LOONTAB
Cluster Exhibitor | Cluster Illustration | Alternative Fair 2021
Olly studied fine arts at Hochschule für Bildende Künste in Hamburg. He started his career in design working for companies, such as Adidas, Disney Channel and Sky TV. As the lead 3D artist of an animation studio, he produced a multitude of commercials, as well as a TV series and a feature film.
He is currently experimenting with frame by frame animations mixing traditional with digital techniques. Olly's new work is informed by both his industry experience and his fine arts background. Recently, he's started exploring the world of cryptoart.
Loontab's animations are a playful choreography with simply drawn creatures companioned by flickering lines and abstract shapes travelling around.
Olly collects characters from the cartoon and advertising industry that are unknown or forgotten. He loosely assembles them in a raw style that reflects his own unique handwriting.
Olly Schubert a.k.a. Loontab is a a multi disciplinary artist based in Munich.
His signature style is created in both spontaneous experiments and conceptual art.
He uses frame by frame animation to combine layers of various techniques. Smeary pencils, spray paint textures, tiny marks meet digital glitch, 3D elements and pixel graphics.
What is messy? What is high end?
"I find inspiration in old vintage video games and magazines, which I buy at flee markets and jumble sales."
"Sometimes I pick a drawing from my sketchbooks and start to animate it. Just looking where it takes me artistically. Allowing for creative development and happy accidents to have the greatest space possible."
"For me conceptional workflow means starting with something very simple and experimenting with it until it becomes a story that I find appealing enough to be continued."