Tobias Wüstefeld

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Colorful cellular and molecular structures in digital art by Tobias Wüstefeld

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Mechanical models with pipes and spirals in various colors by Tobias Wüstefeld

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3D illustration of spiral molecular strands by Tobias Wüstefeld

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Molecular structure with lasers interacting, digital artwork by Tobias Wüstefeld

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Virtual reality is his home

Tobias is the master of the tilt brush, with which he fills space with virtual reality in 3D.

Loneliness is something Tobias Wüstefeld does not know, since he lives with 7 other people in a flat-share in Hamburg and he shares his studio with two other creatives. This surrounding is his best source of inspiration and ideas. Tobias loved creating imaginary worlds from an early age, trying to trick people into thinking he has traveled back in time by doing a photo shoot with a toy dinosaur. Since then his skills have become much more convincing, he's creating fascinating little worlds in bringing together digital and traditional techniques. He draws character designs by hand and finishes them in 3D with the computer.

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What drew you to illustration/design? When I was a boy, I did a photo of a toy dinosaur together with some grass and wanted to show that I had traveled into the past. Unfortunately nobody believed me. But I am still creating my beloved own little worlds. Do you have any formal design training? I studied illustration and media design in Munster and experimented with a lot of different techniques. Where do you live? In Hamburg. In a flat-share with 7 other various people. Can you describe your studio for me? I share my workroom with 2 other designers from the film and online sectors. We separated the office into two rooms: one is tidy and structured, where the digital work is being done. And the other one is the chaotic and playful craftroom for the analog work, paintings, paper sculptures and photography. What is your biggest inspiration? My flat-share. Because I live with so many people having different jobs (editor, criminologist, chemist, psychologist, waiter, engineer…) I get a lot of input. How do you get the best ideas? At most times there is a paper behind the sofa with old horoscopes. If that won´t work I through Dartdiscs at pointy arrows. What technique do you use? That depends on the kind of job. I like best to combine analog and digital techniques. The 3D program is in the end the most complex and variable program, which gives me a lot of creative freedom and room for easy corrections. Tell us about a favorite project you have recently completed. I like any one of them because I enjoy it to think myself into a new theme every time. Lately I had much fun doing 4 little miniature worlds for a Sunday paper. What would be your dream job/Commission? I am very interested in the cutting point of analog and digital media. To get work into the computer and back out of it. The combination of alternative methods. Who are your illustration heroes? Herr Orm. I adore how he radically overrides any rules. Do you keep a sketchbook? Yes, but it also has a lot of text. What are your hobbies? I read a lot in my spare time. I am very interested in the psychology of perception, the new field of neuroestethics, and some areas of neurology. (Heinz v. Förster, Luhmann, Bateson, Varela, Maturana, ...) If you were not an illustrator, what would you be? Since I am very interested in neurology, I probably would have started a career in researching artificial existences. Who would you like to meet? Our landlord. He is supposed to be an elderly and friendly man. If you could travel back in time, where would you go to? Since no one believed in my blurred dinosaur photos, I lost interest in traveling back in time. What kind of music do you listen to? Very mixed. Electro via Hip Hop and Rock, but mostly definitely Tom Waits. What is the funniest thing you have ever done? As an adolescent I drew a zebra crossing on an out of service highway. It was painted black again the same night though. If you won the lottery, would you still work as illustrator? I would play lotto only like a friends of mine. Fill out the bill, don´t hand it in and be happy when the numbers don´t come. Do you collect anything? I collect quotes from my surrounding, books, dreams or alike and put them in my slip box. Do you have a favorite game? I don´t know the name of the game. I heard somebody call it "Corpses and Fish". Everybody writes a sentence on a piece of paper and passes it on in the round. On another paper, you then turn the sentence into a drawing which you then turn back into a sentence and so on. Like a two-dimensional and oscillating version of Chinese whisper.

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