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Freelancer facts:
Organisation:
CG Society – society for digital artists – member since 2003
Speciality: Illustration / Digital painting / Cover Artwork / Printmaking

Style: Painterly / Surreal / Fantastic Realism / Humour / Caricature /

Available for Commission: Yes
Available for coaching: Yes
Available for consulting: Yes

Hourly rate: Depending on project, basis for negotiation

Client References:
Droemer-Knaur, Randomhouse / Blanvalet, Piper, Piper Fantasy, Bastei Lübbe, Klett -Cotta / Hobbit Press, Prime Books, Wildside Press, Ullstein Verlag, Fischer / Scherz Verlag, Weltbild Verlagsgruppe, Oracom, Rhemalda Publishing, Ohrland, Pendo Verlag, Loconeal Publishing, Grey Gecko Press, Sonic Media

Awards/ Accolades:

2013
Excellence award from LayerPaint.com
2012
9th (!) daily deviation award on deviantArt.com
2010
Phönix SOTY -award  (Site of the year)
2010
Excellence Award in Exposé #8
2010
Phönix Gold Award
2008 – 2013
4 x CGhub Gold Awards
2008 – 2013
CGhub Master Artist
2010
CGArena Excellence Award
2010
Editor´s Pick #2 on Epilogue.net
for the piece The twilight angelheart
2009
5star artist rating from Allbuyart.com

About Oliver Wetter:
My civil name is Oliver, I create worlds out of briefings and love to tell visual stories.

I´m working as freelance illustrator and instructor, specialized in cover artworks for editorials, book cover art, magazines, concept & genre art, preferably figure and portrait related.

Currently living and working in Germany,
I´m experienced with conducting working relationships via phone and email, my preferred language is English and German.

Work that matters…

Ask for book cover artwork or chapter art, editorial illustration and concept art.
For impressions of my process, visit the blog or these pages: here and here.
Below you find a selection of my current work in illustration and art-direction.
Informations about hiring here.
Find a download & printable Tearsheet as PDF here.




Fantabulous Visions*


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Fantasy & Science fiction book cover illustrations

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Commercial belletristic book cover illustrations

 

 

Other media: CD-cover & Magazine illustrations

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Caricature and funny animal illustrations

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Chapter and interior art

 

Publication Features (selected)
2006 1 work featured in „Exposé IV“ Artbook BallisticPublishing / release 01/2006
2006 1 work featured in „Imagine FX“ Magazine with DVD 05/2006
2006 2 Works featured in “Painter” Artbook BallisticPublishing / release 01/2006
2006 Step by Step tutorial feature in “Artscene International”-magazine issue 02.2006
2005 3 Works Published in “Exotique” Artbook BallisticPublishing / release 11/2005
2004 2 works featured in Exposé II Artbook BallisticPublishing / release 2004
2009 Full page spot in Exotique #5
2009 & 2008„Erotic Signature“ competition and Book winner
2008 2 artworks included: “Gothic Art now” -edited by Jasmine Becket Griffith foreword by Gerald Brom
2008 Art feature in Artscene International via „Epilogue.net“
2008 Feature in Pepperproject by Imaginary friends-studio
2008 & 2009 Erotic Signature Book winner
2010 Exotique #6 Artbook
2010 Discover a Muse Artbook -http://goo.gl/hnFqa
2010 Included in Anthology Twisted Vixen and book of the dead
2010 Interview at dtuts.comhttp://painting.dtuts.com/
2010 2x featured on digital Kingdomwww.thedigitalkingdom.net
2010 2x Best of zazzle weekly feature
2010 „The Poisened apple“ on Page 127 in Heavy Metal Magazine / artist gallery 
2010 „Call of Cthulhu“ on Page 25Inside Artzine #14
2010 „Call of Cthulhu“ on Page 199
Exposé #8 by Ballistic Publishing
2010 Cover of Advanced Creation (french Advanced Photoshop Magazine) http://www.oracom.fr/
2010 Interview at Something we like Chitchat with Oliver Wetter
2010 2 works included in Sci-Fi Art Now Edited by John Freeman / Ilex Press
2010 3 Works included in digital painters #2 Artbook by artsquared / Rage publishing
2010 2 Works included in „Obscene Seduction“ Artbook by nEgoist Edited by Irene Langholm
2010 Advanced Photoshop magazince Cover Competition runner -up 
2010 Interview with Sci-Fi editor John Freeman
2010 Featured artist in ImagineFX issue 65
2011
featured in 2dArtist magazine (German edition)
2011 Interview and Cover for Cthulhurotica – by Dagan publishing
2011 Interview for Innsmouth Free Press
2011 Erotic Fantasy Art – vol.2 by Ilex Press
2011 Featured work in Exposé #9 by Ballistic publishing 
2011 Featured work and interview inEmbrosyst magazine #9 “circles”
2012 5 works featured in Machines and Magic edited by Craig Musselman
2012 work and tutorial featured in Digital Paintbook Vol. 1
2012 6 Page interview and feature in “der bildbearbeiter” former German advanced Photoshop Magazine (April 2012)
2012 24 step Tutorial in Advanced Photoshop magazine issue 100
2013 Cthulhurotica cover art featured in Prime Art Book and Prime Wars, the definitive Art Collection –  by 3D Total

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Publication Features 2010:


2010

Interview at dtuts.com

http://painting.dtuts.com/


2010

2x featured on digital Kingdom

www.thedigitalkingdom.net


2010

2x Best of zazzle weekly feature


2010

Making of Helaya,
published on
dtuts.com


2010

„The Poisened apple“ on Page 127

in Heavy Metal Magazine / artist gallery



2010

„Call of Cthulhu“ on Page 25

Inside Artzine #14


2010

„Call of Cthulhu“ on Page 199

Exposé #8 by Ballistic Publishing


2010

Cover of Advanced Creation (french Advanced Photoshop Magazine)

http://www.oracom.fr/


2010 June 05 -Sept. 05

3 Month print exhibition on blurb.com edited by Sara G. Umemoto


A tribute to Klimt: Inspirations Vis-A-Vis


2010

Interview at Something we like

Chitchat with Oliver Wetter


2010

2 works included in Sci-Fi Art Now

Edited by John Freeman / Ilex Press


2010

3 Works included in digital painters #2

Artbook by artsquared / Rage publishing


2010

2 Works included in „Obscene Seduction“ Artbook by nEgoist

Edited by Irene Langholm


2010

Interview with Chris Kapzynski

from „KapDesign.com“


2010

Boyofbow blog feature „http://boyofbow.com“


2010

Advanced Photoshop magazince Cover Competition runner -up