Sophie Giez
It took 24 years for me to find out that I’m actually a woman and looking back, there were a lot of signs. Funnily enough, becoming an artist went a very similar way for me.
I have always been a very visual person and fell in love with the magic of cinema, photography and gorgeous visuals when I was little, always asking myself “how did they do that?”.
My love for images turned into a passion for photography and graphic design, while my interest in physics and engineering led me to studying aeronautical engineering. There I discovered that constructing things in CAD was a lot more fun than doing the complicated math behind making sure I wouldn’t accidentally crash a plane. Additionally I joined the Campus Falke student magazine, for which I did Layout, Design, Photography, Film and Motion Graphics, which was immensly fun. All of this made me re-evaluate my field of study and eventually led me to Audiovisual Media at HdM- a course that seamlessly fuses creativity with a technical basis in engineering.
Due to my meandering discovery process I also gained a thorough technical understanding of all the different sides of the work with visuals, from production to post production. In the student productions at HdM I not only got to work with industry standard software like Maya, Mudbox, Arnold, Unreal, Mari, Substance and Nuke, but also experienced how much dynamic teamwork can accomplish. Additionally in my internship at LUXX Film, I learned a lot about the reality of VFX productions and got to work on real projects, which reaffirmed my pursuit of 3D Graphics.
After my internship I landed a working student job at conceito GmbH for which I got to do a wide range of Design, Layout, Animation, Photography and general work with visual media. The work there in a dynamic field with wildly different projects was a lot of fun for me.
I love about Graphics that there is a keen attention to detail, observing very closely how something works, picking things apart, bringing them together and creating something that feels real, whether that’s realistic or evocative. I strive to create visuals that inspire.
I finished my bachelor of engineering degree in audiovisual media and after taking a sabbatical I am now looking for a job opportunity.
You can reach me at mail@sophiegiez.com – I’d love to hear from you.