The Noise of People

The Noise of People

Nicolas Combes and Brigitte Macias

Nicolas “Nikesco” Combes, is a 30-year-old Deaf artist living in Paris.
He has been drawing since he was very young and he started his career in communication agencies and television before returning to his childhood passion.
He has just published his first graphic novel entitled "Le bruit des gens" (The noise of people) where he tells anecdotes of his deaf life with a lot of humor. He is working on getting his work translated into English.

As for the animation of characters, he created it in collaboration with a former co-worker, Brit Macias who currently is a media specialist and animator in Austin, Texas. Brit Macias is a multimedia designer and animator from Paris. She majored in fashion design and management and graduated at the University of Quebec in Montreal (UQAM), in Canada. After two years in the fashion industry in Paris, she decided to launch her career in Multimedia Design. She had been working in the creative agency and the magazine group company. She fell in love with animation and went back to Ecole Multimedia in Paris to master animation.  She was involved in the project of the publisher in LSF ( French Sign Language) with a mix of mobile applications, books, and animated videos. She currently lives in Austin, Texas with her husband and working as a media specialist.