Skills

Professional Expertise

  • Concept
  • Colormanagement
  • Computer-to-Film/Plate/Print
  • Contract proofing
  • Corporate identity and design (CI/CD)
  • Diffusion model image synthesis (text2image, inpainting and outpainting, training)
  • Final artworks (finalizing for print)
  • HTML5 and CSS3 (basics)
  • Image editing and retouching
  • Layout and typesetting
  • Logo design
  • Product design
  • Typography
  • Webdesign (basics)
  • WordPress

Soft skills

These soft skills, which I have acquired through over 25 years of experience in managing pen & paper role-playing games, complement my technical skills and enable a holistic approach in my work as a designer and creative. They contribute significantly to managing projects effectively, inspiring teams and developing innovative solutions.

  • Creative storytelling: Ability to develop and communicate compelling narratives.
  • Adaptive problem solving: adapting quickly to unexpected situations and finding creative solutions.
  • Team leadership and facilitation: Effective leadership and motivation of diverse groups in complex projects.
  • Empathic character understanding: Deep understanding of personalities and motivations in character development.
  • Conflict management: Balancing different interests and constructive conflict resolution within the team.
  • Flexible interpretation of rules: Adaptable handling of complex guidelines and specifications.
  • Active listening: Responding to the individual needs and ideas of team members and customers.
  • Conceptual visualisation: Verbal and visual representation of abstract concepts and complex scenarios.
  • Effective multitasking: Simultaneous management of different project aspects and priorities.
  • Strategic pacing: skilful timing of project phases for optimal engagement and results.

Desktop Publishing Software

Adobe Creative Cloud
Adobe Illustrator (9.0 to actual)
Adobe InDesign (1.5 to actual)
Adobe Photoshop (5.5 to actual)

Serif Affinity Studio
Affinity Designer (1.0 to actual)
Affinity Photo (1.0 to actual)
Affinity Publisher (beta to actual)

Neural Image Generation
Adobe Firefly
Invokeai (with Stable Diffusion)
Midjourney (basics)
SDXL Training (LoRA/LyCORIS)

Operating System (usage)

Apple Macintosh
macOS 11.0 – actual
MaxOS X 10.0 – 10.4
MacOS 8.5 – 9.2

Linux
Fedora 37 – actual (Homserver)

Microsoft Windows
Windows 10
Windows 8
Windows XP
Windows 2000
Windows 98
Windows 95

Honorable Mentions
ATARI TOS and MS DOS