Long time no see + new animated video!

Really! Where do time go? I haven't updated this blog since March? Oh well, I guess I have my reasons for that. Last spring was busy due to work, fun work! As in a new animated music video. It took me a couple of months but I'm really pleased of how it turned out. I directed and animated it frame by frame for the amazing Detroit band Colorwheel.

Here are some selected gifs and stills from beginning of ideation to the video:

The story is about a couple of pigeons on a psychedelic journey on The Paisley Train express. 

        

Thank you for watching! Ps. I still post work in progress pics almost everyday on my Instagram :)

/Carolina

Quick Animation Exercise

A couple of nights a week I do small motion exercises just to learn something new. Since from the start, learning how to make my illustrations move have for me been like magic. It's so much fun and I'm enjoying everything this learning process has to offer. These two gifs was an experiment not focusing on the design but to make something quick within the specific technique before moving on and trying another new technique. 

New video release!

The music video I completed last autumn for Sebastian Mullaert has finally been released! 

The new year started good! 

I started creating the concept look and illustrations in August and together with my fellow Hyper Island alumni and friend Ann, we began animating in September. It was blood, sweat and tears, especially during the last week or so...but I think it turned out really good so it was definitely worth it!

Have a look: 

     

Official video for "Chant de Paris" by Sebastian Mullaert. T

his is a short video version of the original track.

Art Direction & Animation by Carolina Grönholm - http://www.carolinagronholm.com

Animation by Ann Rubin - http://www.annrubin.com

The illustrations got a cleaner look than I usually tend to create but I thought it would look great animated. 

Best wishes for 2015!
/Carolina

St. Lucia

Tomorrow is one of the shortest days of the year. The sun rises at 8.30 am in the morning and sets at 2.45 pm. This never ending darkness can be depressing sometimes... Tomorrow is however St.Lucia day here in Sweden! A lovely old tradition of light "festivities" with Lucia in the center with candles in her hair. 

Below, originally made for a short commissioned video.

/Carolina

IF:Theatre - Family House On Vacation

I keep drawing houses. This was originally for a short animation I started on early last spring, hoping I'll finish it someday. I've added some coloring and details in the background. This illu will also be added as a print in my nordic and international shop. A few seconds are included in my animation reel below if you're curious of how it looks animated. 

                             

"Home Sweet Home"

     I'm drawing and dreaming of houses. This is a little animation short I did earlier this spring.

"Home Sweet Home"

     

            

     

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.

A Hyper Island Student Project

Here's the whole animation my group did for the Hyper Island school project "Human Billboard".

 Our client was Oliver & Eva and our theme was fetishism, we chose to portrait one of the most common ones:

We got the chance to show our animation short movies at a the best commercial spot in Stockholm, on the big screen at Stureplan. We were 8 teams who produced 8 different short movies and themes of sexual minorities. 

"Paths That Cross" - New animation short finished

So I just finished a new animation short! It feels like a great start of the new year.
Hopefully plenty more of this and new stuff will come.

As always, my inspiration to create comes from music: 

                                         

Sneak peek of new animation project

Oh boy, I haven't blogged for over a month! It's the Christmas holidays and I finally have time to rest, eat fat christmassy food, spend time with my little family and yes - blog a little too!

This is some short clips of our latest group project at Hyper Island we did before the holidays. The shower scene and watery text was my first tries of animating frame by frame in flash and was made as part of a short 30 sec movie for the client Oliver & Eva. I'll post the movie here as soon as I'm able to show it.

Hope you're having a great holiday, 

Wishing you a wonderful new 2014!