Bear With Me

I started drawing this bear several months ago and it lay forgotten between other loose drawings of animals until I found it again. I guess it needed it's winter nap. Spring sun is here and spring flowers has popped up everywhere and what better time to see a newly awaken brown bear? 

Bear with me, it takes time to see progress.

This spring I'm carrying a dreamy hare on my shoulder, and you could too! 

Grab one here: www.greenislestudio.com

Happy Holidays!

God Jul, Merry Christmas, Feliz Navidad!

Best holiday wishes from the sunshine coast in Spain,

Carolina 

Fox + Hare

As some of you may know, I graduated from Hyper Island - Motion Creative this June (yay!) and since then I've been busy having a well deserved summer break but I also managed to draw a bit. I'm currently working on different projects such as an animated music video, illustrations for an exhibition in August and a lot of personal projects. Many of them will be finished and released this fall. Below, Red Foxy Fox and Pink Lepus. Available as prints in my shop. 

Pet portraits SALE! LOVE!

I do love drawing someone's loved pet, either it be a dog, cat, hedgehog or the cutest little pig. All animals are wonderful to draw and the most fun is to bring out that special trait from their personality. Or have the pet be in a another place and space in the drawing. One thing I always wished for but never gotten the chance to do is to draw animals in people's clothing. 

I've been somewhat close, drawing cats in superhero capes and in roller-skates. 

During the rest of July I will draw your beloved pets with clothes, or without, in space, 

in the wild, as a lion. Just the way you want it. 

I'm reducing the price from $200 USD to $130 USD throughout the entire month in my Etsy shop. 

Here are examples of commissioned drawings:

Thank you everyone for your love and support! 

/Carolina

Once I Was, short animation

Wow, almost 2 months have passed since my last blog update! I've been busy with school and my internship at a studio as motion designer began a couple of weeks ago. It's all very new and all very exciting. I'm living most days in Malmö (a southern part of Sweden for you who's not familiar with the area) and on weekends in Stockholm. Here's a short animation I finished in early January. 

"Once I Was", same story like my fox illustration with the same title.

Personalized Pet Portrait: Meet George & Piper!

I was thrilled when asked to make another custom drawing, this time of beautiful kittens George and Piper. 

Can't tell you how lucky I feel to get paid for drawing cats! I'm sincerely honored every time someone asks me if I can draw their pet for them. 

I'm home with a cold and all I feel like doing at this moment is to crawl beside those adorable soft swan babies and sleep sweet dreams...

Source: Uploaded by user via Carolina Grönholm on Pinterest

 Wishing you a great week!

/Carolina

IF Challenge: EGG

Custom Pet Portrait: Oliver "The Doo"

My latest commissioned pet portrait of Oliver Julius aka "The Doo". 

I was thrilled when I saw the photo of beautiful Oliver, just look at his orangey marble eyes! So precious. 

Oliver Julius in progress...

Would you like your own portrait drawing of your precious pet? I'll be happy to do it for you! 

Send me a clear photo of your pet and give me approx. 7 days to finish and you'll receive a signed and dated A4 sized illustration in your mail. Easy as pie! For more info see my shop: www.latenightdrawing.etsy.com

Mama Hedgehog

For mama Hedgehog there's no better way to get in true Christmas spirit than to bake gingerbread men. 

( Will be available in shop tonight )

/Carolina

Custom Pet Portrait

My first try on a dog portrait, what do you think?

I was approached on Etsy by a lovely customer who wanted a portrait of Cinder as a necklace, like my illustration necklaces I have in shop already.

This was my first take on drawing a dog, although I've drawn lots of other animals before. Anyway what I was thinking of was perhaps offering to do custom pet portraits in my shops, is this something that you would be interested in? 

Dreamy Mountain Fox - New Illustration

I've been meaning to illustrate this fox I had an a encounter with ever since last summer when I very late at night where bicycling home. It was magical. Not only is it incredible peaceful to bike at night when everything is dark, warm and quiet but to meet a beautiful fox in Stockholm tops it all. 

