The Swarm - Seabed Worms

A Seabed, full of methane-eating worms. Yummy. Another one with a lot of explorations and iterations. Underwater scenes are always challenging to paint. The possibilities how you can light a scene are very restricted.
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I'm thankful that I got to work on the project, especially with all the incredibly talented, professional, and kind people at MPC and ZDF. Most of the art was created in 2020 and 2021, which seems like ages ago. It was in equal parts incredibly fun and challenging to work on the project and it made me grow as an artist and as a person.

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"Der Schwarm" is a science fiction thriller novel by Frank Schätzing, published in 2004. It tells the story of humanity’s struggle against an unknown intelligent marine life form that threatens to destroy the world. The novel was adapted into an international miniseries by ZDF, which premiered in February 2023 at the Berlinale Film Festival. The adaptation was praised for the ambitious production, the impressive visuals, and the underlying themes of climate change, pandemics, ecology, and the human-led destruction of underwater ecosystems.

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