It’s been a couple of months since I last sunk into the realm of scripting and coding, which is tremendous fun. The folio and this blog are my playground for scripting and doing Web design when I don’t have any coding jobs, and right now I’m planning the new design as crazy.
I was never good at making (or keeping, for that matter) new years resolutions, but this year I’ve got several. 11 is my favorite number. Don’t ask me why, but the number 11 has been my numerical friend for more than a long while now, and since it’s the year 2011 I thought I have to make something special in the honor of this number. My plans for the new year are not only to do more illustration, and redesign the blog and the site, but also to start a new, additional blog, which will be more of an open project for others to participate.
I’ll be taking a trip to Oslo soon, to meet up with my awesome friends Superstar Ida and Ultra Magnus, as well as meeting Mr. Lord Bassington and Lady Nakrissimo. It will be a trip in the name of loads of different things, and stuff is cooking. I can’t say much now, but I will be posting more information as soon as I’m back.
Not only are my new colleagues the best colleagues one could wish for, but also, new illustration jobs are coming in from all over the place. It will be a sh*t load of work, but illustrating books and editorials is the best job in the world.
As mentioned earlier, it’s pretty darn hard to have two jobs… the days are fully booked, but hopefully the plans for traveling to NY with my mom will realize themselves soon.
Next to these two jobs I am working on a little project with writer Angela Shetler.
Whereas Angela’s writing rocks, making the illustrations takes time and the process is slowed down by all the other stuff.
I just need to figure out how to get more hours out of a day, and hopefully we will be able to launch a little preview soon.
But beware, I will post some drawings during the week.
…aaaand that’s both a bit sad, but also super fun.
I am working on several projects simultaneously. Norwegian comic book author (one of the finest) Kim Holm, amongst others, hired me to create all his four web sites, which is an honor.
A big company hired me, and my friend and colleague, Pivi, to make a couple of illustrations and a tiny site with some jQuery and php, aaaaand some 3D and flash stuff. I think we’re a pretty good team…considering going all design company together.
Still…I wish I could take a week off…which I probably will do when the biggest project is finished. Deadline is mid of August…so… hang in there, …me.
First of all, Twitter is the best site for sharing cool stuff and getting in contact with awesome folks from all over the World, and you do not have the same weird pseudo social weirdness contracts as with a facebook account. Also Twitter is perfect for comedians to test new material and for whoever to share their work. Anyways and bla bla etc. I just found this awesome video via Twitter (maybe not the most practical and fastest way to print your documents, but surely the most awesome way):
Thanks tanketom for RT-ing the coolest printer in the World (not counting the 3D printer of course).
This is incredible and I haven’t laughed so hard in ages…so…now I wanted to share the joy with you.
The designer used Apple’s Photo Booth as an inspiration for the mask.
“[...]the idea was to take the 2D image that it manipulated and create a tangible face in a real environment, then in turn bring it back into a 2D image. Using Photo Booth on the mask itself may create some sort of paradoxal shift where I cease to exist.”
I can only imagine that it takes more than just a couple of hours to create such a mask. I’m really impressed by this kind of work.
I’ve been awfully quiet those past couple of days, but I promise some new drawings soon. But first there’s 2 nearly finished web sites to work on, 4 conference papers to review, the thesis to write AND my head is full of illus.
Life as a busy bee is awesome…just the prioritizing doesn’t go too well. I’d much rather work on the illus right now but gots to write.
Well..I guess I’ll just have to throw in some of those magical wee hour workings and we’ll have those drawings up in no time.
I am still in the south of Norway (without my computer), but will return to Bergen (and to my computer) tonight. Tomorrow I’ll have to work late, so I won’t be working on my illustrations until Thursday, I guess.
Still, even though there was a lot to do during this little vacation, I managed to draw a little. I’ll work on the sketches when I get the time (hopefully on Thursday) and I’ll post some updates here asap.
My Photoshop fingers are itching and I bet my PC misses me as much as I miss him - sweet, sweet Roy <3.
OK, considering the previous illu (which is of a cat) and this post…I may seem like a crazy cat lady. Well…maybe I am. But still - if you don’t think the mystical cat is funny you’re just not a very humorous person, I guess…