My name is Katharina Brand. I am passionate about exploring the diversity of my artistic expression and capturing the essence of memories in my paintings.
From an early age I started showing interest in painting and my family encouraged me to develop my skills as a self-taught artist. I started painting digitally at age 13 when I used my godmother’s birthday money to purchase my first drawing tablet. During all that time I have learnt a lot from books, the internet, going to portrait and figure drawing classes, and plein air paintings which are activities that have been making a big impression on my art ever since.
Visually I tend to be interested in the subtlety in the range of emotion on a human face as well as capturing gestures or lighting of certain moments. Creating my subjects in fantasy environments allows me to portrait them in an imaginary world of my choosing.
Some of the people that have influenced me are Benjamin Björklund, Nick Alm, Anders Zorn, Stepan Kolesnikov, Marc Delassio, Nathan Fawkes, Jana Schirmer, Atey Ghailan, Kan Liu, Miles Johnston, Krentz Cushart, Henry Wong and Vaughan Ling.
Bio
While I am currently employed as a video game artist, this website is dedicated mainly to my personal paintings.
| 2023 – Now | Senior 2D Artist & Project Lead Artist Working on Songs Of Silence at Chimera GmbH |
| 2021 – 2023 | 2D Artist & Project Lead Artist Working on Songs Of Silence at Chimera GmbH |
| 2019 – Now | Freelance Artist |
| 2017 – 2021 | Software Developer & Project Lead Mixed Reality Development with Unity for Mobile and HoloLens Platform UI / UX Design of 2D / 3D User Interfaces at VISCOPIC GmbH (now TeamViewer AG) |
| 2016 – 2017 | Research Assistant Serious Game Development at Technical University of Munich |
| 2016 – 2017 | Master Thesis Development and Research of Virtual Reality Interactions using Physical Sensors Inside a Vehicle at Audi AG |
| 2011 – 2017 | Bachelor & Master of Science in Computer Science: Games Engineering at Technical University of Munich |
| 2011 (3 month) | Internship Graphic Design Photo Manipulation Illustration Layout & Graphic Design at Eydos GmbH Marketing and Design Agency |
| 2012 (1 month) | Internship Quality Assurance Mobile Game Testing at HandyGames GmbH |
Current Project
The game I am currently working on is called Songs of Silence. It is a beautiful art nouveau inspired game that I am excited to share more from later.
Past Projects
Check out my past personal, student and paid game development projects.
You can reach out to me on LinkedIn if you want to connect with me professionally.