Hello, I’m Félix Lapointe, a UX designer from Quebec City, Canada. You can browse some of my work portfolio, or just scroll down the blog for some of my imaging experiments.
Blog tags: 🎨 Illustration ✨ Renders 🕶 Random 💽 The Archives Project 🌍 This Custom-Designed World All
New project: This Custom-Designed World.
Here's an idea: "This Custom-Designed World" is an Instagram channel (+Tiktok, Youtube Shorts) that explores the unfortunate design mistakes we see every day, inspired by Viktor Papanek's ethos of responsible and human-centered design. We explore the quirky, the impractical, and the outright failures in design through collected images and stories, inviting reflection on how they impact our lives. Each post is a mix of critique and learning, offering insights into how design can better serve humanity. Together, we'll question, laugh, and perhaps rethink the role of design in our everyday lives.
Another ChatGPT experiment
Images and website code are produced using ChatGPT, and further enhanced with Photoshop's Generative Fill feature. This demo requires a mouse for the X-Ray mouse hover effect.
10-Minute Game Assets
In just 10 minutes total, I leveraged Adobe Illustrator's AI-powered vector generator and Photoshop's AI capabilities to craft visually appealing game assets, commonly known as "sprites." These assets are not only good looking but also maintain a consistent style. The efficiency and quality of this process are astounding!
The lowest res website ever - Archives #021
2014 - A few years a decade ago, I worked on a giant screen for Port of Quebec that had a very low resolution. Dynamic content like tides, weather or cruise boat arrivals is displayed through a collection of (very small) web pages.
SSQ Lobby art - Archives #020
Circa 2006 - I think this is my most unusual project ever. Danielle April, a renowned visual arts artist from Quebec City, asked me to do “pixel art” from one of her works using 50,000 glass tiles. We limited the image to 120 colors and then did a color separation for each of the 120 colors, counted tiles needed for each the colors, and some people assembled the image one 12 inch tiles at a time.
CGAP annual reports - Archives #019
Among the most generous parental leave programs in the world is managed by the Conseil de Gestion de l'Assurance Parentale. After working on their annual management reports for a few years in a row, we were able to take parental leave for a year.
Old websites - Archives #018
Old websites mockups ages like milk. As a web designer, I have seen (and participated!) in many major trends:
2009 - The Flash Era
2010 - The Skeuomorphic Era
2011 - The Mobile App Boom, Responsive web
2012 - Minimalist websites, Rise of Pinterest and Image-based Social Media
2013 - Parallax Websites, The Viral Video Craze
2014 - "Flat design" & The Selfie Phenomenon
2015 - The Live Streaming Surge, Material Design
2016 - Chatbot & Ai, The Pokémon GO Frenzy
2017 - Rise of Video Content, The Influencer Marketing Explosion
2018 - The Memes and Challenges Obsession
These are some older websites I worked on at iXmédia. There must have been some design flair that survived the ages.
Revue Argument - Archives #017
During the Studiométrique years, I made several covers for the very intellectual Revue Argument. While not the most paying gig, it was always a great challenge.
2000’s Hip Hop designs - Archives #016
At the beginning of the 2000s, I was creating all sorts of materials for my brother Thomas's Hip Hop record label.
Party invitation - Archives #015
I've decided to share this party invitation as it aptly showcases my fascination with vernacular design elements prevalent during the early 2000s.
Warhol inspired portraits - Archives #014
I created this portrait series (around 25 in total) inspired by Warhol's self-portraits to decorate some walls at iXmédia. It wasn't simply a filter that I applied to the photos, but rather a complex color separation process inspired by my screen printing experiments from my university years. Each portrait was a unique and vibrant, and the overall effect of the series was both cohesive and eye-catching.
Remembering Kai Power Tools
Do you remember Kai Power Tools? If you were a designer or a digital artist in the 90s, you probably do. Kai Power Tools was a suite of plug-ins for Adobe Photoshop that allowed you to create amazing effects and filters that were ahead of their time. From the "chrome" filter that made your images look like they were made of metal, to the "fractal explorer" that generated complex patterns and shapes, Kai Power Tools was a must-have at the time.
But what made Kai Power Tools truly special was its sense of innovation and experimentation. The plug-ins were not just tools, they were a playground for creative minds. They encouraged you to try new things, to break the rules, and to explore the possibilities of digital art.
Now, as a UX designer, these interfaces are a case study for “what NOT to do!”. Still, I have some fond memories playing with KPT as a teenager.
New features hype video - Archives #013
I often work on “internal marketing” videos to demonstrate some potential features we are working on. The problem is that I can never show them publicly. This one is different because we made that to show upcoming features to customers at our booth, at a Paris tech conference.
Show Bible templates - Archives #012
During my time at Squeeze, I often built TV show and movie "Bibles" that defined setting, character, and story. These documents had incredible illustrations and visuals, made by the team. I prepared these thumbnails to help people visualize the 50+ pages that make up these documents.
JavaScript experiment
I used ChatGPT to help me write JS, with queries like “How to import a JSON file in JS”, and of course to generate the names JSONs.
Weight loss industry Exposed - Archives #011
2005 - Around the same time as the Sabine project, we developed versions of the same material targeted towards adults, which aimed to expose the misleading tactics of the weight loss industry. Different documents were produced for ASPQ, Option Consommateurs and INSPQ.
Photo-novella - Archives #010
2005 - A bit of an oddball project: We were asked by ASPQ to produce a guide for teens about the dangers of weight loss products and services. There was a trend at this time to revive the photo comics of the ‘60’s and we went all in!
iX20ans Hotstamping - Archives #009
2011 - Favorite hot stamping project I worked on. This is a 20 years anniversary notebook for iXmédia. Sorry for the blurry video, iPhone camera in 2011 were certainly not 4K.