As a R&D engineer at Quadraxis, Alain Tsarafidy has been hosted by the ARTEMIS Department of the Institut National des Télecommunications (GET/INT) from April 2004 to March 2005. He has been in charge with transfering into Quadraxis product line the technologies for 3D reconstruction and animation of virtual characters from 2D drawings, developed by ARTEMIS for enhanced cartoon production within the framework of the TOON project.