A B O U T   T H E   A R T I S T

 

Born in 1979. Currently lives in Uppsala, Sweden. Studied painting and sculpture for three years. Is now working as a concept artist for a video game developer called Starbreeze.

I have a fascination for the dark and morbid, and I blame that on Dave McKean. At the tender age of twelve I stepped into a comic store, picked up a batman-book at random expecting the usual DC Comic stuff, flipped the page and found myself looking into the eyes of a woman with cockroaches falling out of her mouth. The picture was revolting, but the woman was portrayed with a tenderness, sympathy and sadness that made it so much more. The book was Arkham Asylum, written by Grant Morrison with illustrations by Dave McKean. It had everything I wanted from a work of art and a comic, and I had no idea that stories could be told quite like this.

That's an experience that was very important to me. After seeing his work I spent a lot of time trying to actually become Dave McKean, though fortunately that proved to be quite difficult. With time the excessive fanboyism subsided, and other influences became more and more important; Anders Zorn and Jeffrey Jones just to name a couple. I hope I'm able to draw from these sources and build something that is uniquely my own.
 


C L I E N T S
Wizards of the Coast
White Wolf Publishing
Privateer Press
Fantasy Flight Games
Otherworld Creations
Infinite Interactive
Evol Interactive
Decipher Inc.
Mythic Dreams Studios
Future Publishing
Global Fun
Ninja Games
Massive Black
Hansoft

Employed by video game developer Starbreeze AB as art director. Currently working on The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena.

 


C R E D I T S
Covers

Maniac (April 2006 issue)
Official Playstation Magazine (issue 103)
Q&A (issue 4)
Xbox 360 no1 2007 (swe)
Officieel Playstation Magazine january 2007 #63
Game Republic #72 April 2006
PSM #83 January 2007
Gunk #34 April 2007
Phuze #6 Spring-Summer 2007

Interior Illustration

Dawnforge
Sorcery and Steam
Wildscape
Cityworks
Portals and Planes
Dark Inheritance
Hordes
Vampire: World of Darkness
From Novice to Master: The Book of Classes

Computer & Video Games

The Darkness
Warlords 4
SQ
Warriors 2
Robobombo
Tennis Pro
Puzzlepack
Frogger
Absolute Trickshot

Trading Card Games

Hecatomb
WARS

Other

ImagineFX workshop articles (issues 1 to 5)
 

 


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