What's up with 2018, Social Media and Engel's Universe?

Happy New Year my friends and followers! Long Time no Post, fact is all the good stuff is now going on on Facebook and Instagram. Posting there is faster, more convenient and more "real time". Some exciting projects are in the works for 2018 and a load of Convention appearances to boot! To keep up with  Engel's Universe follow me over there:

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Thanks again for looking! See you in the funny pages!

Here some random stuff from the past year....more added soon!  Enjoy!

Fighting the Flu....

Some mean influenza virus got hold of me and knocked me out of the saddle. Yikes!

Frankfurt Book Fair is around the corner.....

Although I'm not attending, it reminded me of a sketch I did for my dear friend Andreas Vollmer for his 25th anniversary working for an (better unnamed) traditional Berlin Publishing house. So you can see what constant workplace can turn you into. Brush, pen & ink, 2010.

The Salty Sea Dogs ...

Box art illustration for a line of funny Pirate model kit busts sculpted by the uebertalented  Andy Bergholtz. Typography isn't the greatest and subject to changes, but it's still unpublished to this day. Acrylics on paper, 2008.

Stuff from the dump #6: The Dragon's liar

A rough and fast pencil sketch done in 2001 for the computer game "Wiggles". Never made it into the final version...

Two Headed Dragon ...

Another sketch from the dump: A two-headed dragon for an Advertisement agency 10 years ago. Fineliner & some Photoshop pimping, 1999.

The Creature walks among us!

Fresh from the bench: "The Creature walks among us!" A scene from the third and final installment of the "Creature from the Black lagoon" trilogy painted for Adam Dougherty aka the Kreature Kid. A young amazingly talented sculptor and Creature addict, check out his work on MySpace here. Acrylics on cardboard, 2009.

The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters....

Sometimes you're willing to make a deal with the devil for the sake of commercial success. Often these endeavours turn into monsters of it's own, like this illustration here. I tried "Manga" style and Dragons: It's up to you to judge if I suceed in this genre.... anyway, I abandoned this style afterwards. Brushpen, whiteout & ink, 2002.