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:
The following illustration is based on the “Alpenkrähe | Red-billed cough”. After doing the Subalpine Warbler, I felt like I was not pushing myself in any way on these latest images. So in this illustration I avoided using curves as much as possible, constructed the body out of chunky rectangles instead and deliberately made everything – from the basic proportions to the shading – a little bit more abstract than before. And at the end, I created a second interpretation on the same basis because I felt again like I was sticking too much to what I already established as a safe look.
Unfortunately, I did not write any notes while creating this illustration and thus there will not be any additional text to accompany the process-images. Due to being busy at work & the Tendonitis flaring back up again I had to split the work on this image over multiple evenings.
