Martin Neumann · Nuremberg

Motion &
web design.

I make films, design and build websites, and create identities and book covers. Here’s the work, from the first idea to the finished piece.

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Twenty-four coloured hours forming a ring in the Magick Companion launch film

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Every Hour Has a RulerMotion film, 2026

Concept, design, code and sound.

Also on view in the 3D gallery.

Motion films.

Three films for my app, Magick Companion. I developed the concepts, animated the films and made the sound.

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Every Hour Has a Ruler

A launch film for Magick Companion. A ring of 24 planetary hours becomes the wheel on the app’s Today screen.

16:9, also cut to 9:16 and 1:1 · 27.5 s · 2026

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What Is a Planetary Hour?

A short explainer for Magick Companion, showing how planetary hours, their rulers and their themes fit together.

9:16, organic Reel · 17.5 s · 2026

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An Intention Needs a Time

A product film showing how the Ritual Planner finds a time for a working, from the first intention to the available dates.

9:16, organic Reel · 20 s · 2026

Websites.

From layout and typography to the build. Select a website to visit the project.

Intragentic

intragentic.de

Software and AI agents for small and mid-sized companies in Franconia, at fixed prices.

ChronOS Ephemeris

chronos-ephemeris.com

A high-precision ephemeris and astrology API: positions, charts and planetary time from 1600 to 2200.

GreenGPU

greengpu.eu

NVIDIA GPUs from a green EU cloud, billed by the second and paused automatically when idle.

absolutely.cool

Verified customer reviews with an authenticity seal, and no paying to have reviews removed.

Motion studies.

Twelve loops in four styles: kinetic typography, liquid chrome, cut-paper worlds and generative fields. Animated directly in your browser while in view. Pause a study or open it larger.

Kinetic typography

Vermilion, cream and ink. Letterforms become the rhythm.

Type in motion
8 s · Loop
Sharp cuts, oversized letters and compressed rhythms.

Push & pull
8 s · Loop
Two words trade weight and space in a tightly cut composition.

Elastic type
8 s · Loop
Five letters stretch, shift and lock into place.

Liquid chrome

Soft studio reflections travel across slowly changing metal.

Liquid matter
12 s · Loop
A continuous metal loop with warm studio reflections.

Tidal knot
12 s · Loop
Interlocking forms, crossing reflections and a changing silhouette.

Folded metal
12 s · Loop
A square opening in soft metal. Edges bend as long highlights travel.

Cut-paper worlds

Warm pigments, layered shapes and a handmade cadence.

Paper bloom
10 s · Loop
A little garden assembled from warm paper, petals and leaves.

Paper tide
10 s · Loop
A small sailboat between layered waves, moving with the tide.

Night garden
10 s · Loop
Paper wings, a pale moon and deep green leaves.

Generative fields

Ivory points in dark space, traced by a single red signal.

Wave field
12 s · Loop
A flowing topography of points, traced by a single red thread.

Orbital field
12 s · Loop
A spatial ring of points. Depth, rotation and one continuous orbit.

Phase weave
12 s · Loop
Two point ribbons pass through each other in a continuous weave.

From the gallery.

Hours
Twenty-four arcs, each ring turning at its own pace.

Tide
Lines lifted by a slow tide of noise.

Orbits
Seven bodies on seven rings, in the Chaldean order.

Mercury
Liquid silver, parting and flowing back into one body.

Contours
Height lines of a landscape that will not hold still.

Signal
Lissajous figures, drifting as on an oscilloscope.

Gate
Frames inside frames, falling inward.

Aether
Smoke folding into itself, silver threads drawn through it.

Brand identities.

Logos, packaging and printed matter. Open a project’s details to see the brief and the individual designs.

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Zum Fenster

The whole brand for a parmesan noodle window: colours, logo, signage and packaging.

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The brief: Give a parmesan noodle takeaway one recognisable identity, from the window on the street to the box in a customer’s hand.
The design: I developed the colour palette and logo, then carried them through the outdoor advertising, printed menus and packaging.

