Like it does every year, ILM took out a two page ad thanking its employee’s in the July issue of Cinefex magazine. My credit is on right hand page, 1st column from the left, 42nd from top. Yay!! I'm extremly proud and humbled to be a part of such great team of people.
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Im getting more and more interested and fascinated by the ways and means by which human organizations operate and finding out what makes them function in a successful way. Below are some of the most inspiring talks Ive found on the subject. Enjoy.
Dan Pink: The surprising truth about what motivates us.
Ed Catmull: Keep your crisies small
I have uploaded a set of photos that I've taken during my first month here in Singapore. Have a look here.
Well it's my last day at work before I leave for Singapore. I made this concept representing the beggining of a long, happy and hopefully safe journey. The picture was originally a test for creating 3D generated water. Now to shut down this machine one last time.
and the base 3D model used to paint over.
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Here is an update on whats going on at the moment as 2010 looks like it has potential of becoming a very interesting year. I am very proud to announce that I will be joining the art department at Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), a division of Lucasfilm Singapore. I am tremendously excited, honored and humbled by this opportunity to work with a fantistic team of artists from over 45 different countries. I look forward working on new exciting feature film projects and developing my skills but I am also hoping to experience some personal growth. If everything goes according to plan I will be relocating to Singapore on 1 March 2010. As much as I am excited about the unfolding events I am also very much scared and anxious. But then again "Why not go out on a limb? Isn't that where the fruit is?"
Below is a little clip I found recorded of Discovery Channel regarding Singapore. Have a look if you are interested.
Im trying to stay updated by compiling a new showreel, representing my works to date. It's been two interesting years and allot has happened since my last reel. Ive learnt allot and had the pleasure of meeting some great people and working on some interesting projects. The following is a mix of works done professionally aswell as personally. Enjoy! I've updated my Resumé aswell.
I haven't done a Photoshop Freestyle session in a while, much due to having allot of work on my table, but also the holidays and lack of inspiration. The Swedish winter-season and the lack of sunlight really gets to me which at times feels like I'm on the verge to a depression. Anyway, I'm trying to fight it and get the brain working again by feeding it with colors and light. Here is a little piece paying homage to one of my favourite movies, The Iron Giant (1999), directed by Brad Bird. 
The following is one of the matte paintings I created for the Ilta-Sanomat spot. The art direction called for a Victorian-type industrial building. A 3D model of the scene was modeled, shaded and lit. This material was used as a base for the matte painting. The 3D model also served as a guide for the green-screen shoot in order to extract correct camera angles. The greenscreen shoot itself resulted in filmed "workers" which were later composited over the matte painting. Moving machine parts were rendered as separate passes and inserted into their respective positions at the compositing stage. This saved time as we only rendered animated parts and did not need to calculate the heavy 3D scene for each and every frame throughout the animation.
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This is a recently completed project for Radiotjänsten, which is part of the swedish public service with the task of collecting TV Licence fees nationwide and verifying payment of them. This was a full on campaign intended for showcasing on the internet, tv and cinemas around the country. Stopp offered full service assistance throughout all media-departments. The interactive movie, featured on the campaign website offers the visitor the chance to upload their own pictures and have them automaticly inserted into the movie content. So far the movie is a success generating over 5 milion unique views in just about 3 weeks time. My work included helping director Max Vitali to extend his plates with help of matte paintings. The movie was shot on Canon 5D Mark II by several small crews around the world and proved itself to be a challenge at the compositing/tracking fase due to the shearing and compression of the material. The following images are just some of the matte paintings i created for this show.
Trying to keep the wacom pen going and putting some of my personal ideas on "paper". This concept was made to pre-visualize a possible matte painting. My main concern with these sketches is the overall composition, mood and atmosphere. Details are secondary.
