In June, PixArt took a small detour to Radiator Springs with our countdown to Cars 2. But now we’re back on track with an all-new piece from German artist Christian Lindemann. Mike meets the aliens and the birds in this wonderful mash-up of Pixar favorites. Please check out Christian’s great illustrations and design at his website. Read on for more information about the artist in his own words.
Art by Christian Lindemann
Artist Information:
Name: Christian Lindemann
Website: http://www.lindedesign.de // Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/lindedesign // Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/lindedesign
I currently live in:
Burgdorf, a small town outside Hannover, North Germany. My office is above our famiy cinema. My granparents owned the cinema in our town and now my parents and I are running it. It´s called Neueschauburg.
I consider my hometown to be:
Not far from where I´m now.
My Favorite Pixar Movie is:
This has changed over the years. But I´d say Up and The Incredibles are my favourites so far. I especially like Up because of its great mix between a funny and heartwarming story with very nice characters.
My Favorite Pixar character is:
I don´t have a real favourite Pixar character. There seems to be so many of them. But I really like Kevin and Russel from Up. Kevin is so nicely overexcited and funny.
Tell us about your piece:
I wanted to make a fun piece with a mix of characters. Because I like to draw monsters, immediately Mike came into my mind.
Who/What inspires you?
Inspiration can come from so many and different fields and it´s so personal, I can´t say exactly looking at but right now and back in the day, I get inspired by movies and books (I´m always looking for old children books). Nature and animals are a huge inspiration too. Of course there are also a lot of artists I really like: Tim Biskup, Charley Harper and Marc Boutavant just to name a few.
Recommend something, anything to our readers:
If you can, go by bike to work. It´s really mind-refreshing. And try to watch movies in a local, nice little cinema. Maybe there is one left were you live. I think I´m not saying anything new but Todd Oldhams book about Charley Harper “An Illustrated Life” is a classic for me. Have a look Drawger for great illustrators and some insights in the scene.
Where else can we see your stuff?
I’m working on my own t-shirt brand called Alive. Have a look at Alive Shirts if you like.
Thanks for the awesome artwork, Christian!
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