Yacine Elghorri

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ELGO
Born
Titan A.E

Yacine Elghorri, also referred to as Elgo, is a French illustrator, storyboard artist, conceptual designer and comic book artist. He worked in the United States on films and cartoons such as

Titan AE, Evolution directed by Ivan Reitman, Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes, Time Jam: Valerian & Laureline and Thru the Moebius Strip.[1]
He has also contributed to the science fiction comics magazine Heavy Metal.

Career

Elgo was born in Paris, France. After graduating from college, he went to film school Gobelins to study animation.[2] The school has an international reputation, producing numerous talented individuals and teams hired by the world's leading animation studios. Focusing on conceptual art and design, Elgo worked on a few television series (Flash Gordon, The New Adventures of Lucky Luke, W.I.T.C.H., Xyber 9: New Dawn), and drew comics for various French magazines.

In 1996 he moved to the United States to work in the film industry. He settled in

Emmy Award-winning visual effects creator Phil Tippett), Jackie Chan Adventures ( Early concept design, uncredited ), Time Jam: Valerian & Laureline, Futurama ( season 1) and 7 Up.[2]

He has also worked with writer

Titan Comics. Elgo has specifically asked for a cover by Simon Bisley
.

Elgo also collaborated with comic book writer and director Alejandro Jodorowsky on an aborted project based on the character Gorgo-the-dirty from the series The Incal originally illustrated by Jean Giraud. The project was picked up again in 2014 in the third volume of the series After the Incal , illustrated by José Ladrönn and published by Les Humanoïdes Associés.

In 2017, Elgo was one of the 80 artists[4] exhibited in Los Angeles by the Copro gallery and Heavy Metal Magazine to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the cult science-fiction magazine with the Heavy Metal 40th Anniversary Art Show.[5]

His works are influenced by revered artists such as Enki Bilal and Katsuhiro Otomo 大友 克洋 ( whom he met during the production of Steamboy ). Additionally, he has collaborated with legendary artist Mœbius on the animated science fiction film Thru the Moebius Strip.

In 2022, journalist-writer

Métal Hurlant
.

Elgo currently lives in Paris, France, where he gives lectures at art schools and works on his paintings.

Bibliography

Comics

  • 'HEAVY METAL', 1999 [2]
  • 'GUNMAN', Carabas editions, 2005 [2]
  • 'BESTIAL', Children's book, Carabas, 2006 [2]
  • 'FACTORY', 3-issue series, Carabas, 2006–2009 [2]
  • 'MEDINA', 3-issue series, Lombard, 2012–2015 [2]
  • Incredible Hulks Vol 1 618, Marvel Comics
  • TMNT UNIVERSE #11, IDW Publishing
  • Humanoids Publishing

Films and TV series


Interviews

References

  1. ^ a b c "Yacine Elghorri". IMDb. Retrieved 2020-04-29.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Interview de Yacine Elghorri". www.bdtheque.com. Retrieved 2020-04-29.
  3. ^ "Translation examples of graphic from english to Spanish". www.idiommaster.com. Retrieved 2017-12-14.
  4. ^ "HEAVY METAL 40th ANNIVERSARY".
  5. ^ "Heavy Metal Magazine celebrates 40 years with Heavy Metal 40th Anniversary Art Show". 12 July 2017.


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