from time to time i stray from my usual style and my mixture of 3d and photoshop and start something completely different. one of those things are my cartoony artworks – when i was younger i doodled a lot and this is somehow the digital equivalent of those. i usually don’t start with a sketch, but instead see that i create something unique within the digital medium. those usually take a lot of time, but hey – they are fun.

xatrik: inside information – outside booklet

xatrik: inside information – inside booklet

psionic riot – outside booklet

psionic riot – inside booklet

One of my favorite clients are and were digital psionics. they are a small australian psytrance label, and i have been doing artwork for them since 2002. they don’t pay much, but leave me for the most releases creative freedom in what i am doing, therefore resulting in some of the most untouched ideas from me.

When they decided to do a compilation titled ‘psionic tales’ i decided to take a spin on alice in wonderland and tried to move it to a more electronic, digital feel, but with still keeping the spirit intact.

while psionic tales was already quite some efford, i decided to take it further with the second release ‘psionic tales vol. 2′, where i really spend quite some efford on the artwork, adding characters like the red queen, the card guards, the rabbit (in the moon), the caterpillar and the mad hatter.

psionic tales – cover

psionic tales – inlay

psionic tales – tray outside

psionic tales II – cover

psionic tales II – booklet inside (a)

psionic tales II – booklet inside (b)

psionic tales II – tray inside

psionic tales II – tray outside

ah, and by the way: ‘psionic tales III’ is scheduled for this spring ^_^