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David Despau x Jeune Afrique (unpublished)

David began his university studies in Architecture, but eventually graduated in Fine Arts specializing in design. Since then, he has worked in the world of design and advertising where he has worked as both an Art Director and a Creative Director for several digital advertising agencies, in addition to working as a freelance illustrator. He has worked for clients such as Porsche, Kinder, Burton, DC comics, Warner Bros, Paramount, Coty France, Estrella Damm, to name a few.

A portrait of Mandela made for the Jeune Afrique offices, signed by David Despau.

Portraits of Canadian actor Donald Sutherland signed by David Despau for a Canada Post stamp.

Here are the last 2 covers made by David Despau for Jeune Afrique.

Jeune Afrique, Billboard magazine, Commercial Observer... here are the latest covers signed by David Despau.

Series of portraits by David Despau for the Spanish bank Abanca.

After Albert Camus - who won a World illustration Awards - David Despau illustrates the portraits of Bill Gates and Elisabeth Badinter for L'Express covers.

Portraits of Delphine Horvilleur, Frédéric Lenoir, Matthieu Ricard & Kamel Daoud signed by David Despau for the cover of Le Monde des Religions issue 100.

Portrait of Albert Camus by David Despau on the cover of L'Express magazine.

While the film has mixed reviews, David Despau illustrates the portrait of Joaquin Phoenix, and we like it!

Series of portraits illustrated by David Despau for Madame Figaro.

David Despau illustrated 5 portraits for the Madame Figaro Cuisine special issue.

David Despau collaborated with the University of Alberta on a series of portraits for the Alumni Awards in the Autumn 2018 issue of New Trail magazine.

Here are some of David Despau's latest personal researches.

David Despau painted portraits of important soccer agents for the cover of the magazine L'Équipe from April 21st, 2018.

Illustrated campaign for Culligan, Leader of Water Treatment in France, created by David Despau with Epoka agency.

Portrait series created by David Despau for Science Focus in the BBC Focus magazine.

For the release of the first episodes of Season 2 of Stranger Things on Netflix, David Despau illustrates the portraits of the characters Dustin and Eleven.

In association with the agency FCB Montreal, David Despau illustrated a series of scenes revealing the Canadian courage and strength on the Canadian royal currency. The illustrations, filled with emotions and life, took place on coins and on vairous other supports of the ad campaign.

For the awards ceremony of the Business with Attitude event organized by Madame Figaro, highlighting female entrepreneurship David Despau created the portraits of the 6 finalists. Damien "Elroy" Vignaux created the opening film, as well as all the animated slides for the awards ceremony.

Frédéric Lacas, Chairman of the Agglomération Béziers Méditerranée, gives you his best wishes. All of these illustrations were created by David Despau.

David Despau illustrated Safran's press file for the Vendée Globe sailing race. Safran sponsors for French skippers Morgan Lagravière. We wish him a good race!

ELLE Quebec recently mandated David Despau to illustrate the portrait of the acting editor in chief of the magazine! You'll find this beautiful portrait in the October 2016 issue of the magazine.

Fan of Star Trek? This year, the saga of Paramount Picture celebrates its 50th anniversary. David Despau created diverse promotional pictures and packagings for the collection The Wrath of Khan. 

3 magnificent realistic compositions signed David Despau demonstrating of the pope' actions, for the article "Surprising pope François" for the Pilgrim magazine.

David Despau’s illustrations are a perfect match for the advertising and fashion industry. He presents us the last campaign for the glasses brand Etnia Barcelona as well as 2 T-shirts designs for Noble Project.

Institutional Investor magazine is specialized in research and world rankings publications that serve as industry benchmarks, informing and influencing its audience. David Despau was requested to illustrate portraits of Shelly Yang, Kim Sung Jin et Rajah Sukumar for an article of the magazine.

David Despau created the portraits of the founding fathers of Hauck & Aufhäuser, a private bank which takes care of private asset management. He was missioned to modernize the image of the bank, while preserving the values of this one: tradition, reliability and trust.

Cars, a dragon and a robot... Here are the last personal creations of David Despau. David is available in August so don't hesitate to share and suggest his work to your team!

David Despau illustrated a series of 24 portraits which pay tribute to the Alumni of the University of Alberta which also celebrates its 100 years. From 1911 to nowadays, we can discover in this edition of New Trail Magazine, 24 students who create the history ans spirit of this school.

David illustrated the new urban myth; half-human being, half-bike. This printed campaign for In Bicycle We Trust's stores, also comes with a beautiful animation.

David Despau illustrated the rugby players Mike Brown, Joe Launchbury and Courtney Laws, for the article Players to watch from GQ file Electric Performance.

Here is the portrait of Richard Doll, a well known British epidemiologist doctor, made by David Despau for Vivre magazine of the League against Cancer in France.

Continuation of the series of illustrations created by David Despau for the advertising campaign of the bank Société Générale targeting investors and those who need funding.

With the Sochi Olympics in mind, David Despau was asked to create the portraits of 6 Olympic hopeful athletes for an article about them in Epic Life Magazine, the Vail Resorts publication.

David Despau illustrated the article Dechen Yeshi, la jeune fille aux yaks. Living at a 3,200 m altitude in Tibet, she founded the company Norlha, which sells yak wool (the khullu, equivalent to cashmere) and creates throws and scarves that are sold in luxury boutiques.

La Gazette de Marcel Rose, new magazine and societal trendsetter on homosexuality in France has just been released. David Despau participated to the first issue by performing 3 illustrations for articles: History, Fashion and Sociology.

 Illustration by David Despau for a digital poster, animated by Damien Vignaux, as well as a printed billboard for the Société Générale.

The bank's mission is to make the link between those who have money (investors) and those financing needs (the issuers). This link is symbolized by flows that meet and build an imaginary bridge.

David Despau drew 19 portraits of the 100 most influential people in the World according to Time. They were published in their latest special issue.

David Despau created 4 illustrations of famous sport athletes for the article " War is the answer" in the Analytics issue of ESPN magazine.

He also shares with us a series of personal illustrations that he named "Legend Sneakers"; a mix between legendary sport shoes and renowned people. 

Initially a student in architecture, David chose to study Fine Arts instead. After graduating with a degree in design, he continued to work in design, advertising and illustration. He has been a freelance illustrator, art director and creative director at digital advertising agencies.

 To see more, consult his portfolio.