Although he was born in California, Michel Bohbot spent most of his youth in Marseilles (France), Casablanca (Morroco) and New York. He started as a pre-med student taking art classes for fun. Two classes short of his BS degree he switched his major to art for his BA (his mother being a fine artist helped to smooth the decision over). He continued studying in Manhattan taking night classes at The School of Visual Arts and Parsons School of Design while selling fancy women's shoes on Madison Ave. His illustration career started with him painting in acrylic and oil. Just before moving to California he added pastels to his palette. Michel began using the computer at the urging of art directors, to make color adjustments. He doesn't see these technologies as the end of traditional media, but as the newest and wackiest box of Crayolas to play with! His ability to create dramatic visuals has attracted clients internationally. Over the years he has worked on Video games, logos, books, posters and magazines as well as brochures, and annual reports to name a few. These days he usually combines digital with traditional rendering. But as always, he uses whatever techniques will best solve his client's visual problem. Michel is a former President of the San Francisco Society of Illustrators and has taught Illustration and Business Practices at the Academy of Art College, San Francisco. Currently he teaches an intro to Photoshop, Illustrator, Painter and C4D at Berkeley City College In between regular jobs he has finished an illustrated novel titled Zintara with his brother. Their agents are shopping it around now. He has won several gold and silver awards from the San Francisco Society of Illustrators as well as awards of merit from the New York and Los Angeles Societies, as well as being featured in several Spectrum Annuals. His clients include: Avon Books, LucasArts, Sony, Electronic Arts, Penguin Putnam, Warner Books, Vivendi/Universal, Mythic, Sierra, Intel, Holt Rinehart, Activision, Auto FX, Amblin Entertainment, Venture Cal, Blue Orange games, Michael Crichton, Ariba, Del Monte, Firaxis, Kaiser Permanente, Verband der Metall, Pacific Bell, Evans Properties, Days of Wonder, Progressive Media (Denmark), San Francisco Giants, Primitai, Group Dayan, P.C. Gamer magazine, DronolanŐs Tower, Puffin books, 21st Century Toys, Macfarms, Kensington Pub., San Jose Sharks, Jekyll and Hyde Inc, Juniper, Knopf Delacorte Dell, Tri-King, N2d, Agesong, History Channel, Dreamcatcher, United Nations, Ideas Made Real, Visa, Wiley & Sons, Cortona, Byron and Lakeside Park, ValuSoft, Weekly reader, Bastei Pub., Kapua Ranch, Greater Pacific, Woodfin Hotels, Valero, Wells Fargo Bank.

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