Making of

The graduation film I worked on last year was released on Vimeo a few weeks ago. You can find it here. I did a video to show my contribution to the project.

Most of it is development work, some of which didnt make it into the final film.

Anyway, either way, here it is.

 

Open the Door

During my internship at Style5.tv I got to do a bunch of visual development which was a blast. These pale dudes are from a short called Open the Door.

Oh, and a super old gif I found during virtual winter cleaning.

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He's a rap-tucan and his dog is pissed. 

Rejects

A while back I was hired to design a mascot for a cultural festival for children. Initially I had creative freedom but on the day of delivery an Art Director suddely showed up and rejected the designs.

I got paid tho.

poster/postcard, badges & sketches.

¼ year later

Three months without posts. That’s bad and I’m sorry, but the stuff I was working on at Framestore is strictly confidential pretty much until forever. Yesterday I flew to Toronto eager to start a new adventure which I will tell you more about soon. Here’s a drawing.

Color

Ink and pen

…even though I have stage fright like crazy, I was persuaded to do a little tutorial about my process. You can find it here.

Load & London

A month or so ago we finished our graduation films. Working on this production has been a long, hard and bumpy ride, and I have to say I am happy to be moving on. The film is a about the self-discovery of a man bogged down by his job, which looking back on it seems a bit ironic!

Hopefully the film will be online in January, but until then the poster is all you get.

At the moment I am living in London working as a Concept Artist Intern at Framestore. So far it has been crazy and awesome but also pretty intimidating and I'm sure I'll learn a lot during the next couple of months.

I just got word from the guys at Nørlum that the online animated series I helped develop last summer got funding for further development. I am super excited about the news and can't wait to find out where all this is going. Stop by the Dream blog if you want to know more.

Animation Showreel

I gathered an online portfolio and animation showreel recently, because I'm applying for internships. Pretty nerve wrecking stuff. There's a link to the portfolio underneath my profile on the left. This is my showreel.

Colors & Junk Sculptures

I got the chance to do the color script for our graduation film, LOAD. It was a dream come true for me, but it's a shame that I had to finish it in such a rush. Working on a "real" production is rough!



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Finally got the time to make a new header for the blog. The drawing is made of elements from a set in LOAD. It is suppose to look like sculptures with illogical balance, made from undefinable junk. I had a blast drawing these. If you want a closer look, click here.

Meian

A while ago I had the pleasure of working on an animated short written and directed by the talented Maremi Watanabe from The National Film School of Denmark. We were four animators doing seven minutes of clean japanese inspired animation, in seven weeks. It was a ton of hard work but also one of the best experiences I have had working on a production so far. Unfortunately I can't show the whole film, but these are the scenes I did.



This is the poster, I did not make this, but the amazing Martín S. Vallespir did. He also directed a beautiful (newly released) bachelor film called Salma

Missing Summer

Even though winter can be very beautiful and cozy, I am really looking forward to warmer weather now. Found these plein air pastels I did last summer.

Same kid, different diagnosis

My sister is studying to become an occupational therapist and she just finished writing her final thesis. Her main goal is to help children with brain disorder or disabilities, achieve a happy and fulfilling life despite their adversities. I am really proud of her and there is no doubt that she will change a lot of lives for the better.



Here's my translation of the project title: Same kid, different diagnosis - a study of the conventions/diagnostics and the treatment for children with coordination disorder.

LOAD

For the last few weeks we have been doing preproduction on our garduation films. I am part of a project called LOAD and this is some of the stuff I've been working on so far.




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The main character goes through three stages of "metamorphosis" through out the film. This is his final stage and YES, we are looking forward to animating his private parts!





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Hopefully I'll get to do more character design when school starts. This is just a quick collage of another character that we need to figure out. I don't normally do collage but I actually had a very good time combining different birds into some freaky breeds.

Down for Maintenance

Hello! Just wanted to let you all know that the blog server is currently down for maintenance and because of the holidays I am not sure when it will be back up and running again. But I do have a post ready and I hope it wont be too long. Until then, Merry Christmas and Happy Festivus for the rest of us!

Hermit Cycle

The last few months have been extremely intense with work and I am sorry that I haven't had time to post anything. Just to get the ball rolling again I'll show you a few concepts from another bachelor pitch that didn't make the cut. It was called Hermit Cycle.


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One idea was to have a loss in detail according to an objects distance to the camera. I like the thought of taking a "disadvantage" from 2D and applying it to 3D.

Sneaky Screenshot

The short I am working on is called Meian, directed by Maremi Watanabe.
It's gorey, it's crazy, it's beautiful... and it is japanese! And I am excited.

Season Race (R.I.P)

Here are a few rushed beatboards I did for a bachelor film pitch I worked on with my friend Mark. Unfortunately, it did not get chosen. The story was about a world ruled by constant winter and the only way to get to spring, was by completing a deadly, highspeed, season rewinding race! I am truely sad that it didn't qualify, since it could have been a true extravaganza of dynamic animation, kickass color schemes from every season and natural phenomenons in rewind!







Sketch



Also, I am currently living in Copenhagen, working on The Danish Film School's midway productions. I hope to be able to post some (rough) animation soon.

Character Concepts

Three weeks ago I was asked if I wanted to be a part of the concept and story development team on an project they are starting up at http://www.noerlum.com/, and of course I said yes. It was a great experience and here is some of the stuff I did.


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Villan/gardening enthusiast. The long nails are great for shaping bonsai trees, but bad for taking care of the big mutant eye situated on top of his head.

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Renegade experimental scientist/sailor. His paperhat is made of clippings from articles about shipwrecks, thereby lowering the odds of his own ship sinking. Also, the tattoos animate on the surface of his body.


Sketch

Coralboy. Has crazy corals growing out of his skin. His personal weapon, (besides sharp objects sticking out everywhere) is a set of oyster knives.

Sketch

Angry clown. Can do questionable mindcontrol, but impressing inpressions. Colored version of a drawing by Mark, be sure to check his blog: http://markkjaergaard.blogspot.com/

Silhouette dude. Serious and respected guy always in silhouette by day, silly childrens drawing by night. Struggles to keep this secret.. secret.

Stereoscopic man. Advantage: Splits into a red and a green version of himself for confusing surprise attacks. Disadvantage: He gets pretty confused by it too! Color experiments based on a drawing by Kenneth: http://kennethladekjer.blogspot.com/

Nettle Moat Nostalgia

Back when I was a kid, my friends and I used to hang out in the woods all day skipping school. We build fortresses and made moats. The only problem was that as fast as we could get water, the ground could suck it up. So we came up with a genius solution... super deadly nettles! It was a task for the brave collecting nettles, but we stayed cool and did what was necessary to keep the girls out!

Birthday Bullfinches

It was my sisters birthday a little while ago and she likes bullfinches, so I made her this.

Imachination

The last five weeks I've been living in Copenhagen working on a small browser game for children. The team consisted of students from different educations related to game production and I got to make the character designs and animation. It was a really fun experience being part of a team of cool and talented people.

Here is the result: http://imachination.dk/

..and a game trailer.