Stina Löfgren's Log

Sneak preview: Bang illustration

2012-02-10T10:39:00.000-08:00

I'm super-thrilled about the redesign of Bang, by Alexandra Falagara and Brita Lindvall. I made this illustration for the first issue this year, about not recognising the kinship with past politics and decisions.

Gravity

2012-01-11T13:38:00.001-08:00

On national ID being required to vote

2011-12-29T13:05:00.000-08:00

Op-Ed for the New York Times

Arthritis

2011-11-26T17:03:00.000-08:00

Working on a piece about joint pain and how to ease it with exercise.

Arctic politics

2011-11-13T04:45:00.000-08:00

...and the importance of icebreakers. For Bloomberg View.

Coloring

2011-11-01T04:10:00.000-07:00

Doing a page for an upcoming Landfill book. It's a four color print and I'm trying to get the coloring together.

Obstacles

2011-10-05T06:47:00.000-07:00

Working on two spreads for a book about if/why it's hard to talk about feminism today. I've been thinking about the physical response of being in unsafe rooms, that is, being in a context where you're not regarded as in the right place.

Flexi-fuel

2011-09-20T16:29:00.000-07:00

New op-ed illustration for NY Times.

IRL file sharing

2011-09-12T03:32:00.000-07:00

This event, Copy Café, took place a week ago in a rare haven in Stockholm called Hemliga Trädgården. I participated with a publication and by arranging an on-spot bakery together with Aron Kullander-Östling.

The event being non-commercial and held at an off-beat spot in an otherwise very commercially attractive area, the reactions from the visitors were often that of surprise. Basically, you expect that nothing is for free, that you have to put a coin in a jukebox to make it play.

The connection between money and needs/desires is in a way motoric – the physical action of giving away money with one hand makes the other hand ready to receive the needs/desires. But when there's no money involved, no commercial interests, you get a void where you have to sing your own song if you want to have music...

On the debate surrounding 'shit jobs'

2011-07-31T10:31:00.000-07:00

House animation

2011-07-16T18:40:00.000-07:00

NYT op-ed, in defense of weeds

2011-07-02T01:18:00.000-07:00

... and to look on them as a symbol of our global society.

Sketching on 'shit jobs'

2011-06-28T04:58:00.000-07:00

... and politicians' unwillingness to see the shit in them.

Still from ongoing animation

2011-06-16T10:09:00.000-07:00

Making really short animated vignettes for a TV show, this one about exhaust systems (!).

NY Times op-ed

2011-06-14T23:57:00.000-07:00

On inflexible working arrangements in primary care and difficulties for doctors that are mothers.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/15/opinion/l15doctors.html

Documenting my thesis

2011-05-28T13:55:00.000-07:00

Pics and text up soon!

Done sculpting

2011-03-25T05:50:00.000-07:00

On to animating, feels good to get back to the light table...

Space and protection

2011-03-19T03:44:00.000-07:00

A snippet from an animation loop in progress.

On the lightbox

2011-03-07T10:22:00.000-08:00

Animation still

2011-02-24T16:21:00.001-08:00

In progress

2011-02-22T04:21:00.000-08:00

Sculpture no 1 in making...

...and sketch for sculpture no 2.

Sculpting

2011-02-17T02:07:00.000-08:00

Intermission

2011-02-13T10:28:00.000-08:00

Taking a break from thesis work, making a club poster for some friends.

Sketch for sculpture

2011-02-10T07:36:00.001-08:00

Working with sculpture as part of my thesis, which is focusing on the emotional bond between subject and object.

Room divider

2010-12-19T16:47:00.000-08:00

Work-in-progress: using a modified version of the flowers from the OLM-illustration for a room divider.

Literature

2010-11-28T16:11:00.000-08:00

Cover for a magazine about literature.

Roses?

2010-11-26T13:05:00.000-08:00

Got the chance to do some floral exercise.

On insecure fathers

2010-11-07T06:21:00.000-08:00

Type test

2010-11-07T06:18:00.000-08:00

Typefacing

2010-10-27T15:35:00.000-07:00

Animating with L&W

2010-09-13T10:52:00.000-07:00

Right now working on animated vignettes together with Landström & Westerberg.

