Story first
The story decides what the image must carry.
Oculus Festum
Worlds built to outlive us.
We create original fictional worlds through story, image and motion.
Oculus Festum Originals
Original Worlds
Fictional worlds and stories created inside the studio.
Original
Ant Idol
A character-driven dark fantasy about a young man’s struggle for freedom, identity, and agency in a world shaped by power.
From the world of Ant Idol
Kobold Snorbelin Comics
A mischievous comic-strip subproject from the Ant Idol universe, following Snorbelin through small grudges, strange errands, and petty victories.
Original
From the Fractal Press
The literary side of Oculus Festum: short stories, poetry, fragments, and written signals from the studio.
Original
Д.С.Е. ЕДИНИЦА №17 - Sniper Girls
A short-form moving-image project by Oculus Festum, developed through film, visual storytelling, and atmospheric art direction.
Stories do not belong to a single medium. Neither do we.
Oculus Festum develops original worlds and selected productions for others — shaped through image, movement, language, and atmosphere.
Selected work
Selected Work
Commissions and collaborations: selected work created with and for our partners.
Private commission
Custom Itasha Car Sticker Design
A custom Itasha car-livery commission combining character illustration, client graphics, logos, and decal placement into one vehicle-side composition.
Private commission
TTRPG Character Illustrations
A collection of commissioned black-and-white TTRPG character illustrations created for player characters.
Collaboration
Stereum Event & Booth Design
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A series of event, booth, merchandise, and promotional designs created for Stereum / RockLogic GmbH for Ethereum and Web3 events.
Collaboration
Stereum 2.0.0 Release Teaser
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An animated teaser created by David Scheidl and Laurenz Lin Sill for the release of Stereum 2.0.0.
Private commission
Valentine Day Hoodie
A commissioned character illustration created as part of Oculus Festum studio work.
Collaboration
Stereum Blockchain Block Production Explainer
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A cartoon-style explainer animation created for Stereum, abstracting the process of how a block is produced within a blockchain system.
Approach
Built around story, not format.
A world becomes convincing when character, atmosphere, structure, and image obey the same inner logic.
Cohesive worlds
Place, character, history, and image grow from the same roots.
Strong visual identity
Every project needs its own mood, rhythm, and silhouette.
Long-term thinking
What begins in one form should be able to endure beyond it.
Studio Production
We currently work with selected partners across illustration, visual development, comics and manga, story development, worldbuilding, and creative direction.
Art Commissions
Professional custom illustration for private clients, creators, gifts, characters, and personal projects.
Art Commissions
Illustration & Visual Development
Character art, concept art, key visuals, and visual language for narrative projects.
Comics & Manga
Sequential art, manga production, comic production, storyboards, and page development.
Writing & Story Development
Creative writing, script development, narrative design, editing, and story structure.
Film & Video
Creative development, pre-production, direction, short films, branded films, and narrative video.
Worldbuilding & IP Development
Lore, characters, fictional cultures, narrative systems, and long-term IP foundations.
Independent Creative Media Studio
Oculus Festum is a creator-led independent studio that develops original fictional worlds through story, image and motion.
The Founders
Meet the people shaping the studio and the work behind it.
David Scheidl
David Scheidl is the co-founder and creative director of Oculus Festum. He leads the studio’s worldbuilding, narrative design, and long-term intellectual property strategy across projects that connect story, art, and technology. Before Oculus Festum, David worked in the blockchain industry as Project Manager for Stereum and StereumPlus - open-source and commercial-grade Ethereum infrastructure tools used globally by institutional clients and node operators. His background in leadership, systems design, and digital product strategy informs Oculus Festum’s structured approach to creative production.
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WorldbuildingNarrative DesignCreative DirectionProduct Strategy
Tell us what you are building.
If your project needs a visual language, a deeper world, or a clearer story, we would be glad to hear about it. If we are not the right fit, we will tell you honestly.