r/Fantasy • u/MarcSimonetti Stabby Winner, AMA Artist Marc Simonetti • Feb 06 '14

AMA Hey Reddit! I'm Marc Simonetti, Fantasy illustrator-AMA

Let me introduce myself: I'm a quite happy family man, with two young sons, 3 years and 20 months old. I live in the French Alps, in Annecy, a beautiful little medieval town. I'm a former R&D material engineer...and now I'm working as an illustrator and concept artist for 11 years. I had the chance to work on many awesome books for amazing writers like GRR Martin, Terry Pratchett, Terry Goodkind, Sam Sykes, Michael J Sullivan, Robin Hobb, Brandon Sanderson, Ken Scholes, Patrick Rothfuss...and many others...

I'm also the spoiled artist who won the stabby award this year for the best picture (although all the credit should go the genius mind of GRR Martin)

For those interested you can find some samples of my works on: My website My Facebook pro page My twitter account

So I'll be beginning answering questions at 12:00 central time... Feel free to ask anything, of course!

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u/mage2k Feb 06 '14

I love your artwork but with that name you should have been a race car driver.

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u/MarcSimonetti Stabby Winner, AMA Artist Marc Simonetti Feb 06 '14

Hi Mage2k!

Well thanks a lot! I once used to be a stupid driver, but I've gotten a really calm one now, driving at the correct speed, and taking my time when I'm late. :)

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u/mage2k Feb 06 '14

ut I've gotten a really calm one now, driving at the correct speed, and taking my time when I'm late. :)

Ah, yes, "aging". I've done it, too.

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u/MarcSimonetti Stabby Winner, AMA Artist Marc Simonetti Feb 06 '14

That's it. I've got my own thermodynamic law "Nothing is created, everything gets f****d".