Digital and analog blocks.

Whenever I need a break from drawing or indulging in too much of the 2D spectrum, I tend to turn to blocks. I've had Lego bricks since I was a small child and I have miraculously kept a lot of it still, wich I keep in three bedrollers. It is now a mix of my own old, my brothers Lego and some new sets since I started to build more with Lego in 2016. 

Here is a lighthouse I'm currently working on (with disco lights in the tower).

And a shot from the other side.

I was inspired when I got into Lego again and found out about their modular buildings. So I wanted my lighthouse to also be able to be disassembled between floors.

My brother introduced me to Minecraft in 2021, and I severely connected with it. Here is some picture of my first house build (in survival for those in the know).

I struggled with my fear of hights during the building of those front arches. Looking back at it now I chuckle, so I guess Minecraft can help with that phobia (also spiders) :-).

After some time guiding me through the the do's and don'ts my brother and I went full creative mode and designed a medieval city.

And I couldn't resist building a castle.

Right now I'm building two vehicles for R. R. Slugger's Lego summer happening wich he have kept doing for the last three years. This years theme is "Dryrites", pirates wich plunder on land instead of the seas. You can check out more in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1svGj_Pf7AI

This is the first time I participate, with a pirate scorpion track-driven vehicle and an arachnid abomination. 

It is all great fun, and if you would like to join and build something of your own to fit the theme, please do! The deadline is the 15th of august.

Have a great summer y'all!

Embroid this!

 Spring is here, and with that I wanted to rejuvenate my pair of red jeans.

Some time ago I accidently got remnants of strong glue on my pants, that were IMPOSSIBLE to get off! Even tried to dye it red again, but no. So I finally felt inspired by this shift to warmer weather and got hold of some embroidery threads. I wanted to make som Wild Pansy's, since those are one of my favourite flowers. Not as neatly as Kaketsugi (invisible mending), or geometric like Sashiko but still in the realms of japanese wabi sabi philosophy. I wanted to make something new from an old accident.

The picture on the left was taken after I made the first two flowers, and you can see the kind of stains that I was trying to hide marked with red circles. Image on the right shows the flower added after the first picture.

Four stains = four flowers, and now the work is done.

Just for fun here is two of the pictures I used as an reference.

Have a great springtime! :-)

Using all of my colored pencils.

 Hi.

I've had this huge sheet of paper stretched over my desk for about a month now. It's there to experiment with when I got any spare time. So he drawing will organically grow into whatever I feel like, and to get instant gratification, I wanted to make my whole collection of colored pencils available. 

This is how it started.

After a week I made some progress. But like always I wished I had done more.

Now I'm kinda stuck with this line right here. I don't know what to do with it. 

One of my struggles has always been that I start a project with an overly complicated idea. Often so grand of an idea that the projects stops after a few tries because I get stuck somewhere and I need an equally great idea to get past that point. So this experiment is meant to be a project where I just progress with whatever comes to mind. A place where I try to expand my drawing naturally and dampen my internal criticism. 

So this line will soon make sense in the grand sceme of things. The next update will hopefully show a lot more. 

Dag Gimle @ Galleri Kampen

 Paintings that makes you want to paint.

Dag Gimle's exhibition at Galleri Kampen, Oslo

is a joy to experience! The color combinations 

takes you on a inspirational journey which 

makes you feel good.

Visit the exhibition until april 3rd.

https://gallerikampen.no/

Bilder som gir deg lyst til å male selv.

Dag Gimle sin utstilling på Galleri Kampen

 er en glede å oppleve! Fargekomposisjonene 

tar deg med på en inspirerende reise som får

deg til å føle deg vel.

Besøk utstillingen frem til 3. april.

https://gallerikampen.no/

 

Very wavy something.

Sometimes when I draw, I just elaborate on the first stuff that was done 

on the paper. Trying to make lines go in and out of different 

scenes without making them too obvious. 

If those hidden lines cooperate with eachother 

and the final image fills up the whole paper,

I am deeply satisfied.

