• general information
i am an artist and designer, mainly focused on photography, web design and grunge art.
but i am active in various fields of art and try not to grasp on any specific art form too tight.
- Name: Steffen Seth Prohn
- Occupation: designer & photographer, freelancer
- Sex: male
- Birthday: 10th April 1985
- Birthplace: Rostock, MV
- current place of residence: NRW, Germany
• short curriculum vitae & experiences
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academic background
1991-1995 elementary school "Mühlenberg", Ribnitz-Damgarten, MV
1995-2004 grammar school "Richard-Wossidlo-Gymnasium", Ribnitz-Damgarten, MV
► Juni 2004 vocational diploma with qualification, abortion of high school
2004-2007 technical college "Nelly-Pütz-Berufskolleg", field "Design", Düren, NRW
► Juli 2007 certification as "Design-technical assistant"
incl. vocational diploma and higher education entrance qualification
2007-2008 alternative civilian service at the "German Red Cross" Düren
2008-2009 miscellaneous freelancer remittance work
and temporary job at the "Malteser emergency service"
2009 general designer at "PCV Systemhaus GmbH"
important occupational experiences
- 2-week academic internship in the advertising agency, media- and web-association "NVP-Web"
- 2-month internship in the studio
Wolfgang Schwager
as a personal assistant
- miscellaneous smaller works for bands and orchestras,
like "From Monument to Masses" or "Freies StudentenOrchester Rostock"
• special skills & interests
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special strengths in...
- digital image processing with all established pixel and vector orientated programs
- photography
- web design (HTML, PHP, CSS, MySQL, ...)
- Corporate Designs
- advertisment
- typography
- presentations
interests:
- art in general
- especially music, film, photgraphy, some sub genre in the art scene, i.e. Grunge
- knowledge & further education
- philosophy
- science & sci-fi
- gaming
special characteristics:
- open minded
- intelligent
- determined
- humorous
- interested
languages:
- very good english (specialized course in college)
- basic french
- basic japanese (learn by myself)
• pseudonyms
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i use several pseudonyms and nicks all over my range of action, depending on the area of application i am working on.
here are my most used ones:
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Seth
i like to be called by that, especially when it comes to my art;
it sort of is my 'art nick'; and i use it in alternative notations, like e.g. 'Xev'
- Steffen
my original first name; i rarely use it anymore,
but my closer friends still keep calling me that
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tsubaka
once my main nick, but today not more than an alternative pseudonym or collective term for me,
refering to no special occasion or characteristica; was once written 'TsuBaka', the short form is 'Tsu'
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Doctrine Designs
collective name for my artistic actions;
may also include co-producers
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MSFK.DDRS
my gaming nick