MAX ULICHNEY

The Art Department Berlin 2023

Max Ulichney is an art director, illustrator, visual development artist, CG supervisor, and director with diverse, fast-paced commercial and short film production experience. He is skilled at developing innovative visual styles for a wide variety of clients while constantly seeking to lead and inspire new teams of artists to tell ever more compelling animated stories. A fabulous addition to our line-up!

He calls himself an “artist who wears many hats, literally and artistically”. As an animation art director and director, the majority of his career has been focused on CG supervision and production, skills which have fed back into his visual development and illustration work in the form of fun, production-worthy characters, and scenes with bold cinematography at the forefront.

His clients include Dreamworks, Netflix, Procreate, Marvel, Microsoft, Riot Games, Warner Bros, ImagineFX and 3D Total.

 

Since 2018 he also started creating top selling brushes for Procreate. Thousands of artists across the world now trust their works to the MaxPacks – a set of natural media brushes designed to give digital paintings a richly textured traditional feel

During his talk at The Art Department Berlin Max will be discussing his career journey from graphic design to visual effects, animation, illustration, and entrepreneurship. And within all of that, how he has found his artistic identity and is able to manage shifting priorities and inspiration.

He joined us online during Playgrounds BLEND 2020 but we can’t wait to meet him this May, in real life, in Berlin!

ZEEN CHIN
illustrator and concept artist
interview
THE LINE
animation studio
artist talk
CRASH McCREERY
creature + production designer + concept artist
artist talk
JOHN NEVAREZ
film and story artist
artist talk
CURT ENDERLE
production designer
artist talk
DJAMILA KNOPF
illustrator
artist talk
IRIS COMPIET
traditional artist and illustrator
interview
MAX ULICHNEY
illustrator, character designer and art director
artist talk
TORSTEN SCHRANK
character designer
interview
ESBEN LASH
illustrator and concept artist
artist talk
BASTIEN LECOUFFE DEHARME
visual artist, illustrator and digital painter
artist talk
NATHAN JUREVICIUS
illustrator
artist talk
MATT RADFORD
visual effects artist
artist talk
DOMINIK MAYER
concept artist & illustrator
artist talk
JOHNSON TING
concept artist and art director
artist talk
GUSTAV HOEGEN
creature FX Designer
artist talk
KARAKTER
design studio
demo
SOMEFORM STUDIO
design studio
artist talk
DAVID KARLAK
writer and director
artist talk
DENNIS ZARNOWSKI
sculptor
demo
LEON TUKKER
concept artist
demo
AIXSPONZA – MAXON DEMO
3D artist + creative director
demo
PROCREATE DEMO BY NIKOLAI LOCKERTSEN
concept artist and illustrator
demo
CONVOLOOT PANEL: INDEPENDENT WORK & OWN IP’S
with Spiridon, Even Mehl Amundsen, Djamila Knopf and Dominik Mayer
panel
CONVOLOOT PANEL: FREELANCING & FAIR PAY
with Esben Lash, Johnson Ting, Iris Compiet and Bastien LeCouffe Deharme
panel
ANYTHING BUT WORK
a brand new evening program!
evening program
DRINKS AT DRINK AND DRAW BERLIN (FUNKHAUS)
join us on 14 May after The Art Department
afterparty
WORKSHOP CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT BY EVEN MEHL AMUNDSEN
don't miss out on this chance!
workshop
MINI WORKSHOPS DRINK & DRAW BERLIN + ARTIST STUDIOS WITH BAYAR TSEDENSODNOM & DIEGO GISBERT LLORENS
enhance your drawing skills and get to see artworks created right under your own eyes
demo
GET TO KNOW OUR NEW VENUE: ALTE MÜNZE
welcome to the fresh home of The Art Department
hotspot
DRINK AND DRAW BERLIN
live sketch sessions
live sketching session
PORTFOLIO REVIEWS
side program
MEET THE NEIGHBORHOOD
explore Berlin!
hotspot

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