I was out walking in the forest the other day – and there I came up with some ideas to draw a wolf. Don’t ask me why – I just felt like it came to me – a little fairy-tale about a fox.
When I got home I grabbed my sketchpad and made a few sketches.
Here are two more wolf heads.
The other weekend I was out at Sillö walking about in the woods there. I was checking out the little cabin too see if everything was ready for winter – no trees had fallen, nor had there appeared driftwood that had to be moved. The woods are very beautiful and are filled with colours – especially when the autumn is coming slowly. The leaves are changing into lots of different yellows, orange and reds. The pine-trees stay green, but give lots of variety. All this against the blue sky and dark-blue water is very beautiful.
I thought of lots of different characters that could live in the woods. Even though I think the Stockholm archipelago never has had any wolves – this is what I felt like sketching when I got back to the cabin. I gave the wolf a bit of a cartoon look – with a big nose.
I might post some more versions of the wolf again soon.
A symbol for the snowmobile – The M.
To give it the ultimate sign I used a strong animal for this – the largest member in the dog family. A dog – man’s best friend – so is the snow-machine “The M” – but the wolf shows up in many a fairy-tale as a dangerous predator…
Another aspect in all of this is that the wolf hunts in packs. This is the leader of the pack. An Alpha-dog. So it’s a dominant sign for the machine, a ferocious hunter running through and over the widths of snowy landscapes of North America and Eurasia.
The resemblances between the Snow-mobile and the Wolf are several. The head, to which I have given an Indian-design-feeling, is mostly white with outlined shadows. It is smooth and soft in its shapes and so is “The M”. The two down-pointing arrows are also integrated in “The M”. As you can see, they look like the headlights. The orange arrows are also going through the eyes of the wolf-head to give it an even more sharp and intense look. One can of course break out the two combined symbols to two signs that can be used separately for decor of the machine.
