The Nothing

How does the nothing inspire us? School excercise on A3. Chinaink and pencil on a sheet of paper with a hole.

Anfangen

This was an initial idea for the theme "Mein Anfang" that I had to illustrate for MYP magazine. I thought the hardest thing about the start is the starting… so I just started drawing to see where it would get me.

Jardin de Babylon

School excercise on the theme "Jardin de Babylon" which means garden of Babylon. Chinaink on paper.
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Made at ECAL

Mein Anfang - MYP Magazine

I was asked to illustrate my own text written for berlin- based online magazine "MYP magazine" in their 5th issue earlier this year.
The theme was "My beginning". I see my life as a sum of beginnings and starts, growing up and around me like sprouting branches of a tree, my existence nested and hidden under the tree crown of my past.

Recto Verso

A school excercise about creating a recto verso drawing.
Nature's patterns adapted by man.

Thousands of dots with 0.05, 0.2 and 0.8 inkpen.

Made at ECAL

State of Mind

Thoughts of the brave.
Made at ECAL

Talisman

Strange breed from the seas.

Mermaid ( GME )
Coalescent Gemination.

A slightly different interpretation of the marine beauty, this mermaid is another one of these Genetic Misfortunes of Evolution. Hopefully it will eat itself before breeding.

Host

Symbiosis or parasitism?
Chinaink on found paper.

Metamorphosis

Selfinitiated attempt for a thematic Illustration about the indeed bizarre proliferation and adhesion of both creature and organism as well as the means of drawing by hand and processing with the computer.

Horizon

India Ink on carton.

10 Years Of Appletree Garden Festival

Merchandise for the 10th anniversary of the "Appletree Garden Festival" in Diepholz.

You can buy this shirt on their website.

Lordleopard

The inspiration for this illustration comes from a Caribou song of the same name, which by the way is amazing. Listen to it!

Venus

Collage, Pigmented Inkpen and Edding on paper.

Der Reiter ( GME )

"The Rider". Yet another example of nature's absurdity...Who chiefs whom in this bilateral dependance of the sightless union?
Flyerdesign for the highly appreciated, Cologne- based Come Together Project

Chieftain ( GME )

Chinaink on paper, processed with PS.

Zwei Indienasen Geben Gas

Flyer for a concert and party night by german online music magazine Crazewire and the marvellous Power To Peter Kollektiv in collaboration with ZOOM at Studio 672 and Stadtgarten Köln.

Pigmented Inkpen on paper. Photoshop. Lots of letters.

Scufflebag

Merchandise for the Band "beeline".
Edding on paper. Screenprint on jute bag.

You can by these bags online for 4€ at www.wearebeeline.com

We're All Parts Of An Alphabet

Gouache Paint on wood. I painted this embryonic devil onto a wooden box in a yard.

The phrase "We're All Parts Of An Alphabet" is from a song I love by Jeffrey Lewis called "Alphabet".

Sprawl

Sprawl is a free drawing directly onto a jute bag with a random ballpoint pen.