Visual development artist and animator living in London. This is a respository of ideas, works in progress, things finished and unfinished. Check out my full portfolio at http://www.bjornsportfolio.comTumblr (3.0; @bjornsblog)http://www.bjornsblog.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4tspetQwo1qczub4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Another colour study from Arthur Christmas. Character design by <a href="http://barryreynoldsfeaturedesign.blogspot.co.uk/">Barry Reynolds.</a></p>http://www.bjornsblog.com/post/24122420762http://www.bjornsblog.com/post/24122420762Thu, 31 May 2012 11:13:27 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4tsm3Zb9f1qczub4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Actually, I didn’t know what was doing half of the time, I still don’t. But I learned a whole lot of stuff watching the excellent Alexei Nechytaylo and the insanely talented Sergio Casas.</p> <p>Chinese General, colour study from Arthur Christmas. Character by <a href="http://barryreynoldsfeaturedesign.blogspot.co.uk/">Barry Reynolds</a>.</p>http://www.bjornsblog.com/post/24061861230http://www.bjornsblog.com/post/24061861230Wed, 30 May 2012 14:47:00 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4u5kyajdb1qczub4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Here’s a few in progress shots of the actual painting. I was trying to find nuances in local skin colour before getting too involved in the shading. It was a good exercise working over the lovely pencil drawings of <a href="http://barryreynoldsfeaturedesign.blogspot.co.uk/">Barry Reynolds.</a></p>http://www.bjornsblog.com/post/24059826637http://www.bjornsblog.com/post/24059826637Wed, 30 May 2012 13:34:09 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4tsc66bTn1qczub4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Colour study from Arthur Christmas. Character design by <a href="http://barryreynoldsfeaturedesign.blogspot.co.uk/">Barry Reynolds.</a></p>http://www.bjornsblog.com/post/24053595809http://www.bjornsblog.com/post/24053595809Wed, 30 May 2012 08:57:21 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4t1tpwfwF1qczub4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I also did elf hairdos.</p>http://www.bjornsblog.com/post/24021049286http://www.bjornsblog.com/post/24021049286Tue, 29 May 2012 23:15:25 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4t1kmSzgy1qczub4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I went through some of my old work today and found this collage I did when I was working on the colours for the buildings in Arthur Christmas. It was never really used for anything other than my own reference, but I kind of like it so I thought I’d post it.</p>http://www.bjornsblog.com/post/24020681847http://www.bjornsblog.com/post/24020681847Tue, 29 May 2012 23:09:58 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4jqfrWvJQ1qczub4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://www.bjornsblog.com/post/23922118851http://www.bjornsblog.com/post/23922118851Mon, 28 May 2012 10:42:08 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4jqcmQEwS1qczub4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://www.bjornsblog.com/post/23854294707http://www.bjornsblog.com/post/23854294707Sun, 27 May 2012 10:53:24 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4jqerMaEu1qczub4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://www.bjornsblog.com/post/23788666759http://www.bjornsblog.com/post/23788666759Sat, 26 May 2012 10:58:00 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4jq53LNsK1qczub4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://www.bjornsblog.com/post/23726825829http://www.bjornsblog.com/post/23726825829Fri, 25 May 2012 11:01:13 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4jpkgvZMZ1qczub4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://www.bjornsblog.com/post/23690160584http://www.bjornsblog.com/post/23690160584Thu, 24 May 2012 22:12:16 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4g243Acwd1qczub4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Kings X</p>http://www.bjornsblog.com/post/23602198824http://www.bjornsblog.com/post/23602198824Wed, 23 May 2012 11:01:03 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4g1tiGlpJ1qczub4o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4g1tiGlpJ1qczub4o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4g1tiGlpJ1qczub4o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><span>Doing freelance work means you have to travel far sometimes. Recently I’ve been taking the overground from Hackney to Richmond every day which means about an hour of people sketching there and back. These are not drawings from that trip but I’ll post them anyway until I get the rest scanned.</span></p>http://www.bjornsblog.com/post/23565620515http://www.bjornsblog.com/post/23565620515Tue, 22 May 2012 22:46:29 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2n2y5eNt61qczub4o1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Bikini</p>http://www.bjornsblog.com/post/21279803582http://www.bjornsblog.com/post/21279803582Tue, 17 Apr 2012 20:46:00 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2lclmywqQ1qczub4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Our film is finally taking shape, here’s a WIP tease.</p>http://www.bjornsblog.com/post/21227799195http://www.bjornsblog.com/post/21227799195Mon, 16 Apr 2012 22:20:10 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2acumFv211qczub4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>So we went recording some music for <a href="http://www.everythingicanseefromhere.com/">Everything I Can See From Here</a> today with Jerry Fleming and <a href="http://videocircuits.blogspot.co.uk/">Chris King</a>. I brought my Wacom. Here’s a sketch I did of a drum.</p>http://www.bjornsblog.com/post/20866803641http://www.bjornsblog.com/post/20866803641Tue, 10 Apr 2012 23:51:58 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0tzuxPdI21qczub4o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.coolorus.com/" title="Coolorus Colour Picker">Coolorus Colour Picker for Photoshop.</a></p> <p>I’ve literally been waiting for someone to do this for years. I’ve only just installed it but it seems amazing and a good colourwheel/picker is essential for anyone painting digitally! GET IT!</p>http://www.bjornsblog.com/post/19238486113http://www.bjornsblog.com/post/19238486113Tue, 13 Mar 2012 16:16:09 +0000<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0qysplij91qczub4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>View out the window of my old studio above Ridley Road Market</p>http://www.bjornsblog.com/post/19153902230http://www.bjornsblog.com/post/19153902230Mon, 12 Mar 2012 01:00:25 +0000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lya0lqO6Ey1qczub4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>So for the past year or so, <a href="http://samtayloranimation.blogspot.com/">Sam Taylor</a> and I have been working on a short 2D animated film in between our day jobs. Our film is called <strong>Everything I Can See From Here.</strong> We’re now working fulltime on it and we are looking for animation assistants to join our talented team and finalise the film. If you think you might be interested get in touch! Check out our website for more info: <a href="http://www.everythingicanseefromhere.com/">Everything I Can See From Here</a></p>http://www.bjornsblog.com/post/16402999427http://www.bjornsblog.com/post/16402999427Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:02:43 +0000animationfilmposter<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxxyz7PkAB1qczub4o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxxyz7PkAB1qczub4o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Me and my good friend <a href="http://samtayloranimation.blogspot.com/">Sam Taylor</a> have moved into a new studio in east London. We’re sharing the space with <a href="http://jamesduveen.blogspot.com/">James Duveen</a>,<span> <a href="http://www.jonathantopf.com/">Jon Topf</a>, <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/fritzi-nicolaus/34/b18/8">Fritzi Nicolaus</a>, and <a href="http://messytimbo.blogspot.com/">Tim McCourt</a>.</span></p> <p>It’s very cool!</p>http://www.bjornsblog.com/post/16003767648http://www.bjornsblog.com/post/16003767648Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:06:42 +0000