As a biology student in Vienna, when submitting anatomical drawings of insects,
crabs and other animals, my professor suggested that I should consider a career as a
professional illustrator. I'm not sure what that meant about my skills as
a biologist - but soon thereafter I left the university and began to work
as a freelance artist.
With my partner Marcus Renn I started with comic strips for newspaper and magazines ( RITSCH UND RENN ). Since those early days I have progressed on to many different projects, including commercial illustration assignments and graphic novels. At present I live and work on the shores of Lake Constance in western Austria, in the foothills of the Alps.
Citroen (automotive)
Mars (chocolate and candy)
Doppelmayr (cable cars)
Aldi (super market chain)
Rauch (fruit juices)
Futjitsu Siemens (computers)
media verlag (publishing house)
c't (computer magazine)
Omicron (electronics)
UPC (internet firm)
Alma (cheese)
Ikarus (security software)
IQOQI (Institute for Quantum Optics + Information)
Serge Haroche and David Wineland (Nobel Prize in Physics)
Neil Gaiman (Writer "Stardust")
oxford university press (largest university press in the world)
european science foundation (scientific research)
MIGROS (super market chain)
BBC (public-service broadcaster)
TOKO (ski wax)
Fiat (automotive)
... and many more
With my partner Marcus Renn I started with comic strips for newspaper and magazines ( RITSCH UND RENN ). Since those early days I have progressed on to many different projects, including commercial illustration assignments and graphic novels. At present I live and work on the shores of Lake Constance in western Austria, in the foothills of the Alps.
Commercial clients include:
Honda (motorcycles)Citroen (automotive)
Mars (chocolate and candy)
Doppelmayr (cable cars)
Aldi (super market chain)
Rauch (fruit juices)
Futjitsu Siemens (computers)
media verlag (publishing house)
c't (computer magazine)
Omicron (electronics)
UPC (internet firm)
Alma (cheese)
Ikarus (security software)
IQOQI (Institute for Quantum Optics + Information)
Serge Haroche and David Wineland (Nobel Prize in Physics)
Neil Gaiman (Writer "Stardust")
oxford university press (largest university press in the world)
european science foundation (scientific research)
MIGROS (super market chain)
BBC (public-service broadcaster)
TOKO (ski wax)
Fiat (automotive)
... and many more
An einem Winternachmittag, Universität Wien:
Ich kauerte über meinem Mikroskop und zeichnete sezierte Insekten, Ringelwürmer und Kerbtiere,
als mein Professor mir über die Schulter und auf meine Zeichnungen schaute und sprach:
"Sie sollten nicht Zoologie studieren, sie sollten Künstler werden."
Ich schmiss also meine biologischen Studien und gründete mit Marcus Renn RITSCH UND RENN. Wir kreierten Cartoons und Comicstrip Serien für Zeitschriften und Magazine. Seit dieser Zeit war ich in zahlreiche Projekte als Zeichner, Animations-Designer und Illustrator involviert.
Ich lebe und arbeite am Ufer des Bodensees am Fuße der Alpen.
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Ich schmiss also meine biologischen Studien und gründete mit Marcus Renn RITSCH UND RENN. Wir kreierten Cartoons und Comicstrip Serien für Zeitschriften und Magazine. Seit dieser Zeit war ich in zahlreiche Projekte als Zeichner, Animations-Designer und Illustrator involviert.
Ich lebe und arbeite am Ufer des Bodensees am Fuße der Alpen.
Interview für nachgebloggt