Melk

Melk Thalmann
Melk saw the light of day in 1967. Drawing has always been at the centre of his being, ever since he finally managed to hold a pencil in his hands. For Melk, expressing himself through drawing has always been synonymous with storytelling.

Yin & Yan
Getting to the heart of a story in terms of content and emotion with a single key image is the real art of illustration.

In comic, on the other hand, the focus is on the course of a scene in a sequence of images. In the best case, this creates «head cinema» - sequential art.

Even though illustration and comics are polar opposites in their nature, in the Melk universe they are nevertheless related dual forces that do not fight but complement each other.

Analog & Digital

While the work of an illustrator was almost completely analogue almost 30 years ago (well, at some point there was Fax...), the computer became more and more important, as in all other professions. Digital image processing and the fast and uncomplicated transmission of data changed the game drastically.

Nevertheless, Melk still draws with ink and brush on paper. Sometimes he also carries out the colouring directly in a painterly manner. Mostly, however, the further processing of his pictures takes place digitally.

Fascinated by the digital possibilities, Melk has been intensively involved in the 3D field for about half of his professional life. 3D-Sparte auseinandergesetzt.

Yin & Yang (reloaded)
Melk also sees «the analogue drawing» and «the computer-generated image» not as competition but as complementary «forces» that open up new possibilities of expression - for example in animation. Animation – eröffnen.