Gilles Tran

Glasses by Gilles Tran

Gilles Tran is a contemporary French 3D artist mostly known for his images rendered in POV-Ray and multiple winnings of the Internet Ray Tracing Competition. Most notable is his web site project The Book of Beginnings with images accompanied with pieces of unfinished text.

Projects

• 2000–present: The Book of Beginnings^[1]
• 2001-2002: helped create Reach for the Stars, the first 3D image rendered in space, rendered in POV-Ray on the International Space Station (April 25 - May 5, 2002) by astronaut Mark Shuttleworth.
• 2004: produced 3D renderings for Infinite Spire and Fallen Headstones, a design proposal for the World Trade Center Memorial^[2]
• Invisible Me, a web comic. The character was originally based on Andy, an actual person who frequents the POV-Ray newsgroups. The comic began as an exercise demonstrating that you can create a comic using nothing but talk bubbles. The main character is characterized by his self-loathing and loneliness.

Exhibitions

• 1997: Exposition Art & Science - Paris, France
• 1997: Digipainters ’97 - Rome, Italy
• 2003: Peaux de vaches et autres artistes - Marche-en-Famenne, Belgium
• 2007: Nội viên (Inner Garden) - Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Publications

• 2003: Illustration in The Complete Guide to Digital Illustration, Steve Caplin, Adam Banks, Nigel Holmes, The Ilex Press Ltd, Great Britain
• 2005: Illustration in Digital Design of Nature: Computer Generated Plants and Organics, Oliver Deussen, Bernt Lintermann, Springer, Germany

References

External links

• Oyonale - His personal homepage featuring a lot of his artwork.
• Interview with Gilles Tran (2005, archived)