GAEL

LATOUCHE
PORTFOLIO
TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 ABOUT ME............................................................................. Pg 1
2 BRANDING............................................................................. Pg 2
3.1 CORPORATE IDENTITY........................................................ Pg 3
3.2 CORPORATE IDENTITY........................................................ Pg 4
3.3 CORPORATE IDENTITY........................................................ Pg 5
4.1 RASTER DESIGN................................................................... Pg 6
4.2 RASTER DESIGN................................................................... Pg 7
5.1 PHOTOGRAPHY.................................................................... Pg 8
5.2 PHOTOGRAPHY.................................................................... Pg 9
6.1 PRO BONO............................................................................. Pg 10
6.2 PRO BONO............................................................................. Pg 11
7.1 WEB DESIGN......................................................................... Pg 12
7.2 WEB DESIGN......................................................................... Pg 13
8.1 VIDEO & EFFECTS................................................................ Pg 14
8.2 VIDEO & EFFECTS................................................................ Pg 15
9.1 3D CARACTER MODELING.................................................. Pg 16
9.2 3D CARACTER MODELING.................................................. Pg 17
10.1 DRAWING & SKETCHES....................................................... Pg 18
10.2 DRAWING & SKETCHES....................................................... Pg 19
10.3 DRAWING & SKETCHES....................................................... Pg 20
ABOUT
ME

Welcome to my portfolio!

This document contains a condense of my works. A good

portfolio is a graphic designer’s best friend. After completing
my B.A Hons in Graphic Design, i decided to be the designer/ l l l l l
artist what i’ve always dreamt of. Still, the path is long and l
challenging to get to the next level but who dares win.

I am not the kind of designer to be fully software oriented and l l l

i give more interest in ideas, imagination and creativity. I be-

lieve that ideas and concepts are the keys to come with mind l l
blowing works.

Going through this portfolio, you will come across a resumer

of the works i have done in some particular fields of design
and in the digital world. Of course, lot my works need im-
provement and this is what i am aiming for. Life is all about l l

learning, sharing and growing. I have started this process

and i hope that you will enjoy what i am sharing
with you.

Gaël P. Latouche

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BRANDING

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BRANDING
A c
A. This logo was done for a local co-
mapany. I was asked to build a logo
for a startup dealing with sustanable
technology. After many propositions
and the scamper step, i finally come
up with this logo. The concept be-
hind this design, is that technology
is constantly moving and it forms a
circular movement. The green color
shows that the startup cares for en-
vironment and the blue color stands
for technology.
D
NOTORIOUS
GRAPHICS
D.
Another personal branding logo.
This graphic element was used dur-
ing my years as a graphic design
student. The first “o” of the word
Notorious, was here transformed to
a crosshair. Meaing, that i stay focus
and i don’t “shoot” to miss while
working.
B
B.
This logo was done for a personnal
branding purpose. I have chosen to
play with my surname which literally
means “The touch” when translated
in french. The letter L, being the first
letter of logo was inspired by some-
one using a tactile device, pointing
at the sky and a cursor.
E F
igher
round
E.
A friend of mine asked to me to
come up with a concept for his up
coming brand : Higher Ground. Here
is one of the proposition i have cre-
ated for him.
C.
Believe is a non profit local organi-
sation who works for the rehabilita-
tion of ex-offenders in the society.
They wanted a colorful logo and i
was lucky, to be appointed for the
making of the logo.
igher
round
F.
This design, was done to be used
as a logo for a personnal upcoming
project named : Notorious Ape.
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CORPORATE
INDENTITY
CORPORATE
INDENTITY

A
A.
The first graphic material is a business card. This is made up of a logo i
have created (signature) for my personal branding and was inspired by
a computer keyboard. On this business card, we can see some basics
informations about the the owner such as the name : Gaël Latouche, his
work profile : graphic designer and his contact informations.
B.
The second work was made for a non profit organisation named
Believe. This poster was a powerful tool for an awareness cam-
pagn to help people in the rehabilitation process. For this work,
i was inspired by the theme “help”. Fading into the background
B
you can see chains with smoke brushes applied on it. This
concept was use to illustrate that rehabilitation comes first with
asking help and that the only way of breaking the chains was to
get back to where you really belong.
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CORPORATE
INDENTITY

C.
This graphic work was
done to promote myself
as an musician. In fact, i
had the chance to work
on a poster for a concert
in which i were play-
ing at a pub called Le
Sapin. The theme was
“La mizik en intimité”
which in english means :
“music in intimacy”.

D.
I have really enjoyed to work on a project for Befrienders.
This non-profit organisation works to help people who have
suicidal tendancies and who sometimes just need some- D
one to give them their attention and time. I wanted to do
something very simple but with a powerful message. I have
chosen the hands as a symbol and the message here is :
“Suicide is not the solution but life is!”.

