I don’t know the client for my first character design job here, probably my mum, but I loved the feeling of pencils so much. This satisfying feeling when they’re flying over a white piece of paper and a simple idea is coming to life. I admired drawing colorful artworks with every medium I had access to. I was born in Böblingen (South Germany), a city next to the small village I grew up in.
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Youtube
Over the years, I used my pencils always less. Youtube and its creators attract my attention and so I uploaded my first YouTube video about my favorite video game back in 2012. When I look back, it was this special moment when my love for creating was so big that I had the desire to share it with the world. My first video was a vital boost because after a few months it had over 92k views. While other kids delivered the newspaper or cut the lawn, I earned my first money with the new video platform. It was like a secret universe I discovered with endless opportunities.
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University
I started my communication design studies in Stuttgart to turn my passion into a major job. It was the perfect start to learn everything about design, professional videos, pictures, animation, and illustration. I worked on the first design projects for friends and started with a few scribbles. It felt great to have a pencil in my hand again, the ability to create worlds on a piece of paper with no limitations or rules. After 2 years of studying I couldn’t resist spending all the money, I saved for months to buy my first iPad.
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Dreams
After graduating in autumn 2018, I started with the design of my first professional website and I illustrated on my iPad to create stuff for my first portfolio and to post it on Instagram. My dream was to be creative but I never thought that you can work as an illustrator for a living till I had a call with Alexandra. She convinced me to join their representation agency and to work for clients. This call was the starting point of my freelance business as an illustrator and the best decision of my career. I learned so many things from the whole team and Alexandra is still my agent today.
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Today
A lot of things changed throughout the years but one thing never changed. I have always been fascinated by creating content and turning my stories into artworks, designs, or videos. I couldn’t be prouder to see this path and the creative team around me today. Sometimes it feels massively surreal to see what we’ve achieved and how fast this digital world is. But when the light goes out in the studio and I’m closing my laptop after a long day, I couldn’t be happier that I started this journey with my first Youtube video in 2012. And I wish I could travel back in time when I clicked the upload button to whisper in my ear that this journey is going to be wonderful.
I mentioned that we are a team now, yeah! If you would like to know more about this story, you should definitely check our awesome crew studio site!
