by Sven R. Ohlson on January 17, 2012
in Cartoons
I was just at a good meeting with one of my clients. Some more fun projects and designs to do.
I then came back to the office and got started right away. While drawing a few sketches I thought I might take a detour and so this bird came up. A little bit of excess sketches I would call it. You know – you are so eager to get things down on paper and into your computer or where ever you are doing your designs for the moment… You just have to draw a few extra things after you got your idea on paper… so this time – A Fat bird!
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Fat bird
by Sven R. Ohlson on November 21, 2011
in Cartoons
I posted a picture yesterday about a mink as you might have seen. It was great to see the little creature hop around, catch fish and swim across the bay at Ytter Sillö.
I drew a little cartoon character when I got inside – you know just as a little reminder of what we saw yesterday. Maybe we should give him a name… maybe a story. I´ll keep you posted!
What about ”Mille the Mink”?
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yttersillö
by Sven R. Ohlson on October 24, 2011
in Cartoons
This weekend has been full of fun – birthday-dinners, playing floor-ball (innebandy) and getting the sailing-boat ready as I wrote about yesterday.
When I came home I sat down and sketched a little and remembered things I had to get done – like the frog pointed and said…”don´t forget to do this and that…” good reminder I must say! So today is fully booked with lots of things to do!
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go that way
by Sven R. Ohlson on September 26, 2011
in Cartoons
We got the sailing-boat out of the water this weekend. Getting it up is always a bit sad… one always thinks that one might go out just one more time. On other hand, I’ve still got the motor-boat in the water – so if I feel like it – well, there is always a possibility!
I saw a rat hop on by… he also might have been getting ready for the autumn and winter coming along. Rats are good survivors and I guess he wasn’t worried yet. Are we humans survivors too? – Maybe not like rats… but we get through in the most astonishing ways – don’t we? Anyway – the rat gave me the inspiration to sketch a cartoon character as you can see.
The leaves are slowly changing colours – really pretty! Get out in nature and enjoy…
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rat
by Sven R. Ohlson on August 8, 2011
in Cartoons
I was out at Ytter Sillö this weekend. My father, the kids and I have been fixing up the old jetty. Making it better and more friendly for our boats and guests. Great days and we have got a lot done. But… as usual there is a bit more to be done!
In the evening we made some tree-cone animals with the kids. They loved making them – inventing, creating and even naming them.
I added a little stick-man to the collection of animals too. He could actually be a cartoon. I might draw him up later. Do you see him? I have added some text to show you how I see him.
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dude,
sillö,
stick,
ytter sillö
by Sven R. Ohlson on April 11, 2011
in Cartoons
I told you yesterday that I was cutting down branches and getting the garden spring-ready I guess you could call it. I found that birch that had some kind of owl-like looking stem.
When I came home I sat down to get set for some designing and just remembered the owl I saw or imagined more exactly. That’s when I came up with this cartoon owl. I drew the eyes and head since that was what was the most dominant in the photo I took.
Just a little wise cartoon owl! The owl – a symbol of wisdom – would be good if some of it rubbed off on us all…
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I have been, as I said before, to Orbaden on a conference. So a few minutes into the coffee-break I was sketching on different sports-characters – nothing special that had to be done…
Then this dude came to mind – a tall skinny basketball-player. Just as streamlined and tall as they can be! Just in the middle of spinning his ball on a break – just like me. On a break!
Got to shoot some hoops soon!
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dude
by Sven R. Ohlson on January 10, 2011
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I was out on the ice today – fixing with our boat that is stuck in the ice. It has been a little warmer the last two days – so a bit nicer to be down on the ice and checking that the boat was ok. If you are following me on Facebook you might even know that I fell through the ice today! It was like stepping into water. I took a few steps further out to look and see if the ice felt safe or not. Then, a few feet out in Skurusundet it looked pretty bad. I took one more step and all of a sudden I was in the water. Pretty cold I must say… typical! My father fell trough the ice the other day and we then said that we have to be more careful. So I felt like this fat frog today. But I turned round pretty fast and got back up on the firm part of the ice again. I must add that we had drilled several holes in the ice round the boat so it would not be stuck too hard in the ice. There the ice was more than a foot in thickness.
Be careful on the Stockholm ice! It’s good to be at least two people – so you’ve got someone that can help you if you aren’t as lucky as I was to get up right away.
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ice
by Sven R. Ohlson on January 3, 2011
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The ice is already covering more and more of the archipelago in the Sweden. It’s getting colder in the water and it is at freezing-temperature all the time.
We usually get all of the boats out of the water before they get caught in the ice. One can use a circulation-pump to prevent the ice from freezing… now we hadn’t put it in – in time – so the last boat ( The Finnmaster ) didn’t get up this winter… My father, who lives down by the water, went down to check to see how the boat was doing. The boat was fine and just the way we left it, when we tried to get it out of the thick ice. He went for a walk and had a little look at some jetties close by. This is where the ice gave way and he fell into the ice-cold water. Luckily enough he crawled back out again… very cold and wet.
I drew this little sketch from above to simulate the feeling of falling through the ice… Be careful and don’t forget to check the thickness of the ice close to jetties and shorelines. Otherwise it is a fantastic experience to go out on the ice in the archipelago on skies or skates. Some even sail with “isjakter” (ice-yatchts) – great fun!
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by Sven R. Ohlson on August 9, 2010
in Cartoons
I was “scribbling” on a new logo for a store the other day… and all of a sudden this head-dude popped up with his big tongue. I just felt it was funny that this idea came up when I was drawing something different in the first place.
Hope you enjoy this happy-go-lucky little dude!
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