Jean-Michel Trauscht is an art director and illustrator. He worked as visual development or matte painting on animation movies. His worked can be seen on several film such as “The inseparables”, “Jack and the cuckoo heart”, “Another day of life”, “Charlotte”, “Richard the stork”, …

As an illustrator he has done the cover on the prequel of Game of thrones of George R.R Martin “Fire and Blood”, and Philip Pullman “the book of dust” for Suma, and also some cover for brazilian magazines such as Superinterressante, Monet,…

Production Design / Visual Development

With over a decade dedicated to background painting, I’m now specializing in production development. From script analysis to crafting key pictures, generating detailed 3D mockup models to the finals concepts. I bring narrative-driven perspective, enhancing the director’s vision trough creative storytelling solutions.