ljudbilden & piloten

Listen to my album online…all 15 tracks!

ljudbilden & piloten — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:14:08 +0000

So, finally.
For you who haven’t heard it I think you should.
I’ve uploaded my album “One Hundred Fifty-Five” released on Nosordo in 2008

Just click here and spend some time in that little musical universe I created.

in São Paulo

ljudbilden & piloten — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:36:22 +0000

here i am, in São Paulo.
participating at Rojo-Nova festival
Will play one gig tomorrow at SESC Pompeia and also have a VJ-set when Bradien [esp] plays. My friends Vidderna [SE] will also play tomorrow.
Then on friday we’ll have a little unannounced gig at the venue. When and where no onw knows.
It’ll be great!

Bradien on spotify

Benga - Baltimore Clap

ljudbilden & piloten — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 08:56:33 +0000

“Baltimore Clap” follows a hapless little chap on a terrifying journey through a cavernous clap factory.
Benga ‘Phaze One’ is out now on Tempa Records.
For more information contact Bryony Bradford

Artist: Benga
Track: Baltimore Clap
Label: Tempa Records
Duration: 3mins 40sec
ISRC: GBQGW1020001
Commissioners: Bart Yates & Sarah Soulja
Director: Kristofer Ström
Production Company: Blinkink
Producer: Bart Yates
Production Manager: Björn Wahlström
Character Design & Animation: Kristofer Ström
Editing & Animation: Erik Buchholtz
Additional Soundfx and muzak: Douglas Holmquist

my animation to CANNES [updated]

ljudbilden & piloten — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 09:41:01 +0000

WE GOT TWO PRIZES AND GREAT REVIEWS IN CANNES

Very good news indeed.
We did some animation for the feature film “Sound of Noise” and it will be shown at the criticsweek in Cannes.

Varelsen crew:
I did the animation
Martin Ottosson did the comp and fx
Nicholas Wakeham the producing

some more info here

iPhone drawings - EVERYDAY!

ljudbilden & piloten — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 10:09:04 +0000

So, I decided to try drawing at least one iPhonedrawing each day. This far I’ve managed to do it.
If you want to follow it go to ljudbilden.tumblr.com

More iPhone drawings

ljudbilden & piloten — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:45:27 +0000

Some more…
Click images to see video how they where drawn

NYICFF!

ljudbilden & piloten — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:21:28 +0000

Both “Animals” and “Hitchhiker’s Choice” are nominated and will be screened on New York International Children’s Film Festival.
wonderful!

iPhone drawings

ljudbilden & piloten — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 09:24:55 +0000

I’m hooked on drawing on my iPhone.
Perfect for the 20min busride to the studio, boring waits and the once before so meaningless visits to the toilet…no more.
i use both Sketchbook mobile and Brushes.
both good at what they do.
Here’s some Brushes drawings. Click to see drawingvideos.

And here’s the latest sketchbook drawing.

Sony Ericsson MH907

ljudbilden & piloten — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:05:28 +0000

We made this for Sony Ericsson’s new magic headphones MH907.

Director/Animaton/Clay/Characterdesign: Kristofer Ström
VFX/Compositing/Animation: Eric Buchholtz
Music/Soundeffects: Douglas Holmquist
Agency: Top Dollar
Campaign AD: Malin Olsson
Producers: Bart Yates, Nicholas Wakeham
Studio: Varelsen
BehindTheScenesFootage: Johan Sundell

sonyericsson.com/putyourearsincontrol

The Animation

Behind the scenes

“Upptäck cykeln igen”

ljudbilden & piloten — Fri, 29 May 2009 11:04:43 +0000

made this so that the people in gothenburg shouldn’t forget that biking is indeed a great way to go from A to B and B to anywhere…

Director/animaton/AD: Kristofer Ström
VFX/animation: Eric Buchholtz
Producer: Nicholas Wakeham
Music: Douglas Holmquist
Agency: Frank&Earnest
Studio: Varelsen
BehindTheScenesPhotos: Martin Ottosson

Upptäck cykeln igen

Behind the scenes

it’s a silver!

ljudbilden & piloten — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 06:32:24 +0000

a prize at KOLLA.SE third year in a row, this time a silver for the ANIMALS video.
oh yes thank you!

ljudbilden & piloten — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:41:53 +0000

2008 was pretty much all “the Carphone Warehouse” and “x-factor”
lost count on how many idents and spots we made…it was quite a few.

