Saturday, June 30, 2012

sketch and color

Colored a sketch from my little doodle book!



Here is the sketch! I really like to draw funny animals and wacky creatures!!

Saturday, June 23, 2012

humor illustration

A humor illustration i did for Asfalt street magazine! With a caricature of comedian Dag Schreiner.
Dag Schreiner wrote the text the illustration is based on!

For this i used Ecoline liquid ink, white gouache paint and color pencils. + editing in photoshop!

Friday, June 22, 2012

Exam!

So at last i´m done at NKF (Creative college of Norway)

And i had my illustration exam done a week ago! The exam lasted for two weeks, and i was to make 4 illustrations with inspiration from the novella "A brave ant" by Tarjej Vesaas!

I chose to mix the insect world in the story with medieval times to get som exciting elements! And children´s book was the media i chose.
This is my take on the novella and the exam:

Below: Cover for the children´s book. Featuring the brave ant in knights armor befitting an ant!
Above: Castle Anthill. Home of the Brave ant! 

Above: The brave ant meets a big snail on his way! 

Above: The brave ant gets attacked by a dragon! (a common salamander really:P) 

Friday, May 4, 2012

Exploring the low tide!





Been doing some editorial illustrations for a fictional magazine at school! I chose an activity magazine for children! And its taking place by the Low tide areas!
This is the first label! Featuring the hermit house collecting the many cool things that the low tide leaves behind!



The second label!
Where there´s a hot dog stand! But the hot dogs are replaced with marine sea cucumbers! This makes a lot more sense in norway...since "sea cucumber" actually means sea "sausage" in Norway!


The third label! This is captain Crabbeard! a menacing crab pirate lord that spreads havoc upon the poor starfish that try to fend him off! A mermaid calls the horn of the sea! Is she summoning Crabbeard or alerting enforcements? you figure it out!

All the illustrations are done in traditional watercolors! But i also used some ecoline ink! which has the same effect as watercolors! and white gouache to bring forth details and highlights!

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Sunday, April 22, 2012

Asfalt text illustration part 3


The third text illustration for ASFALT street magazine.

The text featured a girl who met an old man on the train..And he told her about the unhappiness in his life..And made her promise to live a happy life, make the right choices and be nice to people..
Not to end up were he did.


Watercolors, gouache paint, photoshop

Saturday, April 21, 2012

Asfalt text illustration part 2


This is the second illustration i made for Asfalt street magazine.

The text was about a girl diagnosed with extreme depression. After living with her abusive and drug addict of a father, as a small child.

Used pencil drawing for the figure to make it rough and aggressive.