Artist of the Month: February 2015

1. Q: Where are you from and how did you get involved with computer graphics, and how long ago?
A: I’m from Germany. The region is called the Odenwald and is a beautiful, green mountain range with great forests. The first contact with computer graphics I had during my college about 10 years ago.
2. Q: Do you use computer graphics for work or personal art, or both?
A: Currently, more or less private, although I’ve also been involved in various commercial projects every now and then.

3. Q: Do you have artistic training/background or self-taught? Where did you study and what?
A: I have really taught me everything myself, even though I had some courses in the area during my architectural studies in Darmstadt.
4. Q: What software do you use?
A: I mostly use Vue, Sketchup, Cinema 4D, Sculptris, 3D Coat, PS, Blender
5. Q: How did you find Xfrog and XfrogPlants? Do you use Xfrog, XfrogPlants or both?
A: Xfrog came to my attention through my work with Vue and I was immediately impressed by the quality of this plant models. So far I have only used ready-made XfrogPlants with Xfrog itself, I have no experience.
6. Q: Do you more enjoy modeling plants, creating ecosystems or making background elements for architecture?
A: Difficult question, I would say it varies, the main thing it will not get bored

7. Q: What feature would you like to see in Xfrog?
A: Can I not say because I have not worked with the software.
8. Q: What plants would you like to have as next library produced by Xfrog?
A: Bushes and grasses and small plants such as flowers and herbs, fungi, mosses. Gnarled, old, overgrown with moss trees, trees with special features, such as hollowed out inside, with broken branches and the like.
9. Q: What is your favorite thing about Xfrog and XfrogPlants?
A: The plants look just great!
10. Q: What would you like to see improved about Xfrog and XfrogPlants?
A: Partial higher number of leaves on some models, more polygons for hero plants.