Frederik Mettjes

Frederik Mettjes, born in 1981 in Hamburg, has been working as a freelance illustrator since his graduation in Design from HAW Hamburg in 2008. His illustrations range from realistic watercolors to digitally designed cartoons. In parallel to his illustration work, he taught art at Hamburg high schools for nearly 10 years and began the master's program in Illustration at HAW in 2011. After successfully completing the program in 2016, he immediately took on his first teaching assignment in the field of digital illustration. Since 2019, he has been working as a research associate in the Department of Illustration at HAW, a position he continues to hold to this day.