Diploma-project at the University of Applied Sciences Salzburg. The story is based on a poem of HC Artmann. It´s about a roundaboutowner, who collects women under his bedroom floor. But as soon as it gets dark they become uncanny to him.
[Screened at: Ars Electronica Animation Festival (Linz/Austria), Anim'est International Animation Film Festival (Bucharest/Romania), Pantheon International Xperimental Film and Animation Festival (Nicosia/Cyprus)]

A commercial for the well known soft drink, I worked on during my 5 month internship at BUCK.
I created the Fur for the Sheep, Beaver, Mouse, Chipmunk, Sloth, Goat, Eagle and small parts of the Moose, Antelope and Bear.
I also worked on the moss, branches and grass in some shots, and did some secondary animation and a lot of rendering.

An anti smoking campaign I worked on during my 5 month internship at BUCK in Los Angeles.
I did the Modeling and Texturing for the interiour of the house and some Lighting tests.

Show opener for Fuel TV I worked on during my 5 month internship at BUCK in Los Angeles.
I created parts of the environment (Modeling and Texturing) and did some Cel-animation.

3D-Animation Project about a manic glowworm-hunter.
I am responsible for the Environment Modeling/Texturing, Matte-Painting, Animatic and Character design.
Done with Maya and Z-Brush. Postproduction in After Effects.

I got inspired by deep sea animals to design the character. Done with my Wacom-Tablet in Adobe Photoshop.

Current Game-Development Project. (PvP Strategy)
I did the whole Interface- and Environmentdesign, including the modeling of the Navigation-head.

I tried to mix Mayan symbols and Angkor architecture to create a unique look. Done in Photoshop.

Title Sequence for the Shortfilm "Maria".

Short 3D-animated parable about the history of Industrialism.

Commercial for a small but good music-festival.

Promotion spot for our film-crew, called "Akura Sira".

Fur experiment with Autodesk Maya.

Handdrawn cartoon movie about the war between good and evil. (15 p/s)

All Audio Samples are filtered from one single "white noise", combined with visual noise of my broken TV-set.

First steps with After Effects, trying to show the different faces of Typography.

I tried to put the old cult object into the modern world of advertising, to show the paradoxe benefit of consumegoods.

Sculptural work, continuing the idea of the golden calf.

Logo and Animation concept for a classmate.

MEDUSAE: Logo for a Metal Band
MAMMUT: Logo for a Marketing Company
HAFENAUER: Logo for a fictive Fast Food Restaurant

Deskscanner experiments to visualize the mechanism of the state of shock.

Music Video for a HipHop-Crew in Berlin.
The Video has 7 chapters, which stand for the 7 sins.

Video Project with Stopmotion parts about the austrian legend of the "Stone shitting Karl".
Shot and edited within 36 hours at the "Instant 36" festival.

CURRICULUM VITAE

* 02.01.1983 in Linz

EDUCATION

Grammar School - Europagymnasium Auhof in Linz | 1993-1998
School for Graphic and Communication-Design in Linz | 1998-2003
Social Year: Work with handicapped Teenagers - BBRZ Linz | 2003-2004
University of Applied Sciences - Multimedia Art in Salzburg | 2004-2009

Finsihed my Magister (FH) degree in the major ANIMATION
Title of thesis: "THE UNCANNY OBJECT. The reality of the uncanny in animation."

WORKING EXPERIENCE

2 month Internship at the Media Departmentof the Upper Austrian Provincial GV
5 month Internship at BUCK Design in Los Angeles (2007)

Freelance Work at STRUKT and PEYOTE in Vienna.

USED PROGRAMS

Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe InDesign
Adobe AfterEffects
Adobe Premiere Pro
Adobe Encore

Autodesk Maya
Pixologic Z-Brush

Macromedia Freehand
Macromedia Flash
Macromedia Dreamweaver

Final Cut Pro

FESTIVAL SCREENINGS

Ars Electronica Animation Festival (Linz/Austria) | 2009
Anim'est International Animation Film Festival (Bucharest/Romania) | 2009
Pantheon International Xperimental Film and Animation Festival (Nicosia/Cyprus) | 2009

LINKS

BUCK Design

FH-Salzburg