Blackdust EP

Hi again,

this is a CD-packaging for a band based around Mannheim, Germany. The design-process was a really quick one, the band chose an existing illustration from the book I made for our booth at the last book-fair in Frankfurt. I am not sure about the title - as it often goes, I got all the content right before the packaging was due for printing. Not ideal for an illustrator, but another experience...

Farewell,
Peter

Birdy

Hey!

I got stuck with graphic-design-work in the last couple of weeks, so nothing really fancy to show. Nonetheless here’s a little after-hour project I was working on. It is another small sculpure to complement the previous two - a complete makeover from a really old piece from around 2000.

This is my first day off for quite a while and I feel kind of tense, so I skip writing about the story behind the birdman for today. Dieter suggested to paint the sculptures, which I find a very intriguing idea, but scary at the same time. Maybe I’ll make some sketches first before I »tattoo« them permanently.

Good night,
Peter

Golden Brown

Some quick sketches, inspired by the video of

 golden brown.

It's another experiment with colour,

line and paint are on the same paper.

Often I do many corrections/ retouches,

which is not possible in this case.

Paradoxically, this limitation makes me feel very free,

and it was great fun to create these little images.

Boris

New Layer - New Layer - New Layer (Head explodes)

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Here´s another quick work-in-progress shot
of my VAMOS childrens vacation cover submission.
I just read over the PDF a few days ago again and
I just noticed that the first three prizes win a pretty neat
amount of money. Of course, the noble
motivation of creating wonderful and inspiring
pieces of timeless art is reason enough, but
having fat stacks of cash roll into my bank
account puts a sugarcoating over it.

As I mentioned, it´s going to be a two-page
cover illustration, and I thought the little
front-and-behind view gimmick would be
neat here. I can´t remember when if I
ever drew a character from behind
(not with this much effort, anyways)
but I think it´s turning out pretty good
considering I make the anatomy up
as I go along (as you might have noticed,
her had is a bit smaller now, giving
her a more realistic expression).

There´s going to be a lot more
hanging on and coming out of her
backpack in the next few days,
hinting on the many different and
interesting things the kids and their parents
can do on the VAMOS trips.

Each new piece I do takes more and
more time, and this takes the crown -
I started it on March 28th, and we
still have a week to go. That´s
what I love about working digitally so
much right now - I can screw with
until I´m old and grey. If you´re
a perfectionist like me, this is
a very big timesink!

-Frederik

kiss the gravel under the shower

hi there,

long time no posting.

i'm not so much into drawing lately,
but i'm starting to record some of my songs.
i don't have a clue about music mastering, but i have a
hell of a lot of fun to tinker around with
my sound editing software.

i'm actually so exited about it,
that i wrenched my neck yesterday eyes wide open.

tatatata,
my first song ever posted in the world wide web.
still dirty, but i like it that way:
without trying to gloss over the fear to look
at myself into the bathroom mirror.

congratu-flipping-lations

listen here and get wet

cleo

Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung

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Last week I did two illustrations for the sunday issue of the FAZ. The images complement an extraordinary text from the 17th century which tells the story of a young man who becomes a soldier in order to avoid a forced marriage. Written by Grimmelshausen (he‘s well known for his novel Simplicius Simplicissimus) and printed in origin, sometimes very strange sounding, words: „dann ich war wegen deß empfangenen Schuß nit allein selbst nichts nutz zum Mausen/ sonder muste andern die damit vmgiengen/ außwarten vnd mich indessen schier auff den Tod verbluten."

Dieter

Why?

Martin Luther King Jr. was shot dead on

the 4th of April 1968, in Memphis, Tennesee.
So Nina Simone was dedicating
to the memory of him in the song
"Why? (the king of love is dead)".

Her brother gave an interview on npr a few days later.
You can still listen to it.

c.pom

Hi!

This is another small scuplture I made these days, to complement the recent one. Ah, the WEIRDNESS! Its not very large, about 30 centimeters high. It really was fun to do, since you can build up and remove and build up the material - unlike drawing, where almost every line sort of counts. I took some inspiration from the egypt mythology, especially Seth, which a friend told me about, and, in a way, from the movie Bilal put out a while ago, »The Immortal«.

Take care,
Peter

Illustration Friday: "Poise"

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"If you´re going on a trip, you´ll
need a lot of things: Stamina,
strength, water, and a good dose
of poise and enthusiasm."

--

This is also a work-in-progress piece
that´s going to be a submission for
a cover illustration contest held by
VAMOS, a german holiday provider that
centers around children having an
adventurous and stimulating vacation.
It will be a front-and-back illustration,
so there still is a lot of work to be done,
but as soon as I have a good idea
and a nice character the rest usually
is a lot of fun.

-Frederik

Illustration Friday: "Substract"

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"She just can´t substract smoking
from her habits."

-Frederik

Excrementory Grindfuckers

Hi!

Here are some shirt-motives I did a while ago for the band »Excrementory Grindfuckers«. Yes, you did read right. Just a little job I enjoyed doing...

Cheers,
Peter

check`n go

check`n go is a new project i am currently working on. this series of four paintings is based on snapshots done during a bus ride. each 40 x 50 cm, acrylic on paper on canvas.

max

short story illustration

the Du kulturmagazin asked me to do an illustration of the short story "stickstoffdüngerfabrik" written by the chinese author Tian Er. the artwork was published in the march issue which is about identity and really has got some nice articles inside. i noticed once again that literature illustration is a thing i like to do a lot because it gives you kind of a frame by leaving you totaly free in what you do....

max

Comic school

These months I'm producing a comic workbook with a focus 

on the emotional/ psychologic side of creating comics. 

Drawing can be a self expression, and can help 

to be understood and to better know others. 

The book has basics of comic drawing, and a pedagogic

part. It's gonna be used in schools (again in Belgium),

by teachers, and children...

Boris

A quick sketch

Hi!

In one of my last drawing classes, I found the time to do some sketching on my own and drew a few students. Too bad I never manage to do more of these drawings, I haven’t been to a nude-drawing-class since Adenauer got elected.

Best,
Peter

Ni Hao!

I love to use letters and symbols in my work,
but very rarely do I actually aim to express
something with it - I just like the graphic
quality of symbols and fonts.

So today I was pondering
over what I could write on
that kids clothing, and I thought that
she (or he - I don´t know it myself, I tend
to draw sexually ambiguous characters)
looks very asian already so I went for
chinese. I looked these words up
on a wiki phrasebook page - "Ni Hao"
on the cap means "Hello", and the shirt
says "Monday".

Now that I look at it, it reminds
me of a group of little japanese preschoolers
I once saw on TV - they were all walking behind
their teacher in line and all wore the the same
brightly colored caps - the cutest thing I´ve
ever seen!

-Frederik

Noisepollution Poster 2009

Hey!

Every year I am doing a poster for an alternative-music-festival near Frankfurt - here’s my version for 2009. Since the festival takes place in a very rural region, »cows« seemed an obvious choice for the motive. The manager of this event and I were wondering why we didn’t come across this idea the years before, after all the robots, skeletons, rock-chicks and cocaine & champagne (kidding a little bit) we had on the previous posters.
The little twist with the ufo-abduction came from my fascination with old-school-science-fiction, together with a certain style I identified as »steampunk«. The latter is not overly present in my design, but it really is worth checking out (I think): the amalgamation of victorian design with modern technology. You can find a lot of beautifully crafted objects on the net, where designers are trying to give computers, iPods, scanners,… the look of like it just came out of a Jules-Verne-novel. »The Golden Compass« has some nice production-design in that direction, too.

All the best,
Peter