paper cut

Wow, I've been updating my blog lately like I haven't got a life. Not exactly true though. 

We have been learning about colors, light settings, and relief at school, which made me make this wirdoo house. It is paper cut in three layers put separately in a box to keep them standing. Then I placed the box on an overhead projector and added some different colored transparent paper to color my otherwise white paper cuttings. I must say, I'm quite pleased with the effect. 

monday comic page

I made this comic exercise because I feel in love with the style of Lilli Carré. I've tried to copy some of her style, and at the same time I wanted to practice my speed. Originally I wanted to make this page in one day only, but come on - I'm not that fast yet. Still I had a good time making it, which matches my New Years resolution perfectly: to have more fun (also with my work). Last year I was so busy doing my homework that I forgot about how I used to love doing my own creative personal projects. This year I will try to find a better balance, because life should really be fun. Serious fun when best (if that makes sense outside my Danish brain). 

Comic

This is a short comic I did for a competition. Sadly it didn't get selected, but on the bright side that allows me to share it here with you on my blog. The name of the story is "Lubóv", which is a village in Poland. It's taken from my own person experience during a family vacation in Poland some years ago, mixed with some fiction. (The guy with the chain saw isn't the fictional part, if you were wondering.) 

It's the first time that I have really tried to make a comic like this, where I had to put down the story myself, and it proved to be both very hard to do, but also quite rewarding. I know more about my own work process now, and I know that I absolutely love the narrative form of a comic!

I'm preparing for the annual christmas marked at my school in the end of November. This is one of the prints you'll be able to by from my little shop. Also I will bring some of my collography prints and the lino cut I posted last. It's the first time that I'll try to sell some of my things, so I'm really excited to see if anyone is interested.  

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.