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Maxi Demmler
Maxi Demmler
Media educator + artist
Berlin, Germany

Summary

2013 - 2016 I studied Game Design at the Designschule Schwerin. Here I specialized in 2D Art and learned the various processes involved in making games (2D, 3D, game design, scripting). I hugely favor the art part of the game making process, but have knowledge in all steps of the process. Games are my passion and I love working on each and every type of game.

For half a year I worked at a german game studio called Mad About Pandas. Here I mainly contributed 2D Art for the arwardwinning game Laika - On the trail of the Golden Bone (GCP for the "Best kids game 2019") and Amtliche Helden.

After working as an intern I spend 6 month of my time at an advanced vocational training, which focused on design and 3D art. Here I extended my skills with theoretical and practical knowledge in Cinema 4D, 3DS Max, Illustrator, After Effects and Premiere Pro.

In 2019 my life changed when I found a new passion - the love to teach others (especially children and teenagers). At the Mezen (Medienkompetenzzentrum Pankow) I started passing on my knowledge and experiences with the diverse cast of media we use more or less every day. Especially kindling interest in game design, digital drawing, 3D-print and VR is what I hope and aspire to do.
After the voluntary work at the Mezen I begun to study at a social pedagogy school and work in the Medienetage (Medienkompetenzzentrum Treptow–Köpenick) alongside my education.

My plans for the future are to do illustrations for books, games etc. and teach children all about modern media in workshops, after school activities etc.

Skills

Concept ArtDigital PaintingIllustrationMatte Painting3D ModelingCharacter ModelingTexturingVideo EditingTexture Baking

Software proficiency

Procreate
Procreate
After Effects
After Effects
Cinema 4D
Cinema 4D
Illustrator
Illustrator
3ds Max
3ds Max
Photoshop
Photoshop
ZBrush
ZBrush
Premiere
Premiere
Maya
Maya

Reel

Experience

  • Trainee at Medienetage (Medienkompetenzzentrum Treptow-Köpenick)
    Berlin, Germany
    August 2020 - Present

    I am working at an institution for children and teenagers (from 9 to 21 year olds) to teach them all about the right way of using media. My specialization here is on game design, digital drawing and 3D print. But I also teach about handling social media, internet privacy, fake news etc.

    https://www.medienetage.com/

  • Student at Fachschule für Sozialpädagogik | WeTeK Berlin gGmbH
    Berlin, Germany
    August 2020 - Present

    Social pedagogy studies with specialization in media pedagogy.

    https://wetek.de/fachschule/

  • Voluntary worker at Medienzentrum Pankow | WeteK Berlin gmbH
    Berlin, Germany
    October 2019 - March 2020

    Tasks:

    - Supervision of kids & teenagers with focus on media and games

    - Support & management of videogame projects

    - Support of gamification and adult education

    - General co-lecturer tasks

    https://www.mezen-berlin.de/

  • Student at Comcave.College
    Berlin, Germany
    October 2018 - May 2019

    Advanced vocational training in design and 3D art

    Subjects: MAXON Cinema 4D, HTML and CSS, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe After Effects and Adobe Premiere Pro, 3Ds Max basic and advanced couse

  • 2D Art Intern at Mad About Pandas
    Berlin, Germany
    July 2017 - December 2017

    2D art for Laika - On the Trail of the Golden Bone (German: Laika - Die Spur des Goldenen Knochens)

    BEST KIDS GAME 2019 @ GCP https://deutscher-computerspielpreis.de/preistraeger

    Website: http://laika-game.net/

    Trailer: https://vimeo.com/327978939

    [game backgrounds, game props and colorization for the intro and outro]

    Graphic design for Amtliche Helden

    Website: https://www.arbeitsagentur.de/ba-karriere/ba-amtliche-helden

    Trailer: https://vimeo.com/257531212

    [pop-up windows (newspaper, postcards, letter etc. layout and design)]

    https://madaboutpandas.de/

  • Student at Designschule Schwerin
    Schwerin, Germany
    September 2013 - August 2016

    I studied Game Design at the Designschule Schwerin. Here I specialized myself in 2D Art and learned the various processes involved in making games (2D, 3D, game design, scripting).

    https://www.designschule.de/