Alexandre Louvenaz’s big-eyed characters are curious and endlessly naive

The Lyon-based artist has created a world of gifs and short films that eschew the natural, while taking inspiration from our everyday behaviours.

Date
28 February 2024

Alexandre Louvenaz often refers to himself by the moniker, ‘Fantastic 3D Creation’. The computer graphics artist, director and Greenhouse-represented animator has become known for his short films, that are never without astute observations of how we interact with one another and our surroundings.

Over the years, Alexandre has gone from creating static video game-like depictions that showcase his characters in a more interactive setting, to creating a wealth of surrealist animations, seizing his characters in moments of absurd mundanity. Like in his film Jamir at Home, a satirical animation film created for Adult Swim in 2019. These characters often possess eyes that look fit to droop right out of their sockets, rubber stretchy limbs that make Mrs Incredible look stiff, and a certain awkwardness as they navigate their locale – in short they often feel as if they’re born just yesterday. His uncanny universe can often be explained by his “passion for surrealism”, use of glitch and the asynchronicity of the sound and imagery, alongside his reverence for the history of video gaming. All in all, his aesthetic is distinctive, but also playful to the point that there’s no telling just how far he’ll go.

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Fantastic 3d Creation: Lemonade Inc (Copyright © Fantastic 3d Creation, 2021)

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Fantastic 3d Creation: Teletubbies (Copyright © Fantastic 3d Creation and Alex Gamsu Jenkins, 2022)

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Fantastic 3d Creation: ZimZam, Adult Swim (Copyright © Fantastic 3d Creation and Nicolas Dufoure, 2020)

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Fantastic 3d Creation: Giphy (Copyright © Fantastic 3d Creation and  Noah Harmon , 2022)

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Fantastic 3d Creation: Dream Navigator (Copyright © Fantastic 3d Creation, 2020)

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Fantastic 3d Creation: Fleur Muscle (Copyright © Fantastic 3d Creation, 2021)

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Fantastic 3d Creation: Jamirathome, Adult Swim (Copyright © Fantastic 3d Creation, 2019)

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Fantastic 3d Creation: Big Brain, Giphy (Copyright © Fantastic 3d Creation, 2022)

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Fantastic 3d Creation: for Juan Cornellà (Copyright © Fantastic 3d Creation, 2021)

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Fantastic 3d Creation: Truth, Mojo Supermarket and Strange Beast (Copyright © Fantastic 3d Creation, 2023)

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Fantastic 3d creation: First Contact and Terraforming (Copyright © Fantastic 3d creation, 2021)

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Yaya Azariah Clarke

Yaya (they/them) was previously a staff writer at It’s Nice That. With a particular interest in Black visual culture, they have previously written for publications such as WePresent, alongside work as a researcher and facilitator for Barbican and Dulwich Picture Gallery.

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