The other day I had this crazy idea. Having finished a highly detailed map of the Iron Islands in March this year, I thought about doing the same for all of the other regions of Westeros, the continent, where George R.R. Martin’s “A Song of Ice and Fire” novels take place. Sounds cool, right? The…
The last days and weeks have been full of developments that sometimes happended faster and in more surprising ways than I could have imagined. The effects on me and my work as an artist aren’t forseeable yet. Life can be crazy and unpredictable sometimes. As some of you might have noticed, this website got a…
In this article I’ll be trying to describe the steps that are necessary to create a painting that is digitally drawn with a computer. It is a very basic introduction to digital painting which includes some thoughts about the process in general. Although there are quite a few German digital artists, its’s still a very…
The first words that my son uttered spontaneously when I showed him my latest picture were: “Die Ingeborg, Ingeborg, as a pet you have an Orc!” This proves that his upbringing so far has been quite successful and he could relate to the image immediately. It is the first piece that I completely drew in…
Half an hour in a copyshop, two hours of working with a cutter knife and glue – and the prototype of Mafia is finished. The game can be ordered on this website. An ideal present for friends and family. You can see all the characters from the game in the “Mafiart Gallery”.
An artist should develop an eye for the small things in life, especially their income. You can find beautiful little details everywhere, take for example the small print under your last employment contract. A cuckoo mystic once even told me, one of her hobbies was searching for dwarves in the forest. Since I have never…
Once you understand the principle behind three-dimensional paper cuts, they are not difficult to create at all. It depends on how complicated the motif is, though. There are a lot of websites and tutorials which explain, how you can make your own simple cards. There is even a free Windows programme, called “Pop-Up-Card Generator”, that…
The Saturday morning was windy enough to put my plan into action. I wanted to see my students fly. “Levitation Photography” is the name of the genre I wanted to try out. It’s magic made possible with the help of a Nikon D300 and Photoshop. You can see the results in my photo gallery. It’s…
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