Tuesday, September 29, 2009

15. The wrath of the sky demons.

The People's story continues.

I was also planning yet another praise of bad weather, but, out of respect for the people in the Philippines, I'll shut up. http://article.wn.com/view/2009/09/26/Thousands_flee_heavy_Philippines_rain_flooding/

Monday, September 28, 2009

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

12. A dark and stormy night.

Personally, I love thunder storms, and have experienced a couple of great ones. A few weeks ago, me and a buddy was out at his family's cabin, on a small local island called Merdø. It was raining, which means good fishing, but the wind made sure we never got to that. The ocean was white with foamy waves, and it was raining horizontally. And speaking of horizons - since the next piece of land is Denmark, we had an IMAX-view of nature's spectacular fireworks. All along the night sky, electric bolts shot from low, dark clouds... Really kool. And wet. And cold. But mainly really kool.

The next time a storm passes by where you live - not counting Floridians, and folks in other places where bad weather can throw tonnage around - don't just sit inside with your TV unplugged. Get out there and experience it!

Oh, by the way... Wear something waterproof.

Monday, September 7, 2009

11. Pin Cushion Hills.

This painting has taken me over a week to finish, which is long enough, but I could have worked on it for a year. Could have continued adding details - branches on every tree, ripples on the water... It is difficult to stop while doing analog painting as well, but your eyes and brush sizes eventually stops you. In a digital painting you can zoom in, zoom in more, and then zoom in again. Without self control, you'll be working on one tree for a week, and this thing has hundreds.

So, at some point you'll have to stop and say: It is done. Which I just did.

Sunday, August 30, 2009

10. Landscape with dead woolly mammoth.

Exactly how the woolly mammoth got extinct is one of the mysteries of our prehistory. It may have perished as the climate got warmer, or maybe man killed it off. As we do. Whatever happened, we couldn't have co-existed for long anyway. Having large quantities of ivory growing out of your face is not a good thing, not with humans around.

Thursday, August 13, 2009

8. No new news.

It's not exactly a new question, but not one of the eternal ones either. Here it is anyway: Why do people, who spend 99,9 per cent of their time driving on blacktop, keep buying cars which only really work in rough terrain?

Saturday, August 8, 2009

7. Saluting the frisbee.

In my humble opinion, the frisbee is the greatest thing to come out of the environmental disaster the material plastic has proved to be. It's one of those rarities which are both cheap, fun, and good for you.