Uwe Jarling's Bio
A very short Bio :-)
I am a professional Illustrator and Graphic designer living and working
in Germany. Right after receiving my diploma in Graphic design in 1991 (if
I remember right) I started a freelance business as illustrator, doing mainly
cover illustrations for videos and architectural and technical illustrations
for advertising agencies.
In 2001, still doing all those movie cover illustrations and technical
renderings using traditional media, mainly gouache on illustration-board,
I felt my work went not in the direction as I wanted to. I always wanted
to do fantasy paintings, but doing my freelance business I just didnt
have the time to do things like that. So, as said in 2001 I had a fulltime
job offer from an advertising agency and I decided to give it a try.
Having this fulltime job my income was ensured, and it gave me the opportunity
in my free time to do what I wanted to do all my life FANTASY ART!
Also I started to try my hands on digital painting, fell in love with all
those incredible digital painting tools and today I rarely use traditional
media anymore, most of my current work is created 2d digital.
Currently all my illustration work is in the fantasy field, personal work
as well as commissioned work including book covers and artwork for collectable
card games as well as album covers for heavy metal bands.
Last but not least I want to thank all who supported my work in such a
beautiful way since I started to post my work online, thanks for each and
every comment, message or e-mail.
Thank you all.
Yours,
Uwe