A stray in Eskişehir

I know, I won’t justify my absence, but so much happened the past months that I just did not find the time to upload stuff on here. But I am still drawing and painting. So here comes some stuff I created for a book, which will not be in it so I publish it on here so someone gets to see it. :)
I might post the work which will be in the book after it has been published.

So here are 6 illustrations that show places in the Turkish city Eskişehir. There is a small lack cat hidden in every one of them, enjoy finding them.

Under pressure!

I recently started getting into working with a drypoint at the university. Here’s the first result. I can tell you that this is a mess with the oil color but the results can be rewarding. I only gave it a slight color in Photoshop—the original print is plain black.

»Holy drawing, Batman.«

I’m far from being a comic illustrator, but I do love me some Batman (which man doesn’t?) So, after reading different comics (The long Halloween, Hush…), here’s my first serious attempt at the Dark Knight. Total mixture of watercolor and Photoshop.

The caped crusader

WAIT! In the water...

Hey, yes I am still alive and have been drawing all the time, but was too busy too scan all that stuff unfortunately. Maybe I can be a little more up to the task in the future, we'll see.
For now, here's a painting that has been coming a long way. (I think I started the first version in June 2008! But no, it didn't get delayed because of me…) Anyway it is finally done, so I can show it to you. (Actually it is only the right half of the complete picture, the rest will come soon).
This is a CD cover for ProgRockRecords Boss Shawn Gordon’s Band Psychic for Radio. The CD will be called – as you can see – »Standing Wave«. Release date is sometime in the next 3 months, when nothing comes in between. Originally with Michael Sadler (Ex-Saga) on vocals there is also my good friend Henning Pauly playing on it as is Mark Zonders (Fates Warning).

»Psychic for Radio« cover art

A weekend in Milan

Last weekend I was on a short trip to Bergamo and Milan in Italy. The Dome/Cathedral in Milan was more than impressive with its white marble exterior and the hundreds of sculptures, yet overall I I liked Bergamo better. This was mainly due to the fact that the old part of the city on the mountain with its small alleys and old buildings had a very intimate atmosphere.


Nevertheless, here are some of the sketches I did when I could spare some time besides taking hundreds of photos.

A church in Bergamo

Part of the entrance side of the Milan Dome

Just a little family resting on the place in front of the Dome

With a grain of salt

Inspired by a book I read as a child (couldn't remember the name but I found it out in the meantime. It's called 'The BFG' or with its German Sophiechen und der Riese written by the Brittish author Roald Dahl. Should find the book and read it again. I remember really liking it.

"That gigantic salt really hurts..."

Civil Servant

Sometimes we all have a certain cliché in our heads when we think of some things. Here's one of a civil servant I just had to draw. A little different approach here. Try to go a little "Street Style" without getting to much into it. Originally painted with fineliner, later vectorized in Illustrator. Added the paper texture afterwards.

After a hard 3 hour day at work...