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Ludwig Hohlwein

I first stumpled upon Ludwig Hohlwein while doing research for my diploma. I did a Travelposter-inspired series of illustrations based on the song “Monkey & Bear” by Joanna Newsom.
There are a lot of illustrators who have done great poster work, but none other was as influental at least to me, as Ludwig Hohlwein. I fell for his combination of strong, bold colors to sepearate for- and background and his mastery of shape & form. Even though often working with only limited colors, his pictures communicate strong moods and are perfectly readable.

Ludwig Hohlwein on wikipedia
A gallery site showing many of Hohlweins posters
A book about hohlweins work.But it’s basically out of print.

Roberto Freire

Ohne Roberto würde ich heute vermutlich kein Geld mit Zeichnen verdienen. Nicht nur hat er mir als erstes vermittelt wieviel Einkommen man erreichen muss sobald man nicht mehr als Student leben möchte/kann. Wesentlich wichtiger ist, dass er mir beigebracht hat dass um wirklich gut in irgendwas zu werden, – sei es zeichnen, malen, design, irgendwas, – es vor allem Übung benötigt.
Roberto selbst ist ein verdammt guter zeichner, Karikaturist und absoluter Gutmensch!

Oh und er hat mich einmal portraitiert. Nicht unbedingt seine beste Arbeit aber das liegt eher an seinem Motiv als an ihm. Ich hab das Portrait in seine Arbeitsproben übernommen.

If it wasn’t for Roberto, i probably wouldn’t make a living from drawing. Not just did he first explain to me the numbers that i would have to achieve once i’m out of school. More importantly he taught me that if you want to be good at something, it being drawing, painting, design, whatever – it’s all just practise.
Roberto himself is a very good artist, caricaturist and absolute do-gooder.

Oh and he painted a portrait of me once. Not his best work but that’s because of the subject, not because of him. I included it in the work samples.

Robertos Blog
Robertos Caricature-portfolio
Roberto Freire @ cghub
Roberto mentioned on lines&colors
Video Interview mit Roberto
Robertos Vimeo Channel

Igino

Gegenwärtig so häufig im Netz anzutreffen wie ein Dodo, war/ist Igino dennoch ein Quell der Inspiration und im Gespräch mit Ihm konnte ich sehr viel lernen.

Currently as active on the web as a dodo but Igino has been and still is a source of inspireation for me and i have learned a great deal from him in our conversations.

You can hardly call it a portfolio site.
A really old interview with him on epilogue.
Some early card game art he did (Scroll down a bit to see the opened menu).
He’s currently working at Splash Damage.

Henrik Fetz

Henrik hatte zeichnerisch wohl den größten Einfluss auf mich. Neben Roboerto verdanke ich ihm am meisten da er mir durch konkreten Rat immer wieder weiter geholfen hat und mich noch heute durch sein eigenes Schaffen antreibt.

Henrik is the artist that possibly had the most influences on me regarding my drawings. Besides Roberto i owe him the most because he has ever so often helped my with feedback and overpaints and is still one of the guys that i look up to and try to “compete” against.

Henriks Portfolio
Henrik @ IPP
Henrik @ Funky Frame Films