Nepal - Patan

Temples on Durbar Square in Patan, a town next to Kathmandu.

Peru - Puno

Over the last four and a half months Ive been out traveling, hence the lack of posts. The good news is I had plenty of time to sketch. We went to Peru over christmas so the first drawings are from there. The top one is of some rooftops in Puno at lake Titicaca. It was raining alot and we were forced to stay in the hotel. This was the view from the hotel window.
The other two are quick studies done in museums.

Spectrum 17 - Mooseman

I managed to get one image in this years Spectrum book! It was inspired from the winter landscapes around lake Tåkern back home in Sweden. The drawing was done with pencil on paper, I then did the "inking" and colouring digitaly.

One year later and this inked version of the drawing seems quite weak. It was a fun experiment though.

I might try again for Spectrum 18 if I can find anything worth sending...

More comic book experiments

I've been playing around more with inks. Bought myself a crowquill pen and some nibs. It gives surprisingly good line control. The solid blacks are filled in with japanese brushpen and then the pictures are scanned and coloured in Photoshop. I also used photoref more than I normally do. This allowed me to focus more on style rather than the design of the characters.

The Old Crown

A pub in Highgate.

Summer sketches

In Crouch End

Around Highgate

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

I did quite a bit of concept art for the film 'Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time' back in 2008-09. It was a fun project as I was asked to do both storyboarding and mood studies aswell as more polished artwork to help define the look of the visual effects of the film.

There is alot more to see over at my website: www.karlsimon.com