Rock Poets new book from BTJ, Illustration and Cover Design Stefan Lindblad, using CorelDRAW X4 & Photo-Paint X4

The new book "Rock Poets" from BTJ Förlag (Sweden), author Richard Ohlsson, came out recently. I did both the cover design and the illustration. The book's ISBN 978-91-7018-644-8. The book is an interesting book about the lyrics in rock music. In this book the music have to take a back seat for a moment, and listen and talk about the lyrics. What are they telling us and what is it we are listening too.





























You can read more about the book at the publisher's website BTJ Förlag.
Since I sometimes get questions from illustrators and designers interested on how I work: I first made a set of pencil drafts in my sketchbook, on the idea of the guitar. From there I draw the guitar ( a Gibson), and made both the illustration and book cover design in CorelDRAW X4 and Corel Photo-Paint X4 (CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4)



Stefan Lindblad
Illustrator & artist

Razzia, a new book, illustrations & cover design by Stefan Lindblad

The new kids book Razzia, Hegas publishing (link in Swedish) were made in 2008 and came out just before spring in 2009. I wrote earlier about the book, and here is a photo of the book that I took recently. The book in itself, and illustrations and the cover has received good reviews. Which is always fun. Here are some comments & reviews about my illustrations inside the book and the cover design with the illustration.

Razzia, written by Leif Jacobsen
Review from Bibliotekstjänst booklet No 5 / 2009.
"Petter, with its old Puch Dakota, lost in reputation in the small village moped gangs by helping to deceive the police and rescue a friend escape a fine for speeding. Here is to be "cool" and "cruel" to gain popularity, the girls' admiration. Leif Jacobsen succeed easily create a story for young teens, which is easy to read and live enter in. It depicts how to get friends by himself to be a friend. With youthful inside talk of today, seasoned with the technicalities of the trimmed two-stroke engines mysterious realm, with sufficient realism to make the story probable, and with a lot of conciliatory humor succeeds author certainly capture even novice readers and get them to smile recognition. Stefan Lindblads dozen expressive, full, ink drawings transpose up petition. Books of this kind will lead hopefully to read more advanced literature. - Bo Nordstrand"

The author, Leif received an email:
"This is a book that will fit many pupils, and with an attractive cover as well. This I will buy several items of for the school library. "
- Lisbeth Göransson, librarian, Kirseberg School in Malmö, Sweden

The Publisher Hegas got an email:
"Hello, I bought 4 items for the school library and woops! as they all were lent out
directly. I have read the book and if you want to know my opinion: Very good and funny
to read it. Just like this, I think guys are in that age. The cover is very appealing.
We wish more similar books. Thank you very much "

Look at a double spread of the book with an illustration>>

Review in several newspapers
In Swedish language
Norrbotten Kuriren>>
Sundsvalls Newspaper>>
Helsingborgs Dagblad>>
Allehanda>>

Stefan Lindblad
Illustrator & artist

Good Design by OK Mark, Old Spitelfields in London

I was in London for several days, and came back home yesterday to Stockholm, Sweden. On Sunday I whent with Mia my girlfriend to the market Old Spitelfields Market. A place and market on sundays filled with high and low design, food and a general nice atmosphere. It was my third time on my third trip to London, England. Among many nice things I (we) saw the design by OK Marc, Kervin Marc. T-shirts with screen prints on and bags. There were more items, but those where the items I stoped and took a closer look at. In plain english I liked it a lot, very good design. Great bags and T-shirts. Very nice colour combinations, and it all seemed well done. As well as I liked the prints on the t-shirts, I have to say also Iiked the seam on the t-shirt sleves. A seam that was not to tightly stitched. With space in between every seam.

Do take a look if you have your way through Old Spitelfields in London. OK Marc design is worth taking a look at!

And dont forget to take a coffe and carrot cake, the one without diary products, in the entrance towards Commercial street. A great cake!

Stefan Lindblad

Illustrator & artist