Torben Kuhlmann was born in 1982 in the Lower Saxon town Sulingen . Early on, he showed his creative side with blocks from his father's lumber, but also with crayons and water colors. In kindergarten and later in school, he quickly became known as a good draftsman. Small aircraft, strange machines and steaming railways adorned  his workbooks . His passion for painting and drawing grew steadily and first small exhibitions documented his progress. Crayon and watercolor became his favorite techniques . He also mastered the acrylic and oil painting, as well as the digital work with Photoshop and Painter.

 

In the summer of 2005, he began after high school and the community service his studies at the University of Applied Sciences Hamburg in the course Illustration and Communication Design . Since 2006, he works alongside his studies as a freelance illustrator and since April 2010 for the advertising agency Jung von Matt in Hamburg. In June 2012, he completed his first children's book LINDBERGH: The Tale of a Flying Mouse.

Torben Kuhlmann

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