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Excellent hunting grounds for Stephane Kardos

Stephane Kardos blog , (Stef's sketches) was one of the reasons I started blogging, his travel sketches and sketches of people are superb. Sometime I wish I could capture people like he does, especially when I visit a place like Bar Centro in Gothenburg. I have not mustered the derring-do to sketch people from life yet, the people that frequent Bar Centro is people who work in advertising and architecture firms and they all look very trendy. People who work in the game industry is notoriously un-trendy, but the coffee is so superb so we can't stay away. Art directors Mr Mystery Mr Big Hands Advertisement executives Typical Game designer

19 comments:

  1. Anonymous9:14 AM

    Advertising people speak a language only understood by their own species (ever tried reading one of their blogs?)! I hope you will get your delusions of grandeur back, (those large drawings look wonderful)just put on your rainpants!

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  2. Mattias Adolfsson9:26 AM

    I love parts of the English language the expression "delusions of grandeur" just don't translates unto Swedish, the same goes for "Derring do" (this probably is not used that often these days, think I read it In an old copy of the scarlet pimpernel). Don't think I'll return to the larger size sketchbooks though, they are to bulky, and it takes to long time to draw in them). I have a xxl sketchbook that's not in the photo, but that's so large that I have to have an extra hand to get it down from the attic.

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  3. Henrik10:55 AM

    Also excellent hunting grounds for our crimps.

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  4. Mattias Adolfsson11:39 AM

    They would have a field day Henrik, but the problem is that they actually produce things.

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  5. Jason1:54 PM

    Nice work, I see you have the same stereotypes that we have out here - a few others are 'magazine folk', or 'music shop owner-guy' and 'newspaper "writer"'. The most reviled, however: 'motoring journalist'. Ugh!

    I don't like drawing in bars though. People always come and look, that's something I have yet to deal with...

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  6. Mattias Adolfsson2:01 PM

    I think the types are universal, motoring journalist is a new type to me, do we have them in Sweden?

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  7. Anonymous2:03 PM

    I don't know if this is interesting or not but I thought of your drawing of the captain with the cocktail when I saw this.
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=8qdsv2CRHjk
    It might also explain why delusions of grandeur are so hard to cultivate in Britain!
    I think derring do went out fashion after WW1 ;)!

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  8. Mattias Adolfsson2:11 PM

    Ha ha, great. I loved to watch the "All Creatures Great & Small" by James Herriot when I was a child always wanted to visit Yorkshire, no I knew how to get there, or no they don't go as far as Sweden, what a catch 22.

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  9. Alexei Martins3:04 PM

    I love it!A typical Game designer...????WTF?Hahaha awesome Very funny...

    Hey Mattias, can I make one little homage to you? Your work inspire me a lot.

    Thanks
    -Alexei

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  10. Mattias Adolfsson3:06 PM

    Please do Alexei but don't start carrying a fish around, it's not that cool ;)

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  11. Unknown10:59 PM

    well, tack sa myckett Mattias, I return the compliment to you. When I see in your previous post all your sketchbooks and how mind blowing all the drawings in them, that makes me want to draw more and more.
    Now, when I'm in Gothenburg, you have to take me to bar centro to have a nice drink and we'll sketch all those trendy people while you'll listen to my bad Swedish.:)

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  12. Unknown1:30 AM

    HA ! HA !! Brilliant!! I love the Game design with a fish!! Those in LA carry toy sword or gun around!! LOL

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  13. Anonymous3:30 AM

    You are positively stuffed with imagination. I'm so jelous! You just keep coming up with the funniest, weirdest ideas. I am completely smitten with your DRAGONS.

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  14. Random York4:54 AM

    Hi Mattias, I agree about Stef's blog... it introduced me to art blogging, however your art inspires me in the same way, your style is very distinctive.

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  15. Mattias Adolfsson9:05 AM

    Wow Alina swords! that's even uncooler than a herring. Stef you better sketch while I hold the fish.
    Thanks Lindsay and Random I'm very flattered and stressed that I'll run out of new ideas!

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  16. Matt Beharry4:51 AM

    mattias,

    wanted to drop you a note about this post - you were inspired by stef & and i was, in turn, inspired by you (to blog). thanks for the great sketchs, and feel free to check out my blog i just started.

    -matt b

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  17. Mattias Adolfsson8:35 AM

    Thanks Matt and good luck with your blog

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  18. Anonymous8:23 PM

    your legs are great!

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  19. jacobsteel1:03 AM

    fikar ju där ett par gånger i veckan. jobbar runt hörnet och skorporna är beroendeframkallande.

    var tvungen att posta min tagning... har inte hunnit göra karikatyrer än... men det kommer. :)

    dina var helt suveräna. (som vanligt) :-)

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