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Tonstudio B12

Logo, colour system, typography and the website graphics for a recording studio.

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The brief: Create an identity for a recording studio that feels professional, contemporary and approachable.
The design: The logo, colour palette and typography form one system, continued in the graphics for the studio’s website.

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Ballbox Pro

Complete branding for a reaction trainer. The logo is drawn from the founder’s own silhouette.

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The brief: Build an identity for a training tool focused on reaction, concentration and coordination.
The design: I based the logo on the founder’s silhouette, connecting the product to the person behind it and making movement part of the identity.

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KettEye

Flyers, packaging and trade fair banners for a modular cosmetic mirror made in Germany.

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The brief: Explain a modular cosmetic mirror made in Germany across product packaging, print and trade fairs.
The design: I designed flyers, packaging and large-format exhibition banners around a clear visual treatment that lets the product and its technical details lead.

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Trustinkus

Flyers, sticker sets and social graphics for a tattoo and piercing studio.

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The brief: Help a tattoo and piercing studio express its direct, distinctive character across print and social media.
The design: I helped develop the visual identity and applied a reduced, recognisable design language to flyers, sticker sets and social graphics.

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Es.Ka

A hand-drawn wordmark and release visuals for a Nuremberg techno producer.

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The brief: Give a Nuremberg techno producer a visual identity with the same raw, direct character as his music.
The design: A hand-drawn wordmark anchors the identity. Its forceful lettering carries the producer’s name without extra ornament.

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Hände und Klänge

A visual concept and a forest photo shoot for voice and body work.

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The brief: Make the connection between voice, body work and female intuition visible for Theresa Mederer’s practice.
The design: I developed the visual concept and photographed the project in the forest, using the natural setting to express its connection to the body.

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Simple Recruiting

Employer branding for social recruiting: logo, colours, templates and ads.

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The brief: Give a social recruiting brand a clear presence where potential applicants spend their time, including Instagram and LinkedIn.
The design: I developed the logo, colours, typography and templates, then designed ads around direct headlines and strong visual contrasts.

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Telefónica

Visuals, the mascot Robby and motion for the RPA intranet and the in-house AI, Aura.

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The brief: Make internal automation processes and the company’s AI easier to communicate through graphics and motion.
The design: For the RPA intranet I designed Robby, animations and interface elements. For Aura I developed visual assets and motion focused on communication between people and the system.

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Marsmensch

My first brand: aroma jewellery, from the logo to the product photography.

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The brief: Build my first independent brand around stainless-steel jewellery that carries a favourite scent on interchangeable felt pads.
The design: I developed the logo, visual identity and product photography, showing both the jewellery’s form and how the scented pads work.

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Magick Companion.

My app for planetary timing and practice. These are the actual screens, from the current planetary hour to the Ritual Planner and diary.

Scroll through the screens. Select one to see it in full.

Magick Companion: Today: the planetary hour now, its ruler and theme. — Today

Magick Companion: Ritual Planner: name the working. — Planner, step 1

Magick Companion: Ritual Planner: choose what must align. — Planner, step 2

Magick Companion: Ritual Planner: the windows the astronomy API found. — Planner, results

Magick Companion: A working, timed to its hour. — Working

Magick Companion: Check-in: record how a working went. — Check-in

Magick Companion: The diary of past workings. — Diary

Magick Companion: The companion chat. — Companion

Book covers.

Covers for other authors and my own Adventures of a Magus series. Select a cover to take a closer look.

I design covers, set book interiors and prepare files for Kindle eBooks, paperbacks and hardcovers. I have also written, formatted and published my own books since 2019.

Cover design, interior layout and preparation for publishing, using Vellum, Adobe and Procreate. I also help other authors work through the upload and publication process.

