Marie Cardouat
{{Short description|French illustrator (born 1981)}}
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| birth_place = Finistère, France
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| years_active = 2006–present
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Marie Cardouat is a French illustrator, best known for illustrating the original image card deck of the game Dixit.
Early life and education
Cardouat was born in 1981 in Finistère. She attended the School of Decorative Arts in Strasbourg, and set up a small studio near Paris upon her graduation in 2006.{{cite web |url=https://www.correspondances.com/english/our-artistic-landscapes/marie-cardouat/ |title=Who is Marie Cardouat? |publisher=Editions des Correspondances |access-date=14 February 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://www.collater.al/en/marie-cardouat-dixit-illustration/ |title=The illustrations by Marie Cardouat, author of the Dixit cards |author=Guido, Giulia |date=January 2022 |work=Collater.al |access-date=14 February 2023}}
Career
File:Dixit spiel p 014.jpg, illustrated by Cardouat]]
Cardouat began illustrating for Editions des Correspondances, a stationery company publishing greeting cards and postcards. Having heard that Régis Bonnessée of Libellud was seeking an illustrator, she submitted a portfolio and won the commission to illustrate the cards for Dixit (2008).{{cite interview |url=https://latourades.wordpress.com/2014/01/27/7-questions-for-marie-cardouat/ |title=7 Questions for Marie Cardouat |interviewer=Christophe Vain |date=January 27, 2014 |subject=Marie Cardouat |access-date=14 February 2023}} Since then, she has continued to illustrate games, including Marrakech (2010), Au Pays Des Papas (2010), Steam Park (2013), Abracada...What? (2014),{{cite web |url=https://whatsericplaying.com/2019/09/09/abracada-what/ |title=#492 - Abracada...What? |website=What's Eric Playing |date=9 September 2019 |access-date=14 February 2023}} ...and then, we held hands (2015),{{cite news |url=https://www.dicetowernews.com/node/7619 |title=... and Then We Held Hands comes to Kickstarter |date=September 27, 2015 |work=Dice Tower News |access-date=14 February 2023}} and HOP! (2016), which she co-designed with Ludovic Maublanc.{{cite news |url=https://www.dicetowernews.com/node/8552|title=Climb the sky in Hop! from Funforge and Passport Games |date=September 15, 2016 |work=Dice Tower News |access-date=14 February 2023}} A recent game featuring her illustrations is 1001 Islands (2022),{{cite web |url=https://www.meeplemountain.com/reviews/1001-islands/ |title=1001 Islands Game Review: Set Sail For Adventure and Glory! |author=McMillan, David |website=Meeple Mountain |date=October 23, 2022 |access-date=14 February 2023}} originally published as The Little Prince: Make Me a Planet (2013).{{cite news |url=https://www.dicetowernews.com/article/discover-1001-islands-man-thats-lot-islands-ludonaute |title=Discover 1001 Islands (Man, that's a lot of islands) by Ludonaute |date=July 14, 2022 |work=Dice Tower News |access-date=14 February 2023}}
References
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External links
- {{cite web |url=https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/summary/person/12691 |title=Geeklists for Marie Cardouat |website=Board Game Geek}}
- {{BoardGameGeek designer |id=12691 |name=Marie Cardouat}}
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