Tue 07 Sep
Turco's new Blackhawks gargoylian look
Time to present another NHL mask for the upcoming season... It's always a great honor to create Marty Turco's gargoyle designs and to develop them year after year, and when Marty told me about his move to the Blackhawks I immediately started to sketch new gargoyles. In Indian style, of course!
Posted by David Gunnarsson at 21:31:00
Sun 05 Sep
Lightning buddies on Ellis' new Tampa mask
It's always much fun to paint for Dan Ellis, which I have done for many years now, he has really fun ideas and great imagination. Immediately after he had signed for Tampa Bay he contacted me and we started to talk design ideas... Dan told me that he wanted Zeus and Thor on his new Lightning mask, and so he got!
Posted by David Gunnarsson at 20:43:00
Sat 04 Sep
Cash in old scool style on Lundström's Frölunda mask
The design idea for
Joakim Lundström's Frölunda Indians mask was to create a clear and distinct old school design with a modern touch with lots of cool details and 3-D effects. Joakim also wanted to pay tribute to his music idol mr Cash.
I created a design rich of contrasts with a direct connection to the team uniform. On each side of the mask I painted a hanging feather, just like on an Indian chief, and on the head graphics with lines inspired by feather warbonnets. On one side a theme with Cash was created, painted in old school oil paint style in gren tints.
Posted by David Gunnarsson at 20:35:00
Tue 31 Aug
Chet with his custom made Pred 2.0
I and Chet Pickard discussed ideas back and forth for his new Predators design, when I came up with the idea to create his own custom made Pred, a real kickass Pred inspired by werewolves! Chet digged the idea and I got started...
On one side the Pred 2.0 makes entrance, bringing pumped-up action to the design, and on the other side a quiet Predators design with the powerful logo, the contrast between the two sides gives a frightful effect!
Posted by David Gunnarsson at 22:48:00
Sat 28 Aug
Dahlberg's alter ego shows up on his new Modo mask
Today we present
Nicklas Dahlberg's new Modo mask. The design is based on Modo's green stars, that appear on the sides on the white background. Lots of line graphics inspired by the team jersey, and extremely much detail work and 3-D effects. And a certain dude shows up on one side, he illustrates Nicklas' nickname...
Posted by David Gunnarsson at 22:25:00
Wed 25 Aug
Mask design with birth year as theme
Pontus Sjögren was born in 1985, and the same year Södertälje SK won the club's latest Swedish Championship title. Doesn't it sound like a great mask theme? Yes, that's what Pontus I thought. The motif of the gold goalie Hardy Åström and the beautiful SSK logo are the most outstanding ingredients in
Pontus Sjögren's goalie mask design.
Posted by David Gunnarsson at 23:30:00
Sun 22 Aug
Cruel lines create Nilsson's mask design
It's always fun to try and explore new styles. Young Luleå star Anders Nilsson's Luleå design was created in old-fashion style with violent pinstripes mixed with cool airbrush effects. The strong contrasts between color and shape in the areas between the club logos is what makes this design.
Posted by David Gunnarsson at 16:09:00
Thu 19 Aug
Turtles continue to rock on Engstrand's goalie masks
I've painted for Christian since he was a kid, so it's a little special to paint for him now when he has reached Elitserien! And he always wants Turtles on his mask, it couldn't be more fun!
Posted by David Gunnarsson at 20:39:00
Sat 14 Aug
Åkerlund's kitty cat shows up on his new Timrå mask
Today we present the first mask for the Swedish Elitserien 2010-2011, and it's Magnus Åkerlund's new Timrå design, in classic old school style with a clear connection to the team. And just like before his kitty cat shows up on the mask, of course as goalie...
Posted by David Gunnarsson at 21:09:00
Wed 11 Aug
Karelin on Liv's KHL mask
Stefan Liv came up with the great idea to pay tribute to the district's big son on his KHL mask, the super dominant Greco-Roman wrestler Alexander Karelin. I rocked loose and painted Karelin as some kind of a hulk on the side, he's breaking through the ice mask... Siberia, you know... On the rest of the mask I created a distinct and clear design featuring the club logo.
