Oct 9, 2013

Favorite Book Character/ 30 Days Drawing Challenge

Snufkin ( in Finnish Nuuskamuikkunen) is a character in the Moomin series of books authored by Tove Jansson, appearing in six of the nine books. He is the best friend of the series' protagonist, Moomintroll, and lives a nomadic lifestyle. Snufkin is a lonesome philosophical traveller and lives in a tent, smokes a pipe and plays the harmonica.

I love the Moomin books and I'm also a huge fan of the comic strip!

Sep 28, 2013

A Model

                                            
                                                                     Sometimes it's fun to make "ugly" drawings!

Aug 31, 2013

Myself/ 30 Days Drawing Challenge

1. Myself

Since I have been really lazy when it comes to drawing, I decided to start a 30 Days Drawing challenge. That way I'll have to doodle everyday something! Summer is over, so time to lift the pen again! Here's the list of the challenge:

1. Myself
2. Favorite animal
3. Favorite food
4. Favorite place
5. Best Friend
6. Favorite Book Character
7. Favorite Word
8. Favorite Animated Character
9. Favorite Tv Show
10. Favorite Candy
11. Turning Point in Your Life
12. Most Recent Accomplishment
13. Comic
14. Favorite fairytale
15. Family Picture
16. Inspiration
17. Favourite Plant
18. Just a Doodle
19. Something New
20. Something Orange
21. Something You Want
22. Something You Miss
23. Something You Need
24. A Couple
25. Scenery
26. Something You Don't Like
27. Someone You Love              
28. Anything You'd Like
29. A Place You Want to Go 
30. A Congrats Banner For Finishing the Challenge

Aug 13, 2013

Working Hard/ Animation


These are all stills from my animation named 'Working Hard'. It's not still quite finished, I am currently working with the sound. I finished all the visual material during my study period in Belgium. The story isn't so strong but I'm trying to descrabe the artistic work flow by showing pens, erasers, pen sharpeners etc. having sex with each others. Hopefully I'll manage to end this project in the end of this month!



Aug 9, 2013

Birches


A birch forest from our summer cabin in Savonlinna, Finland. The birch is my favorite tree and it's also the national tree of Finland.

Jul 4, 2013

Equality


I made this picture after hearing last week's fabulous news about US supreme court deciding in favour of same sex marriage. Unfortunately same sex marriages are still illegal in my home country, Finland, but hopefully that will change soon, maybe even this year.

Jun 30, 2013

Old sketches



Sketches from an elderly home in Ghent, Belgium. There was a birthday party and they kept singing Edith Piaf.

Jun 25, 2013

Surveillance


During the summer vacation I should have plenty of time to draw but somehow lifting a pen and opening my sketchbook seems way too difficult to do. I'm blaming the hot weather! Luckily, I managed to doodle this for the Illustration Friday.

Jun 5, 2013

Sweet

Illustration for a website called Illustration Friday in which a new topic is posted each Friday and you have one week to draw, paint or doodle your picture. This week's topic was 'Sweet' so of course my first thought was to draw a candy pooping unicorn. 

Swimming pool



Now since it is boiling hot here in Finland, I felt like posting these old drawings from my sketchbook because swimming is all I can think of during these hot summer days. These drawings are from my sketchbook course which I had in KASK school of arts in Belgium, Ghent.