Deak Ferrand, a universes creator

Deak Ferrand is a swiss artist of Geneva. He's a well known matte-painter for more than 10 years. He founded his own studio Hatch FX. Recently he finished concept design and matte painting work on HELLBOY 2.


Some works examples of Deak below:

Here's a brief presentation (source: Utopiales) :

Born in Geneva, he first studied classical painting and sculpting, then worked as designer for a few years. Eventually he moved to Canada, attending courses at Montréal's NAD Centre (National Centre for Animation and Design), and was appointed animation projects and digital sets manager on the production of films and TV advertisements for the Image Buzz Group. In 1995, Deak was summoned to Los Angeles to work in the new offices of Buzz, soon renamed RIOT, which he left in 2001 to create HATCH, his own visual effects company.

You can find the whole presentation here.

Don't hesitate to go on HatchFX's website to see many demoreel with before/after.