Andreas Erstling

Floating monk

2012-02-22T13:32:00.002+01:00

Hi,

I give you ... ehh ... I don't really know what to say to this one :)

peace,
A.

Sketching an Ogre

2012-02-13T16:30:00.001+01:00

Allo allo,

Here's a little drawing that I have been working on from time to time. Maybe I will have time to finish it in the future.

Doing these kind of drawings is really fun. It's relaxing to just draw whatever comes to mind :)

peace,
A.

Warm-up sketches

2012-02-08T10:13:00.000+01:00

Hi,

I'm working on some illustrations that I can't show yet.

So here's a few warm up sketches instead :)

peace,
A.

Online portfolio test

2012-01-31T14:51:00.000+01:00

Testing the Issuu online portfolio thing.

Open publication - Free publishing - More andreas

Beauty rituals

2012-01-26T17:43:00.000+01:00

Hi all,

Here's a picture I did for a book on beauty rituals and all that stuff.

Quite a nice assignment to work on.

The book is titled "Skønhedsritualer - indre sundhed, ydre skønhed". Written by Laura Bonné, and published by the good people at FADL publishing.

be good, and be safe,
A.

A little celebration of new beginnings

2012-01-14T14:07:00.003+01:00

Hi all,

Hope everyone made it safely into the new year.

I thought this image was appropriate for the start of something new :)

It was done as a test for an upcoming project to determine the visual style.

peace,
A.

Merry Christmas !

2011-12-20T15:09:00.000+01:00

Hello all,

I wish you all a very merry christmas, and a fantastic new year !

peace,
A.

The Monk - WIP

2011-09-06T19:54:00.000+02:00

Hello,

Here's a little snapshot of a picture I started today. Just trying to wind down after work.

Don't quite know where this one is going to end. We'll see once I work some more on it :)

peace,
A.

Tigergirl

2011-07-27T10:09:00.000+02:00

Allo allo,

I had some free time at the beginning of the week, so I did this for fun.

Kinda happy about how it turned out. For me it was a step in the right direction :)

peace,
A.

Petrea vol 2.

2011-07-20T09:00:00.001+02:00

Hi all,

Just wanted to show the cover for the second book in the series about the girl Petrea.

The book is published by Alinea, and written by Mette Finderup.

Take care,
A.

Warm-up

2011-07-19T13:29:00.002+02:00

Nothing much to say about this one. Just a warm-up sketch.

A.

Pinned - work in progress

2011-06-02T13:44:00.001+02:00

Hey all,

Sorry for the long absence :) It's been a crazy hectic month.
I will post some of the illustrations I've been working on soon. But I have to wait for the books to come out.

In the meantime you can have a look at this little "work in progress".

This isn't a commisioned piece, which is one of the reasons I took the liberty of changing the image completely from early sketch to later sketch :)
It went from being the head of a dragon pinning down a warrior, to something ... ehhh ... completely differently.

Anyway, here's the images.

love,
A.

Sketches

2011-05-06T17:21:00.000+02:00

Hi,

Today I have a few sketches for you.

Not much, I know.

Anyway, have a nice weekend :)

peace,
A.

Sonja the gypsyking's daughter

2011-04-28T09:00:00.004+02:00

Hi,

I did this almost a year ago.

Just found it going through the stuff on my computer, and thought it might be nice to post here.

The text is just for fun. It wasn't a paid job or anything.

Just something I did for myself to improve.

There's one version with the mock typography and one without.

later,

Rosalie

2011-04-26T10:16:00.000+02:00

Bonjour,

This is an image I did for my self last year (2010).

Trying to become better at the whole "understanding colour" thing.

peace,
A.

Comic project

2011-04-19T13:33:00.002+02:00

Hi,

Here's some sketches from a little comic book project I'm working on with Lars Horneman and Lars Gabel.

Its something we do when we can spare the time, so I don't know how far we'll be able to take it.

But let's hope we can make something of it :)

peace,

Pin-Up

2011-04-08T11:21:00.001+02:00

Hi,

I'm gonna throw a little pin-up your way.

Not much of a story to this one. It started out as an image of the main character from the Playstation 3 game "Bayonetta".
But at the end I kinda just wanted to finish the image and move on to something new, so I abandoned the idea of doing some fanart and settled for tidying up the loose ends. The final result ended up looking more like someone from "Tron" though :)

(Oh, by the way. I know her right arm is out of proportion, but sometimes you just have to walk away from the drawing and say "There. That's all I have time for. Maybe the next one will be better").

peace,
A.

