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Environment sketch of tundra. The tower’s characteristic features in the far background can be recognized as the Kola Superdeep Borehole scientific project.

Quick sketch in Photoshop where I experiment on more effective brush strokes to suggest movement. The helicopter model is inspired by the large gunship classic Mi-24 Hind from 1970s Soviet Air Force.

a quick portrait using a flat brush in Photoshop

Rust study painted in photoshop.

Had my painting Hungrig printed on a skateboard. It was initially a gift, but an interesting experiment for me as well. This can be done easily over at Zazzle.

Made a quick sketch for a new project I’m working on. It’s based on an earlier painting from my Meta Monks-series.

Made an icon for the iNytt iPhone Application developed by a friend. The icon was made in Photoshop, but vectorized for different sizes. The app is a fresh addition to the norwegian news readers as it is possible to read articles stacked from multiple newspapers at the same time.

Get it from iTunes

iNytt is a news reader for norwegian newspapers.
It includes news from:

• Vg.no
• Dn.no
• Aftenposten.no

It enables easy access to the latest news from each paper, and presents the full article when tapped.

Filmkraft Rogaland recently allocated 250 000 nok in production funds for the short movie project I’ve been working on called Black Milk. A big thank to Filmkraft for giving us a greenlight from their part!

Filmkraft also gave funds for developing the project last year. This has been a tremendous help as this is a very complicated shot. It requires a certain amount of expertise within special effects, scenography and visual effects. Since last year we have run several test shots for lighting, makeup and special effects. Even though this is a highly ambitious project, the help from a talented and motivated crew has made this project very promising. The amount of time spent on refining the look and feel of the film trough careful planning has made Black Milk go much further than expected with limited funds.

As a short film, the process and careful preparation has been quite extraordinary, and by some, considered estimable, and as a bonus from this the whole process from early on is being recorded for an in-depth behind the scenes documentary.

During the By:Larm festival in Oslo last weekend I was exhibiting my Meta Monks-series in addition to all the bands that were playing. I had all six paintings printed out in 1,5 meter canvas prints and hanged in Oslo Congress Center, Youngstorget 18-22 February. Read project description in norwegian.

The motivation for “Nisjelandet“, which is a part of the music festival, is to unite visual-, video- and performance artists with musicians. This festival in particular welcomes the upcoming and fresh talents of Scandinavia++.  I think the project from my point of view was a success. I noticed my website got a doubled visit count, I met quite some interesting people and I must admit I got more friends on MySpace

There were plans about a merchanidise-shop near the exhibiting area which in the end didn’t work out. Sorry for that. However, things worked out in way. For those of you who got redirected here for prints I want to announce that prints are-still-in-stock.

• Signed and numbered prints on 300gr permajet papyrus classic is still available for sale.
• Sizes are 30,5 x 42 cm including white space (+/- height varies a couple of centimeters due to the artworks individual ratios). Without whitespace the actual print covers 25 x 36 cm (+/-).
• The prints cost is 600 NOK each. Complete series (6) is reduced to 3000 NOK.

For more questions and ordering just say hello…

In case you are interested in buying prints of the Meta Monks-series from either DeviantPrints or TheUntappedSource, now is your chance to get them trough the online (cheap) system. In a couple of weeks I will be introducing the series in a more exclusive limited edition counting only 99 each! These prints will be signed, numbered and of course in a much higher quality. I spent about 12 hours together with an expert in the field fine tuning, testing and printing the first batch! Prices and more details will be announced in time along with my upcoming exhibition which will be held by the By:Larm 2009 festival in Oslo, Norway 19-21 february.