My focus is on cartoon style illustrations, comics, concept art and 3d character modeling. I love working with a character driven stories in mind; that is why I love these avenues of art. With Illustrations, the attempt is to capture a story or concept in one image, telling the tale without words. With Comics, the artform is founded in narrative; the idea is to use sequential panels to carry a narrative to the reader. With concept art, even though you are capturing a character, I find the story behind the character is what brings it to life and helps define the details I add as an artist.
Comics
Comics are the art of using sequential panels to tell stories. The format can be anything from a steady 3-panel daily comic, to a full book with pages of unique broken panels designed to guide a reader through a story.
Ilustrations
Stand alone powerful images designed to express stories, thoughts or complex concepts. Often used to capture the heart of a story, to captivate potential readers to dig deeper into a story, magazine or website.
Concept Art
Character design is all about creating unique personalities that bring a character to life. I like to focus on the story behind a character. Once you put youself into the shoes of your character, you give them thought...and life.
Caricatures
Everyone has a persona, or a personality that defines and represents who they are in the world. A caricature is defined by the personality of an individual which becomes present within their features using a distortion of shape and color.
3D Character Modeling
3D modeling is the way to truely bring characters to life. By modeling a character in 3D they are finally given real form. At this stage the details can be fine tuned and fleshed out into a character in the round.
Website Design
3D modeling is the way to truely bring characters to life. By modeling a character in 3D they are finally given real form. At this stage the details can be fine tuned and fleshed out into a character in the round.
All images on this site are created by Klaus Shmidheiser (AKA Plaid Klaus LLC). I don’t usually mind sharing artwork if I’ve given consent (especially if it’s used for political protests) but always check with me first. Some artwork on the site is owned by clients and is used on this site for self-promotional purposes, so please check with me.
Plaid Klaus is copyright of the Plaid Klaus LLC. All original artwork rights are retained by the artist Klaus Shmidheiser