Archive for June, 2009

Dream Project: Children’s Book in Arabic

Thursday, June 18th, 2009

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The last few weeks I’ve been doing illustration work for an Arabic children’s book, a project I’m getting pretty excited about. The script has existed for a while. It’s a beautiful text in Arabic verse, written by my dear friend Brahim El-Mansouri.

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The story is about a boy who dreams at night about flying his ambulance plane rescuing those in need. Graphic designer and photographer for the book is another dear friend, Alfred Gunnarsson. The illustrations will eventually be collages of water colors (me) and photos (Alfred).

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These pictures are for the dummy that we’ll take to the publishers. Cross your fingers for us. We’re gonna need it.

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Bamse/Blue Village

Thursday, June 18th, 2009

Last year’s Big Gig for me was making the animation backdrop for Fritidsresor’s Bamse show. It’s been on for a while now so I think it’s safe to post a sample:

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© Junior Productions/Fritidsresor

I enjoyed the challenge of producing nearly twenty minutes of animation in approx. two months (!), something I would’ve never been able to do without learning Flash. I became quite good friends with Flash in the end. It’s definately a powerful animation tool.

So anyway, if you’re headed towards one of Fritidsresor’s Blue Village charter resorts this summer, be sure to check out the Bamse show, and especially its animated backdrop.

Happy holidays!

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