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And the winner is….

Feb 2nd

in Uncategorized

I proudly present to you the winner of the Surreal & Supernatural Portrait Contest:

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Good vs. Evil sleeve + half-torso design

Nov 14th

in Design

: Good vs. Evil tattoo design

: The finished sleeve

As with most large scale pieces this particular design has a lot of intricate, interweaving elements. The client approached me with a request for a half torso + half sleeve design as a celebration of accomplishments and personal victories, as well as a reflection of overcoming struggles in his past.

The main theme is the classic good vs. evil battle, illustrated here by a tug of war between a pinup demoness and a warrior angel. The demoness is seated on a throne of skeletons on a trail of death leading to a pool of blood within which lost souls writhe in anger and agony. The black snake sent by her is the manifestation of problems and personal darkness, as it disappears into the tattoo bearer’s skin and comes out again to wrestle with the warrior angel. Parallel to this imagery the rope which the angel is tugging represents the fight, success and determination, and it buries itself into the skin as well, before it resurfaces to tie up the wings of the demoness. The illusion of objects surfacing from beneath the skin symbolizes internal struggles.

Detail: Demoness and Snake

: Detail: Jesters, Dead Man’s Hand, flags and compass

The evil jesters represent prominent personas in alliance with the demoness, as one of them is being hanged by the rope from the angel and the other two are up to no good offering poison and the Dead Man’s Hand, a combination of cards in poker.

Additionally, the client asked for symbols from aviation and travel: the flags, the compass and the iron wings of the angel.

The design was reinterpreted by Eno Kuiken from Guru Tattoo, (San Diego, CA, USA) into a full sleeve and will be used for the half-torso piece as well.

: Detail: Warrior Angel and Jester

: Detail: Demoness, Snake and lost souls

angel, art, black, demons, design, Digital, Drawing, evil, female, grey, intense, jesters, Painting, red, skulls, snake, tattoo, wings

Grenade (my heart goes BOOM)

Aug 20th

in Digital Drawings

Grenade (my heart goes BOOM)

Detail: Grenade

Detail: Face

Digital drawing made with a Wacom tablet in PhotoShop

2009-2012

art, Digital, Drawing, intense, Painting, surreal

Cyklus

Jul 24th

in Game graphics and art

I had the pleasure of working on the graphics and promo art for the game Cyklus by Eastasiasoft, which is available on iPhones, iPads and Android and is also to be ported to PC and Macs soon. This was in many ways an ideal project since I was given the freedom to create what I wanted and had almost full control over what the game would look like, which is pretty much a dream for many artists in the industry.

Besides developing the overall visual theme and the ships, my work included creating 5 different worlds, including tiles, backgrounds, enemies, objects etc.

Below you will find a trailer and some screenshots from the game, as well as the large promo artwork.

: Promo artwork

Cyklus website

Cyklus on Google Play

Cyklus on Facebook

art, Cyklus, design, Digital, Eastasiasoft, game, graphics

EP artwork: WILDEBEEST

Jun 6th

in Album art and design

Design

Details

This is the design and packaging I did for the independently released debut EP for my multimedia project WILDEBEEST. The photo for the cover and the logo were also done by me.

I am the vocalist, co-composer and lyricist on the EP, which is available for streaming and free download. If you want one of the limited edition, signed digipaks, they can be purchased here.

Cover Model: the superhuman Jannike Olofsson

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WILDEBEEST logo

May 19th

in Album art and design

Made for my multimedia project WILDEBEEST, which has a debut EP with 4 songs coming out. I am the vocalist, co-composer and lyricist.

Check out the official website

art, black, design, Digital, logo, music, WILDEBEEST

Composite photos

Feb 23rd

in Techniques explained

1 comment

In some cases you need to add things to an image to make it seem more interesting or balanced. Obviously, it can be done subtly or you can actually build a concept around the technique.

In this example I found that the original photos weren’t too interesting by themselves. Also, I thought both kids were cute and was disappointed that it wasn’t possible to get them both in the same frame. The solution was to clone the little boy in blue into the other picture in PhotoShop, using a lot of careful masking. The key ingredients here are patience, and returning to the image with fresh eyes to make sure everything seems natural.

This photo is from my Autumn photoshoot with Asra

Another shoot where I used the same technique was The Ocean’s Awaiting where I cloned the model. This was done by carefully masking out the model in different photos and then layering them in a composition.

It’s important to mask out the layers using brushes that are appropriate for the level of detail in the photo, if you want it to look realistic.
Another good tip for something like this is to remember to blur the different layers according to the background. In this case, further away meant more blurry than closer to the camera.
Finally, once you have achieved a good composition, adjusting the colors, levels and curves helps to make things look more consistent.

Check out the reverse of this technique: Object removal

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Object removal

Feb 22nd

in Techniques explained

Snapping some shots at a concert is usually a difficult task, especially if you’re shooting from the crowd. In these cases I was unfortunately far away from the stage, so someone’s hand and a white object was in front of me. These were carefully removed in PhotoShop by using the healing tool and the cloning tool.

Check out the reverse of this technique: Composite photos

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Digital art portfolio

Dec 18th

in Digital Drawings

Artemisia Absinthium

The White Rabbit

Ledger

HIFX:Evolution

Passive

Aggressive

Good vs. Evil tattoo design

Demonic jesters for tattoo

Grenade (my heart goes BOOM)

Pierce

Messiah

Digital, Drawing, Painting, portfolio

EP artwork: Rune Braendgaard

Jun 25th

in Album art and design

EP artwork I designed for a solo artist called Rune Braendgaard. It opens up like a little brochure booklet. The different layers symbolize peeling away the artist’s outer shell, inner desires and reaching the music: the flower. The final image is the fusion of all three phases, a metaphor for completeness.

All layers were hand-painted in PhotoShop CS5

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Ledger

Apr 25th

in Digital Drawings

Ledger

Quick smile study done while I was exploring Corel Painter 11 for the first time. Reference photos of Heath Ledger found via Google.

Software: Adobe Photoshop CS5 + Corel Painter 11

Brushes: Real 6B soft pencil

Tablet: Wacom Intuos 4

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HIFX:EVEolution

Feb 25th

in Digital Paintings

HIFX:EVEolution

Detail: Face

Detail: Bones & Logo

This was an excuse to work with evolution and religion in a direct way. I love playing with anatomy, bones in particular, and I enjoy drawing wings. Also, I find the idea of merging man and machine fascinating and wondered about an alternative take on Eve. So this is the result of all of that!

Originally finished in 2007, but I decided to edit the colors and make them more vibrant recently.

References used for the face.

Adobe PhotoShop + Wacom Volito2 tablet

Process

angel, Digital, Drawing, female, green, intense, Painting, red, surreal, wings

The White Rabbit

Oct 2nd

in Mixed Media and Photomanipulation

The White Rabbit

original watercolor painting

detail

I’ve always been fascinated by The White Rabbit from “Alice in Wonderland” as I share the feeling that there are never enough hours in a day.

This is a mixture of digital and traditional media. The main image is a watercolor painting with color pencil detailing, which didn’t get scanned too well, so I started to play around with it in Adobe PS CS4 to see what would happen.

The frame is an edited version of a photo/brush stock

animals, black, Digital, Painting, pink, surreal, Traditional, white