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Sunday 30 December 2012

tgv


people are staring at their laptops while the french countryside passes at 300 km/h.

Wednesday 19 December 2012

Rheinsteig




There is a beautiful hiking trail along the Rhine, called Rheinsteig, that runs 320 km from Wiesbaden to Bonn (or the other way round). I only hiked the first 80 km, walking through vineyards and villages, and getting no sketching done except these two- Schloß Vollrads in Johannisberg and a glimpse of half timbered houses in Rüdesheim.

Friday 14 December 2012

Sunday 25 November 2012

kaiserslautern


one month till christmas: festive lighting and christmas tree are already up. It´s still warm enough to sit outside for a while.


indoor sketching at Pfalzgalerie. Might be my drawing skills, but even the original looked like she was slightly stoned.

Tuesday 13 November 2012

Monday 5 November 2012

New toy

Drawn with Autodesk Sketchbook + Samsung Galaxy Note.





Sunday 22 July 2012

Saturday 16 June 2012

mainzer


weinhaus "rote kopf"


café "annabatterie"

Monday 11 June 2012

teenage mutant ninja turtles



I made an illustration about childhood heroes for Bird magazine, an Illustration fanzine. Finally picked up a copy of the first issue- the two-toned Risograph printing is especially sweet.

Monday 21 May 2012

Thursday 17 May 2012

Friday 16 March 2012

alexander mcqueen



Alexander McQueen exhibition. Distorted animal prints, extreme silhouettes, neon coloured styrofoam catwalks and this very nice coat that was made out of some kind of bubblewrap.

Tuesday 7 February 2012

Minusgrade


When it´s -10 °C outside that feel more like -20 °C, reasons for going out are few. We stay in and prefer to connect with the outside world through blogging. Here´s Eva, and here´s what she drew on my Wacom: Außer Rand & Band.

Wednesday 25 January 2012

Marokko

Winter escape to Morocco with the main goal of avoiding everything cold, dreary and european. The part about skipping the cold didn´t quite work out though. 
Route: Ryanair flight to Fès, bus to Essaouira via Casablanca, then passing Agadir, on to Tafraoute, joining an organised tour to see the Anti-Atlas and Sahara, then going back to Fès via Ouarzazate.


Bluest skies over the Mellah of Fès. This used to be the jewish quarter, but the majority of moroccan jews either emigrated to Israel or moved to the newer parts of town. 
Nowadays the population in the Mellah is muslim.

 

Leather tannery in the Medina. Only natural ingredients are used, as another overeager salesman assures us, like pidgeon excrement and chalk. It smells like rotting flesh.


Much tastier: Thé a la mente. Green tea, fresh mint leaves, and sugar chunks the size of oranges.


Essaouira back alley, trying to find some food that isn´t tajine or couscous. I´m not sure what we had, but it might have been bowel soup. At least we went somewhere that wasn´t listed in the Lonely Planet!


Oasis near Tafraoute, spectacular mountain backdrop, turquoise water, date palms, there were even frogs. Conclusion: Some things are too pretty to draw.


I didn´t see much of Zagora, except this view from the hotel terrace. It´s also a very dusty place.


Ouarzazate´s Medina.

Monday 23 January 2012

Franken

  


Former means of transport in the Verkehrsmuseum in Nürnberg: Goggomobil Coupé, 1960s & E 19 locomotive, 1940


Modern means of transport: Anonymous, crowded regional train from Nürnberg to München. No seats available = 2 hours for one drawing + stiff legs