Ghislain Barbe has been working since 2002 as Art Director and Senior Conceptual Artist at Montreal based videogame company Artificial Mind & Movement (A2M) where he's worked both in R&D Departement and on console games such as Monster House, Teen Titans, Carmen Sandiego and the Secret of the Stolen Drums and Disney Move. He was previously at Digital Concept (DC) Studios canadian office. Before entering full time the gaming industry, He's worked over 7 years for Montreal-based roleplaying book publisher Dream Pod 9. As Lead Designer, he has created for them the visual universe of properties such as Tribe 8, Jovian Chronicles and mainly Heavy Gear, which became 2 Activision PC games on which he collaborated and a TV series. He worked in the animation industry as storyboard artist and has developped the Characters for animated TV series such as Sagwa The Chinese Siamese Cat, based on the works of Amy Tan and produced by Cinegroupe for PBS Kids, Pig City and the animated feature Lion of Oz and the Badge of Courage. He was also responsible of the Environnemental Design of the universe fo Loto-Quebec's first interactive lotery Les trésors de la tour, and developed some online interactive contents with with Cinegroupe Interactive and Sarbakan, and often works as a freelance illustrator and designer. Ghislain has a Master Degree in Film Studies from Laval University, and a Degree in Graphic Design concomitant to a General Degree in Film Studies, History and Sociology. A nearly complete list of his publications is available by clicking the book on your left.