owl.

I just drew this. It took me the entire length of Hot Tub Time Machine to draw, plus some additional Photoshop stuff. Some dude told me that animals are soooo in right now, and especially owls. Well, I don't know... They kind of freak me out. Mainly because I saw this trailer. Freaky stuff.

young man from the jungle.

colour fever.

young man, thin hair.

childface.

girlface.

tipi.

billie torn in pieces.

angry mountain.

Yeah, I'm obsessed with those volcanos...

aunt from atlantis.

the hills are alive.

My deafault song is "Sound of Music", which goes off in my head whenever everything else goes blank (e.g while doing the dishes). I just realised that the line "the hills are alive..." is pretty accurate for the state of the world right now, with the vomitting volcano and all. Perhaps if the script writers of 2012 continues to predict the future, there will be even more reasons for Julie Andrews to sing (if you haven't seen it, the basic plot is end of the world by volcano erruptions and massive earthquakes. Knowing a little bit more about volcano ashes now, I suddenly wonder how they managed to get the main characters in an airplane and not crash).

volcanos.

I know that people back home have a bit of problem because of the volcano erruption in Iceland, but you have to admit that volcanos are pretty cool to look at. They can be damn beautiful, just have a look at these photos.

dogs in da house.

Speaking about dogs... Yesterday we had an encounter with one - inside the house! It was the most random thing. I had just gone to hang my laundry in the backyard and only closed the moskito net door because I was intending to go back out soon again. Not more than a minute must have passed and all of a sudden there was a strange dog in our livingroom. My housemate asked me what the hell it was doing there. I thought it was his dog and that he was joking or something, because it was one of those things that he'd probably do to scare the crap out of me. But there was no joke. Just a dog. While we were talking it slipped out as silently as it had come and we have no idea where it came from...

business cards - grandma's puzzle style.

When I arrived here I had about 5-6 business cards with me. All having the wrong phone number printed on them of course. So I had to create new ones. But since I don't have a printer yet, I started thinking about what I actually could do with my own two hands. And then I remembered a little episode from when I was 5 years old; I had just finished an awesome drawing of some horses and stuff, which my mother loved. She told me I should send it to grandma. While she went to get an envelope I came up with the best idea ever - wouldn't it be so much more fun if grandma got a puzzle instead of a boring horse drawing? I thought so, and cut the whole thing in little pieces. Perhaps not the best idea ever... But anyhow, I applied this idea to my new business cards. I painted some patterns and fun elements onto a cardboard, cut the thing in business card-sizes and printed my details on the back with these stamps. It was fun and I'm very happy with how they look. High five, 5-year old me!

10 000 bc dude.

ink muslim.

who the #*"% did this?

thank you.

It's a little embarrassing to admit, but I'm not very good with technical web stuff, hence I haven't been able to answer the question "so, how many people follow your blog?" until now. To me this little thing called blogging has always been a way to explain my creative process, letting people elsewhere take part of my adventures and sometimes just allowing myself to be fucking narcissistic. I thought maybe my dad would like to read it and hopefully a couple of more people. But I had no idea that so many people would actually follow what I have to say. I have, as you can tell, got hold of statistics finally and made the conclusion that it's not just my dad, my family, friends or relatives who reads this, but many many more. So gee, what can I say. I guess a "thank you" is appropriate. I will continue to be Stingosaurus for you and hopefully you'll keep coming back and appreciate what I do. Feel free to leave comments, so that I in return can know who you are.

Peace!
/Stingosaurus


The image is an old drawing from an artist book project from uni.

i've got paws II.

adobe garamond pro semi bold italic.

Wohoo! This is a massive update of what I've been doing for the last week. Have been spending x amount of hours on a ladder, painting Garamond, clouds, balloons and all kinds of things for Stuart Roy Clarke's exhibition Somewhere Across A Promised Land at Rheged Discovery Centre in Penrith. Exhibition is ongoing until February 2010.