Raphaël Lacoste: Senior Art Director Behind Assassin's Creed Shares Personal Sketches and Monumental Landscape Paintings
Raphaël Lacoste, an illustrator and Senior Art Director from Montreal, Canada, has just launched a new collection featuring his personal sketches and landscape art. He's quite recognized in the gaming world for his work with Ubisoft, especially on games like Prince of Persia and Assassin's Creed, where he won two VES Awards in 2006 and 2017. Lacoste also has film experience, having worked as a matte painter on movies like Terminator Salvation and Immortals. In 2009, he returned to the gaming industry, serving as Senior Art Director at Electronic Arts Montreal and Ubisoft, and later became the Brand Art Director for Assassin's Creed. Now, he is the Senior Artistic Director at Haven Studios, blending realism with high fantasy and drawing inspiration from 19th-century Romantic artists. In 2020, he published an art book called WORLDS, and you can check out more of his work on Instagram @raphaellacosteart.
Key facts
- Raphaël Lacoste is a Senior Art Director and illustrator based in Montreal, Canada.
- He worked at Ubisoft on titles including Prince of Persia and the Assassin's Creed franchise.
- He won two VES Awards: in 2006 for Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones and in 2017 for Assassin's Creed Origins.
- He worked in film as a matte painter and senior concept artist on Terminator Salvation, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Death Race, Immortals, Repo Men, and Jupiter Ascending.
- In 2009 he returned to the game industry as Senior Art Director for Electronic Arts Montreal and Ubisoft.
- He later served as Brand Art Director on the Assassin's Creed franchise.
- He joined Haven Studios as Senior Artistic Director alongside some of the original creators of Assassin's Creed.
- A retrospective art book, WORLDS: The Art of Raphaël Lacoste, was published in 2020, collecting fifteen years of his work.
Entities
Artists
- Raphaël Lacoste
- Caspar David Friedrich
Institutions
- Ubisoft
- Electronic Arts Montreal
- Haven Studios
- VES Awards
Locations
- Montreal
- Canada