So here is the first of the posters for Moller's Tran.

This was just a school assignment.

The dragons used behind the bottle was actually just some watercolor sketches, I guess I was lucky to make them good enough to use in the finished product.

This character, the viking boy was a character I designed a long time ago so once gain I was lucky for I didn't have to spend time designing him.

The viking boy is not very good drawn here unfortunately because of the upcoming deadline and I had to use him in this illustration.

I find colorful dragons pretty fun to paint so I bet there will be more of those in the future.

Logo belongs to Moller's Tran.

Here is the second of the posters for Moller's Tran.

This was just a school assignment.

Of ll the three posters this one must be my favorite, if I had more time I would fix the blue background to look more smooth, except that I am pretty pleased with this one.

Logo belongs to Moller's Tran.

So here is the third of the posters for Moller's Tran.

This was just a school assignment.

I am not too satisfied with these posters but due to short deadline I had to rush the early process in order to get these done.

Logo belongs to Moller's Tran.

This one I sketched up on watercolor paper, cleaned up a bit, painted and then inked and photoshopped.

If I go with this style I will also add a viking in the saddle but I am not sure if I like this style with the ink lines, I really liked the other dragons I made with paint only. But they are harder to control and may not be so accurate and clear.

Sketch of one of three new posters I'm working on.

Had a pretty nice line here I think.

Tried out a clean yet sketchy effect with loose watercolor, gotta say the style works well with chaotic or  threatening illustrations.

More mushrooms.

I think this style is something that needs a lot of work but will defiantly be worth improving, it is simple, fast, full of expression and communicates easily.

Mushrooms, such mysterious growth.

Testing out the same technique I used on the dragons but with environment, results are pretty cool I think.

Seems I am improving a lot and fast too.

I was going to try sketching with paint and I chose the theme dragons and this is what I got.

The colors looks much better on the original painting than the edited one here, this is an issue I need to focus on next because I simply cant allow myself to make something good and let the digital color be what ruins the piece. 

It is no secret that I am awaiting The Hobbit to hit the theaters soon! 

Here is a speed painting of Smog, the fearsome dragon who guards the dwarves gold in the mountain.

I also too the liberty of adding the song from the trailer just to make this piece a little more whole.

I like how I keep improving with watercolor and I hope that I can get closer to perfection this winter before I work on what I have been preparing for so long.

A quick anatomy study I chose to make into early conceptual art of a warrior.
I might try to ink and shade this properly just to see what I can make out it.

I feel I am starting to get somewhere now.

I like a couple of the ink lines in this one, these speed illustrations really helps me find new elements I can take with me later.

Well this turned out as a pretty fun poster I think.

I can come up with a dozen of things I could have improved tho.

Even tho there is a lot of bad work here I kind of like it.

The product is Möllers Tran, a type of fish oil from a Norwegian company.

Duke Nukem is a video game character well known "to be all that is man" 

This was just a part of a school assignment and therefore not an official poster.

About ten minutes of watercolor and ink.
All in all a bad painting but I learn so much from doing these experiments and there is nothing better than doing something like this when I have no idea what to draw.

Part of my next Tran poster.

I figured I wanted the poster to speak to old school videogamers and who is more a suited badass than Duke Nukem himself? 

This was made with pencil (2B), watercolor paper,  watercolor and indian ink. 

Edited in photoshop.

I like the result, I am starting to understand watercolor and how I can use it more properly.

I believe with a little more experience this style would be perfect for several illustration jobs.

Experimental watercolor.

Tried to fuel the painting with what I felt in the moment as I improvised from start to finish.

Not a good painting, but I need all the experience I can possibly gain in order to master watercolor.

Another quick watercolor painting, more experience as I see how the painting works on tp of each other and how there actually is a limit to layers of paint.

Well at least my demo poster looks better than the original.

Tried to gain the curiosity of teen gamers and get them to drink Tran.

This is just one of five demo posters I have to make.