Good old sketches

2011-03-29T13:45:00.000+02:00

Allo,

Here's a little peek at some sketches.

Pretty straightforward. Sketches were done in pencil and the final black and white illustration was done with brush and ink.

peace,
A.

Interiors

2011-03-22T10:53:00.000+01:00

Hi all,

Long time no see.

Here's a few interiors from the last 3 books I have been so lucky to work on.

The first is from "Sten becomes a mascot" by Peter Hindsgaul.

The next two are from the series "Petrea" by Mette Finderup.

stay safe,
A.

The Kind Witch

2011-03-14T11:12:00.000+01:00

Ola,

Here's a pencil sketch I did as a doodle.

I liked how it turned out, so I'm trying to take it a bit further.

ciao,
A.

Petrea vol 1.

2011-03-04T15:33:00.000+01:00

Hi,

Here's the cover for the latest book I was fortunate enough to illustrate.

It's written by Mette Finderup and revolves around the character Petrea.

peace,
A.

And... action.

2011-02-25T12:53:00.000+01:00

allo allo,

Another caricature. Hope you can tell who it is.

peace :)
A.

Cars

2011-02-18T11:07:00.000+01:00

Hi,

Here's a little work in progress. It's one of those things you draw to wind down after work. Haven't really draw cars much, but I'm beginning to appreciate the different designs and lines.

Hope to be able to finish it soon, if time allows.

later,
A.

Warrior monk dude

2011-02-10T13:31:00.000+01:00

Hi all,

Here's a picture I did last summer.

The perspective is a bit off. I should have fixed it before starting the "painting" stage, but I didn't. And that came back to haunt me :)
Let's hope I remember it next time; always have a well worked out drawing before going any further.

peace,
A.

Book cover.

2011-02-04T13:22:00.000+01:00

Hi,

Here's the cover I did for a new book that just hit the market.

It's published by Alrune, and written by Peter Hindsgaul.

peace,
A.

Happy and fluffy.

2011-01-28T16:40:00.000+01:00

Hi,

After having seen too much anime, I felt like drawing something with big fluffy gloves :)

later,
A.

To be loose or not to be loose.

2011-01-25T12:03:00.001+01:00

Ola,

Here's another sketch.

As you can see I've just done the ink directly on top of the pencil. (You can just make out the yellow pencil underneath).

And keeping the inking relatively loose keeps the piece alive.

It is something I hope to do more with my illustrations in the future, and not work the lines to death.

In other words. I need to loosen up :)

peace,

Kitty

2011-01-25T11:48:00.001+01:00

Hello again,

Here's a drawing I did for fun. As you can see, there's absolutely no story behind it :)

ciao,

Some sketches

2011-01-14T16:20:00.000+01:00

Hi,

Just a few sketches.

later,
A.

The Iron Bitch

2011-01-07T17:53:00.001+01:00

Hi all,

Happy 2011!

Here's an illustration I did for a company that works with scrap iron.

They call themselves "Jernkaellingen", which translates to something like "The iron bitch".

It was fun to work on, and they were really nice to work with :)

peace,
A.

Spider Princess

2010-12-16T15:37:00.000+01:00

Hey,

This is a take on what could be a spider princess of sorts :)

peace,

Sketch

2010-12-14T11:24:00.000+01:00

Hi,

Here's a sketch from an educational book.

It retold the story of Aladdin.

And yes... I know my version of Aladdin is incredibly close to Disneys version.
But they did come up with a good character design, so who am I to change that :)

later,
A.

Sketch

2010-12-07T13:01:00.001+01:00

Hi again,

Here's a sketch.

I think I did this after looking at some illustrations Chritian Hoejgaard had done for a kids book. So it is somewhat of a copy :)

peace,

Marilyn

2010-12-03T21:31:00.001+01:00

Hi,

Found this one and wanted to share it :)

Miss Monroe sure did have presence on screen.

take care,
A.

Kidman

2010-12-01T09:42:00.001+01:00

Hi,

Just wanted to share another caricature.

And who doesn't love Kidman...mmmmm :)

later,

Sketch

2010-11-28T09:55:00.002+01:00

Hello all,

Just wanted to share another sketch with ye all.

The internet at our studio has been down for some weeks, but it is finally up and running again :D Wuhuuu !!!

