This Machine boy, loves machines. That naughty and curious robot had to press that button and turn that big handle. Mysteriously enough, this resulted in flying pieces of paper in the air. Oh well, those machines might be a bit rusty but they work just fine in the end, let the creature itself conclude.

This robotic bird opens up for us with its gracious song. Let us not be fooled by the metallic structure, as there is a lot more behind it. We can all see what’s in its heart and therefore we know that a truthful song will always be a song that will speak to our own hearts.

This is an illustrated hat I came up with. During these winter days – although they are not too cold for this season I must admit, the long awaited summer is remembered, at least by myself and in this particular case expressed into an idea of a hat design/drawing. Of an illustrated summer colourful hat which why not, I ‘d like to wear! I named it ‘Into the Jungle’ because of what it sounds, implying adventure and exploring nature.

This is another robotic creature with a head full of processed thought. Its head – a laboratory of inner conversations and ideas, surely keeps this creature more than busy it seems – on its daily walk. What is inside its head none of us could possibly tell for sure, but perhaps it would be time for the creature to contemplate of taking an action upon those thoughts, but then again, that would be another thing to be added to this busy head.

This is another – not common to meet – creature to be added. This time a well dressed bear – like sleepwalker passes us by, carrying an object which appears to be a paper house, light as it is. Let the creature continue its nocturnal subconscious stroll. It won’t be long until morning, where this action long gone will only be remembered by us, the have – been wide awake viewers.

This is another illustration with a somewhat out of the ordinary cat-like electric robot creature who works in a major industrial site and is on the way to hand in an important report. What could be written there, shall not be revealed to the rest of us for now.

This is a brand new elfin animal-creature I’ve made. It is kind, free spirited and lives in urban abandoned spaces. It is almost as wild as a city ‘pirate’. It flies – passes amongst doors, buildings, residents and roofs but hardly stays in one place. Easily bored, is always up for an adventure.Transparent, bold, graphic and abstract it is indeed.

The first of a few new characters I have been working on, The Beast with a Curl, is certainly a character by itself, a small determined ‘Giant’ with a round shape, friendly with a bit of a wit.

An industrial like poster/illustration of a ‘Hydraulic Cat’ inspired by the concept of alternative forms of energy such as hydraulic or electric cars. Of course, without confusing a cat with a car at all, just mentioning it as a reference from where these mechanical hydraulic symbols used in this digital print came from.

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The ‘voices’ of Roosters early in the morning are atmospheric, if you happen to be in the countryside. They are the natural alarm clock as the dawn unfolds and the start of a day follows. Their voices that echo in the mountains , small villages or out in nature, have interesting and sometimes dark haunting elements, and can communicate a strange notion.

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