Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Christmas card - Djurens rätt (animal rights, sweden)



Yay! It is here, the christmas card I made for Djurens rätt that will be in their webshop. I am hoping it will be up for sale soon. Got some samples in the mail the other day, and they came out very well. I am excited about being a part of their christmas card collection!

Saturday, October 19, 2013

The story in progress. Coming to an end.










There will be dogs in space, badgers, them evil guys and flower pots in the story me and Jonas are working on as an iPad saga. How will it end? Who is the badger? Will there be justice? Questions are many. Answers will come.

Friday, October 18, 2013

Friday furry raccoon.


Love them raccoons. I know they're not very popular in North America, but how I actually enjoyed seeing them sneaking around our yard when I lived there. Many are the stories and encounters with them, but I especially remembered one night when I was up working and I could tell someone was looking at me. In our house in Vancouver BC our entrance door had glass windows, and I looked out. It was dark and late autumn but I saw two glowing eyes stare back at me.
Then I remembered. We usually put our trash outside the door so we could dispose it in the garbage when we left. But this day we completely forgot about it, which for the racoons resulted in a stinky awesome bag of supper, impossible to resist.

Since we were more fascinated than bothered about the fact that we had to clean the mess later (I know most people would say this is a mistake, but please excuse us for being curious swedes, not used to being close to those animals), we sneaked up to the door, and we could actually watch two raccoons piercing the plastic and digging through the bag in search for something to eat - just casually throwing out the less interesting things - like tiny pieces of paper and food package. My face against the window, being on a couple of centimeters length from the hungry poor fellow. I will never forget the look one of the raccoons had when searching through the bag while being terrified about seeing me on the other side of the glass. A rebel. Those black tiny little eyes fixed at me, conquering fear for food.

Such courage should always be rewarded. They found some avocado and half an apple at least. We got a night of cleaning the chaos with plastic gloves, but I would say it is one of the most memorable times with Canadian wildlife that I will always remember.

Thursday, October 17, 2013

View from kitchen.







































(Except I don't have a forest outside my kitchen window. Just houses and neighbors.)

Birthday card for a thunder bear.


Autumn in her shiny dress and dusty windows.






Autumn is passing by. Everyday the trees outside my windows loose more and more leaves. Yesterday a minor stormy wind blew most of them away. Mornings are dark and both me and cat goes in to hibernate even though there a lots and lots of things to do. I am studying a class in drawing for comics and freelancing at the same time. Most of the time I work from home and it means my own coffee, music and all gadgets I need to draw my own stuff whenever I feel I need to. Enjoy this season everyone, and don't forget to drink hot beverages and take naps.

Tuesday, October 1, 2013

A book.

Look! The new annual book from Illustratörcentrum has arrived!


(Lovely illustration on cover by the talented Therese Larsson)


 Yay, on page 112-113 you can find foxes, otters and cats. Thanks to Rachel Hahn who helped me out with the copy for my spread. And to Jonas Erickson for the photographs of my paint stained fingers holding this book!