Tove Jansson (9 August 1914 - 27 June 2001), Author, Painter, Illustrator. Although Mostly Known For

Tove Jansson (9 August 1914 - 27 June 2001), author, painter, illustrator. Although mostly known for her comic strips and children’s books about the Moomins (white roundish troll creatures), she considered herself a more serious artist first and foremost. The Moomins gained more and more popularity, eventually becoming an entire franchise with tv series, toys and theme parks. The books meanwhile grew darker and more melancholy. Jansson ultimately grew tired of her little trolls and started focusing entirely on her paintings and writings for adults.

Ink, watercolours and markers.

Update: So this piece is getting quite a bit of attention all of a sudden. Thanks, people! It's very much appreciated. Would Tove feel the same I wonder?

Kwaidan: Hoichi the Earless

Inspired by the 1964 anthology film Kwaidan. Hoichi is a blind minstrel, renowned for his skill at playing the biwa (a type of lute). Especially noteworthy is his recitation of the battle at Dan-no-ura. Late one night Hoichi is approached by a mysterious samurai demanding that he recite this tale in the house of a powerful nobleman...

Clouds flowing over a mountainside, somewhere in Geargevággi. In the foreground can be seen the remains of a previous expedition.

Part 1 in a more or less truthful documentation of my journey through the wild and isolated Geargevággi (Northern Sami: ”Stone Valley”) in the northernmost parts of Sweden.

Aetherphant (2013).

Made with watercolours, markers, and cosmic radiation.

At the top of this oddly shaped rock formation lives an old hermit. He will accept no offering of any kind, be it food, clothing or otherwise, nor share his thoughts of wisdom with anyone.

Part 3 in a more or less truthful documentation of my journey through the wild and isolated Geargevággi (Northern Sami: ”Stone Valley”) in the northernmost parts of Sweden.

Here's a conceptual trailer for an animated short film I'm currently working on.

It's called "Ozonfeber". I do hope you'll like it.