Fighting the Dark Fairy
I did this illustration a while ago, when I was writing Below the Floor, my illustrated fantasy children´s book. I was thinking about the knautbolds, a fierce but good-hearted tribe […]
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The Caterpillar shining through
Last week the second hardcover test print of my fantasy children`s book, Below the Floor, finally arrived (“Das Dorf unter dem Fußboden” as it will be published in German first). […]
Below the Floor will be released in German – First
I initially had planned to release my first fantasy children`s book in English. It seemed to be the right fit for it. I wrote “Below the Floor” in German and […]
We got a Winner!
A big thank you goes to everybody who took the time to complete the survey I launched three weeks ago. It was of really great help and I have already […]
Win an Original Artwork from Below the Floor
The production of the fantasy book Below the Floor is going well and the next thing I will have to do is painting the book cover illustration. Here is where […]
Lessons Learned from Creating a First Children’s Book – I
The Creation of the fairytale book Below the Floor is going well and as I mentioned in my last blog post, it is time to recap some of the lessons […]
See the Final Colour Scheme of the Fairytale Caterpillar Metro
As a returning reader you might know, that I am pretty far with the creation of the illustrations for my first fairy tale book, Below the Floor. Below you can […]
What Does A Cat Think When It Sees A Wan Tau?
If you are a returning reader you might know that at the center of my fairytale, Below the Floor, there is a little kobold tribe called the Wan Tau which […]
The Eightlings – Tiny Fairies
The smallest race in the fairy tale Below the Floor? That´s easy… the eightlings! Those fellows are 1/8th the size of a grown up Wan Tau and usually live near […]
Update on the Caterpillar Metro
Some weeks ago I posted my first sketches for the caterpillar metro which appears in my fairy tale. I´m curreently pumping out one image after the other to get the […]
Evolution of a Fairy – III
After I knew what the face of Leto, the hero of my fairy tale, looked like it was time to design his clothes. I always had known that the Wan […]
Evolution of a Fairy – II
After I had defined the main characteristics of Leto, the little hero of my fairy tale Below the Floor, I tried different versions of the nose and eyes. I knew […]
