the dreamer

I'm everything in my dreams
and nothing in this world
And if I'd become something outside my head
my dreams would cease to exist

portrait

This is actually supposed to look like someone who isn't just in my head.

kouvostoliitto - city of ruins

I took this picture right in the heart of my dear little home town. The building was once called Kymenhovi, now it is a monument to remind us how things are done around here.

dryad - now in full color!

She got finally some color on her skin.

frog prince

Yeah right, like the little bastard would turn into a prince if she stuck her tongue in its mouth....


I don't like this but decided to finish it just to get it out of my way.

sketch

Yesterday I thought that I just draw little something for the blog, something fast and nothing too serious. I was thinking maybe a frog... And this came out, being nowhere near fast or little.
It looks nice now, but let's see what's left of it after I've ravished it with my inks.

the last shift

Just finished these, a couple of illustrations for the upcoming issue of Tähtivaeltaja, from which you can read The Last Shift, a short story by Hal Duncan and also look at these pretty little pictures with it - and smell them too, the smell of the paper is very relevant... I mean not just for these pictures but in generally...