Hello,
My Name is Ute, I live in Germany near Hannover, and I´m new at DeviantArt.
I´m a freelance children´s book illustrator, working for several german publishers.
Apart from that, I love to draw and paint in different techniques and styles, even digital painting, still experimenting to find my way...
Years ago, I developed an interest for dragons and other mythical creatures, wich soon became my favourite subject.
Though my art shows fantastic creatures, and is certainly inspired by fantasy art, I don´t consider it to be typical fantasy art.
Some pictures are, but mainly I portray my dragons, centaurs and unicorns as if there were real, so it´s more like a cross between fantasy and classic animal painting.
Meanwhile, my "Fabeltiere" ( the german word for mythical creatures) have become a real passion to me.
So far however, I kept this passion secret, my beasts were sleeping deeply in my studio for a long time, and only very close friends knew of their existence... who convinced me finally to release them into the public ;-)
I hope you like them!
Favourite Visual Artist
Illustrators: John Howe, Paul Kidby, Ed Org. Prae-Raphaelites/ Victorian Painters and Symbolists: Waterhouse, Burne-Jones, Alma-Tadema, Redon, Stuck, Wrubel
Favourite TV Shows
Monty Python´s Flying Circus, Game of Thrones
Favourite Bands / Musical Artists
Nils-Petter Molvær, Emiliana Torrini, Anouar Brahem, Burial, And Also The Trees, In The Nursery, Portishead,
Favourite Books
I read a lot and everything, currently obsessed with "A Song of Ice and Fire" by George R.R. Martin
Favourite Writers
Ruth Rendell, Tami Hoag, Arnaldur Indridason, J.R.R.Tolkien, George R.R.Martin
Tools of the Trade
Acrylics, Watercolours, Pastel, Pencil and Colored Pencil, ocasionally Photoshop
Other Interests
Sailing, Orchids, Cooking, Gardening, Nature