Free Projects / Music

Some free projects inspired by vintage sheet music covers. I often see those booklets on the fleamarket and although I don't really play an instrument (except guitar in a punk band when I was 17) I really love the cover artwork. So sometimes I buy them just to look at it. The colors are limeted and the shaped are bold and playful at the same time. The first picture is also a visual joke about detachable collars, which were common in the first half of the 20th century

Blaue Orangen Kreativmarkt / Presse

I shared a stall with  Dark Candy Illustrations at the "Blaue Orangen Kreativmarkt" this month and a few local newspapers mentioned us by name. I forgot to make pictures myself though so you'll have to trust the mainstream-media one time. ;-) It was a nice day and we had lot's of fun. Thanks to Lucie Richter and the Blaue Orangen team.

Frankfurter Rundschau

Wiesbadener Kurier

Happy Halloween 2014

T-Shirts for Vecona Vintage

Most of you already know I am friends with the people behind the label Vecona Vintage. They asked me to design some T-Shirts aiming at Lindy Hop Dancers. So I took two popular songs and made them into shirt motives. "Straighten up and fly right" for an Aviatrix motive à la Amelia Earhart (even if the lyrics go quite differently) and the chorus of the "Tiger Rag" with some 1930s collegiate figures!

Get them at www.vecona-vintage.com

Die Liebe der Matrosen ("The Sailors' Love")

"Die Liebe der Matrosen" is a little Illustration I made for an art group in Wiesbaden. We meet every 2 weeks and give each other "homework" to some topics. This time it was to draw something about the sea. I tried to keep it simple with only few colors. More can be found on my tumblr:

http://drawfastdieyoung.tumblr.com

GRUSS VOM KЯAMPUS

Apache Gals

To understand the titel you might want to read more about Apache Dance. The name derieved from early 20th century parisian street gangs that were famous for their cruelty but also for their unique style. They appear to have been quite peacock-ish with their outfits.

The famous dance includes a fight between a gangster (or pimp) and a prostitute and became part of the popular culture of the first half of the 20th century. If you do a search on youtube you will find many movies with it ranging from comedies and musicals to crime flics. While I love the style of the costumes and the dance moves I felt uncomfortable with the violence against women thing. I decided to give it a twist and let the women fight back. Their attitude resembles Riot Grrl comics like "Tank Girl" now.

Yes, it still includes violence but if society still blames the victims of sexism if the don't defend themselves... well the guys were "asking for it", right?