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 CORPORATE
INDENTITY

E.
I love french gastronomy! i
wanted to get involve in a
french restaurant. I’ve started
doing a business card and i
use the colors of the french
national flag : blue, white and
red for my graphic elements.
I have enhanced the french
touch with a stroked bottle of
wine.

F.
la ouche
faites plaisir à vos papilles
The poster was done to add
a support to the visual ele-
ments for my French Restau-
rant project. Here we can see
some typical French food and
the red wine which is a very
strong symbol in the french
gastronomy.
Pour vos réservations tel : 474 2856

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RASTER
DESIGN
 B.
RASTER I do believe that every great adventure, journey
and work starts whith a idea. In this particular i
DESIGN wanted to illustrate the idea of “think outside of
your TV set”. Reality is out of our screen and
being a graphic designer this is how i found my-
self expressing this concept. The software used
was Adobe Photoshop.

A.
This raster work was done as an experimentation with brushes
when i started using Adobe Photoshop. I wanted to create some-
thing and i started downloading some free brushes. I came up end-
ing with this art work.
C.
In this design let us go back in time when the MP3 portable player
was the technological acessory for music lovers! Infact this raster
work was done in 2009 using Adobe Photoshop only and effects
such as bevel and emboss, drop shadow, inner and outer glow. I
have also used this design to promote myself as a musician back in
the days.

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RASTER
DESIGN D

D.
This work was done for the launching of Captain America the
film. Being a fan, i made this art work using brushes and pre-
sets in Adobe Photoshop. E. I pay tribute to Dave Mustain, the
guitarist of Megadeth in this raster work. I mainly used outter
glow, color correction and image composition. F. This art work
was created out of my imagination and represents the face of
a friend out of the darkness.
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PHOTOGRAPHY
 photography
A

A.
During my years as
a student of The Uni-
versity of Technology
Mauritius, i studied
photoghraphy. It then B
became a hobby.
This first picture
here, represents the
theme “The Gam-
bler”. For this shot
i just played with
my DSLR exposure
settings but i then
realised that i should
have changed the C
apperture so as to
have a blurred back-
groud.

B & C.
Product shooting and here we have a bunch of good
food! Frame B was shot on the top and i did not use flash
for the shouting. I think that flash has to be used when
you don’t have any other choice. For the shouting of pic-
tures B & C, the lighting were very important and i worked
on a proper setup so as the two shots look appealing. No
modification were made on any software for those two 8
pictures.
photography
E.
This shot came along
E
with a great story. In
fact, this was my first
panoramic picture
using i took using a
DSLR and i did it at
sunset. I had no tripod
and a friend of mine
was replacing the
missing material. He
did move a little bit but
i’m satisfied with the
result. No filter were
used for the shoot-
ing of this panoramic
frame.
F, G & H.
F is again a picture of the
F G H
theme The Gambler. I think i
should have put more work for
the background. G is a shot
done at sunset at the Univer-
sity. I wanted to get the color
tone of the sun on the walls. It
was for a experimentation. H
is what we are seeing every-
day on social networks : self-
ies! I remeber the time when
we were asked by our lecturer
to shoot in tethered mode.
Nowadays with the help of a
celular phone self portraits are
common business.

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VOLUNTARY
WORKS
 VOLUNTARY
WORKS A B

A.
The Webcup is an event
which helps young and
challenging web design-
ers to show off their skills
by competing during 24
hours non-stop. I were
asked to help and to cre-
ate graphic materials for
the teasing of the com-
petition. I came up with a
count down concept. For
this design, my inspira-
tion were circuits and the
slogan for the teasing
campaign was : “oserez-
vous relever le défi ?” (will
you dare?).

B. Web designers and

all designers should now
bare in mind that they C
are creating visual mate-
rial which will be used on
many portable devices.
So i chose to materialise
this idea.

C. This design was done

using the typographic
style. I’ve used the words
that can be associ-
ated with the web design
sphere and come up
whith a cursor.
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VOLUNTARY
WORKS D
E

D. A 24 h non-stop com-
petition is not an easy
one! In this design, i
wanted the competitors
to know that this will not
be easy but still, will they
dare to compete?

E.
Being a designer is a
work that requires organi-
sation. The mind map-
ing and brain storming
process are steps that all
designers know. So i use
this idea to come up with F
this composition.

F.
This design was inspired
by the blue sky we are
honored to see mostly
everyday in Mauritius.

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 WEB
DESIGN
WEB DESIGN

B
A

A. Ladies and gentlemen, this home page is part of

the very first website i have created being a graphic
designer. All pages were built from scratch using html
and CSS.

B.
C
The portfolio part of the website was made up of a
slide show build using Adobe Flash. Back in the days
Adobe Flash was used widely over the World Wide
Web. Today it has been replaced by the great HTML5.

C.
This selection page as i called it let the user navigate
through different type of graphic works.

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 D
WEB DESIGN
D. After my first experience of Web de-
signing, i decided to enhance my first
website. I did not want to use CMS and
instead i wanted to learn more about
HTML5 and javascript. It was not simple
and i am seeking to have more knowl-
edge in this field of digital media.

