Stefanie Grunwald (@moertel)

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	<div style="text-align: center;">Hey there! I'm Stefanie (or Steffi or Stef), a self-taught
pixel artist from Hamburg, Germany, and you probably know me as moertel (pronounce: myrtl) around the internet.      A B O U T   M E      I started making art in 2016 at the rather old age of 30. No formal art education to back me up, no endless free time to brush my skills. In fact I'm a software engineer by day (Python, Scala and Golang, in case you were wondering) and mostly spend my weekends and holidays to work on my pixel art animations. I'm living proof that no matter how old you are - it's never too late to start and you don't have to draw every day to make good art. (Though I guess it would help, haha.)      A B O U T   M Y   A R T      Highways, street lights and buzzing cities are the key elements I love the most and want to encapsulate in my art. My themes and motifs are deeply rooted in realism, with a hint of nihilism but far away from the supernatural or magical flair that often surrounds pixel art. My sceneries are like taken straight from a neo-noir movie and I embrace the bivalence, the blurring lines and the interplay of light and shadow.      P A T R E O N      If you choose to support me on Patreon, that would mean the world to me! With the help of my patrons I've been able to fund the creation of my lenticular prints (they're like little pocket movies, check them out!) and there are many more ideas that are just waiting to be brought to life. We're planning a pixel art calendar and a monthly pin club, and this whole endeavour is only just getting started. Join me on this exciting journey! </div>

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 <div style="text-align: center;">Thanks so much for reading! If you have any questions, you can always reach out to me at hi@moer.tel. Have an awesome day ahead and hope to chat with you soon. Cheers, Stef </div>
 
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<div style="text-align: center;">Watch me pixelling live on Twitch or get my art delivered to your favourite social media feed<a href="https://twitter.com/moertel" target="_blank"> Twitter</a> | <a href="https://moer.tel/" target="_blank">Tumblr</a> | <a href="https://twitch.tv/moertel" target="_blank">Twitch</a> | <a href="https://instagram.com/moer.tel" target="_blank">Instagram</a> | <a href="https://vimeo.com/moertel" target="_blank">Vimeo</a> | <a href="https://behance.net/moertel" target="_blank">Behance</a> | <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/_moertel/posts/" target="_blank">Reddit</a></div>

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