A preview of the graphic novel, I am currently working on:
Ernst Toller
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Marina di Pisa/ Italian Sketchbook 2021
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Tante Alma – Opera Singer
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The young version of Tante Alma here as an opera singer. Whoever suspects, that she is a mixture of Bianca Castafiore (her pose is a quote of the cover of Les Bijoux De La Castafiore) and young Shirley MacLaine is on the right track.
Sketches Düsseldorf Schlossufer/ Rheinufer 5.10.2021
illustration, sketch
Mustermatt
AnimationA friend of mine started a new Youtube channel about chess problems. It is highly recommendable if you speak German, because his analysis is very good and it is worth watching. The animation is pretty limited, as was the budget ( I did half of the work for free, because I really like chess).
These were the basic ideas/ sketches:
and a little additional animation
Sketches Italy 1 (La Spezia)
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Page from my new Italian sketchbook. Drawn in an Italian bar in La Spezia. Felt pen and ink in a Hahnemühle Nostalgia Sketchbook…..
Tante Alma Comic Teil 2
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Another comic for Tante Alma Hangout. This time about specialities from Cologne (which quite oxymoronic).
Illustration for Klett und Balmer Rundgang
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Illustration for Swiss magazine. Text by Marah Rikli. Here are the Sketches:
Schönling 1
illustration, portrait
Some practicing with ink and drawing pen
Tante Alma
comicI have been working for the new hotel chain Tante Alma Hangout (https://tante-alma-hotels.com/). The idea iss that these hostels have a story about being owned by a fictional character called Aunt Alma, who is kind of a female Captain Blaubär, meaning her stories might be made up but who knows. perhaps Tante Alma was the first human on the moon, the inspiration for James Bond, a famous opera singer, racing driver, and the woman who Jimi Hendrix stole his licks from….
It is great fun. This is the first comic strip I made for them. Apologies to Yoko Ono….
These are the sketches:
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