Cut Copy T-shirt design

2010-09-12T13:56:00.000-07:00

Just finished a design for a Cut Copy T-shirt.

On the rightism of the swedish Center Party

2010-08-25T01:02:00.000-07:00

From a series of images.

On health insurance, work and rehabilitation

2010-07-27T17:12:00.000-07:00

Making multiples

2010-06-26T04:52:00.000-07:00

Plaster mold in the making

2010-06-14T17:51:00.000-07:00

Tricky to do, but lot's of fun!

Animation-in-progress

2010-05-26T14:22:00.000-07:00

Animating again

2010-05-10T10:09:00.000-07:00

I've taken up on animation again, trying to sketch on simple movements like with this stretching guy.

Landfill @ Pick me up

2010-04-17T10:44:00.000-07:00

I've delivered the print files for a Landfill poster that will be riso printed and sold at this upcoming weekends graphic art fair in London. Now I just hope that the volcano ashes will set so I'll be there on time...

Piece for a book reveiw

2010-04-15T19:36:00.000-07:00

Working on an illustration for a book review. Almost finished, but I'm not sure about the colors – maybe too few?

Graphic art fair

2010-02-23T14:02:00.000-08:00

I'll be at the Pick me up fair in London in april, making and exhibiting a print with Landfill – really looking forward to it!

Sketches for a wallpaper

2010-02-14T12:31:00.000-08:00

Very much a work in progress: a wallpaper made together with Alexandra Falagara, with inspiration from poetry.

Konstnären (The Artist)

2010-01-26T09:04:00.001-08:00

Illustrations for the upcoming issue of Konstnären, the member journal for the artists' national association in Sweden. On textile art and on incorporating art when constructing new public (and private) buildings.

Book illustrations

2010-01-04T17:04:00.000-08:00

Started with the final coloring of some of the book illustrations. This is the opening image (wallpaper) I'm working on, below are a couple of others that's up for coloring as well!

Give & Take, sketch

2010-01-02T05:32:00.001-08:00

I'm doing a poster for a project called 'Them-and-Us' (them-and-us.org),
on the theme 'Give & Take'. I thought about sharing of ideas, and came up with this sketch I'm finishing off today.

Book work

2009-12-19T14:04:00.000-08:00

I'm currently illustrating a book for a swedish government organization. This is a color sketch for one of the images.

Fez Pros and cabinet

2009-12-09T15:27:00.000-08:00

A print for a zine called 'Fez Pros' (yes, the title was made out of scrambled letters!), that was made during a workshop this weekend at Hangups in Stockholm.

And, I'm also sort-of-done with my cabinet. The only thing missing is the glass, which I have but it need to be fitted.

Cabinet

2009-11-29T04:24:00.001-08:00

Found a chest that I'm making into cabinet.
If I get it together, I'll finally get a place to put all my treasures.

Us and them, pt2

2009-11-19T08:27:00.001-08:00

Us and them

2009-11-17T12:27:00.000-08:00

Making a quick and short animation on the subject of 'the people of reality' vs 'the elite'.

Utopia & Dystopia

2009-11-11T05:33:00.001-08:00

New theatre poster

2009-10-25T10:15:00.000-07:00

(The empty space at the bottom is left for text)

Off to the screenprinting studio!

2009-10-07T09:47:00.000-07:00

Long time no screenprint, so I made an image to print this friday.

Think it's going to be a 50 x 70 cm poster.

Galago sticker

2009-10-03T14:55:00.000-07:00

...in the making.

Ful pt2

2009-09-30T02:45:00.000-07:00

2nd illustration for Ful.

Ful: color test

2009-09-29T15:32:00.000-07:00

Trying out colors for an illustration for the swedish magazine Ful.
The article is about creative networks and discussions.

Friidrott (Free sport)

2009-09-28T12:07:00.000-07:00

Ad for a Track & Field event.
Made together with Kyuhyuong Cho and Cristina Stef.

Trust Me

2009-09-14T13:23:00.001-07:00

An image I made for the italian online + printed magazine Trust Me: http://www.trustmemagazine.com/

Edit: adjusted colors

2009-09-14T07:44:00.001-07:00

Poster design

2009-09-11T15:07:00.000-07:00

The finished design for a theatre poster, although I might adjust the colors a bit.