I think it is safe to cll this one of my biggest failures of the year, I thought I knew what to do after the last big painting but it didn't work now either, good thing the drawing itself only took a few minutes so I lost nothing doing this.

I think I am blind to what I do wrong to make these pictures so terrible but I aim to find out and that fast.

My goal is to master watercolor into the next level during this christmas.

I must improve in order to succeed.

Playing around with color and discovered several cool things like coloring just a few elements of the piece and here is one of the results.

Much more control with expression and lines, already ready to try make a finished piece of artwork and the next assignment is perfect to try it out.

More random doodles, gaining more control and mobility in the style.

Quick doodles just to dig up different expressions in my lines.
My little sketchbook looks cooler and cooler the more color I put into it, hopefully I can soon draw and paint entire worlds to carry in my pocket.

I added ink in hope to make this better. I am not sure if it was better with or without tho.

Still not happy with this one, perhapsI simply over did it?

Oh well, it was a good exercise to make this illustration it helped me see where I am and what I need to work more on. 

Seems my problem lies in too many lines and too little contrasts. 

At least my drawing technique is really starting to work with me after many tries so I assume the paint will go my way soon too.

And here is the result painted in watercolor.

I am not happy with the result at all.

I am not sure why but this happens in every piece I make with watercolor, it becomes flat and boring with no contrast at all as if someone just took a few colors and smeared it round layer for layer.

I need to work more with watercolor in order to improve, the insects I made recently I was quite happy with, maybe I need to work in smaller pieces, perhaps if I drew and painted a tree and other objects separately then put everything together in photoshop? 

Perhaps I need to use more pure black and white, hard colors straight on?

Or perhaps all this need is the same as what nailed those insects, squiggly ink lines instead of pencil lines? 

Only one way to improve.

Experiments.

Figured out I wanted to try something big and serious today so I wanted to do a book cover just to see how I would do.

I started by making a short synopsis of a story I made up, then I tried to draw illustrate the text.

Made a couple products with my insects and here are a few of my results.

Pretty simple but for a scientific purpose more or less. 

I tried to give them a 1950s science illustration look.

These are the scary insects I will use to make giveaway products for the museum project.

I have learned a lot of useful techniques trying and failing on these insects also I have become better at drawing exactly what I see but there is a lot more to learn before I can draw realistically.

Next up is the cute insects which also will be used on the same project, I wanted to use the huge contrast between good and evil in the final results.

These will become wrapping paper, stickers, tattoos, postcards, posters and so on in every way I can use them. 

I feel more confident about my work.

Who knows... perhaps the museum actually want some of the giveaways in their souvenir shop? 

Having some fun trying to make expression filled playful illustrations using shapes and some "unlearning"

Just bought a whole load of new tiny sketchbooks from KEM, for some reason they are so fun to draw and paint in and they become pretty cool once I have filled them out.

These books are really great to experiment in as the pages do not bleed and work pretty much as watercolor paper.

Also pretty handy little thing to bring along to museums and train rides. 

More insect study sketching.

Another spider study sketch.

Spider study sketch

A demo poster for the project, when this is done it will be an anatomy and info poster with inspiration from the 1800s biology and science illustrations.

I made a huge mistake tho, I painted the sketch and it looked perfect and as I was going to do a finish with ink I ruined the entire expression ruining one of my better illustration pieces.

So from now on I know that before do more on something I am satisfied with I have to scan it first.

Meanwhile I have to draw the centipede all over, at least now I know my poster idea is going to be a pretty cool piece. 

My technique and style is becoming more adaptive and easier to work with every day now, I am still trying to defeat my barricade which is a good looking final result.

Just a sketch of a dirty rat, might use this to exercise with watercolor and ink later.

A quick outline sketch / study of my centipede.

Going to ink and paint this for the final product which will be an anatomy poster for a museum. 

Just trying out some stencil techniques in photoshop.

Very simple yet very powerful results inspired by some propaganda posters.