Desde la primera vez que cogí un lápiz y empecé a dibujar, el arte y todo relacionado con arte me ha fascinado. Siempre podía pintar y dibujar para varias horas para captar mi imaginación y fantasía en el papel. Aunque nunca estudié arte o ilustración, siempre he frecuentado clases relacionadas al arte:

Para seis años  estuve estudiante en la escuela de arte de Katharina Fischborn en Langenlonsheim (Alemania) donde conocí una variedad de técnicas (dibujos con lápiz y carbón, pintura de acuarela, acrílico, xilografía, grabado al aguafuerte, linóleo, y muchos más). Siempre cuando yo me tenía que mudar, intentaba perfeccionar mis técnica favorita (dibujo de lápiz) y frecuentaba clases de arte, como de ilustración de libros (para niños)(con Vitali Konstantinov), ilustración científica (con Carles Puche), dibujos anatómicos (con Maria Pappalardi) y  Brush Lettering (con Clara, la fundadora de Wood Love Lettering).

En mis ilustraciones trabajo tanto con técnicas análogas como digitales. Empezando con lápiz, tinta y carbón, acuarela, acrílico, hasta ilustraciones digitales basando en píxeles (con Procreate en el iPad) – visualizaré tus deseos, tu proyecto y tus contenidos en tu estilo, y con mis talentos. 

En el Slideshow de abajo, puedes echar un vistazo a mi trabajo, incluyendo diseños de portadas para libros, sus ilustraciones, logos de empresas, Website Headers, retratos, dibujos, etc.

Y si quieres conocer más de mis proyectos, puedes visitar mi perfil en Instagram:

@illustranslation.

Good things take time. This is the reason why good time management is of utmost importance for every project.

If you want to work with me, you should know as exact as possible, which target audience you want to reach in which way and with which technique. Like that, we will save a lot of time and money during our collaboration.

Before you commission an illustration project, I will send you a cost estimate and a detailed schedule, so that you will be able to understand every single step on the way to your final product. Thereby, you will comprehend how my prices are calculated. The more you can tell me about your wishes and demands, the faster I can start doing my work and show you first results.

An example:

One of my last projects was the illustration of a non-fiction book about first job applications and getting started in marketing. The author had clear-cut ideas about the illustration style (comic-like, fun, easy, coloured, digital), what should be shown, as well as where to position them in the book. Each illustration took me about 5 hours (1 hour for sketches, 1 hour more or less for changes, 2,5 hours for actually illustrating it and half an hour for final changes (which in digital media are easy, but become problematical in analogue media).

Buy cheaply, pay dearly. So better invest in high-quality work that leaves you (and your clients, readers, etc.) satisfied.

All listed fees serve as orientation only; they are the frame which depends on the hours needed, the desired style and technique, time pressure and a possible publication. Private commissions are obviously a lot cheaper than illustrations which shall be used in a worldwide distributed novel, for example. I am content to give discounts depending on the project – especially in case of various services. Simply contact me and we can talk about everything. 

• a small illustration: approx. 120 Euro
• a big illustration: approx. 150 to 250 Euro
• a bookcover: approx. 300 to 500 Euro
• a page for a magazine/journal (nationwide): approx. 500 Euro
• a cover for a magazine/journal (nationwide): approx. 1000 Euro
• a page in a school book: approx. 200 Euro per page
• a page in a children's book (colored): approx. 100 to 150 Euro per page
• a picture book with 12 double pages: approx. 1500 Euro
• a book of fairytales with 20 to 40 illustrations: approx. 2000 Euro

As soon as we have agreed on price and  schedule, the first half of the final sum will have to be paid, while the other half remains yours until I finish the project.