I officially announce the content of my forthcoming DVD named... CHARACTER DESIGN PIPELINE: Production Art & Research Techniques with Barontieri. Updates on the Company gallery.

29.11.07 Assassin's Creed is doing really good, the Artbook is awesome so I'd suggest to have a look at it; great quality print, good contrasts and pretty much all the concept art behind the game has been selected with artists such as Vyle, Sparth, Simonak and many others. Eidos Montreal has released a teaser for DEUS EX III, we are very proud of the work done so far, it's going to be a great game!

01.06.07 Lots of news, I just left Ubisoft to join the opening Eidos Studio in Montreal; this is going to be a great adventure! Process videos update here and there, wait for the YouTube videos to load. 15.04.07 The snowboard season is over, we are working on our first SB Artbook and we'll be announcing our publisher this summer at the Comic-Con 2007, stay tuned! Lots of stress because I've started the making of my first training DVD with GNOMON which will cover some advanced production and mixed-medias techniques; more details will be revealed soon. Check my latest interview on IT'S ART Magazine #0009, thanks Patrice and the whole crew! 16.02.07 ^_^ Happy New Year everyone - Gallery updates, sorry for the silence but, as usual I've been pretty busy lately for some good reasons; STEAMBOT Inc. is officially launched and a new website is in progress yipeee!! Vyle has released his DVD: From speedpainting to Concept Art. The first of a long serie by SB.

02.11.06 I just received an AWARD for my last painting Passage on CG Talk, thanks a lot. ADAPT was an awesome experience and we met so many interesting people, we had a lot of fun with Marc Goerner and the whole concept artist gang from L.A. It was an intense and stressing moment for STEAMBOT when demonstrating our pipelines; but overall this first edition was a great success, bravo Digital 04!

15.09.06 Back to Montreal after 15 great days in the Mayan country (Playa Del Carmen). Page upate. I received a copy of the last ImagineFX (October 06) in which I have a few Q&A pages and a featured new painting. I also received a copy of CG World (vol.92), a really nice Chinese CG magazine containing 3 pages about a "foreigner with a chinese seal: BARONTiERi", very cool but I unfortunately can't read it! What a surprise when I received my book EXPOSÉ IV and realized that my Painting "Beach 2" received an EXCELLENCE AWARD, thanks to Ballistic, I'm featured in their book D'ARTISTE Concept Art as well, under Viktor Antonov's section, thank you so much dude. Lots of work ahead now to prepare ADAPT, adios amigos. 06.07.06 The season of workshops is over for summer, it went really well. I just had a really cool interview on the magazine ImagineFX, (June 06). 05.22.06 Assassin's Creed is finally advertised, check this out! ADAPT is the next big event concerning Digital Production, STEAMBOT crew members: Vyle, Viag, Rainart and myself will be part of the instructors' list. 04.25.06 My second interview of the month, this time for Conceptart.org. Take a look at my interview on the main page of CG Channel, a big THANK YOU to Jean-Eric Henault, David's one is coming next week so keep an eye on it!

I'll be present at the forthcoming Concept Art workshop in Montreal, being part of the amazing list of instructors is an honor, I hope to see y'all guys. This summer will be busy as I will also attend the next Gnomon Workshop3: Live! later in June. Sorry to those who let me a comment on my gallery but I suppressed this function, this is just a gallery, thanks for your understanding. 12.02.06 It's been a while but I'm working days and nights here since I came back from Brazil, next week I'll be in L.A again for the 2nd Gnomon Workshop, reviewing portfolios.