Here’s the main two
A breif History of communication

There was a time

“Animals” nominated at KOLLA.se

ljudbilden & piloten — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:39:22 +0000

oh yes, once again nominated at the yearly KOLLA.se
and yes, flattered as always
we’ll all know if the prize is ours on the

the nominees are:
Dennis Eriksson - A Fox, A Moose & Aren’t We Going That Way? No, We’re Going This Way.
Hanna Nilsson, Sofia Østerhus/Byggstudio - iittala pre-opening window
Kristofer Ström/Ljudbilden & Piloten - Animals

KOBRA compilation

ljudbilden & piloten — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 21:04:15 +0000

Here’s a compilation of some of the animations i’ve made for KOBRA (Swedish Television - SVT)
There’s more…a lot more.

Minilogue - Animals

ljudbilden & piloten — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:57:27 +0000

And this little vid me and Erik Buchholtz made for Minilogue just got nominated at KOLLA.se

Zonnatura - circle of life

ljudbilden & piloten — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:53:24 +0000

this is old but i just saw that i never posted the video

Director & Characterdesign: Kristofer Ström
Animation: Martin Ottosson, Stefan Narancic
Prod: Blink Ink/Bart Yates
Photography: Johan Sundell
Music: Douglas Holmquist
Prodass: Björn Wahlström
Agency: S-W-H

also got awarded with best illustration at art directors club in netherlands

Ford - Zeitgeist

ljudbilden & piloten — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:43:28 +0000

Sometime in 2008 i was asked to contribute with some of my clayfigures in a Ford commercial called “Zeitgeist”
helping out with light, sweat and camera was Johan Sundell

and here’s the whole thing, directed by Noah Harris a fellow Blink Ink‘er

I will update, promise

ljudbilden & piloten — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:00:52 +0000

As you can see…i’ve been really busy and there’s been no time to update this blog.
I will, soon.
There’s a lot to write about so it’s a lot to sort.
For those of you who’s been waiting, thanks for your patience!

Limited edition prints

ljudbilden & piloten — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:27:27 +0000

From the latest issue of Creative Review.

“Blinkink has put together this set of splendid limited edition prints, featuring artwork by four of the directors repped by the company. Shown clockwise from top left, are posters by Ben Hibon, Pleix, Kalle Haglund and Kristofer Ström”

That Webby is mine…thank you!

ljudbilden & piloten — Wed, 14 May 2008 08:21:53 +0000

many thanks for all the votes!
i won the people’s vote category
…love you still!

Hey, three prizes in one week!

ljudbilden & piloten — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 15:13:55 +0000

happy happy joy joy!
i won gold for my KOBRA animations and silver with the Zonnatura TVC. Both at the yearly Kolla.se.
And Zonnatura won best illustration at the Art Directors Club Nederland.

…hey hey hey…what can i say but happiness!

i am a Webby Nominee

ljudbilden & piloten — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 23:36:31 +0000

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=vdB6TgRSNZQ[/youtube]
i’ve been nominated with my Minilogue video at Webby Awards in the “online film & video” category
super…

If you like it love it or just wanna help out, give it a vote!

the process is quite stupid so here goes…

1.
register
http://pv.webbyawards.com/account/signup

2.
wait for an activationmail and click on the link
so, logged in.

sweet!

3.
click on this link and vote!
http://pv.webbyawards.com/ballot/home/82/88/95#entry1514344542
and vote minilogue!

i love you!

three nominations

ljudbilden & piloten — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:27:39 +0000

I’m nominated in two categories at this years KOLLA!
The nominated videos are Zonnatura and collected animations i did for SVT’s KOBRA in 2007.
Also nominated with Zonnatura at Art Directors Club Nederland.

