Aug 19
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2020

This is the year that we will all remember. Our kids will remember. January started off with record high heat waves and huge bushfires, especially in Australia. Images of koala bears rescued from trees are still embedded in my mind. And right after that, we faced the COVID. 
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Jan 20
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Before & After images of my digital art

As a digital artist, I create images that are usually almost unimaginable. For this, I have to have tools to achieve my visions and this is where my retouching background comes into play.
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Oct 29
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Layers of being human, Day of the dead

I consider traveling for my work both as a curse and a blessing; damned be the hours spent away from my family and cozy little home but such a blessing to see the world and meet so many friends, new and old, during my travels. Often my trips have been a source of inspiration for my work, bringing to me visual images, techniques and traditions of a different world.
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Nov 08
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Why and when you should work for exposure: Project “Finding Gary Vee”

The question about working for free in creative business is probably as old as it gets. I bet there was some douchebag neanderthal not giving the fair share of meat to the cave painter because, after all, the artist would get exposure for his work. However, there is a time and place for “free work”, and this is a story of one of them times.
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Sep 23
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Turn The Blind Eye

I’m not an environmental activist. I’m more or less a regular dude who hates taking out biowaste, still drives a diesel because it is cheaper and recycles plastic because my wife says so. I enjoy our Finnish lake views, clean air, and peaceful sunsets, but rarely think about losing them...until recently.
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Jul 26
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Teaching photoshop techniques via replicating movie posters

I have always loved movie posters and teaching photography and retouching. Now I started to combine both as I started a new section on my Youtube -channel where I teach people how to re-create certain iconic movie posters in Photoshop. I'm using stock images to create my replications and try to find matching images in my final images.
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Apr 13
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Witcher and Game of Thrones photoshoot with Santatory Cosplay

Santatory is a cosplayer from Norway and is most known for here Margaery Tyrell cosplay since she looks just like Natalie Dormer.
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Feb 26
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Gold, Glitter and Confetti explosions. Birthday photoshoot with my MUAH

When your favorite stylist / MUAH Laura turns 30 and she asks if I want to make a photoshoot with her, I think the clear answer is HELL YEA!!
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Dec 07
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Amazing Wonder Woman brought to life

"I am Diana of Themyscira, daughter of Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons... in the name of all that it is good...your wrath upon this world... is OVER"
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Oct 11
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Before and After images

I have been using Adobe Photoshop for over 23 years. My first version was 3.0 and it has been definitely a ride to see the software to develop into this current stage.
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