Rough poster sketch

2009-09-08T11:21:00.000-07:00

Digital and analog

2009-09-01T12:58:00.000-07:00

It's hard to be effective in Flash, I get easily caught up working with details. Right now I'm working on a web-thingie. It's supposed to be really whimsical, and I think I'm getting there!

Also: school's started! :-D

Finished cover

2009-08-24T05:13:00.000-07:00

Vector fun pt 2

2009-08-18T07:16:00.001-07:00

Vector fun

2009-08-17T13:43:00.000-07:00

Nice colors when working with lines in Flash.
I'd like a neon sign that looked something like this.

Back to work!

2009-08-17T07:30:00.000-07:00

Ah, what a summer!
Starting up fall by continuing to work on the illustrations for the theatre show.

Between the sunbathing sessions I've managed to squeeze in some time for the cover of the swedish translation of Bechdels 'Fun Home'. Fun job!

More cutting

2009-06-28T16:16:00.001-07:00

Hmm...?

2009-06-16T06:54:00.000-07:00

Started making cut-out sketches for the theatre project.

Dancing dog

2009-06-11T15:10:00.000-07:00

I've just started sketching on posters for a theatre this fall – fun job!
This dancing dog was one of the first characters to appear.

Poster #2: check!

2009-05-02T08:30:00.001-07:00

Poster #1 done! Two more to go.

2009-04-29T01:19:00.000-07:00

Walk test pt2

2009-04-21T17:27:00.000-07:00

The final cutting has begun!

Walk test

2009-04-13T07:54:00.000-07:00

Animating a knot

2009-04-08T17:22:00.000-07:00

Backgrounds

2009-04-07T04:31:00.000-07:00

Animation backgrounds. Been thinking about the name of the project, maybe 'Lazy brain'. Ehm.

Flipping faces

2009-03-29T10:11:00.000-07:00

Walk cycle

2009-03-23T10:39:00.000-07:00

Trying out some editing

2009-03-22T07:36:00.000-07:00

Improvising still feels a bit embarrassing, I'm getting used to it though.
My brothers drums are out of sync but you get a sense of what the sound's gonna be like.

More fire!

2009-03-19T05:32:00.000-07:00

With drums

2009-03-17T02:41:00.000-07:00

Trying things out

2009-03-16T03:32:00.000-07:00

Testing testing one two three

2009-03-05T13:05:00.000-08:00

BFA project

2009-03-03T14:20:00.000-08:00

So I've started my last project at Konstfack (well, at least for a while?). It's an animation and some sort of installation. More to come!

Skärholmen

2009-02-07T02:59:00.001-08:00

Last week they sold these fishes at Munir Livs.

Verbal assault

2009-01-19T13:46:00.000-08:00

Today was the first day of a three week class with Coco Moodysson.
Feels like it's gonna be a great class, and lots of work (good)!

Print, day 2

2008-12-23T20:27:00.000-08:00

Done withe the first (very small) edition!

Screenprinting again

2008-12-23T09:42:00.001-08:00

Feels good to be back in a screenprinting workshop!
Starting out with a poster of the 'Pet Noir' image. This image above is actually the two originals for the print.

Women in motion

2008-12-20T14:47:00.000-08:00

I've been to LA and went to some really good museums – LACMA, MOCA, Getty and the Craft and Folk Art Museum. Since you're not allowed to take photos in most of them, I get to excercice some sketching. This is from a photo for Vanity Fair.

And a refined sketch against a Malibu sunset.

Popup finals

2008-11-25T16:48:00.000-08:00

Two weeks left to work on the final pop up book, and mine is still in bits and pieces!

de Young

2008-11-09T11:18:00.000-08:00

Rainy saturday, so I went to the de Young Museum right here in Golden Gate Park. Great place!

More prints!

2008-10-28T21:53:00.000-07:00

Working with wood

2008-10-20T23:58:00.000-07:00

My 'runner' taking shape.

The old fool at Tenderloin this friday.

<3 Golden Gate Park

2008-10-18T23:57:00.000-07:00

This place is my neighbour!

Runner blockprint

2008-10-18T19:26:00.000-07:00

Sketch and plan of a japanese woodcut. The final colors on this print will be different ones than these, I think.