Tires on Moonlit Beach

Remember my tire series? Check out "Tires at Sunset" here and here.

Now I've started tire painting #2: Tires on Moonlit Beach.

Really hard to photograph in the middle of the night, sorry! The finished product will get better photos than this.
I'm painting on the floor now because my temporary easel sucks! But I found a guy on the internet who builds easels just the way I want them, so I ordered one. But sitting on the floor ain't half bad, actually, it's way better than sitting on a chair and painting.

A busty portrait

As you might have noticed, I've made many portraits of my husband. For one thing, he's easily available, and another thing, I like the shape of his head. This one I gave him for his fortieth birthday. I asked him what he wanted for his birthday, and he said "A portrait", but I don't really think he was expecting a bust.

Kristoffer Appelquist DVD

I recently made the cover art and layout for a DVD by comedian Kristoffer Appelquist.
Front:

Back:

Label:

Click to enlarge!
This project was all kinds of fun, because 1) I had to look at a bunch of youtube clips of Kristoffer in order to get the caricature right. And he is very funny. 2) because Kristoffer was excellent to work with, he had good input and was easy to work with. And obviously 3) it was a fun picture to draw!
Here is Kristoffer's blog.

Ink practice

Practicing drawing with a steel nib (is that the right word? the kind of metal pen that you dip in ink? According to my dictionary it is.). I started out with the nib because I was afraid inking with a paintbrush would be really hard. But it turned out it wasn't so bad once I tried it.
I attached this picture to a Christmas present for my husband - to inform him that the book he received included a person reading it aloud.

Swedish Comics History

Today was a really exciting day. The book Swedish Comics History arrived from the printers.

Why is this exciting, you ask? Why, because it has utter awesomeness between its covers. I am talking about this illustration:

It is a picture I drew of the Swedish comics characters "Mannen som gör vad som faller honom in", Adamson, 91:an, Bamse, Socker-Conny and Nina Hemmingsson's nameless character.

Click to enlarge! It was really fun to draw, because I had to study the technique and temperament of each artist - and it turned out I have a knack for it! The very day after I made this, I actually got another commission for a drawing in a famous comics artist's style. But more about that later on, it will get its own entry.

Of course, there is other awesomeness in the book as well. It is a short history, in English, about the comics culture in Sweden. It is published by The Swedish Comics Association and distributed in the US by Top Shelf. Read it! More information at the author's blog: www.sekventiellt.se.

The man, the myth...

A while back, I made a Disney style caricature of my very good friend Stefan Diös. This is used at Donald Duck's Swedish web site and facebook page, where Stefan writes a column about nerd stuff Duckburg and its inhabitants. Stefan is an inexhaustible source of interesting Donald Duck trivia, and certainly has the gift of gab, so this is definitely a nice addition to the site! Here's the picture:

And here and here is the first article.