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Robbed of Your Hair: Letting Your Emotions Out of Jail
October 4, 2024STEP 1 | From Oh-No to Oh-Yes for All Hair Loss Babes Out There: 12 Steps to Cope with Alopecia Dealing with hair loss can feel like a part of you has been stolen - and not just part of your physical being. Discovering a bald spot can lead to… -
From oh-no to oh-yes for all hair loss babes out there
September 28, 202412 Steps to Cope with Alopecia Hair loss can be an incredibly emotional and challenging experience, especially when it happens unexpectedly. As an illustrator, I wanted to visualise this journey by creating an animated pattern that captures the struggles and triumphs of those who experience alopecia. My own experience with… -
When the Dishwasher Waits: Creativity Takes Over
September 5, 2024Today was a good day. Yesterday was also a good day. Nights when I don’t get sleep are simply forgotten. They’re not my focus. Even though I might mention it in passing to my parents or a friend who asks how things are. What doesn’t go well isn’t my focus… -
Can you be creative on parental leave?
August 24, 2024Join Typ Åsa on a journey towards dreamy creative days, flowing images, and hands drawing on different materials FOR SWEDISH TEXT - CLICK HERE 👈 If I had written this six years ago, I would have included an illustration showing my life right now. Back in 2018, I completed a… -
Last minute for GDPR
May 22, 2018I got a question from my manager at Canon – that’s my daily job 💼 working as a communicator – if I could create an illustration for a press realease. Of course i can and with a short brief – me asking the relevant questions 😌 – I came up… -
Reaching 100 days
January 28, 2018On the second of January I reached day one hundred in my illustration project. The feeling of creating for 100 days in a row was great. The purpose of this project was to become more creative. My thought was that you become more creative if you are consistent. I was… -
Parents
November 21, 2017The other week was fathers day in Sweden. I didn’t have the time to meet my father so I came up with the brilliant idea to make him a illustration in this 100 days project that I am doing. When passing this note board I knew that it was going… -
Pattern for players
October 31, 2017Pattern for players is not a blog post about people that you might find in the world of dating. You know the guy or girl that is playing around with other peoples feelings. It is also, not a post about athletic players in a team. So if you are a… -
A paraphrase
October 22, 2017Went for a walk to a retro store after I put up my Marie-Louise Ekman print. Inspired by this artist I created something that you could say is a paraphrase. The painting to the right was created after I took a trip to Palma, on Mallorca. There are a lot… -
Moving hundred days project
October 21, 2017Apparently I haven’t uploaded the last weeks illustrations to this blog. I just now decided to showcase all illustrations within my 100-days project on a portfolio page. I think it will look more eye-catching. I get a lot of questions about this project and I am really happy that many… -
Day 19
October 13, 2017YES It’s Friday! -
Day 18
October 12, 2017Sexual assault is never okay. Eat shit #Weinstein #womenempowerment #illustration #100daysproject #typasa #madewithpaper #sexualassault #hundreddaysproject #closet #hangers #day18 -
Day 17
October 12, 2017The yes sayers can be both happy and sad. -
Day 16
October 10, 2017When almost everyone is carrying bacterias on the morning train. Today’s painting was created with the paper app and even if its about bacteria’s its damn colourful! -
Day 15
October 9, 2017His request was not my law. I was more - don’t you know me by now? Sci-fi has never been my thing. But the evening was nice under my paintings in my pink sofa. -
Day 14
October 8, 2017Creating a little world after spending the weekend out in a forest with mushrooms, shoes, pears and lovely autumn weather. This weekend was fab thanks to the gang!🍁🍂🌧🍐🥚🍄🍷🍾🥃🍽☕️☕️☕️ -
Day 13
October 8, 2017Googles in the pattern. -
Day 12
October 6, 2017DAY 12 We are discussing if we want to live for ever. Will the longing for eternal life fade when you get older? -
Day 11
October 5, 2017Running around from an art exhibition to a concert. -
Day 10 🙀
October 4, 2017Forgot my pencil at home so I just used my fingers to draw. Fun fact is that I am allergic to 😸 -
Day 9
October 3, 2017If you have a frown that leads the way maybe you should turn around. -
Day 8
October 2, 2017One week of illustrating every day and it feels fantastic to coming back into my creative mood. Day 8 is a caption from the subway. Something I heard a man say to another man. I find these moments amusing. I call this one - Say what!?! He was laughing to… -
Day 7
October 1, 2017One week done! I am so glad that this weekend was spent in solitude, drawing and painting 🎨 It kind of takes time to find your flow and/or experiment with new expressions. This is no new expression though. It’s typically me 💀 I really like this frame from Ferm. Light… -
Day 6
September 30, 2017Real ink and paper is the material for today. I always find the balance between colour and white space interesting. I am a friend of colour so sometimes I am afraid I use to little. What do you think? -
Day 5
September 29, 2017So another dark post. I guess yesterday’s meeting with the children’s rights in society kind of reflected on today’s drawing.