New t-shirt of the week contest!

So I was asked if I would like to participate again at www.tshirtoftheweek.se, which I gladly did. I would have liked to make something new for this occasion, but I just didn't have the time. So if you don't mind voting for an older piece of mine, then head over to www.tshirtoftheweek.se and vote for "the distinguished look". Remember to vote everyday until friday 22/4.
LOTSA LOVE!!!

Ass to mouth, process#4

The slut, process#2

The slut, process#1

Starman 2011

So, here it is due to popular demand, a remake of my 1987 design of Starman. The result turned out quite well I think, but I think that's mostly thanks to the 8-year old version of me. He did all the real design job, as inhibited in it's creativity as only a child can be. I'd love to find more old drawings like this that I could remake.

Catching a ride, process#6

Starman

When visiting my dad, this past weekend, i found this gem. An excellent illustration of a character that i named Starman. There is no date written on it, but my guess is that i was about 8-10 years old when i drew it.
Leave a comment if you wanna see me do a 2011-version of it.

Ass to mouth, process#3

Ass to mouth, process#2

Ass to mouth, process#1

Catching a ride, process#5

Arvid

Oil on canvas. Made this one 4 years ago and happened to stumble upon it again today while visiting my dad. Around the time i made this i was painting/drawing very sporadic, and never really got into it deep enough. While i do feel happy about the obvious progression and rise of quality in my work, i still feel embarrassed because at the time i thought it was kinda good. Now i find it immature and boring.
Never underestimate the importance of training and searching for healthy influences.

Catching a ride, process#4

Conceptart.org

Conceptart.org is a place full of wonderful talents. Allthough I´m not too fond of the dragons, wizards and that whole fantasything, the talent displayed over there is amazing. Go there and have a look.


art by Whit Brachna

Catching a ride, process#3

The last cop on earth, detail, process

So i was asked to do a kinda retro-style coverart for a fictional game. I don't want to show too much yet, because i'd really like to present it together with the music that the "client" has produced. This is just to let you know what's going on.

Untitled, process#2

Untitled, process#1

Unfulfilled Ambitions

Made this one for a drawing-competition at gamereactor.se, in which the objective was to illustrate the character Alcatraz from the game Crysis 2. I only had two days to do it, so I went for simplistic, but effective, tasteful and original(to reproduce an original artwork by another artist is good practice, but nothing more) . The idea was to turn this ultra-macho and kinda stereotype gaming-character into something that was defiant of the stereotype. I lost the excessive musclebuild of the original character by reproducing the body of a small girl and then further emasculating it by dressing it up in a pink little outfit. The title is referring to Alcatraz´s desire and dreams to be something more than just a stereotype. I would have loved to do more, but I didn't have the time.

Rejection 2011#1

Hej!

Antagningsnämnden har nu gjort en första genomgång av ansökningarna till Kungl. Konsthögskolans kandidatprogram i fri konst läsåret 2011/2012.
Du har i dagsläget inte gått vidare till en andra omgång, men ett slutgiltigt besked om antagningen ges först 20 april via e-post och på ditt konto på https://www.kkh.se/kandidat/login.php

Happy times

So, I got through the vernissage and it was an amazing and overwhelming day. Even sold some paintings as well. Lots of friends and family came by, as well as people I had never met before, which made me really happy. Most people seemed to be impressed and there were a few given favorites. I´ll try to post more photos after the exhibition is over, but for now go ahead and take a look at these blogs where the show is mentioned.

sagovärld
Jonas blogg

Done!

Tomorrow is the vernissage. Come!

44 paintings are packed!

Belle

Acrylic on canvas, 100x80cm

Chickenrace

Acrylic on 2 pieces of 50x50 canvases

Where birds wind up

Acrylic and oil on canvas, 38x46cm

Greta Casque

Oil on canvas, 24x33cm

Them colorful butterflies

oil and posca on canvas, 38x46cm

Untitled, process#3

Untitled, process#2

Untitled, process#1

Buttons

Acrylics, Oils and Poscapen on canvas, 100x80cm.

Chickenrace, process#2

Chickenrace, process#1

C & H

Digital, Corel Painter

The swimmer

Acrylics on canvas, 100x80cm

This was just supposed to be another quick and easy one so that I could expand the number of pieces I'll display at the exhibition, but instead it turned out to be one of my more unique pieces.

Untitled, process#5

Asshole pizza by Foaming Kitty

Sometimes you stumble upon art that makes your jaw drop. This piece is one of those. I am stunned. Check it out here.

Another night, another piece

I was asked to do a painting in traditional media of these 2 characters. I first made a pencil-sketch, which i then scanned and cleaned up a bit before sending it to the client in order to showcase the basic idea and comp. The client hasn't replied or responded yet, which has left me to decide not do the painting. Instead i'll do a digital painting, using the preliminary sketch, and do it my way.

I accept that people might not always like my treatments, but when i take time away from what i really want to do in order to do a commission that i'm only doing for the money(which usually is quite a sad sum), i at least expect some kind of response. Have to learn how to say no and how to demand more money.

Charcoal sketch

What stage are you at?

Untitled, process#4

Untitled, process#3

Untitled, process#2

Untitled, process#1

Little cub

Acrylics on canvas,100x80cm

True love

Going home late last night, I saw this scene. He was sleeping, and she was eating McDonald's fries out of a paperbag that she had in her shoulderbag. A guy comes and sits down next to sleeping guy. Unaware of the girl's relationship status, he starts talking to her in a flirty manner. With a smile, full of greasy and stinking fries, she replies and they end up having a conversation for a while. The conversation stops when the drunk guy wakes up and, in a slur, asks the girl for something. She responds by hastily finishing her fries, handing over the empty paperbag and then strokes his cheek to comfort him as he starts puking in the bag. The other guy looks disgusted and confused, until he finally realises that he is sitting next to the puking boyfriend of the girl he's been flirting with. At the next stop he gets up and gets off the metro. Just another glamouros saturday night in Stockholm, where lovers finish their fries before helping the other one.