Orla Frøsnapper circus

here are some uploads from the production design I did for Orla Frøsnapper. This time the circus. I have incl some very early drawings as well as the final artwork.

jakob´s tree

on this set it was Jakobs tree hut that the three kids spend a lot time in to plan their moves. The drawings is all so some of the early ones in the process of finding the style. So I drew a lot. The interesting part was to keep the naive feel and still define volume.

Orla Frøsnapper design Jakob's Tree

Orla Frøsnapper design - Blacksmith set

The line drawing was one of the initial design for the set.. It was a bit tricky to describe volume and still be true to Ole Lund Kirkegårds style of drawing... But I think we managed to meet him on the way..

Orla Frøsnapper design 02

Orla Frøsnapper design

- two years ago Peter Dodd contacted me to ask if I wanted to design his upcoming cgi feature Ora Frøsnapper.
Since its one of the classics of Danish children literature that if not every - but then at least a substantial amount of kids know in Denmark.
 .I then talked to one of the producers Erik Wilstrup over a cup of coffe..I was glad to say yes..
  This summer it have had its premier... and that came to be a lovely day.

The first set I show is the Blacksmith set. He is a pretty tall guy with BIG hands.. So when he stands behind his fence only he can look over it..and he is not a very nice guy, but i tried to make his garden a male paradise...fenced in, cosy cavelike place. The Ferguson is on request of Peter D...