E.
In the website i have incorparated a con-
tact page. I have also built in a comment
area where people can e-mail me. You
can also see a Google map incorparated
in the page.

C.
The page about me contains a down-
load link to my CV and some information
about me.

F
E

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VIDEO &
EFFECTS
 A
VIDEO & EFFECTS

Video link : https://www.youtube.com/

watch?v=udj88dLlAKw

Since the very first time i have learned

about video editing and effects, i just felt
in love with it! Infact, i’ve found a field
where i can use my imagination, con-
cepts and idea to build something that i
want. Thanks to the open source website
Videocopilote, i was able to mount some
interesting effects and to come up with a
video inspired by one of my favorite saga
: Star Wars.

A.
webdesign
In this composition taken out of the in-
troduction scene of my video, we have
several effects put into use. I wanted to
show the earth from outter space and i
created an ambiant environnement us-
ing motion blur. I also played with some B
effects to create an earth eclipse. Then i
use a space craft to enhance the compis-
tion and finally, i set up a rolling text like
the one in the generic of Star Wars.

B.
To enhance the beauty of the earth
eclipse, i added lens flare effect to it. As
a result, you can see that it gives more
value to the composition.

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VIDEO & EFFECTS
A
I grew up in the 90’s. Being a child back in those days, i
watched a lot of VHS format films and the main effect of the
90’s was big explosion on the screen. I remember watch-
ing Rambo, tv shows like Hooker and The A Team, they all
have great explosion effects incorporated in their scenes.
So i wanted to create my own explosion effect using Adobe
After Effects.
Video link : https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=udj88dLlAKw.
B
A.
The first step was to show a planet boiling from the core (dead
planet). So i created it using it photo material i grabed from
the Web and by adding son effects on the Adobe software.
B.
This is the most exciting part! Where it all crumbles and you
get to witness the big explosion. I remember doing this for
the first time and i was totally happy! Even if this not at a
professionnal level and that some physics presets need to
be ajusted, i felt like “wow” my first expliosion! Notice that the
background for this composition is a static map painting.
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 3D
MODELING
 3D MODELING

3D animation and modelling is a very important part of the

digital graphic world. Unfortunately, i have not got the opportu-
nity to learn 3D modelling and animation in depth. Even at we
University of Technology, we did not have the chance to get in
depth courses in the field. To have a further knowledge of model-
ling, i decided to download free softwear such as Sculptris and i
explored it. For my first exploration, i ended up creating a ninja
head inspired by Mortal Kombat caracters such as Subzero and
Scorpion.
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3D MODELING

A.
As you can see in this screenshot, i was on the right path
to create a shark. I decided not to use any model and to let
my imagination dictate my right hand on the mouse.
The software i used for this model this 3D shark, was Sculp-
tris. A
B.
After one hour of freestyle modelling, i found myself
ending up with somekind of prehistoric monster on the
deep sea. I think that art, design and the degital world
is all about being free in your mind to translate it on any
screen and by using the software as supporting tool.
Infact, i am not a software operator and i do not master
a lot of softwares and shortcuts. I think that the important
thing, is to understand how thingsbecomes something
you learn. Unfortunately or fortunately, i never completed
this 3D sea monster.
B

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DRAWING
&
SKETCHES

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DRAWING &
SKETCHES
Since i was a child, i have always
been fascinated by drawings. I think,
that it is very important to every
graphic designer and digital artist to
know how to create. Being creative
for me as started with drawing and
sketches. I like to grap a pencil and
i start to draw that comes out of my
mind.

Before i start any graphic work, i do

some sketches and those sketches be-
come my first visuals on the project. In a
world where the Internet has a lot free
pictures websites, i still want to exploit
what i have deep inside my mind
and my creativity.

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 DRAWING &
SKETCHES
My sketches are done using
pencil and sometimes ink. I try
to mixe some drawing tech-
niques and the aim is to be
creative at any time.

I am inspired mostly by what i

see around me and i remem-
ber, that the butterfly what you
can see on this page, was
done while i was at home and
looking through my window.
I saw a butterfly on a branch
and i wanted to reproduce this
simple but beautiful image.

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DRAWING &
SKETCHES 1. 2.

1.
Sometimes while being in
the bus on my way to work,
i start to sketch things out of
my mind. What if Batman had
a moustach? Here are some
sketches of Batman caracters
with different kind of moustach.

2.
Another sketch i made was
Mike Tyson. Iron Mike Tyson,
is a former heavy weight boxer
who i admire.

3.
This sketches was done ages
ago when where i wanted to
represent Merlin the magician.

3.

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“RUN FROM WHAT’S COMFORTABLE. FORGET SAFETY. LIVE
WHERE YOU FEAR TO LIVE. DESTROY YOUR REPUTATION. BE
NOTORIOUS.” - RUMI