Welcome! This is essentially a blog with the sole purpose of showcasing professional and personal art works created by Marko Ljubez. Furthermore this space serves as a trackback diary, displaying random thoughts, things that inspire me, movies and music I like, food I enjoy and more. This blog is in development. More to come soon.
The short movie "Herr Rodebjer" is the first in a series of creative and interactive editorials from Rodebjer, aimed to further emphasise the strong vision of the Rodebjer brand. The premiere editorial "Herr Rodebjer", a short movie directed by Mattias Montero, has since its premiere won the Public Prize award at the A Shaded View On Fashion Films Festival, held at Centre Pompidou in Paris. My work included rebuilding almost all of the environments, originally shot in Paris, with help of matte paintings according to the Directors whishes. A high contrast silhouette appearence was applied to all the skylines in order to achieve what Mattias was striving for, with the intention to resemble surreal theatrical side-scene flat sets. Further compositing work was done by Crawford Reilly, Linus Eriksson, Julius Denizhan and Peter Marin. For a sneak peak watch the trailer bellow...for full movie visit Rodebjer (Editorials).
A small update before i head on home. The following matte painting was a Vue experiment, trying to see if i can combine some of the features this software offers with my own way of working. The entire image (except for the balloons) is a 3D generated model, including procedural terrain, spectral atmosphere and volumetric clouds. The advantages of this software are huge especially in the conceptual stage of a project. Hopefully I will have some time over to render a full on 3d-camera move but as for now here is a still frame. Enjoy!
The following cover art was developed for the band Bolywool and the official release of their first album Through a Century. Bolywool is Calle Thor, Oskar Erlandsson and Cristian Ekman. The concept for the design was inspired by the music itself but also Öland, the place where I and some of the band members grew up. Through a Century will finally be released on October 14th.
"For those who are not familiar with the history behind the title, Through a Century, you are in for a treat. Once upon a time, in a kingdom not far from here, in a city by the sea, two lads sat in their living room and recorded demo songs in Cubase with the worst karaoke microphone the world has ever seen. It was the very same session(s) that spawned songs like In a Dreamer's Dream of Dreams, Sleep Today Away, So Low Down and The Origin of Nothing to name a few. On a cold February day, Century Blues was written, and the lyrics featuring the repeated stanza "through a century". As some of you might have noticed, the thematic canon of Bolywool, besides playing on intertextuality etc, is the notion and concept of time in relation to variable x (and sometimes even y). Thus, this title is, from our point-of-view, spot on since it sort of encompasses all these extended symbolisms and metaphors in only a mere three words."
Below are some of the earlier concepts for the cover art.
or those who are not familiar with the history behind the title, Through a Century, you are in for a treat.
Once upon a time, in a kingdom not far from here, in a city by the sea, two lads sat in their living room and recorded demo songs in Cubase with the worst karaoke microphone the world has ever seen. It was the very same session(s) that spawned songs like In a Dreamer's Dream of Dreams, Sleep Today Away, So Low Down and The Origin of Nothing to name a few. On a cold February day, Century Blues was written, and the lyrics featuring the repeated stanza "through a century". As some of you might have noticed, the thematic canon of Bolywool, besides playing on intertextuality etc, is the notion and concept of time in relation to variable x (and sometimes even y). Thus, this title is, from our point-of-view, spot on since it sort of encompasses all these extended symbolisms and metaphors in only a mere three words.
