Two new zines to order: Concept Drawings from Alpenland and Concept Drawings of an unreleased Alpenland Trailer. (send me a message @bushghost) or get the digital copies here: Concept Dr...
Just taking a nap in the sun.
“In the small and unknown country of Alpenland lives and toils the deer man. In a neighbouring valley a father and his son spend their summer vacation with camping and hiking. Silently the two worlds collide and before the son understands what happened, he finds himself in a situation where he has to save his father from the belly of a wild mushroom monster. The boy makes friends with the deer man. Together they attempt to save the boy’s father.“ Alpenland is a manga project by Bernie Schulenburg.
Concepts for Alpenland. The left one I drew first. I showed it to a friend and she immediately told me that the stones on the stairs are not believable. Also the bowl looks like a fruit bowl, but...
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Sunset over the Deerman's valley
Concepts for the upper part of deer man’s tower home.
The boy spends autumn and winter with the deer man at his tower home. He makes friends with one of the pine monsters. Together they collect wood.
How to enter the State of Alpenland - concept work for the first chapter of Alpenland
While living with the deer-man through autumn and winter the little boy starts taking care of the deer-man’s greenhouse.
Grüße aus dem Alpenland! At GDC I’ll attempt to sell the Alpenland preview issue out of my backpack -well, out of a wooden box actually- It’s limited to 100 and there are still 68 left. ...
Concept work for Alpenland - the comic sequel to Where is my Heart? . The boy passes a venerable mushroom elder who eyes the boy curiously.
Concept for Alpenland. The boy reflects about his predicament. After a while the deer man joins him for company. He invites the boy to peer through his telescope. The boy follows the deer man’s...
Alpenland concept work. The boy flees from the Bat Brigade, a fascistic militia of bats. He jumps over a ravine and ends up in a situation where he is dependent on the help of his pursuers.
rough concept sketches. The bat brigade camps around a fire. The boy hides behind a tree. One of the bat soldiers decides to pee where the boy is hiding. The soldier notices the boy and alarms hi...
Concept sketches for alpenland. The little boy comes across a shrine. He prays and doesn’t notice that the mushroom monster is there with him.
working on the Alpenland emblem
concept work on alpenland, experimenting with screen tones
“In the small and unknown country of Alpenland lives and toils the deer man. In a neighbouring valley a father and his son spend their summer vacation with camping and hiking. Silently the two worlds collide and before the son understands what happened, he finds himself in a situation where he has to save his father from the belly of a wild mushroom monster. The boy makes friends with the deer man. Together they attempt to save the boy’s father.“ Alpenland is a manga project by Bernie Schulenburg.