Hartwig Braun
A skilled architect who has embarked on a journey of expressing his unique view of the world around him in a series of illustrations done in his comical, yet quite accurate, eye catching style.
Able to converse easily in 4 different languages and has great passion for studying maps, urban structures and googling around the earth. This intriguing guy, who previously lived and worked in Amsterdam, Paris & Berlin, also has a tremendous zest for analyzing the make up of the English language. In his spare time, you will probably find him in the kitchen cooking an exotic dish he just found in a book or magazine, googling around the globe, reading a book or engaged in a heated debate about something he is really passionate about.
All of Hartwig’s images are drawn by hand and colourised digitally. He uses bird’s eye view pictures, city maps and his personal experience gained from walking around the areas illustrated. This enables him to capture the bustling energy of a city with vibrant colours and imaginative perspectives.
“I have always had a passion for the metropolis. As an architect, I combine my architectural knowledge of structures to unravel the essence of a city together with artistic freedom to create these stylistic cityscapes from around the world.” (H. Braun)
Creating the art
Creating these images require time, patience and passion. Each and every buidling gets a personal treatment and would normally go through several drafts (up to 10 indvidual drafts per building sometimes) before the final version is completed.
On some of the images the underlying layout and structure of the city is planned and drafted first and on this layout the buildings are placed one next to another (all by hand sketching) until the image is completed. Some images, however, can grow organically without any planned layout - for example the panoramic view of London.
Once the outlines of the image have been completed they are transferred onto a final draft and scaned into a digital file. The digitized image is coloured on the computer by individually filling in the the spaces with the chosen hues and gradients.
“When I first look at the blank paper, I don't really know where to start! But then I just put pen to paper, take a look at the book or the map and just sketch what I see in my mind. I get a great buzz when I see the image growing on the paper in front of me and I enjoy every single minute of it.” (H. Braun)
Arty GLobe Ltd
This Is the company holding and managing the worldwide artistic rights of Hartwig's unique images. Our mission is to find business partners around the globe who can use these unique images, under license, on a wide range of quality products.
Isaac Lilos who's imagination was captured by Mr. Braun's talent, spotted the tremendous potential in his quirky and vivid style and is passionately working with him to explore his artistic potential to the full.
Mr. Lilos, blessed with imense positivisity and with endless energy reserves, has great passion for builidng long term & fruitful business relationships from concept to implemantation. This dynamic and friendly guy is always looking for creative, outside of the box, opportunities. In his spare time, he is either reading the latest business book or looking for the next business opportunity.
The company is actively looking for business partners to join its growing licensees list and would welcome any enquiries from UK & worlwide interested parties.
“It all started after I noticed a small illustration of Amsterdam done by Hartwig. I pestered him to do a full size image of London and after 6 months he finally agreed. Then he did Paris, New York and Berlin too. He puts a lot of time and energy into each of his hand drawn images. It is a great reward for him to now see them published worldwide on posters & prints.” (I. Lilos)