- happy happy joy joy

Pacemaker - this is how it works

ljudbilden & piloten — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 12:48:46 +0000

Description:
A trailer to the Pacemaker instruction film series “Pacemaker – the pocket-size DJ system”, featuring exclusive music by Teddybears (‘Cardiac Arrest’) and Illuminum (‘Gone’).
Film production, characterdesign and animation by Kristofer Ström / Ljudbilden&Piloten.
Compositing and animation Martin Ottosson. Prod. Björn Wahlström

New Album

ljudbilden & piloten — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 16:42:40 +0000

Just released my album “One hundred fifty-five” on nosordo.com
Coverart by Rikard Heberling and myself. A collage per song, as you can see in the video below.

Title: One hundred fifty-five
Ref: NSRD009
Format: CD digipack

Tracks:

You Know You?re Doing Ok
Plokk
Pianosong Two No. 2
A. Klingtmann
N. Vaerlinge
Flock
Wedding
I Will Turn You Down To The Stage
Arms And Legs Together
Care Of
Three Tacht
Pianosong Two
(Bjorn) One More Year
Pen On Paper
Wednesday

Konstnärer tolkar Ljudbilden & Piloten

ljudbilden & piloten — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 16:28:11 +0000

byrån presents:
Three artists have interpreted my new album.
I just saw the installations, drawings, knittings and more.
It’s such an honour…i love it!
I’ll be playing at the vernissage tomorrow.
So, for all swedes in the neighborhood.
Come and drink some wine, listen to music and first and foremost check out the artists.
Gallery Pictura
Niki Cervin
Sofie Grevelius
Andreas Poppelier

Here it is…finally

ljudbilden & piloten — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 08:04:13 +0000

since i couldn’t attend at CADS07 i didn’t get this heavy piece until now.
so yesterday it arrived and yes i’m very proud of it!

Me, me, me…

ljudbilden & piloten — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 12:54:51 +0000

Swedish television SVT gave me a little special page, thank you!
check here

GRAFFITi

ljudbilden & piloten — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 08:41:17 +0000

i’ve started posting some drawings i make on my friends facebook pages.
check it here

KOBRA episode 6

ljudbilden & piloten — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 12:40:22 +0000

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkIGiDKdl40[/youtube]

KOBRA episode 4

ljudbilden & piloten — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 05:47:02 +0000

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phn392vXpRE[/youtube]

screening

ljudbilden & piloten — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 06:14:54 +0000

if you’re on the super sonic festival this year, you can watch a lot of great bands (mogwai, sunn o))), tunng, jazkamer, kid 606 + many more)
+ my videos/music, it’s screened on saturday 14th july
Custard Factory at 11pm

Winner of Best Budget Video - CADS 07

ljudbilden & piloten — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 13:10:34 +0000

i won 1st prize on the yearly CADS in London.
(CRAZY: also nominated for Best Video of the Year, but lost out to Simian’s ‘We are your Friends’.)

i thank you, you and you!

and here’s how they party:
video 1
video 2

KOBRA episode 3

ljudbilden & piloten — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 22:27:13 +0000

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e58pwuPgIeI[/youtube]

Nominated - best budget video

ljudbilden & piloten — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 10:17:10 +0000

just found out that i am nominated for best budget video at CADS 07 - Music Vision Awards
and yes, thank’s to blink ink for entering me in the competition!

artist/track director

Field Music – In Context
Klaxons – Gravity’s Rainbow
Mark Ronson – Just
Minilogue – Hitchhikers
Shitdisco – OK
Undercut – A Bit Of Education

GOLD!

ljudbilden & piloten — Thu, 24 May 2007 18:13:09 +0000

i forgot to post when it was news…anyway

i won GOLD on kolla.se for best music video with the minilogue video.

thank you, i love you!

