On the web, I go by the nick Tim Nikias, even though those two are just my first and second name. Originally, I used the nick because the WWW seemed a little too risky a place to not be at least slightly anonymous. Nowadays, I know my way around the net and what to watch out for, but Tim Nikias is the name I've become known and recognized by, so it sticks. After all, it still is my name.

From Birth to Present

I was born 1981 in some small town in Germany. Growing up along with 3 brothers provided excellent chaos, and a couple of years spent in the USA provided good English skills (though it messed with my motherlanguage, I tend to build sentences with german words, but american grammar).

When I became old enough, I went to the university and started studying Media/Computer Sciences, but first civil service, then minor troubles with a couple dozen of tumors (though harmless, I was unable to study due to these for about a year) and finally a very serious driving accident my father had (he was hospitalized for over a year, so I took care of him and family matters) interrupted my studying curriculum. I know this probably won't look too good on my resumee, but I hope my future employers will notice that it wasn't laziness that kept me from finishing my studies.

Anyways, I've got a knack for programming and mathematics, so computer sciences was the right choice for my education, and I'd reckon that knack is what's looked for in a programmer. I'm not sure in which direction I want to work later on, be it website-design, 3D-graphics or just database stuff, but as you can see, I like to dabble in all three (hence the website and its content). Currently, I'm waiting for the grades on my diploma and take a small time-out before heading into my career.

Hobbies

One of my major hobbies is digital art, as should be obvious by this website. Lately, I wasn't able to produce much new art, because, as it is with hobbies, if you've got too many RealLife(tm) issues, hobbies need to be set aside.

Then, like just about every other person on the planet, I like music, and like every other person on the planet, I have my own taste: I especially enjoy Orchestral Movie Soundtracks, some Heavy Metal, Indie and - shame on me - lots of the mainstream stuff.

Some time ago I had also picked up Tabletop-Gaming, which in my case meant Warhammer 40.000. I wasn't a big player though, and along with my other hobbies, it experienced a major setback while I was taking care of more important things. I'm still rather proud of my painting achievements, hence they've still got their own gallery, but I wonder if or when I'll ever get back to finishing some of the remaining models I still have.

And finally, I very much enjoy movies, own a solid collection of DVDs and even worked at a movie theatre as the projectionist (the guy working the projectors to show the movies) for a few years and did a little deskwork.

Future Plans

I've already made a few artworks for small firms and worked on the digital reconstruction of a castle for a museum, as well as have had my images used in books, on CDs and even as tattoos. So with all that on my list, I really hope I'll be able to find a good and fun job where I can be as creative as before and have enough space to try and experiment instead of doing things just by the book. Although, of course, getting the work done simultaneously while having creative fun is not to be forgot!

Contacting Me

In case you're interested in emailing me, I've Javascript-Encrypted the adress to keep Spam-bots and email-harvesters at bay:

I'm also a frequent visitor of the POV-Ray Newsgroups, where lots of POV-Ray related discussion takes place (obviously), and if you've got POV-Ray-Related questions, that's the best place to go.