So that is why I haven't posted as much lately.

Well. That's all for now.

peace,

AE Illustration.com make-over.

2010-11-14T00:29:00.001+01:00

Hello all,

Just wanted to let you know that my new webpage is up and running :)

Wohoo!

If you want to visit, you can find a link to the right here, under my link section, or use this link www.andreaserstling.com

later,

Sketch

2010-11-11T13:54:00.000+01:00

Hi all,

Another doodle.

I have erased some of the lines that surrounded her on the page. The original is more cluttered with crap :)

peace,
A.

Sketch

2010-11-09T14:11:00.000+01:00

Hi,

Todays sketch :)

adieu,
A.

The Count

2010-11-08T11:00:00.001+01:00

Hi,

Here´s a picture I did some time ago.

As usual, the text is just for fun :)

later,
A.

Sketch

2010-11-07T14:23:00.003+01:00

Hi everyone,

Just another warm-up sketch. Nothing too fancy.

Was studying some Lawrence Alma Tadema, so this is from one of his amazing paintings.

take care,
A.

Sketch

2010-11-06T10:25:00.003+01:00

Hi all,

Just another sketch :)

Have a nice and safe day,
Andreas

Frozen

2010-10-18T09:56:00.001+02:00

Hi,

Here's an unpublished picture I did last year. The title is just for fun.

Funny thing is that a just recently found out there's a new movie out this year with the same title :)

see ya,
A.

Warm-up sketch

2010-10-14T14:40:00.002+02:00

Hi,

Just another warm-up sketch.

later,
A.

Unpublished cover

2010-10-12T15:51:00.003+02:00

Hi all,

This is a drawing I did for my portfolio. The text on it is just for my own amusement. I love to put fake titles on my covers, while I work on them. It gives me a better idea of how it might end up looking with typography on.

Later,
A.

Warm-up sketch

2010-10-11T10:23:00.000+02:00

Hi all,

A small warm-up sketch. Nothing big.

take care,
A.

Digital sketch

2010-10-02T14:26:00.002+02:00

This one was done i Photoshop from photo reference.

A.

Assassin baberella

2010-10-01T13:37:00.005+02:00

Hi all,

Another one done around this summer.

The picture doesn't really make any sense.

But that's the cool thing when doing your own stuff; it can be anything you want. The pen is free to wander.

peace,
A.

Pretty smile

2010-09-30T16:33:00.003+02:00

Hi,

This is a picture I did a few months ago. I was in-between jobs and felt like drawing a cute pin-up :)

peace,
A.

Warm-up sketches

2010-09-27T11:23:00.006+02:00

Hi,

This is a warm-up sketch I did the other day.

The first one is an edited version, and the second is the raw version. That's what my doodles usually look like :)

later,
A.

Nice old lady

2010-09-20T11:46:00.009+02:00

Hi everyone,

I did this one because the woman in the picture has an absolutely amazing face. How can you not want to draw it :)

It was made in Photoshop and Painter.

see ya,
A.

Caricature

2010-09-18T17:07:00.003+02:00

This was a drawing I did to work on my caricature skills.

Hope you like it. And that you can figure out who it is :)

hint: his name rhymes with Icolas Age.

Sketch

2010-09-18T15:20:00.002+02:00

Hey all,

Here is a little sketch for you :)

A.

Peace y'all

2010-09-15T13:50:00.002+02:00

Greetings,

Here is a little drawing I did for my own entertainment.

I used a reference photo for the hand, and the rest is all from imagination... or maybe from my fantasy :)

Peace out,

Long time no see

2010-09-13T11:27:00.003+02:00

Probably the most used headline in blogger history.

But true none the less :)

So, even though I have been away for a while, I have still been drawing. And those drawings will be posted here on a more regular basis.

This one, for instance, was a pitch for a cover on a book I have the pleasure of working on. A different cover was chosen, so it should be safe to post this one :)

Anyway, stay safe and see you soon.

And another one

2008-03-31T14:51:00.008+02:00

Here's a doodle done during the day while waiting for various programs to open and files to be saved :)

The ref was another drawing done by some artist, whose identity I can't recall. One of those brilliant guys you can find blogging.

I will problably end up with his blog in my links at some point if I can remember his name. That way you might stumble upon the original.

First post

2008-03-31T14:00:00.004+02:00

So, this is the inevitable first post.

This picture is from a series of sketches done for a kids horrorbook.

A.