Born in 1974 in Nantes, France, Gerald Guerlais grew up in nine different cities within France. A new school in every city calls for the ability of adaption, he developed keen observation and drawing skills in order to make new friends. He was often inspired by the landscapes around him, as well as the many different and bizarre people he met along the road.



He graduated from the National School of Applied Art (also called Olivier de Serres) and soon after in 1998 Guerlais' creativity blossomed at a webdesign company, an event studio, a video-games studio, and then several animations studios. His portfolio includes clients such as Vivendi Universal Publishing, Excelsior, Bayard Press, Prisma Press, Futurikon, Alphanim and Xilam Animations.

Aside from illustration, the artist has many other interests, including managing the French Comics Artists association "Rendez-Vous" (who published its first book at Akileos publishing in 2009), or co-leading the charity project Sketchtravel a real sketchbook shared by 60 illustrators from all around the world. This concept is not a contest but an international challenge bringing together carefully selected artists. The challenge is to share ideas, concepts, moods and styles of very different talented artists from all over the globe in one common sketchbook (not virtual). The travel started in September of 2006 and the sketchbook has been on the move for over 3 years, 9 months, and 3 days. The last update reported the sketchbook has covered more than 38,711 miles (62,300 km).



Guerlais currently lives in Paris with his wife Sophie and their daughter Lisa. He is impassioned by animation and illustrations, he has been collecting animation art books and children books since his early years and loves promoting illustration. He has a new children's book coming out soon called Lisa and the Greedy Monster.  Original sketches from the book will be exhibited at this Saturday's Enchanté.


    

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