I have finally realised that the time is ripe for a separate insta account that is entirely dedicated for work-related stuff (better later than never…).
You will find me @ramaform, and I’d love to see you all there ❤
I have finally realised that the time is ripe for a separate insta account that is entirely dedicated for work-related stuff (better later than never…).
You will find me @ramaform, and I’d love to see you all there ❤
I really love walking around the old campus at Karolinska Institute in Solna, Sweden. The brick buildings, usually only a couple of floors high, in warm red colour remind me of the campi designed by the Finnish architect Alvar Aalto. Bits of woodland with impressive old pine trees were left to stand when the campus was built and there are pieces of public art scattered around the place, like these mushrooms, beautifully marred by time. This place has a wonderful, humanistic feeling to it. In fact, quite the opposite of the massive new buildings, monuments over human hubris and vanity, that are coming up now. They make me uncomfortable, and the huge glas-parts probably decimate the local bird population a lot… I’m sticking to my mushrooms.
Magdalena Hai’s steamy fantasy series about two witches exiled on Earth from their far-away home planet, published by Otava starts this summer. Cover art by me. Can’t wait to read this as a finished book ❤
I and the brilliant half of Studio Ms Mandu, Johanna, wish you all a very merry Christmas!
Sorry for being away so very long! I’ve done some character designs for a tv-series and taken up studying, so hence the long absence… ^_^*
Yes, about the studies… I’m planning to pour out my innermost feelings on that subject by posting some very roughly sketched comics. Mostly about my ANGST, I guess…
I’m currently writing these in Swedish, but I’ll provide you with a translation:
Earlier this year I was given an exciting mission by the Naturhistoriska riksmuseet in Stockholm (the Swedish Museum of Natural History) to create a character that could communicate with the younger visitors.
The character was to be gender neutral, about 11 years old and with lots of personality, and in manga influenced style. The museum had also had contact with LajvVerkstaden, a group that uses Nordic style larp as a way of education and cultural exchange. They had provided the museum with some personality traits and a background story for the character.
It is quite unusual for a customer to be this thorough, and one of the reasons I very much like working with the person who contacted me.
To create a character that didn’t rely on any traditional gender specific signals was a challenging task, but great fun! It really opened my eyes on how much we read in in different colours, hairstyles, poses etc.
Fortunately as a die-hard fan of Japanese popular culture I had long been exposed to girlie boys and boyish girls and had lots of inspiration to work from… ^_^
… and this is what I came up with! The character’s name is ‘Kim’, a name which in Scandinavia can belong to both a male or female.
After my sketches had been approved by the museum, I inked the character in MangaStudio 5 (and also added some tones for some versions). Totally (s)he has five different poses and lots of facial expressions to choose from.
The last year has been mostly blood, sweat and tears, as always when working on a comic book and pulling one all-nighter after another ^_^*
Now I have reclaimed my life and we’re having a book signing event at a large bookstore in Stockholm, a release party after that, and the super successful Game On 2.0 exhibit at Tekniska museet has it’s own room with fabulous fanart of all sorts, in which I’m also represented. Oh joy, oh rapture!
If you happen to be in Stockholm, you’re most welcome to all the events ❤
Those of you who’ve read Oblivion High vol 1 (the swedish version) will probably guess who this is… but what is he up to?! Nix better watch his back…