This is my sketchbook. It is still a fine sketchbook.

[zweiDee]

very cool! nice atmosphere and creature design.

[Einen]

Thank you kindly, zweiDee!

Here's a WIP of my contribution to nJoo's weekly contest at deviantART, the theme being Veggie Undead:

[cuncun008]

nice work!I like !!

[Trashy]

Dude...your colors practically have me drooling on the floor. Seriously juicy and beautiful works. Earthworm Jim is sooooo awesome...and thats one of the better fanarts I've seen of him. Latest sketch looks sweet. I'm keeping my eyes out here.

[Camara]

Delicious!!!!!

[Flaskpost]

dang boy! you´re on crack! =)
sjukt fina, de två senaste! jag är ruggigt imponerad!

[Einen]

cuncun008: Cheers man!
Trashy: Thank you! Yeah, I agree, Jim rocks. I'll probably finish that one of hime sometime later.
Camara: It's even better with ketchup.
Flaskpost: Who told you!? Tack, fan! ^^

Update:

[Camara]

LOL!!!The voodoo carrot!!!hahahahaaa

Great character!Great color!

[Einen]

Thanks Camara, it's done

[loveandasandwich]

hahaha the undead veggie's kinda cute.. in a creepy way.

i LOVE LOVE LOVE the Bowser gang drawing on the page before this, they all really pop and look like a crazy sweet stylized version of them all. id love to see them with a background!!!

[Flaskpost]

det märks ju på den höga produktiviteten! och kanske kallsvettningar och stirriga ögon, jag vet inte. =)
det blir sjukt härlig ljussättning och atmosfär i dina bilder. hög kvalité rakt igenom!
hur många timmar har du spenderat på senaste?

[Einen]

28chelseaslater: Thanks They'll get a background! *cough* Eventually...
Flaskpost: Stirriga ögon är mitt signum! Och tack! Du, jag vet inte... Jag är verkligen dålig på att hålla koll på sånt, även när jag försöker. Men 8-10 kanske? Det är mitt vanliga svar.

I was commissioned by my stepmother who makes children's books to draw a mei long-dinosaur for her dinosaur book.

[Camara]

I fell in love with the undead vegetable!!!Such a great character!!!

That little sleeping dinosaur is sooo lovely!!!!!Reminds me of my agapornis!Hahahaa

[misael]

Awesome sketch book man.

[Saurus]

beautiful stuff, once again! would you mind posting some of your initial steps to an illustration? like initial sketches or colors, etc. etc.?
or maybe a brief explanation of the steps you take to tackle an illustration?

[Einen]

Thanks guys! And Saurus, here you go. I've been asked quite frequently to do a tutorial and I finally gave in.

[Camara]

Thi is one of your best pieces imho,and that Tutorial is going to be veeeery usefull for some of us!!!Thanks!

[Quinn Simoes]

The mei long-dinosaur is very nice!

Thanks for the tutorial, its great to see how other artists approach a painting, you always learn something new.

[Tiago]

I love how vivid your colors come out. I will take a closer look at that tutorial once I have some free time. Keep up the great work.

[Brushcommander]

I heart Leek Head

[Flutic]

Great stuff love the mood.
And a big thanks for the tutorial.

Greets,Tom

[Wasker]

Hej, tack för tutorialen på gubben. Den ser smaskig ut! ;D
Hey, thanks for the tutorial on the fellah. It looks tasteeeh!

[Nintendo_zombie]

Goodness, absolutely stunning artwork!!
Love the Gameboy Transformer! Gameboys are the best.

[BohemianChaos]

what a great tutorial and final image!! I like the burning background much more than the previous sunset-type one. The look on his face says "my bad..."

[Kian]

Great work. I think people will get alot out of the tutorial aswell! Thanks

[Chate Noire]

The veggie undead is GREAT. Cool design, good rendering and funny =) Thanks for showing the process as well; is that part of the challenge?

[Einen]

Camara: No problem!
Quinn Simoes: Thank you, and yeah, I know what you mean!
Tiago: Thanks, and feel free too!
Tugelbend: Don't we all?
Flutic: Cheers Tom!
Wasker: Du får smaka på egen risk!
Nintendo_zombie: Thank yeh! And yes, they very much are.
BohemianChaos: Thanks Chaos! I bet he didn't have aaaanything to do with it...
Kian: That's what I'm hoping!
Chate Noire: Thanks a lot! Not it's not, actually, but I had enough progress images to do it this time.

Here's some new and semi-new stuff. I finally finished this one:



I don't really get anywhere with this one, do I?



And finally a quick Disney-thingie:

[Carnifex]

if you ask me,the only thing that needs reworking in that group picture is bowser. since he's the central character,he should be facing us,challenging our manhood,you know "strike muscles" pose,something that really indicates he's the king,the baddest mofo of them all. the way he's posed right now,he could well be on the edge of the group,and you wouldn't care.
otherwise,it's pretty good,the rendering is cool,i'd just add another atmosphere layer like with the undead veggie character,you know,death and destruction. make us feel they are truly the bad guys and could wreak havoc any moment,not just getting settled for a groupshot at walmart's photo corner. i think the stone could be punched up most,make him the big,brutish dumb/badass he is...you know like you have a group of soldiers posing for an action game,you'll always have "the sniper",or "the explosions guy" etc...make that work for you in this picture. assign roles to the guys,and really,get them all more involved with the viewer.
as for the rest of the sb (which i yet have to check fully), strong. i say,thanks a ton for the tutorial,i'm always wondering how guys like you or chuckmate can go from these simple line drawings to such incredible finishes. i'll see how much of it i can employ in my own works.
keep going like this!

edit: nämenvaf...du är ju svensk! jäklar ockso,ni börjar ploppa up som svampar häromkring
(min mor är from där)

[Einen]

Carnifex: Whoa, you usually don't get that much criticism around here. I appreciate it! (Jag tar det här på engelska, det känns lite oförskämt annars.)
I really get what you're saying. The problem is that I never intended this to be anything but a quick doodle of Bowser. Once it was "done" I wanted to add other guys, and thus I didn't really think it through like I should have. Now it's gotten a bit too far to start reworking the already finished characters (i.e. I know I'd never finish it if I start changing too much now), and I'll just have to settle for that groupshot at walmart's photo corner. But sure, I could add some punch to it like you said, and I'll think more about posing in the future.

Other than that, thank you! It's flattering to be mentioned in the same sentence as Chuckmate.

Och ja, svenskar verkar ploppa upp som fan just nu. Vi är som ohyra.

[AsaB]

Hi there, fellow Nordic countryman!

I just spent my afternoon break at work browsing through your sb. Well spent time, let me tell you! Don't how I managed to miss it before, I've already seen some of your work on CHOW and loved it. For shame!

But yes, in short, I'm incredibly impressed! You've got such vivid and fun imagination, most of your work is just so happy and playful. Technically-wise, I like your refined look a lot. Thanks so much for making that tutorial, I'll def learn a thing or two from it. Keep it up!