Food for thought with Mark Ryden

I really like Mark Ryden's work, I see his paintings as a modern interpretation of the old fairy tradition. Children that are taken away by the fairies or the young fairies carrying out acts against the evil people of this world. Otherwise, I just like the way Mark sees the world, it's a pretty strange place from his perspective.

Son of a hooligan

Is he cute or is he unlovable like his dad?

Is it possible to love a hooligan?

I drew this skinhead while not focusing too hard at work. It got me a thinking, can you love a hooligan? No, probably not but what about their kids, are they cute and loveable?

A doodle from last week.

The thing about mindless doodles is that they are totally mindless. I have no idea why I drew this guy on a skateboard!

Another Plus minus dude, this time in my blue period.

Plus minus dude

He doesn't know what to think, should he be happy or sad? This is the question he will probably never get an answer to.

Funny what goes through ones head in a long meeting

I'm learning cross hatching techniques right now...

I did a search on google for "cross hatch" and found this site. I like the way his lines follow the soft forms of the females body. I am going to use the technique and see what result it gives when I start drawing nudes again after the summer break.

Blind on their mobiles

I have a mini fold-up cycle called a Strida that I wheel through the underground/subway each day. Its amazing how blind people are when they are talking to someone on the phone, I am aware that I can hurt commuters with my bike but are they aware that I just missed putting a tyre track up their leg!

Twilightbeef.com

This is really cool, very weird but really cool.:)

http://www.twilightbeef.com/

Nude # 3

Nude # 2

A model with a more normal form!

This week the model was young and a lot more feminine than the previous nude model. Funny, but it was much harder to draw her, a leg or an arm that was too thick or fat was so noticeably wrong. I don't know if I'm getting any better, but I feel I draw with more confidence, I just wish my technique was better. I plan to scan some of my cartoons, I'm developing a group of characters that hopefully will see the light of day soon.

Banners I produce every day.

This banner is rather typical of what I do each day. It's the bread and butter stuff that pays the bills and keeps the big furry rabbits away from my door!

A photo gallery of the Swedish elitloppet that I created at the weekend for ATG.se

I'm not writing very much on my blog, oh dear. I'm one of those visual types I guess. I like to write, honest but it seems I never have time to get my thoughts down on this little bloggy. The above site was created in Flash using AS3 script. Ok, gotta run...