This is a house in Köln Nippes (probably Merheimerstr). I always enjoy sketching when abroad and don´t do that very often. So I thought I´ll just choose something around the corner. One of the worst things about looking for a place to draw is the lack of something to sit on. I made a lot of comparatively boring drawings because I had to compromise. Drawing something around the corner has the big advantage that you can bring a chair with you…
I should do this more often….
Some portraits I took in Niehl/ Cologne. Brilliant model.
These are the sketches for a commercial for Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele (a festival for mostly for classical music) designed to be shown in cinemas arround Stuttgart. I have spent a little too much on these hand drawn sketches, because it was pretty obvious that the client was going to choose the photo collage style used on its website. I haven´t found it on the web yet, but I will post a link as soon as I find it. the character did exist beforehand. I did almost everything else. The last picture in the gallery is the final look.
Thanks to Studio Fitzbin and Mareike Ottrand. Sound and music by Hannah von Hübbenet.
These a preliminary sketches for a project I am right now working on. There is going to be more…
Some more illustrations I did for Hans grohe last year.
A new book for children age 6-8 (children who just start learning how to read) has been published by Random House which I have illustrated last year. I will show some more Illustrations when I am sure that the book is available in bookstores. The story by Patricia Schröder is about a family holiday on a houseboat.
Some illustrations I did for Hans Grohe last year. It is just layout.
I finally updated my showreel…. After I did more Illustration than animation recently there will be a batch of new animation soon, so I will have to edit once more.
This is a birthday present for a friend of mine, who is half Argentinean, half Finn. So I decided to do a mole (no special reason, I just like moles) on a racing bicycle (Ando loves racing bicycles). wearing an Argentinean football jersey with a small Finland flag. What I didn´t think of is that when you combine the two you will get a Greek flag.
I always feel a little weird talking about Greece. I was at a really cool film festival shortly before the crisis started, and I can remember all the young people talking about how they would have to leave Greece, because there was no perspective, and that was before the crisis struck.
But this is no blog about politics, moles on cycles, that´s what I do….
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