Sophie DésAulniers

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Bio

Sophie Désaulniers is also a Creative Specialist at Foundry, a developer of creative software for the media and entertainment industry. With over 8 years in the industry and a strong foundation in traditional arts, she blends technical knowledge with a passion for storytelling. Her work bridges digital and classical practices, from USD-based procedural workflows in Katana, Mari, and Nuke to life drawing and sculpture. She has trained artists and studios internationally, in both French and English, and is recognized for her collaborative, artist-focused approach to education. Sophie encourages curiosity, technical confidence and creative exploration in every learning environment she supports.

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Research Interests

Sophie’s research and creative work lie at the intersection of digital storytelling, fine arts, and technical workflows in animation. She explores how sculpture, anatomy, and life drawing inform digital look development and character lighting, while architecture, history, and nature inspire unconventional environments. Her practice examines how artistic principles—form, light, movement, emotion—translate into 3D spaces, and how tools like Katana, Mari, and Nuke support ideas both efficiently and expressively. She also studies the pedagogy of technical art education: how to teach complex tools, use narrative to structure learning, and bridge engineering with creative thinking. She is especially interested in the emotional impact of imagery and the ways digital creation connects with audiences, inspires students, and expresses human experience. By blending real-world influences with technical knowledge, she seeks to deepen her understanding and share discoveries with the next generation of artists.