Andreas

(”,) Tor

Also looked over the new animations you recently posted, I love ém, and I love Hogan´s smile as well, hardcore >8)

I have a suggestion though, I think if you made Hogan´s legs shake from the mere weight of the box it would look even heavier, you know during the moment he picks it up and until he starts wobbling backwards.
Keep up the superduper work Q!

I’m very happy to hear that you found a copy of TanimaL, and that you liked it. The other day my colleague saw a woman wearing a back pack with the Pling toy (the mouse) attached to it. I enjoyed very much working with TanimaL, but it ended in a mess. The Swedish editor who was my main contact through the project was fired (or quit, I don’t remember) near the end, and the Norwegian editor rewrote the script after the pictures were done, resulting not so much in a different story, but in one where text and image didn’t match as well.

The Swedish editor had assured me throughout the work process that everything looked great and that everyone at the company had given thumbs up etc. Turned out the Norwegian editor didn’t like it at all, mostly because it was too childish. And I think she was right. I read the comments on the TL member forum, and the consensus seemed to be just that (”This is soooo corny.” “Do they think we’re children or something?” “I hated it, but my 6 year old brother liked it.” etc.). Honestly, I don’t know the taste of 8-12 year old girls that well, I was simply following the editor’s instructions. Something that started out great was thus rounded off with a bad aftertaste…

To your question, yes it was the Swedish cover that they messed up. I got a few copies of the Norwegian one that you have, which looks a lot better. I would have spent more time on the cover, “cell shading” it and stuff, but I was a few days past deadline already and completely worked out after some intensive months. Anyway, it warmed my heart to hear some positive feedback from a neighbour and comics collector. Thanks!

I’m a comic book collector in Norway, and recently found a copy of your published work for tl-klubben – TanimaL (wonderfull work too, I might add). I read in your blog from the time you did this piece that the wrap-around cover you originally intended to do got axed in the printing process, and that you had to come up with a quick fix for it. However, the one published here in Norway did have your full wrap-around cover. So what I’m wondering is, are there two versions of this book in existance, or did they revert to your wrap-around and stick to that as first intended? : )

Tack för tipset, Joakim visade hur han gjorde med skalpell när jag var där, dock har jag aldrig vågat pröva med tippex/gouache förut, har alltid varit rädd för att det ska bli för kladdigt. Men jag ska definitivt ta och pröva igen någon gång!

Skönt att höra att krisen med studion verkar lösa sig, Joakim nämnde det i ett meningsombyte på facebook. Så otroligt kul att ni kan vara kvar! Och jag är nog ännu stökigare än dig tror jag, dock så måste jag erkänna att Adams bänk var väldigt stökig..! Den spjuvern!

Jag måste erkänna att jag skulle älska lite feedback(och kritik! :3) från dig, som etablerad i branschen så tror jag att det är svårt att få sådan hjälp från annat håll.
Du är en hjälte Andreas (=
Jag finns på Bilddagboken http://TobiasBamse.bilddagboken.se och på Facebook http://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#!/profile.php?id=100000669248016

Har inte hunnit posta så mycket på datorn ännu, kör stenhårt med min lilla blyerts istället, men det kommer att komma mer (: