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:

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    I finished listening to the audiobook “Edge of the Woods” by Andrew Rowe this morning. It’s a slow-burn fantasy story that reminded me a little bit of Kingkiller Chronicles – very likely because the main character, Edge, is retelling his past very much like Kvothe is telling his biography to a chronicler.

    There are a couple of fairy characters in the story, and this drawing is inspired by one of them.

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    This is a simple drawing & abstraction exercise I call “Get a bigger pen”. It originated from a logo-design course while I was studying Communications Design when the professor took away my micro pencil and handed me a chunky piece of crayon instead.

    Try to draw the same thing with increasingly bigger brush sizes. And you’re not allowed to use the eraser tool to shape. Years ago I was doing that with pen & paper, nowadays I only do it digitally.

  • 20240311

  • Game – Summer House

    A beautiful, cozy, warm, casual idle game. Build a beautiful house in a nice environment. Made in Berlin.
    It just launched, you can get it for 4€.

    https://store.steampowered.com/app/2533960/SUMMERHOUSE

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    I started listening to book 4 of Chrysalis and did some warmup doodles based on one of the main character’s pets.