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Type Couture

Mari — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 08:51:43 +0000

Typographic dress for the launch of new women’s magazine Alt for damene. The idea from the creative team at Kitchen was “stories that stay with you after you have finished reading”.

Sketches of various dresses and poses during art direction of the photo shoot.

Backstage

First rough sketches off the different styles were drawn in the studio at the end of the shoot.

Rune Spaans and his team commenced to do the 3D-work. Firstly, the body had to be rebuilt in 3D to get the stance right. The dress was then modeled onto the frame. To the left: The flat sketch. To the right: The draped 3D-model.

When the shape was ready, the UV-map was passed over to us so that we could start working with the text layout.

The typography was meticulously filled in.

It required a lot of testing and “alternative kerning” to get the typography exactly in the right spot. With the UV map ready, Rune could now make a render of the final dress. Here are the results.

The ads were published in a nationwide campaign that ran in magazines, newspapers and on boards .

The campaign was commissioned by the creative team Ole Henrik Stubberud, Heidi Mittun and Elin Dorum Bengtsson at Kitchen.
Foto: Massimo Leardini
Model: Kari-Anne / Team models
Hair & Make-up: Agnes Guldbrandsen/Pudder Styling: Linda Myrseth/Pudder
3D work: Rune Spaans/SuperRune (Light, render og compositing) Christer Sveen (Modeling)

Compost Sketches

bjorn — Sun, 02 May 2010 07:23:02 +0000

Some sketches for the “Ugress” gardening column in D2 magazine. The article was basically about composting, and the odour challenges thereof. The composition was really simple, meaning everything had to rely on a clear and strong pose. Bottom: The final illustration, which also can be seen in full colour here.

Hollywood Hair

bjorn — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 22:00:39 +0000

This illustration was for an article on Hollywood hair. I wanted to do something with the huge wavy hair style of the lustrous bombshells of the Golden Age, and used the (very platinum indeed) Veronica Lake for reference. I decided upon a monochrome look, and gave the face and the trees a slightly washed out look, to bring more sheen and volume to the hair. For the background I added some palm trees from the Sunset Boulevard.

Above: For reasons unknown, there was a moment of frenzy after the first sketch.