A short history of me

  • 2003: Dipped a toe into computer science II at the university. Dropped out real quick. Switched to communications design – a much better fit. 
  • 2003: Started freelancing as an illustrator. That never really stopped.
  • 2009: Graduated Dipl. Kommunikationsdesigner from HBK Saar. I illustrated Joanna Newsom’s song “Monkey & Bear” as propaganda posters.
  • 2011 – 2021: I explored leadership roles on the visual side of the games industry: concept artist, art director, team lead, creative advisor, talent scout, design director.
  • 2010s – 2020s: Taught design and concept art in various schools. I like sharing stuff and had the opportunity to do so there.
  • 2025 april – august: Selling strawberries, ’cause before starting university was the best time to try something completely different.
  • 2025: Let’s try the magic reset button in real life: started a dual study program in career guidance (Beratung für Bildung, Beschäftigung und Beruf – HdbA Schwerin, Agentur für Arbeit Berlin Süd
  • 2025 december: I quit the dual study program.
  • 2026: I guess it’s back to freelance

Currently

I’m always going through books, albums, and other things – here’s what stuck lately:


  • Maybe it’s because my interest in music making started on a drumkit, but even when I’m playing around with a piano-sound I often end up experimenting with syncopation. Or patterns more in general.
    I planned this track as a “beginner”-piano piece for myself to practice. The pattern starts relatively simple and evolves over time.

  • Fiona Apple – I want you


    Haunting performance, so intense.


  • I tried a new approach today. Usually I jump into the DAW immediately and fool around until I have something that I like. Today I instead started on a piece of paper. I restricted myself to something very simple and tried to work more like I’d work on any other non-musical project.
    Only after the individual building blocks were there I went by gut and ear.


  • Oddada is a beautiful, charming music builder/looper. Create loops in a fun way, record them in the end together and save them as tapes (and/or wav-files).

    Oddada – Website

    Oddada – Steam


  • I experimented with audio again.
    Except for the drums, all other sound-effects are triggered by instances of Mario Nieto’s “Harmony Bloom”. To add some more randomization and general sound-distortion, I fooled around a bunch with Cableguys “Shaperbox” on the majority of sound-tracks.

    Here’s 3 minutes of auto-play and generated audio. Such a fun way to just experiment and play around.





  • The wife has been playing elden ring again and every now and then I catch a glimpse when I walk past her.


  • More Coverdesign render-practice