This below is the original inked drawing.

The Superhero Cat!

He's here again! 

He's gained some weight since last time he showed up but then again I always had a love for fat cats.

In progress...from a charcoal drawing to some color editing in photoshop.

This illustration and also Augustus the flying cat (link above) will be in shop soon!

A hedgehog summer

I see these cute little hedgehogs all the time from my bike, when taking walks, when having picnics in the park, from the bus window and from my balcony. They are the cutest little things ever! 

And it was kind of fun drawing another animal for a change...Ha! (I'm trying not to go cat mad) 

Illustration Friday - Journey

..and so the beetle walked the long way home with an aching heart.

Old illustration but new for this weeks IF.  

New illustration and portfolio

Remember the work in progress a couple of posts down?

Well it's done!

I've been working on my portfolio this week..so what do you think?

This is my first try so there will be some improvements later on.

I hope you're all good, I'm constantly thinking of the disaster in Japan. 

Please remember the animals as well as the humans who need help. There are lots of ways to help. Farp has some more information, and I've posted some links on my twitter (@latenightdrawin).

Nostalgia and inspiration

Some days ago I got reminded of a film I haven't seen for a very long time. It was The Tales Of Beatrix Potter.
All the animals dressed up dancing classical ballet to beautiful orchestra music. Here's a little video I found:

When my sister and I were kids we used to look at this film every time it went on tv, we even had it recorded on vhs so we could look at it whenever we wanted to. I remember loving it and being afraid of some scenes at the same time. I know this film had a profound affect on me as a child and thinking back I know I must have gotten some inspiration from her amazing and delicate work.
 I didn't know back then who Beatrix Potter was and that she was the maker of these characters, I hadn't yet seen these drawings:

So a couple of weeks ago on the subway I saw a poster for a exhibition of her work at Millesgården
and this got me thinking of the film, the inspiration, my childhood and suddenly I was in nostalgia land. I love when that happens, I really have sweet memories of my childhood - and thats even when I met my love J! (that's a story I might tell another time)
Anyway. The exhibition is open till May 15 so I'm going to go! Anyone wanna join? I've always wanted to go to Millesgården but it just haven't come up so this is a great opportunity, thinking late april/early may when the spring flowers are up and shining.

Apropos of inspiration, yesterday was a great day for drawing. I finished 3 original illustrations for the coming exhibition! So I now have 3 more in the midst of making and if super extraordinary inspiration kicks in I'll have some more originals for the shop in april!

The Fabulous Animal Rescue Project

My illustration "Catblanket" has joined FARP, The Fabulous Animal Rescue Project. Their Etsy shop can be found HERE

They have stuff from a lot of great artists - prints, cards and mirrors. Check out their BLOG.

Beetle just got a new make over!

...and so the beetle walked the long way home with an aching heart.

Illustration & Crochet Necklaces

I'm enjoying making these illustration & crochet mixes so much, so it was just a matter of time before I made these necklaces. I had some of these with me on the latest craft market just to try them out and see how the feedback would be and they were the ones that sold most after my prints. I'm trying them out in the shop soon as well.

On other things. I'm not feeling the 2011 thing yet, feeling rather blah. 

But as always, tomorrow is tomorrow and I guess the festivities will make my mood go woah!

Jag gillar verkligen den här blandningen av illustration och virkning som jag gjort ett tag nu så det var på tiden att det blev halsband som en fortsättning. De kommer att finnas i butiker snart.

Jag vet inte, men jag känner mig allmänt blah idag när jag tänker på nyårsafton. Jag antar att mitt humör blir bättre imorgon när festligheterna börjar, det tror jag det!

In a drawing daze...

I'm drawing new, picking up old ones and finishing them. Adding new colors, experimenting and having fun. 

And that is just what I did with Fat Bird On A Sunny Autumn Day.