Lino cut

Small Horse

I have been working with collography, which is a way of printing where you use cardboard to make texture or draw in with your etching needle, just like you would a copper plate. I love this method because it's so simple and cheap to use and still you can get some really amazing results.
These tree are images printed from the same board, which should give you an idea of just how many options there are if you fancy it. But for the two in the top I have used an additional board to add the red color.

Game design illustrations

Here are some illustrations I did for an app designed to help children with autism and ADHD communicate how they are feeling to their parents and carers. I have used a simple visual expression and some child friendly colors to create as little distraction as possible.

It was great to work with these kids and visit the child day care center "Toppen" for some user research. Also I had great fun working with illustration in a new way and even see it animated a bit (there's a drag and drop function of the faces). 

You can read more about the concept of the project here.  

sketches

A few sketches. Since my last project I have wanted to try a way to color in Photoshop, but without loosing the hand drawn look. Here I have just added a little texture and shadow with the pencil before I scanned the illustration. Well okay, this is old news for most I suppose. I'm still a happy student. And now - it's time for tea and bedtime story. 

So, this is the last of my series of four illustrations about the family party. I had my exam today and finally it's time to relax. In the end I'm quite satisfied with the result and what I've learned from it. Also this last weekend I attended a graphics course - so expect some uploads from that later on (I just need to sleep for at least three days before I can do anything again).

About a family party. There is still one more illustration to come. This was a project at school where I just wanted to focus on learning to use Photoshop as a coloring tool, and to use textures. Now I just need to make it look a little less "computerish". Any tips and tricks?