My book design portfolio

Cover of The Technomancer’s Handbook — The Technomancer’s Handbook

Cover of Die Abenteuer der Theresa Star — Die Abenteuer der Theresa Star

Cover of Der Wolfsjunge — Der Wolfsjunge

Cover of Das Zauberschloss und der Rosendrache — Das Zauberschloss und der Rosendrache

Cover of Skalierbare Strategien — Skalierbare Strategien

Cover of Ich bin Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Ich bin Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Cover of Broken into Many Pieces — Broken into Many Pieces

Cover of Ich bin Albrecht Dürer — Ich bin Albrecht Dürer

Cover of Das perfekte Steak — Das perfekte Steak

Cover of Nebelgeboren: The First Curse — Nebelgeboren: The First Curse

Cover of How to Become Goldmarie — How to Become Goldmarie

Cover of Der letzte Drachenritter — Der letzte Drachenritter

Cover of Adventures of a Magus: Nox Edition — Adventures of a Magus: Nox EditionMy own series

Cover of Adventures of a Magus: Forbidden Fruits — Adventures of a Magus: Forbidden FruitsMy own series

Cover of Buch der Schatten — Buch der Schatten

Cover of Aus der Asche zum Erfolg — Aus der Asche zum Erfolg

Cover of Von abgehängt zu angekommen — Von abgehängt zu angekommen

Cover of 99 Gründe, weshalb deine Katze nicht mehr in deinem Bett schläft — 99 Gründe, weshalb deine Katze nicht mehr in deinem Bett schläft

Cover of Papa, wo bist du? — Papa, wo bist du?

Cover of Die wahre Chronik der Menschheit — Die wahre Chronik der Menschheit

Paintings.

Work away from the screen. Select a painting to open the full image and browse the collection.

The Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram, painting by Martin Neumann — The Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram

Michael, painting by Martin Neumann — Michael

Gabriel, painting by Martin Neumann — Gabriel

Raphael, painting by Martin Neumann — Raphael

Auriel, painting by Martin Neumann — Auriel

Hekate, painting by Martin Neumann — Hekate

Hekate’s Guardians: Ermiti, painting by Martin Neumann — Hekate’s Guardians: Ermiti

Hekate’s Guardians: Pyrhum, painting by Martin Neumann — Hekate’s Guardians: Pyrhum

Hekate’s Guardians: Abaek, painting by Martin Neumann — Hekate’s Guardians: Abaek

Hekate’s Guardians: Dimgali, painting by Martin Neumann — Hekate’s Guardians: Dimgali

Persephone, painting by Martin Neumann — Persephone

Stele of Revealing, painting by Martin Neumann — Stele of Revealing

The Graeae, painting by Martin Neumann — The Graeae

Brimo Hekate, painting by Martin Neumann — Brimo Hekate

Hekate Brimo, painting by Martin Neumann — Hekate Brimo

Hekate (Black and White), painting by Martin Neumann — Hekate (Black and White)

Silence, painting by Martin Neumann — Silence

Theatre,
in print.

Der Wal

A poster for the Renaissance-Theater Berlin, 2025. Select the artwork to see it in full.

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Hi, I’m Martin.

I’m a designer, author and self-publisher in Nuremberg. My work brings together motion, websites and print, including my own app, Magick Companion, and the Adventures of a Magus books.

More about me

Motion &web design.

Every Hour Has a Ruler

What Is a Planetary Hour?

An Intention Needs a Time

Intragentic

ChronOS Ephemeris

GreenGPU

absolutely.cool

Type in motion

Push & pull

Elastic type

Liquid matter

Tidal knot

Folded metal

Paper bloom

Paper tide

Night garden

Wave field

Orbital field

Phase weave

From the gallery.

Hours

Tide

Orbits

Mercury

Contours

Signal

Gate

Aether

Zum Fenster

Tonstudio B12

Ballbox Pro

KettEye

Trustinkus

Es.Ka

Hände und Klänge

Simple Recruiting

Telefónica

Marsmensch

Theatre,in print.

Der Wal

Hi, I’m Martin.

Motion &
web design.

Theatre,
in print.