Check out the portfolio site of illustrator Ariel McMillion, based in Gothenburg.
sandra juto
Adorable handmade characters by illustrator Sandra Juto, check them out at her portfolio site filed under softies.
pictoplasma conference
Wohoo! off to Berlin for the Pictoplasma Conference. No updates until next week. 'Til then, take care and keep mailing your favourite Swedish designrelated links.
animals for people
Animals for People T-shirts designed by Sara De Bondt and Martin Frostner. Will be sold at shops in London and Stockholm. The profit will be donated to Unicef.
Via CAP & Design.
andreas halvarsson
Andreas Halvarsson updates his site.
babian issue 4
The online comic Babian has released Issue 4. Cover by Stina Hjelm.
kenneth andersson
The portfolio of illustrator Kenneth Andersson at ispot.com
Via Pixelsurgeon.
rabbit inside
Check out the mix of design and illustration at Rabbit Inside.
exquisite pf
PF Flyers, the classic sneaker brand sold at among other places Sneakers N'Stuff, let eleven artists (among them two amazing Swedes - Annika Bergström, mentioned here before and Christoffer Hall) participate in the creation of an Exquisite Corpse project on their website. All artists' contributions, ten second flash segments, were added onto each others, and the last part is to be added this week.
Check out exquisitepf.com for the coolest animation project.
patrik mollwing portfolio
Check out the new portfolio site by Patrik Mollwing, mentioned here before.
isa form
Check out the customizable, digitally printed artwork by Isabelle Norman at the site isa.nu/shop and her portfolio site In Swedish.
1000 needles
1000 needles is the online portfolio of Magnus Kjäll.
anna harvard
The online portfolio of illustrator/graphic designer Anna Harvard. Thumbs up!
ingrid flygare
The online portfolio of illustrator Ingrid Flygare.
the knife videogame
Play The Knife's new 'We Share Our Mothers Health' video game for the chance to win 1 out of just 10 super-limited edition signed screen prints by Motomichi Nakamura.
Click here to play.
babian issue 3
Online comics magazine babian.se just released issue 3. Edit: Cover painted by Julia Thorell.
Check out the website for Martin Kellermans daily comic strip "Rocky". The first of nine books are now available in English. English website wonderwall
Wonderwall is a new company offering limited edition prints by some of Swedens finest designers and illustrators. In Swedish.
happyform
Colourful fashion oriented illustrations by Tatjana Jeremic at her portfolio site.
designito
Online meeting place for design students: designito.se In Swedish.
nordic centre for artists’ books
Nordic Centre For Artists' Books (NCFAB) exists to facilitate the production, commissioning and the exhibition of artists' books within the Nordic countries. NCFAB is committed to the promotion of this genre as an art form and an educational resource, to provide the general public, educational institutions and other outside agencies with services and programming involving contemporary artists' books.
mattias adolfsson
Lots of drawings and sketches, some available for purchase, at illustrator Mattias Adolfssons portfolio site.
Via smidigt.se
jellybeans
Flawless character design at Jellybeans portfolio site.
ammo.se
Illustrator agency Ammo.
Via Reklamfeber.
creative section
Creative Section is an meeting place for creatives. The site has been up and running a while, but in case you missed it, and since it hasn’t been posted here before: creativesection.se (In Swedish).
hamp.us
Hampus Högberg, who’s been mentioned here before, has updated his online portfolio.
Via Lounge72
tastelabs
Sweet motion graphics for a fruit flavoured nicotine gum by North Kingdom, who did the Aygo site a while ago.
Related post.
animated vikings
Animated music video featuring vikings – hence the connection to Sweden... Here’s a radio feature with the artist Jason Forrest aka Donna Summer made by the Swedish radio show Musikjournalen.
karin mårtensson
Illustrator Karin Mårtensson updates her portfolio site with some recent projects, like ”the mural at Mellanbaren, Sturehof restaurant in Stockholm and my contribution to the book BOM BOM published by Rabén & Sjögren, amongst others...”
magnus blomster
Exclusively semi-nude-seventies-style girls at illustrator Magnus Blomster’s portfolio site.
david lloyd visits sweden
The graphic novel V for Vendetta (wiki) has been translated to Swedish. The books’ illustrator David Lloyd will visit Serieteket on November 19 at 16.00 hrs to talk about the project. More info on the event here (in Swedish). The story was recently transfered to the silverscreen.
illustratörcentrum
Illustratörcentrum is a service organization for illustrators and graphic designers based in Sweden. They just launched a major redesign of their site, containing about 4000 images. Available in English.
hans arnold retrospective
Art Gallery + Art.se will host a retrospective exhibition with the works of illustrator Hans Arnold this weekend, October 28–30. Location: Hornsgatan 64, Stockholm.
Check out Hans’ portfolio site. and get the book if you don’t have it already.
stockholmsnatt
The new, spot-on comic strip Stockholmsnatt by Pelle Forshed and Stefan Thungren, is now available online.
patrik mollwing/soutee
Patrik is the name, graphics is the game! Soutee is the showcase of Hyper Island student Patrik Mollwing. Currently in Singapore doing his first internship period and on the lookout for a new designstudio for the second internship period from December–March.
average life
AverageLife.org is a, so far, an unpublished web comic produced by Malin Grön and Petur Valdimarsson. The comic tells the story of the average life of a girl with a head, shaped like a melon and the world that surrounds her. In English.
Swedish street art by Hop Louie at the updated underground productions #31/32
Underground Productions is a Swedish hip-hop magazine written in English, with a main focus on the graffiti scene. Issue 31/32 will be released this Friday, October 7 at Lava, Kulturhuset and in stores later on.
Visit Underground Productions for further information.
linda bergkvist
Nothing but enchanting digital paintings by Linda Bergkvist at her site furiae.com
CG Society has published a step-by-step tutorial by Linda here.
Via Pixelsurgeon.
mikael kangas
Fashion oriented illustrations to be found at Mikael Kangas (MA 2005, Konstfack) portfolio site (.tk-domain).
sophie zelmani – i can’t change
Swedish singer/songwriter Sophie Zelmani’s got an adoreable animated promo out for her new song ”I can’t change” from the new album ”Decade of dreams” (to be released in November). Check it out here. No info on who’s done it yet.
new assar comic book
The escaped hot dog Assar is back with a new comic book called ”Razor & Brynar” (ISBN 91-975651-0-5) by Ulf Lundqvist and published by Nisses Böcker. Serieteket at Kulturhuset will host a special exibition to celebrate the event on October 7–November 6.
street art exhibition at ag
So, here’s a few photos from the ongoing street art exhibition at AG as mentioned here earlier. Didn’t get any good photos from the Mode2 mirror painting, which was awesome. The exhibition is on until October 23 – don’t miss it.
Pixelsurgeon has an interview with D*Face here.
