Summer and time for new inspiration

It is less than 5 month ago that I started this blog and what a launch!! it has been fantastic to be able to share some of the thoughts behind my ideas and designs. Thank you for the interest, it is the greatest inspiration and I hope you will enjoy the coming posts. I is going to be a very exciting time as we are developing new themes with LEGO and I will be launching my own project very soon. 

Right now I’m sucking up sun and inspiration in Sardinia. This island has fantastic nature and a breathtaking coastline with hidden beaches and lots of story material. This first picture looks like a god place for a hero to drift ashore. And can anyone spot the smiling skull in the second picture? 
Have a great summer everyone and see you in August for a very exciting fall:)

Tina Dickow FB Poster competition

Just before the summer holiday I sent 3 suggestions for a tour poster for a Danish singer and songwriter Tina Dickow. She is really cool, mellow and Scandinavian in her style. She named the tour “disappear tour” so I made one suggestion where she is almost gone from the poster and one where she is on her way to leave earth. Check out the competition on

https://www.facebook.com/tinadickow?sk=app_365063043559456

Bara Magna Map

When the Bionicle legend continued into 2009 the story moved to an entirely new location. I drew this map to give the full overview of this rough and traitorous world. Danger and mystery lurks everywhere.

Great Dane Productions logo

In 1997 I designed this logo for my good friends from Great Dane Productions in Los Angeles. 

Maersk Air decoration concept

I have always thought that it would be fantastic to design the paintjob of a commercial airline and at one point I got very close to try. At Advance we had Maersk Air as a client for many years and they planned to get a new design on their fleet. With this design I tried to capture the magic moment where the plane breaks through the clouds into the blue sky. It never got further than the paper and the airline was sold in 2005  

Diving deep with the Toa

2007 was a fantastic year in the Bionicle legend. We got to go underwater for an entire year and for the second half of the story I directed the trailer teasing the adventure of the Toa Mahri as they chased the Mask Of Life. "Face Me" was specially composed by (what later would be known as) Cryoshell to support the story of the Toa Mahri.

Mahri transport vehicle design

When the Toa Mahri chased the MOL and had to get to the bottom of the sea in the second half of 2007 we took the opportunity to change the style of the equipment and the tone of voice of the campaign. The Toa Mahri goes into action “special ops style” in a very high-tech underwater transport vehicle and their equipment includes all kind of diving gear and the gatling inspired Cordak blaster. All the equipment the Toa had found in the bottom compartment of the island core. They traveled inside the cord that ran from Voya Nui to the Mahri Nui plateau. Ghost VFX helped rebuild the Toa Terrain Crawler and we designed a full inner cabin for the Intro scenes of the Mahri trailer. The design includes pressure chamber and valve room with exit hatch. It has a Cordak rag that folds away in the roof and automated dive helmet lowering device. The tentacles at the end of the vehicle points at the idea that this was a biomechanical craft. It was a blend of machine and sea creature, maybe a giant squid.