{"id":4379,"date":"2025-06-03T07:20:35","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T07:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.brusselsgamesfestival.be\/wpbgf\/?page_id=4379"},"modified":"2025-06-10T11:03:56","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T11:03:56","slug":"frederic-navez","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/dev.brusselsgamesfestival.be\/wpbgf\/en\/medias-3\/the-posters-and-their-artists\/frederic-navez\/","title":{"rendered":"Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Navez"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Fred Navez \u2013 Illustrator of the BGF Posters from 2018 to 2021<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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A graduate in illustration from Saint-Luc Brussels, Fred Navez<\/strong> began his career by blending drawing, graphic design and advertising. Passionate about board games, he has worked on titles like When I Dream<\/em> and Marchands du Nord<\/em>, and is known for his \u201cchameleon\u201d style<\/strong>, allowing him to adapt to a wide range of visual approaches. His contribution to the BGF spans three consecutive editions<\/strong>, with posters that are rich, interconnected, and always full of playfulness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How did you approach creating these posters?
Was there an idea, mood or message you wanted to convey?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

For all three posters, I had the pleasure of working with Tanju Goban<\/strong>, who was the festival\u2019s coordinator at the time. It was a great collaboration<\/strong>, where the concepts evolved organically together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2018<\/strong>, the focus was on the Parc du Cinquantenaire<\/strong>, and the idea was to highlight the connections between different gaming worlds<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2019<\/strong>, we continued in the same direction, but added an eco-conscious<\/strong> layer \u2014 hence the lush greenery<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2020<\/strong>, we kept the same base but extended the concept of interconnection<\/strong> to include other media like comics, cinema and mobile games. And of course, being a special year, we made a version of the poster where all characters wore masks<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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What do these posters represent to you?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

They\u2019re very meaningful to me.
They reflect my vision of games and illustration: a creative abundance<\/strong>, filled with diverse ideas and styles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They also mark a very prolific phase<\/strong> in my career \u2014 one that was unfortunately cut short, first by Covid<\/strong>, and then by the rise of AI<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you had to describe your posters in three words, which would you choose \u2013 and why?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I think three words sum them up well:
Abundance, diversity, fun.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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What memory stands out from illustrating for the BGF?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

A really great one.<\/strong>
In addition to the illustrations, I also handled the entire graphic design<\/strong> for the events: maps, programmes, banners, T-shirts, flyers, coasters\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was sometimes intense, but always in a good mood<\/strong>, with a strong team spirit<\/strong>. Working around a shared passion for games<\/strong> was incredibly rewarding.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Is there a detail or easter egg in your posters that few people notice?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Yes! I\u2019m a big fan of Lovecraft<\/strong>, especially Cthulhu<\/strong>\u2026 and he appears in every single poster<\/strong>, in different ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A few examples:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the 2020 poster<\/strong>, few noticed that Professor Nosides<\/strong> is admiring a Space Marine he just painted<\/strong>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the 2018 poster<\/strong>, the blue Formule D\u00e9 car<\/strong> has a tentacle<\/strong> on it (Cthulhu again!), a number 44<\/strong> (an inside joke with friends), and even a little scented pine tree<\/strong> in the cockpit. The green car<\/strong> has a very unusual team name<\/strong> too \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Info & Contact<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udce7 navez.fred@gmail.com<\/a>
\ud83d\uddbc\ufe0f Portfolio (WeTransfer)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other editions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Adrien Journel (2025)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Ammo Dastarac (2024)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Sergio Men\u00e9ndez<\/a> (2023)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Fred Navez (2018 \u00e0 2021)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Florence Bols\u00e9e (2016 \u00e0 2017)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Rapha\u00ebl Batista (2015)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dimitri Piot (2014)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Patrick Beukeleirs (2013)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fred Navez \u2013 Illustrator of the BGF Posters from 2018 to 2021 A graduate in illustration from Saint-Luc Brussels, Fred Navez began his career by blending drawing, graphic design and advertising. Passionate about board games, he has worked on titles like When I Dream and Marchands du Nord, and is known for his \u201cchameleon\u201d style, … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":4331,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4379","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","latest_post"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/dev.brusselsgamesfestival.be\/wpbgf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/dev.brusselsgamesfestival.be\/wpbgf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/dev.brusselsgamesfestival.be\/wpbgf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dev.brusselsgamesfestival.be\/wpbgf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dev.brusselsgamesfestival.be\/wpbgf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4379"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/dev.brusselsgamesfestival.be\/wpbgf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4525,"href":"http:\/\/dev.brusselsgamesfestival.be\/wpbgf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4379\/revisions\/4525"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dev.brusselsgamesfestival.be\/wpbgf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/dev.brusselsgamesfestival.be\/wpbgf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}