New Kids On The Blog

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I was a bit undecisive on what to do with

my "kids with animal masks" pieces I did a few weeks

ago - first the wolf on the kart and the pig on

the trike (boy, that sounds weird), followed by the

duckboy and the kid in the lion costume.

Since the Bologna childrens book fair is around the

corner and thankfully our school has later deadlines

for submissions for the exhibition that happens

parallel to the main fair, I thought that they looked

so nice in a group and made a fifth kid, the

boy with the raccoon mask on the far left.

I did some minor corrections on the older pieces,
most prominently a light yellowish paper tone (to

counteract the sometimes a bit harsh looking contrasts),

but I was surprised how well they fit together, considering

that I never really planned them to be a series.

In other news, here´s a pretty big piece I did for

a new exhibition at Rotopol in Kassel with

the topic "Secret Service". I was going a bit

crazy with the accesoires on this one, and it turned

out more like a mix between a spy, a policeman

and a cowboy. I´d say that this is one of the most

complex pieces I did till now (in terms of

layers and single elements). I wouldn´t want

everything I do to be this evolved, but I´m quite

happy with it. (Finally one of my drawings has some

sort of background - something I almost always have

avoided!)

Cheers,

Frederik