Oct 22
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My sketches come alive as digital art + 5 Tips how to create original conceptual art

For a digital artist like me getting those unique ideas for my images is one of the most important things. I see them in my dreams, when I read a magazine or pretty much anywhere. I have learned that ideas are everywhere if you just allow yourself to see them.
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Nov 11
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Beginning of an adventure

When my son was 8 months old, we got a new member to our pack; a jackrussellterrier called Taksi (yes, that’s “taxi” in Finnish). We were not supposed to get another dog in addition to the two we already had, but Taksi sneaked into my wife’s heart by wobbling to sleep next to my son as soon as she was able to get out of the puppy pen.
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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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May 18
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Color lives in the Shadows Lighting workshop

Last week I had my first LIVE workshop with new material since Digital Artist Master Class. Since many people have been asking how I use color filter and flashes in my images, I decided to put together a new workshop called "Color lives in the shadows".
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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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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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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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Oct 08
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Medals of War

Some months ago I was selected to produce promotional images for a brand new mobile game Medals of War by Nitro games. This was once again project that just made me really excited since I definitely knew that I could make some amazing images for the company.
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Oct 08
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Black Light Discipline

Black Light Discipline is a Finnish Electro-Metal band founded 2005. As they were about to release the new single The Ghost Door they approached me to produce a concept for their new promotional images.
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