ARTEFACTAurelien Rantet won the “Individual Video Master Award” in the recent Secret Agent themed CGSociety CGChallenge, and discusses his creative process and background in an interview with the organizers.

The robot’s design is very simple: it’s the opposite view of all machines we can see in video games or films, which are very complex with a lot of mechanisms and details. I've tried to keep it threatening by using the good camera shot. There is a funny contradiction because the biggest enemy looks like a big washing machine. For the other machines in the factory, I drew my inspiration from industrial robots. It’s sometimes very useful to know how real mechanics work, so as to be able to imagine a credible one.

via CGSociety – Run for the Artifact.