I'm currently working on the third chapter of my stupid private project. I've finally got a good pacing for my drawing. Instead of just randomly drawing when I feel like it, I try to get one page per day done. And so far it has been working out just fine.

I also need to get off my ass and finish those thumbnails for the Swedish Comic Sin anthology... >.>

For the Swedish anthology Serier mot rasism (Comics against racism).

It feels like it's ages since I updated this thing (but it's not!), so here - have this beautiful and detailed drawing. I feel like I've reached my artistic peek here! It just doesn't get any better than this.

This is my cat Knight Rider. She's kind of like a furry whale...

When I got the time (or in this case, when I'm procrastinating) I like to draw silly things like this.

Back from AltCom! It was a bit bigger than expected, but we didn't sell that much. But then again, I don't think most people did.

Ponnyklubben's table.

AltCom this weekend! The AltCom Sex and War Anthology, which I'm in, will be handed out for free.

I'll be at Ponnyklubben's table selling fanzines from noon to 6 pm both tomorrow and Sunday. Stop by Form & Designcenter in Malmö, pick up our brand new fanzine Ponnyklubben #2 and feel the Ponny loooove!!

More bunny studies. They still look pretty awful, so I'll continue practicing!

And there's also some cat studies! Cats have always been the hardest thing in the world for me to draw, for some reaon. And you know what? You can tell.

And, completely unmotivated... Have some cowboy doodles! :D

 Quick self portrait done for the Self Portrait Day event over at Facebook.

Something that's always annoyed me is how bad I am at drawing animals. I mean, I've had rabbits for over 10 years and I still can't draw them worth crap. So I did some bunny studies today...

Most of these are pretty bad. Some even down right horrible. So I guess I'm just gonna have to practice more then.

Atleast Reg doesn't judge me. What a champ.

I've been playing with the thought of drawing a self biographical comic about my angsty past. It seems like a lot of artists have one of those... When you still, after several years, have nightmares about it maybe it's about time to actually try to work on it. But heck, I don't know if I'm strong enough. And I'm not sure I'd want people to know about it.

I've done some random sketches. They made me feel quite bad. I need to work on it, but doing so makes me depressed. A magnificent Catch 22.

Okay; so I*m experiencing some computer problems (that is; I spilled orange juice all over my laptop and now it*s acting up) which means I won*t be able to update my webcomic! I can*t access my private account on my computer and I can*t work in Photoshop! I*ll try to do something about this as soon as possible though!

Shame really; now that I was about to start chapter two and all! As for now I can only upload the cover page:::

Last week I found out that my comic had gotten accepted into the AltCom Anthology. Awesome!! The anthology will be handed out for free during AltCom Festival in Malmö in November.

Today I went to Vellinge and taught a comic art evening class for kids. Only two of the five students actually showed up, but oh well! We drew some jam comics which you can find below.

Idag var jag till Vellinge och undervisade i en kvällskurs i serieteckning för barn. Bara två av de fem eleverna dök faktiskt upp, men nåväl! Vi tecknade stafettserier som ni kan se nedan! Tack till Jonna och Johannes som lät mig ladda upp dem på bloggen. :)

Everyone has this one story that they want to tell more than anything. A love project. Mine just happens to be a really silly story about a guy who cleans toilets and doesn't have a nose. Haha!

I started drawing the first version of this comic about 2 and a half years ago (woah!). I dropped it this Christmas, after over 150 pages, because I realized it was too badly drawn (the first pages were two years old after all, and to be honest... I was very bad at drawing back then) and that the story did not progress in a way I was satisfied with (due to me starting it without having any idea were I was going). Still, this was the project that got me back into drawing comics after some years funk and it gave me a lot of practice that, quite frankly, was what made me able to get accepted to the Comic School.

For the past 6 months or so I've been planning to start redrawing it, using the same characters but changing around a lot within the story. Since the summer started and I got more time on my hands I started preparing for real. And now, after lots of redesigns and rewriting, I have started uploading it to SmackJeeves! It updates each Wednesday and Sunday.

As for now there's just the cover page and the first page up, but here's the link!

The Mind-Blowing and Devastating Misadventures of Fugitive Recovery Agent Mister Benjamin Duque

That is an amazing title...

Since I now know a lot of great comic artists I've been a bit worried about my own comics. I know how quick we tend to be to disregard others work. And I do not have the best drawing skills, nor are my plots that extraordinary. But I kind of realized that I shouldn't worry what everyone else thinks as long as I make a comic that I find fun to draw! (and hopefully people will find it fun to read as well)

Today's lesson in creativity: banana boxes + piece of glass from picture frame + desk lamp = light table!

Been playing around a bit with inking... Not that I really dislike the way I ink (left), I just want to find a quicker way to do it. The picture to the right is an experiment with a pen I bought yesterday. If I practice a lot, that one might actually be a keeper. But as for now... loooong way to go, ahaha!

I'm currently finishing up my entry for the AltCom Sex and War anthology. Hopefully it'll get accepted!

In other news, I got a drawing table for free from the Comic School. I'm a happy, happy camper. Being able to draw all day without killing your back is to prefer, m'kay.

And now... onwards to new idiocies!!

I still haven't heard anything from the Comic School, so I guess they don't want me this year. Haha! Oh well, I have loads of projects going on anyway. Right now I'm working on a 4 page comic for the AltCom Sex and War anthology. I'm doing the whole thing directly in ink without any sketching... which is quite a challenge for me seeing as I'm usually quite a control freak when it comes to inking. But I'm going for a more scribbly style with this, since I feel it fits the mood better.

Also, me and Johan have started planning and sketching on the comic we're doing together for the Swedish Comic Sin 2 anthology. And I've also been a part of an alternative pinup calendar project. The calendar will be printed and up for sale soon. Keep an eye open for it on upcoming expos and conventions!

I've also been doing some cheap commissions over at deviantART. As for non-profit projects, I've been practicing a lot on my action and have drawn a series of pretty simple illustrations with this theme. My webcomic Antigone hasn't been updated for far too long, but I hope to get it up and running again within the next week or so. I'm also planning to start redrawing my love project comic and have it up and running before the end of August.

...and that is what's going on for me and my art. I have a lot of stuff going on! YEAH!

And hopefully I won't take this long to update this thing again...

Comic school is over...for this time!

It's been almost two months since I created this thing, I figured maybe I should start using it or something. :/

My first year of Malmö Comic School is over. When I first got in I had these delusions of grandeur that I was gonna become a super special awesome comic artist in this one year... which of course I didn't. Still, I have learned a lot and perhaps even improved some. I've learned tons about the business, which I didn't know a thing about before. But most of all, I've just had tons of fun and made great friends. Finally I've found somewhere I really feel like I belong. I know it will be tough, but I now really know the comic business is where I want my future to be.

As for year two of the comic school... well, I haven't got in, atleast not yet. But I'm stupid enough to keep hoping I might. I'm a reserve, you see. Only 8 people got in and about 60 people (from what I've heard) applied, so I guess I shouldn't be too hard on myself (but I'm gonna be anyway). Atleast I managed to get on the reserve list, so if someone turns down their spot, I might still have a chance to get in. I know some (really talented, I might add) people who didn't even become reserves, so I guess at least it's something. And so far I know who 4 of those who got accepted are, so congrats you guys!

If I don't get in... I'm gonna work on the projects I applied with anyway. And I'm gonna keep making fanzines, and keep visiting expos and sell them. And then next year I shall get in!

This is an entry. A blog entry. Indeed.

So, after hearing for months how important it is for an artist to have a blog, I finally created one. Now I just have to figure out what to put on here. Oh the humanity!