Welcome to my PR Page!
Hi, my name is Meike Schneider and I'm a self-employed artist from Germany, living around Cologne area. I made my childhood dream come true and became a Character Designer and Illustrator working on personal projects, children's books, character design, TV shows, visual development and many other amazing projects! Some of my clients include Disney, Adobe, Logitech, DELL, My Best Book and LIDL.
Here you're going to find all relevant information in order to tell inspiring, informative and creative stories about me and my illustration work.
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In case you've got any further questions, please don't hesitate
to reach out. I gladly take the time to answer them!
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You've got more questions about me and my work?
Please feel free to check out my FAQ section for more
information about me and my work as designer.
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Want to know more about the projects I've worked on?
Please take a look at my ABOUT and WORK page!
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My interviews, articles and work got published and featured on various platforms such as WDR, PAGE, PresseBox, Character Design Quarterly, Imagine FX Magazine, 3DTotal, 3D World Magazine, Rheinische Post, NRZ Newspaper and many more as well as in a variety of published books.
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PR CONTACT
Meike Schneider
meike.schneider.arts@gmail.com
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Looking forward to answer your questions!
Press Releases
PUBLICATIONS
2024 - CHILDREN'S BOOK - PET STORY
written and illustrated by Meike Schneider
published by MY BEST BOOK Publishing
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2024 - EIN ZUHAUSE FÜR DEINEN DRACHEN
Author: Ulli Felber
Illustrator: Meike Schneider
published by Jupitermond Verlag
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2023 - CHARACTER DESIGN - MÄRCHEN
written & illustrated by Meike Schneider
published by TOPP (frechverlag)
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2022 - CHARACTER DESIGN COLLECTION
Fairy Tales & Folklore published by 3D Total
Chapter "Sleeping Beauty" (page 178 - 181)
2021 - CHAPTER CONTRIBUTION
'Art fundamentals: Theory in Practice' published by 3D Total ltd Publishing
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2021 - CHAPTER CONTRIBUTION
'Creating stylized animals' published
by 3D Total ltd Publishing
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2022 - CHILDREN'S BOOK ILLUSTRATION
Disney's FROZEN Story Book
published by MY BEST BOOK Publishing
2022 - CHILDREN'S BOOK ILLUSTRATION
'Christmas around the world'
published by MY BEST BOOK Publishing
2021 - CHILDREN'S BOOK ILLUSTRATION
'Das Geheimnis der Gruselvilla' published by MY BEST BOOK Publishing
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2021 - CHILDREN'S BOOK ILLUSTRATION
'Save Christmas' published by
MY BEST BOOK Publishing
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2020 - CHILDREN'S BOOK ILLUSTRATION
'Santa's Workshop' published by
MY BEST BOOK Publishing
2019 - CHILDREN'S BOOK ILLUSTRATION
'Ein Weihnachtsmärchen' published by
MY BEST BOOK Publishing
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2019 - CHILDREN'S BOOK ILLUSTRATION
'Finni & Fredo - Was kann mein Körper'
published by FINNI & FREDO PUBLISHING
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The Art of MERMAY 2020 by Tom Bancroft
view my artwork contribution here
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2016 - BOOK ILLUSTRATIONS
'Portwein' published by Mondo Publishing
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(TV) INTERVIEWS
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2020 - Tom Bancroft Live Interview
MerMay Instagram Live Interview
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2017 - ART SIDE OF LIFE YouTube
EP.28 'Why to attend art competitions'
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2017 - GCC Dortmund YouTube
Interview with 'Zweikampfsofa'
from 4:52min till end of video
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2020 - WDR Lokalzeit Bonn
Photography at 'lost places'
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2014 - WDR Lokalzeit Aachen
PIXL VISN Graduate Meike Schneider
speaking about Art at ZAB Aachen
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AWARDS
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Rebus RenderFarm Contest
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2014 The Rookies Awards
CG Student Awards Finalist
WACOM MerMay Art Competition 2019
Honorable Mentions
2011 MMC Competition for Comics
Finalist
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FEATURED
'3D Converse Chuck Model'
by Converse on Twitter 2015
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IAMAG.CO Best Realtime 3D Models
3D Character Model "Little Mary"
No. 1+ Cover in "Sketchfab Realtime Selection"
REBUSFARM AOTM WINNER BLOG POST
The Making of "Little Mary"
PRESS ARTICLES (PRINT)
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CHARACTER DESIGN QUARTERLY Issue 21
August 2022 "Meet the Artist" Interview
Article from page 68 - 77
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CHARACTER DESIGN QUARTERLY Issue 20
May 2022 "A winter (and autumn's) tale"
Article from page 18 - 31
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IMAGINEFX MAGAZINE Issue 190
Sept 2020 'Artist in Residence'
workspace tour page 30 - 35
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3D WORLD MAGAZINE Issue 211
Sept. 2016 'Little Mary 3D Character'
Back Cover + page 94 & 95
RP ONLINE NEWSPAPER ARTICLE
'Kunst & Kritik' 14.07.2009
Hildener Künstlermarkt 2009
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'Mangas aus Meikes Feder' 21.04.2008
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RP NEWSPAPER ARTICLE
'Mit Mangas zum Hildener Künstlermarkt'
16.04.2008 Interview with Meike Schneider
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'Kunst zum Anschauen' 15.06.2008
Hildener Künstlermarkt 2008
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'Foto-Arbeiten inspiriert von Cindy Sherman' from 10.11.2010
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Wochen-Anzeiger NEWSPAPER ARTICLE
'So möchte Ich sein' 15.11.2010
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PRESS ARTICLES (ONLINE)
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PAGE 'Adobe Hidden Treasures x David Bowie' from June 16th 2022
featuring Illustrator Meike Schneider
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ADOBE BLOG 'Wir feiern eine Ikone: Adobe holt David Bowie in die Creative Cloud Anwendungen' from June 13th 2022
featuring Illustrator Meike Schneider
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PRESSEBOX: 'Adobe x Bowie: Adobe holt von Bowie inspirierte Tools in Creative Cloud' from June 13th 2022
featuring Illustrator Meike Schneider
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21DRAW: About Artist Meike Schneider
Article from 2021
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Sept 2020 'Artist in Residence -
Meike Schneider'
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Sept 2016 Meike Schneider: Creating a winning Character Render (page 94 - 97)
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EXHIBITIONS
MerMay Art Exhibition
May 16th - 31rd 2020
Gallery Nucleus, Los Angeles
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COMIC CON EXPERIENCE
Artist Alley 2019 Cologne, Germany
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German Comic Con Dortmund, Germany
Artist Alley 2017 & 2018
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Art Exhibition 'The Art of Dance'
at Dr. Fliegner Langenfeld
Art Exhibition 2008 & 2009
Hildener Künstlermarkt
youngest art exhibitor
PARTNERS & SPONSORS
ADOBE
LOGITECH
ARTEZA
ARTICKA
XP-PEN
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Logos
click on the links to download my logos in brown and white as ZIP files.