Posted by David Gunnarsson at 20:04:00
Wed 28 Jul
New course dates scheduled
The next airbrush workshop in DAVEART School Of Airbrush in October is almost fully booked already. Really fun with the big interest! Book now to make sure you get one of the last seats.
We have now scheduled another course weekend, 29-30 January 2011, with the Basic course on Saturday and Step 1 on Sunday. Read more and book your place on the
School Of Airbrush website.
Welcome to an airbrush rollercoaster!
Posted by David Gunnarsson at 17:29:00
Mon 26 Jul
Cruel Joker design in new style with chrome effects
David Rautio wanted a design with the cruel Joker on his mask, and we discussed different ideas and layouts back and forth. We wanted to do something different, not just the Joker on the mask, the whole look would be something new.
Posted by David Gunnarsson at 12:20:00
Thu 22 Jul
The winner of the latest mask contest in ProHockey
Oh man, it's so much fun to look at all the fantastic creations sent in from all corners of the world every time we have the mask contest in ProHockey, Europe's biggest NHL magazine. Thank you so much for all your drawings!
The contest where the readers draw the mask of their dream, and the winner gets it painted by me, has now been held for more than 10 years and was a success right from the start.
This year's winner has now been picked and the design has been painted... Congratulations to Eero Hyttinen from Finland! When I saw Eero's design I noticed the fantastic innovative style and the colorful look, it was something completely new, and that is what I look for in the drawings. Check out the winning mask in
MaskGallery!
Posted by David Gunnarsson at 07:24:00
Mon 19 Jul
Secrets in radio show
Last week the radio show Sommar-Eng from Sveriges Radio P4 visited me in my studio to check out the latest artwork. Go to
Sveriges Radio to listen, but notice it's in Swedish...
Posted by David Gunnarsson at 13:27:00
Mon 12 Jul
Eye of a tiger
Andy had a plan for the whole of his mask design, so for me it was just to fasten the seatbelt and follow his genious plan. I love to paint much details, and to tie all threads together, and much 3-D effects is never wrong... The design became a mix of modern and classic, and strong contrasts and smooth curves.
Check out the mask in the
gallery. C ya!
Posted by David Gunnarsson at 16:08:00
Tue 06 Jul
Superman in Jönköping
Johannes wanted himself on the mask, and then we came up with the idea to paint him as some kind of superman, flying in his underwear, just like a superman... And so I did!
Around this I weaved HV71 graphics, classic and old school, and flying flags. Strong contrasts, always right. Check out the mask in
DAVEART MaskGallery and on
Facebook.
Posted by David Gunnarsson at 12:54:00
Sun 04 Jul
VIP Customer discount in DAVEART AirbrushShop
Now we present exciting news in Scandinavia's leading airbrush webshop. We want to reward all our loyal customers and that's why we introduce DAVEART Airbrush VIP Customer. Any customer who shops for more than 9999 SEK during a year gets 5% discount on all purchases the next coming 12 months!
And when speaking about discounts... July's special offer in DAVEART AirbrushShop gives you 10% off on all colour kits!
Posted by David Gunnarsson at 11:15:00
Thu 01 Jul
Tony Stark on effectful mask design
It's always much fun to paint designs based on cool film themes, and since this is a personal favorite it was even more fun. Go to
DAVEART MaskGallery and the
DAVEART Facebook page to check out this Iron Man mask in gold and red and with lots of details.
Posted by David Gunnarsson at 12:09:00
Sat 26 Jun
John's tribute design to Penguins
Today we have the pleasure to present John Hecht's tribute design to his favorite team Pittsburgh Penguins. Read about the mask featuring hard working penguins out for the fourth cup and check it out in
DAVEART MaskGallery and on the
DAVEART Facebook page.
C ya soon again for next mask presentation!
Posted by David Gunnarsson at 09:09:00
Thu 24 Jun
"Sweden's most unique entrepreneur"
The Swedish association Företagarna (Entrepreneurs) right now have a photo exhibition about Swedish entrepreneurs. The exhibition is on tour all over Sweden, next stop is Almedalen in Visby, then Marsstrand, then thr Central station in Stockholm.
I was honored to be chosen as Sweden's most unique Entrepreneur. Man thats cool, thank you so much! Here is the photo, by Magnus Laupa & Fredric Alm.
Posted by David Gunnarsson at 19:40:00