KOBRA episode 2

ljudbilden & piloten — Sun, 20 May 2007 08:30:58 +0000

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pe2KDUiS3EY[/youtube]

KOBRA episode 1

ljudbilden & piloten — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 14:15:49 +0000

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dyd2ZVzbUuE[/youtube]

three down, three to go!

ljudbilden & piloten — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 22:20:31 +0000

third animation out on Swedish National Television.

this time i did it on a china plate.
Shown on KOBRA
each animation is 30sec+music.

two down, four to go!

ljudbilden & piloten — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 22:49:08 +0000

second animation out on Swedish National Television.
Shown on KOBRA
each animation is 30sec+music.
(i’ll start uploading them soon.)

Nominated (x2)

ljudbilden & piloten — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 11:39:35 +0000

my videos for Minilogue and Familjen
has been nominated best musicvideo at www.kolla.se

also nominated in the same category are:
Åsa Arnehed: El Perro Del Mar, God Knows
Sandberg & Timonen: Robyn, Konichiwa Bitches

one down, five to go!

ljudbilden & piloten — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 01:06:23 +0000

first animation out of five aired today on Swedish National Television.
Shown on KOBRA
each animation is 30sec+music.

Featured on YouTube

ljudbilden & piloten — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 23:31:31 +0000

just in…my video for Minilogue just got featured on YouTube.

Thank you, Congrats to me!

and now…over one million visits on the video (on YouTube)

look at the header…

ljudbilden & piloten — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 08:30:13 +0000

you see the loader?
sit back…enjoy the loop…long one…
my thought is that this header will be some kind of random animation/sound/illustration space.
we’ll see!

here’s a direct link to the animation

thou shalt have a blog…

ljudbilden & piloten — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 02:01:36 +0000

So i will try…
I will do all my best to keep updating this blog with illustrations, animations and other stuff.
Might be only me who reads it but I’ll at least have some stuff at one place…
But then there’s my myspace page and my cpluv page and my other page and….hrrm?

Ministry of Sound CD cover

ljudbilden & piloten — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 07:49:54 +0000

After the unbelivable success of my video on youtube there’s been a couple of nice job offerings.
One of them is the CD cover + TVC (commercial) for Ministry of Sounds “Clubbers guide to 2007″
It turned out better than i expected.
It’s kind of a character portfolio. Filled to the rim with doodles.

Minilogue - “Hitchhiker’s Choice”

ljudbilden & piloten — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 14:36:19 +0000

i made this stopmotion video for minilogue this summer, this is the short version.
all made on whiteboard so…no undo/redo
the long version will be available on the DVD next year.
released on crosstown rebels

Familjen video

ljudbilden & piloten — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 14:18:09 +0000

should be watched on www.detsnurrariminskalle.com since you’re supposed to find some remixes there…go get them.

Pen on Paper

ljudbilden & piloten — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 12:51:46 +0000

made music + video for Famous for 15mb
it’s a long roll of paper.

the roll can be found here

Dax Pierson & Robert Horton - CD cover

ljudbilden & piloten — Sun, 24 Dec 2006 10:59:39 +0000

here’s some illustrations i made for Dax Pierson & Robert Horton’s CD
Title: Pablo Feldman Sun Riley
Label: Aa - NOSORDO
Release date: 06/11/06

Halloween 2006

ljudbilden & piloten — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 10:29:30 +0000

here’s some vector illustrations i made for a certain cellphone company….

CD cover Testbild - “imagine a house”

ljudbilden & piloten — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 12:18:40 +0000

second CD cover i make for Testbild.
This time i took a lot of photos and built new houses.
Quite time-consuming but i like the result.

Koloni + Galago

ljudbilden & piloten — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 11:12:02 +0000

I can’t remember when, last year or the year before, Christian Pallin asked if i wanted to draw an AD for his artistbookingsheebang Koloni.tk.
So i did…
It was presented in the best comicmag in sweden, Galago
Here it is:

Distro Poster+fliers

ljudbilden & piloten — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 15:56:53 +0000

DIY christmas bazaar, quickie work.

Here’s the full A3 version

illustrations for IBM

ljudbilden & piloten — Wed, 09 Mar 2005 15:57:19 +0000

An internal education at IBM (dk) needed some nice illustrations, so i did 13
here’s four of them: