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Mischa Traditional Corporate Branding 3D Digital Video &
Kälin Art Design Design Animation
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WORK EXPERIENCE & EDUCATION

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2017 xeebo – Creative Director / Consultant
Corporate design, UX/UI design, marketing solution

2016 design&graf-X thalmann – Graphic Designer / DTP Operator

Digital media design for customers, project management

2015 Lionsky Entertainment – Graphic Designer

Visual storyteller and overall a creative brain Corporate design, social media design

As a design enthusiast, I am always in search of new tasks to grow with.

In Zurich, I initially learned to craft immersive (animation) films and games from
2015 SAE Institute Singapore – Bachelor of Arts, Interactive Animation
scratch. Longing for novel experiences, I continued my studies in Singapore in
order to enlarge upon interactive storytelling and entrepreneurial aspects of the 2014 SAE Institute Zürich – Diploma, Interactive Entertainment
creative media industry. Ever since, I am way too emotionally invested in telling
stories through art (and apparently also in green curry). Having worked in various
fields of design, from the creation of engaging graphic designs to powerful user
experiences, I am now keen to further explore my creative potential. PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

After Effects Maya

Illustrator Mudbox
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InDesign Unity3D
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Photoshop ZBrush
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 Sketches & studies
To make ideas tangible to others, artists must occasionally
sketch out preliminary drafts on paper. Therefore, it is important
Traditional
Art
to be familiar with the fundamentals of traditional art.

Portrayed are several sketches of varying complexity. Drawing

legs, as pictured below, is a prime example to study volumes
and proportions because they feature a series of opposing
curves created through bone shapes and muscular forms.
On the other hand, when sketching the skulls (see to the left),
the focus lies on perspective and lighting.
“Whether you are drawing on paper, canvas, or a computer screen,
the medium on which you draw is always an inanimate, flat surface
that challenges you to make something without depth feel like a
window onto a living, breathing world.” – Chris Solarski

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 Corporate design for xeebo, 2018

Corporate
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Das Bewerberportal A company’s impact stands or falls with its graphical performance. Xeebo is no exception,
so I crafted appealing visual designs for marketing purposes, such as the banner for print
as well as the half-page advertisement. Furthermore, I composed the sequence below in

Design
order to provide straightforward instructions. As a creative director, I was responsible for
the design process in its entirety, ranging from the preliminary conception to the practical
execution.
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 Logo for Predator’s Tackle, 2017

Branding
The branding-centerpiece for Predator’s Tackle, a Swiss business that
sells fishing supplies. The piranha’s silhouette makes for a clean-cut,
concise, and expressive visualization on the basis of a vector graphic.
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Logo for Nerd&Geek Stuff, 2016

Pictured below is another example of a logo design that is simple, yet straight to
the point. It was created for an online startup company to underline their vision,
and established a stylistic guide for the company’s prospective visual voice.
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3D Digital Ffischbau, 2014
These days, 3D artists are sought after in a variety of
industries, such as (animation) films, games, and

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architecture – the range of use knows no limits.

In this scenario, Zurich’s famous Schiffbau (or here

Ffischbau) was remodelled. The three figures display
a real-time render, featuring a bumped texture for the
bricks and a reflective/bumped specular shader for
the windows. The background is composed of
meshes, matte paintings, and a skybox.
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 Organic Model, 2014
These sideviews illustrate a work in progress at
two different stages during the modelling process.
The model itself is an original creation whose
skeletal structure has been curved out with the
aim of an eerie presence.
ZBRUSH

Scroll of Destiny, 2013

As a player of the stealth game Scroll of Destiny,
you must escape a cursed island ere the sun rises.
I designed the game with special attention to the duality
of light and shade in order to convey both an uncanny and
tense mood. Depicted is an in-game render blended with the
11 underlying wireframe.
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Storyboard for xeebo, 2018
Video &
More often than not, a video starts out as a visual concept. This custom
underlines the importance of an intelligible and compelling storyboard.
The screen sequence below tells a story of a working individual who is
Animation
introduced to new ways of connecting with (future) employers.
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 “Fly Away” by Neville Mark Ubing, 2016
For the recording of this music video, the black magic pocket camera was the working equipment of choice due
to its excellent options for post-production. For instance, the raw footage enables an extensive colour correction.
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About the song “Fly Away”

The song is about a broken relationship, the
singer’s attached memories and his flashbacks.
The phrase “so just fly away, from my life”
reveals that the protagonist is willing to let go
of a bygone love without holding grudges.
The song blends the genres of pop/rock and
country while exhibiting catchy beats and a
memorable melody. There is a tension between
the painful back story, which is referred to in
the lyrics, and the couple’s happy past, inter-
mittently featured in the video and underlined
by upbeat chords.

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 Ashes to ashes, 2014
This animation film showcases the visualization of a phoenix from its
birth to its return to the ashes.
Initially, I modelled a 3D mesh of a bird. I then assembled a skeleton,
which was adjusted to meet the requirements of both the mesh and the
prospective animation. After the rigging process, the animation of the
bird was carried out. By means of this animation, together with particle
and sound effects, the phoenix was brought to life.
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