Animals at work. 1. The centipede was made for an anthology, but had to stay at home instead of going with the other illustrations to the printer last week. 2. A piped down crocodile. 3. A recently bought oil painting picturing two... roe deers?

Meg Hunt, animals
Speto; more animals

Skriv på namninsamlingen för att göra Barnkonventionen till svensk lag! Insamlingen pågår till 1 februari.

The Picture Book Proclamation, from the blog of super talented Carson Ellis.

Mörtfors. January 24, 2012. 16:00

Salvador and Pablo are here! Made by Ingela

Mariann Maray

Cold outside, but indoors (at this place) there is a fire burning in the fireplace and the bread is warm and freshly baked. More eating then writing, maybe, but surely a couple of nice hours.

Dokumentären Fem rätters liv, K special, finns att se t o m 29 jan. Så bra. Missa inte!

A page from my sketch book. Today, outside my window, I heard birds singing as if it was spring time!

Liten artikel om Ingamaj och mig, i Västervikstidningen.

A happy salute! It is work time again! Some images from my office. On the cupboards; cards and booklets from (among others) Kristina Digman, Malota and Yelena Bryksenkova. On my work desk; teacup, ink, bracelet, cake. I have everything I need!

Ännu en fin recension av Ingamaj, Arbetarbladet, idag 16/1.

Boken om Ingamaj finns nu även hos de flesta internetbokhandlar,
som t. ex. Adlibris och Bokus.

Back from a travel to Sandviken and Gävle. Pics from Länsmuseet Gävleborg, a museum I sadly have not been visiting for a long time. Now I found an exhibition showing items from Gefle Porslinsfabrik (ornamentation by Eugen Trost, among others) and some nice textile prints by Sven Wranér, former town architect. (Pic 2)
This while waiting for the train.

En fin Ingamaj-recension i Gefle Dagblad från i fredags, fredagen den 13:e, som var bokens första recensionsdag. And THANK YOU very much for your orders lately!

A new year! A new book! Ingamaj is an illustrated story for grown-ups (written in Swedish) about broken dreams and small town life. Ingamaj can be purchased through my shop. (Remember the first roughs showing Ingamaj?)
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Berättelsen om Ingamaj är ett illustrerat skillingtryck om falnande förväntningar, brustna drömmar i småstadsmiljö och om livets obönhörliga framfart.
40 sidor, inbunden, 120 x 150 mm. Sprillans utgiven av Ritförlaget.

Ingamaj finns i min shop från och med idag (och från nästa vecka även i de större nätbokhandlarna.)

Blogging has been out of focus for a while here, when other things got in the way, but I´m really looking forward to next year! 2012 will start with a new book from Ritförlaget, when I´m back at work in early January. Have a very nice Christmas, you who will celebrate!

The last link for 2011; a perfect Christmas animation, by Claes Jurander.

All of a sudden, I miss this desperately. The place where I used to do my yoga almost every morning during the whole summer. Now in December the days are just plain gray, or really, really dark black. Still need my exercise. Yoga indoors, running outdoors, in the gray. Have to. Otherwise I´m afraid my soul would adopt that very same sad shade...

Found these pieces of old website for Combo Royal, the band I had the great opportunity to be a part of, years back, together with Jakob and a bunch of truly talented musicians. (Click on the big square in the middle.) Jakob did the portraits, Anna Diehl the page.

WayBackMachine, where you could search for lost web pages.

Time is rushing towards holiday, but still there are much to do at work. Have been drawing some animals lately, like this sea turtle.

A link: Tiny Elephants Animation

From the top:
1. The forest where I used to go running
2. The forest where I used to take my lunch walks
3. The forest where I used to pick mushrooms
4. The forest where the blueberries grew
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Ser f ö fram emot "Pappas pengar" i svt, med manus av Erik Haag och Sara Haag!

She inspires me a lot, these days! Mary Blair.

Pictures above from the book The Art and Flair of Mary Blair by John Canemaker

Magic of Mary Blair

Mary Blair Week at Cartoon Modern

Excuse my Swedish, but... det här tidningsomslaget säger ALLT! Tyvärr. Rubriken "Tiden på väg att rinna ut för klimatet" hör till en pyttenotis på framsidan av söndagens DN, och konkurrerar med en teaser (med jättebild) om ett författarpar, samt mängder av lockande smått och gott om resor och mode + en guide till nya investeringssparkontot. Förtjänar inte nämnd rubrik en helsida? Och vad händer egentligen i Durban? Det är väldigt, väldigt tyst. Det enda som hörs är klockan, som tickar...