About Max
A Creative Journey Spanning Two Decades
I am Maximilian Georg Liebscher, an award-winning designer, researcher, and visual artist with nearly two decades of experience spanning photography, worldbuilding, and digital art. My passion lies in connecting technology, aesthetics, and storytelling to create meaningful designs that inspire collaboration and creativity.
What I Do
Design & Conceptualization
From virtual sets to production pipelines, I transform ideas into visually compelling and technically sound outcomes.
Examples:
- Virtual Design: Concept art for games, animated films, and VR applications.
- Interactive Environments: Real-time-ready assets for VR and game engines.
- Environment Creation for Virtual Production: Developed detailed 3D environments and assets for music videos, blending real-world footage with rendered elements to create immersive visuals.
- Real-time Environments and Photogrammetry: Developed projects focused on creating naturalistic and immersive virtual retreats, including the creation of an extensive custom photogrammetry scan library.
- Hybrid Animation Techniques: Created projects combining 2D rotoscoping, compositing, and hand-drawn elements for a cinematic and layered aesthetic.
- Architectural Conceptualization: Designed artistic, narrative-driven architectural facades and structures, merging functional requirements with compelling visual storytelling.
- Traditional and Digital Set Design: Designed backdrops for theater productions, combining hand-drawn ink illustrations with modern projection techniques to enhance the visual atmosphere on stage.
- Worldbuilding Expertise: Developed a multi-epoch narrative for a sci-fi IP, integrating storytelling with innovative visual concepts.
Research & Development
My expertise includes cognitive ergonomic environments and 3D visualizations tailored for learning and creativity.
Examples:
- Virtual museum prototype using AR to reimagine pre-war Dresden.
- Reconstruction of middle-eastern cultural heritage losses using photogrammetry with sparse image data.
- Prototyping AR-based virtual museums for TU Dresden.
- Collaborating on DigitalTwin projects for Bayer AG and Fraunhofer Institute.
- Designing immersive VR spaces for education environments for NewWorkDesignLab.
Teaching & Mentorship
Since 2019, I have taught Concept Design and Worldbuilding at the University of Applied Sciences Dresden, focusing on VR game development and entertainment design. My teaching approach bridges traditional art forms—such as painting and illustration—with cutting-edge technologies like VR sculpting and digital prototyping. This holistic perspective enables students to develop projects that range from classical art to interactive environments.
Additionally, I offer workshops and training sessions on topics such as:
- Kitbashing for Asset Prototyping: Creating quick design iterations using physical and digital tools.
- Narrative Planning Tools: Structuring complex stories through visual organization, like sticky-note boards.
- Design Exploration through Thumbnailing: Employing rapid iterative sketching techniques, such as ink-based design studies, to refine ideas and create impactful visual compositions.
- VR Sculpting: Discover the fundamentals of sculpting in immersive 3D environments (currently under development).
Why Work With Me?
Whether you’re seeking to create immersive VR scenarios, conceptualize game designs, explore prototyping, or need consulting to plan and execute your vision, I bring a unique blend of artistic vision and technical precision. My ability to work remotely enables seamless collaboration across distances, ensuring that projects are delivered efficiently, saving time and resources while maintaining creative excellence.
Let’s bring your vision to life.