05.12.05 Thanks Charley for the news and links to my website! I want to share his Blog (linesandcolors.com) with everyone as a great source of informations and news about art and artists. Been very busy lately with some matte paintings and poster illustrations. 16.11.05 I just came back from L.A where I was attending the Gnomon Workshop: Live! with my friend Vyle, we represented Ubisoft and did some portfolio reviews. In the meantime we took the opportunity to present STEAMBOT Studios to our friends. A big thank to Travis, Jill, Alex for the WE and it was a pleasure to meet Scott Robertson again, Neville Page, Dylan Cole and many others, now it's finally time to launch STEAMBOT! 04.10.05 I just received a CG Choice Award from CG Talk for my Beach painting, thanks a lot guys. 16.09.05 I came back from Holidays in New Brunswick, was a lot of fun especially during few days at the Magdalen Islands (merci Liette, Eric and Mylene). Thanks CG Channel for posting one of my spaceships on the front page. 09.08.05 Lots of news, I went to give a Speedpainting Seminar to Walt Disney Imagineering's artists in Orlando FL (the 15th of July), it was a great experience. As you can see I have a new gallery now and I am working on few tutorials. I finished some illustrations for a book about Robots, coming soon! 30.06.05 Tomorrow is Canada's Day, I'll be in Ottawa for the fireworks. Guess what? I received my leather copy of EXPOSÉ III, it looks great! Lot of things lately, doing a lot of freelance and preparing my first Seminar, some updates soon. 25.06.05 Big update finally on the Gallery page. I will be at the E3 Expo in L.A this week, wish I can see the Nintendo revolution! 23.04.05 I'm happy to announce that I've been once again selected for the book EXPOSE III edited by Ballistic Publishing.

05.12.04 The temperature dropped drastically in the past few days here in Quebec! 04.01.05 Wish y'all une Bonne Année!!! My friend Vyle came to visit me and we had a lot of fun, I wish you all the best for this new year 05. I just found out that CG talk put a link of my interview on Making of, thanks dudes. ^_^ Merry XMAS everybody!!! 30.10.04 3 long months without updates, I left UK, came back to France and now I finally decided to join Ubisoft in Montreal, CA. The card game Colossal Arena published by Avalon Hill Game Company is finally out now, I've done 21 illustrations including the cover so GO buy it ^_^ Happy Halloween everybody!!! 18.07.04 I'm proud to announce that I was selected in the book EXPOSÉ II edited by Ballistic Publishing. I will also appear in a Concept Art Limited Edition of the Chinese magazine Fantasy-Studio, coming soon! 12.07.04 Today is the 14th of July, big fiesta in France but here in England it rains. I just came back from Thailand where I spent 10 great days. 29.06.04 Geez, I'm so pumped up by the CA Workshop it was a blast! BravOo to all the persons involved in the making of this event. I finally met Sparth, HPX1, NOXizMAD, Scott Robertson, Travis, Oblio... and countless others. It was gOod to be back in Austin to keep it weird once more :-) thanks to all of you who made it to the Aware House. A big thank to Corel for my copy of Painter 8... ;-) I went to Paris this WE and had the great surprise to see about 40000 Catalans grilling snails under the Eiffel Tower, awesome! 14.06.04 Thursday I'm leaving for the American Workshop organised by Conceptart.org, thanks to Jason Manley who granted me an invitation. 09.05.04 For those in the Austin area (TX) there is a mini festival next week in which you'll be able to see DEJA-VU, a short film by Vyle and I. 16.03.04 I now work for Digi-Guys at Pinewood Studios working on a CGI animation short and a game. Good news, I was also selected in the great book EXPOSE 2 for the category Character in Action. 25.01.04 I have worked on the Devil May Cry comic book by Dreamwave Prod. based on the famous Capcom's PS2 game, you can see my colors over Pat Lee's pencils.

20.12.03 I unfortunately had to leave Acclaim and went back to work in Europe in London for Splash Damage working on Quake Wars: Enemy Territory, we are currently working for Activision and ID Software. 20.10.03 Been very busy lately working on my first exhibition here in Austin organised by Burn the Box! 14.08.03 Last updates on Sketches. 22.07.03 I recently did a Logo for the WakeSkating community, I made the WWSA Official logo too. bla-bla...