Schoolproject - 'Paperstory' stopmotion

Working on this 1 minute animation  has been such a great adventure! My college-academy forced me to use a technique I didn't feel comforable with. Challenge accepted! I didn't have much experience using stopmotion... but I got such a fast feeling for it in a short time! Remembering how I posed my hands and make the camera *click* again has been one huge drama and took hours to produce. But it really has given me a better insight how much work a stopmotion animation can be. I seriously respect the big guys producing stop-motion animations 120 minutes long!

My teachers weren't that excited about this project. However they gave me bad grade and comments on this project, I really had so much fun doing this! 

'Pigasus' paper puppet!

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Hell no! It's pigasus the flying pig! 

Available in the Etsy store!

Adventurous little toddler

"Adventure is out there!"

Here is a little self- portrait of me circa 15 years ago.

I've spent days trying to come up with the right words to express myself in this post, working on this speed-painting really made me think about the person I truely am (and was 15 years ago). So many drastic things changed for me; but thinking about to my youth, my roots, and my upbringing explains my skills and dreams I have today.

Imagineering; Darkride cart

The Seafoamer!

Imagineering; Darkride - board 1

Last night, seemed to be the shortest night I've ever had. Having a lot of free time on my hands turns around my sleeping-rhythm! So, I started working trough the nights; no distractions and no other noises. Listening to my favourite music and making some magic!

This time, I tried to push myself trough a rare kind of limit. I've never had tremendous skills in digital landscape/interior painting. I was frustrated some other pieces didn't work out as I hoped. So I started to push myself "I won't go to bed before this piece is partly finished and amazing!" It took a lot of chocolate and patience to make it this far! It's not 100% entirely finished, but good enough for now.  I'm contented it worked out perfectly; now I know how to make a landscape/interior in perspective!

EDIT: Photoshop tutorial

I've been fighting my way through photoshop to create a semi-realistic artwork. I was used to work with Mr. pencil and Mrs. paper, they've always been my best friends since kindergarten. But I always wanted to find a way to make a digital painting just like the big boys! So I had to make this work. I struggled months to re-invent this kind of technique. And finally! I've found a way!

1. Pick a basic color, you can add more colors with more basic layers
2. Pick a dark overlay color, this layer will be used as the first shadow layer
3. Pick a second dark overlay color, this layer will be used as shadow-accent layer
4. Pick a light color, this layer will be used as the first shine-layer
5. Pick a second light color, this layer will be used as highlight layer

The more shadow/highlight layers you add, the more contract depth it will give to your photoshop painting! Have fun!

Disney Imagineering

Amazing & inspiring!

Deviantart contest

Happy Valentinesday everybody!

Snuggledays are great! So why wouldn't you snuggle this attractive green fellow? "Mashter callz meh fluffeh!" I'm participating in an designbattle, just for the hack of it! It's been so much fun making this figure!

I've tried to record my moves with screenflow, but when I tried to save the file... my macbook crashed. All my files (my company in progress, my jobs, my clients, and inspirations) were suddenly GONE! I was heartbroken last night, but I'm picking up the pieces and I'm trying to rebuild my archive. I'm glad I've got a lot of backup-portfolio-material on my blog! A tiny piece of the screenflow-video has been rescued! So what did I learn today (...again)? Oh yeah... making some serious extern backups!

I've been trying some new things on the www! How to higher my standards and compeating with designers all over the world! It really gives you a boost of energy and motivation. I think every designer should need that experience, It's a big step towards a positive and serious reputation. You'll learn so much, in a very short time! This contest is a new step to the 'illustration and imagineering' world, telling stories with a single image!