Compared to the shenanigans of my first night here, yesterday seemed very quiet in comparison. Did some research and location scouting in the morning, trying to get the feel of my main character’s environment – the script I’m working on at film school takes place partly on Manhattan. One place I visited was the Strand […]
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MERRY CHRISTMAS – AND THANK YOU!
The time has come for a final post before the holidays bogs everything down. In a good way, right? Right… This year was very exciting for me as I focused a lot on my own projects and had my first US graphic novel out in May. I was fortunate enough to have three visits to […]
Work in progress: SECRET PROJECT
Today I am the artist Palle Schmidt. Yesterday I was the writer Palle Schmidt. I really want to write more, but people keep wanting me to draw and they’re shovelling money at me and praising my artwork. How can I turn them down? Such a dillema. Anyway, I’m not going to show you the boring work-for-hire […]
On the move: LAST DAY IN NEW YORK CITY
My last day here at Hang Dai Studios. The rain pours down on the rooftop outside the windows as if to help me adjust to the Danish climate I’ll be returning home to today. I can’t wait to see my daughters. Yesterday I got some good work done, went over stories with Chris Miskiewicz again, […]
On the move: HANG DAI STUDIOS
Going to the studio yesterday I took a wrong turn and ended up in an industrial neighbourhood in Brooklyn where I took some great reference photos for a heist story I’m working on. At Hang Dai we ate Polish donuts and drank too much coffee. I got career advice from Dean Haspiel and some nifty Photoshop tricks from […]
On the move: BROOKLYN
I arrived in Caroll Gardens yesterday, after an 8-hour flight and a two-hour line to get through passport controls. Got fingerprinted for the third time this year coming into the States. Seems the whole charade is just a way to slow down the process of entering the country, as they don’t even keep it on file. A speedy […]