Ink on A4 sheet, then scanned and colored digitally.

Vaycay madness

 Hi there! I found a random vaycay-video from Ayia Napa  and 

then I took som screenshots wich I traced with my Wacom board. 

I stole most of the colors directly from the video.

Aluminium!

A piece of aluminium foil wrapped around a can of soda.

The beauty in everyday objects. 

Office dilemma: change my PC or change my shelf...

Oh no, my new computa has ports, cooling holes and the power

switch on top of the case. It was already a tight fit so I had to

roll up em sleeves and figure something out.

First i measured how huge thumb was and then

I created a design for the holes i needed.

Now, would it fit, I wondered.

Yeaiii ! Todays lesson: If you've build something,

it's easier to change it afterwards.

Or something.

Patterns

From piece via camera via Photoshop

Art Jam 2.0!

This weekend was the 2nd Art Jam held by Grafill.

It is a forum where game developers and designers, artists

and illustrators can meet, hang out and create ideas.

The low key vibe and chill atmosphere was exactly what

I needed and my anxious expectations went away as soon

as I realized that this group of people was just like me.

Grafill's location R21 in Rosenkrantz gate 21, Oslo.

 Some of the girls and boys gathered in groups.

We all got together in groups and started working on

the theme "Human body". The idea was to create a concept

for a game that we would like to see happen. What we 

wanted to do with this task was up to us, either sketch out

some characters, environments or design the webpage or

logo for the game. 

My workstation.

Art Jam 2.0 also included pizzas and really interesting lectures

by Frits Olsen on Saturday and Bjørnar Frøyse on Sunday.

Here we got some insights on the creative processes behind

creating a game and also some technical insights on game

development.  

Bjørnar Frøyse, Technical artist from Krillbite studios,

talking about the possibilities of using shaders.

When the first day came to an end we all went to a bar for

some refreshments. The climate was lighthearted and

I really felt at home. Jokes and sharing tips on the best

netflix shows and movies to sum up most of the night, and

of course sharing each others personal information and work. 

On Sunday we continued with our game and made some more

sketches. My team used Laptop, tablets, Wacom drawing board,

markers, pencils and gouache paints, so here was room for

whatever medium you preferred. Each group then held a

short presentation about their game concept and we voted for

the idea we liked the most. The winning team got goodiebags

and then the Jam was over :( I can't wait to see all you

good people again!

I end this post with some of my sketches.

 

Tagging, form og farge del 2

Del 2 må streames fra Oslo student-tv på grunn av filstørrelsen.

Link: http://ostv.no/tagging-form-farge-del-ii/

Tagging, form og farge del 1

I 2012 holdt Guro Gimle og jeg en graffitivandring i Oslo i samarbeid med Oslo Museum. Etter denne guidede turen ble jeg spurt av ei student om hun kunne lage en mini-dokumentar om graffiti. Vi gikk rundt i byen mens vi så på kunsten og snakket om kunsten vi så. 1. del handler mest om begrepsavklaringer innen graffiti. I 2. del handler det mest om gatekunst som fenomen og noen meninger rundt dette. Vet ikke hvorfor jeg ventet så lenge med å dele dette her, det var da jeg het Engebretsen til etternavn og sparte til langt hår. Snustennene har jeg fortsatt. Klippet ligger tilgjengelig på Oslo Student-tv: http://ostv.no/tagging-form-farge-del-i/ 

Mange takk til Andrea Othilie Rognan som filmet og redigerte, samt Hanne Beate Ueland (kurator på Astrup Fearnley museet) som også medvirket i del 2.

10 ÅR!

For 10 år siden startet enkelpersonsforetaket ArtAlaMex.
Den gang kalte jeg geskjeften for MexDesign, men etter at
jeg ble oppmerksom på et Meksikansk firma med samme 
navn som laget mobiltilbehør, måtte noe gjøres.

Her kommer noen bilder fra begynnelsen.