Illustrator specializing in the children's market — Ludwigsburg, Germany
After receiving her diploma in Audiovisual Media at the University of Media in Stuttgart in 2007, Maria started working as a freelance 3d Animation Artist. She mainly worked for Studio SOI on award winning projects such as "Angel afoot", “Princess' Painting” or "The Gruffalo".
Her passion for creating images, that tell a story of their own and creating unique environments and characters, which appeal to the viewer and entertain with their looks and personality, has led her to turn her creativity towards illustration and design.
She lives with her two daughters and spouse in a small town in Germany, drawing whatever crosses her mind or catches her eye.
BOOKS
2011 “Getting Dressed” (ISBN 978-0007412785) written by Teresa Heapy, illustrated by Maria Bogade in her digital style, published by HarperCollins Big Cat in September.
“Wee Granny's Magic Bag” (ISBN 978-0863158445) written by Elizabeth McKay, illustrated by Maria in her watercolour & ink style, published by Picture Kelpies an imprint of Floris Books in September.
„They Draw & Cook“ - Cookbook with 107 illustrated recipes, one of them being Maria's „Monster's favourite Pumpkin Soup“ published by Weldon Owen Publishing.
2012 “Schlafplatz gesucht!” (ISBN 978-3855815234) written and illustrated by Maria Bogade in her digital style, published by Bohem Press in January.
“Hallo Schule, hier kommt Luzie!” (ISBN 978-3451711169) written by Petra Mönter, illustrated by Maria in her watercolour style, published by Herder Verlag in January.
“Ben's Flying Flowers” (ISBN 978-1433811326) written by Inger Maier, illustrated by Maria Bogade in her Ink/Mixed Media style, published by Magination Press in April.
“Dein Engel hat dich gern” (ISBN 978-3451711282) written by Karin Jäckel, illustrated by Maria Bogade, published by Kerle/Herder Verlag in June.
“Kollie op de fiets” (ISBN 978-9044818093) written by Merel Maar, illustrated by Maria Bogade, published by Clavis Books in August.
“Kollie in de creche” (ISBN 978-9044817423) written by Merel Maar, illustrated by Maria Bogade, published by Clavis Books in August.
MAGAZINES
2010 „Dream Chasers Magazine“ Holiday illustration „Making Cookies“ to colorate with Sarah Bash – Gleasons poem and a full page article with three illustrations.
ASSCIATED PRESS article about „They Draw & Cook“ featuring my illustration „Monster's favourite Pumpkin Soup“ along with illustrations from three other artists. The article was picked up by lots of other online news services such as timesunion.com
2011 Cover design/illustration “On the Rooftop” for the January/Febuary 2011 edition of “Dream Chasers Magazine”.
Maria's “Little Chef” watercolour illustration was featured in the independent “Little Dreamers” Magazine in the May/June edition.
PROFESSIONAL ANIMATION WORK AND PROJECTS
2004 Thomilla - On my Mind (Script, Animation, Modeling, Texturing) Music Video
2005 Bommel & Struppi (Script, Director, Design, Animation, Modeling, Rigging, Texturing)
2006 Pilippo (Script, Director, Design, Modeling, Texturing, Shading, Rigging, Animation, Lighting, Rendering, Compositing) Short Film
2006/07 In Aphrodite’s Garden (Script, Director, Design, Modeling, Texturing, Shading, Rigging, Animation, Lighting, Rendering, Compositing)
2007 FSME Nanoreise ( Director, Modeling, Texturing, Shading, Animation, Lighting, Rendering, additional Compositing) Zecken- Entwicklungsreise/ Tick- Developing Story (Background Modeling, Shading, Animation, Lighting , Rendering, Compositing) FARO Gage Imagefilm (Modeling, Texturing, Shading, Animation, Lighting, Rendering, Compositing) COMBOTS Batman Collection, COMBOTS Lissy Collection, COMBOTS Spongebob Collection (Modeling, Animation, Rendering, Compositing)
2007/08 Engel zu Fuss/Angel afoot (Modeling, Texturing, Shading, Animation, Lighting, Rendering, Compositing) Short Film
2008 FARO Quantum Imagefilm (Modeling, Texturing, Shading, Animation, Lighting, Rendering, Compositing) ENBW-Smartfactory (Design, Modeling, Texturing, additional Shading, Animation, Lighting, Rendering, Compositing) Advertising ENBW-Network (Animation) Advertising GUMBALL (Modeling, Texturing) TV-Series BAXTER-Menningokokken ( Director, Design, Modeling, Texturing, Shading, Animation, Lighting, Rendering, Compositing)
2009 Emmi & Krzzlfz (Modeling, Texturing, Shading, Lighting, Rendering, Compositing) Teaser ENBW-Home ( Director, Design, Modeling, Texturing, additional Shading, Animation, Lighting, Rendering, Compositing) Advertising THE GRUFFALO (Modeling) 30 min. Movie for BBC LOEWNZAHN – CO2 (Director, Shading, Rendering, Compositing) Short Film
Zecken 3d (Shading, Texturing, Lighting, Rendering, Compositing) Advertising
2010 PRINCESS' PAINTING (Modeling) Short Film
LOEWNZAHN – Zahn (Texturing, Shading, Lighting, Rendering, Compositing) Short Film
THE GRUFFALO'S CHILD (Pre-Viz Artist) 30 min. Movie for BBC