Author: derekroczen

Kölner Dom/ Cologne Cathedral

sketch

koelnerdom

A drawing I did during a lunch break at the Solution Space (an office building right next to the Cologne Cathedral). What is weird that you need some distance to actually “see” the cathedral, which most people don´t realize, because they are using the wide angle lenses of their cameras anyway. If you don´t see the whole structure, which you can´t from this the elements get quite confusing. So this is kind of an honest view of the Cologne cathedral….

Big in China

illustration

I just received the deposit copies of the Chinese versions of books I illustrated two or three years ago. It always amuses me when I hear, that book I worked on has been sold to Asia, because it reminds me of the eighties when mediocre rock bands who were past their prime often found a safe haven in Japan, hence the old Alphaville song Big in Japan. Perhaps I am big in China or Korea (who knows).

I wondered what they would do with the map of Germany with tips for dinosaur related activities (they just kept it). I would love to know what the text says, so if you can speak Chinese contact me…

Nataly 2015

photography

Some photographs I took in May with my favorite model. I sometimes don´t know if I should post these pictures here, but I don´t do enough photography to run a second blog.

What it is weird about these pictures is that if somebody asked me how to describe this particular model with three attributes, the first things that would spring to my mind would be intelligent, strong-minded, with a deadpan sense of humor. I don´t know if any of this is conveyed by these pictures. I guess I still have to learn a lot. But she is beautiful and Russian, I guess that part worked….