Frida Hådén

The behind the scenes blog of an artist, miniature builder, and prop maker. Wisit my portfolio at fridahaden.se. Or follow me at facebook or instagram.

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Throwback to when I assisted @jemeraldstudio with doing face livecasts on Turkey Merck's amazing crew. Check out @turkeymerck and their scary mugs. 💀🧟‍♀️☕ #livecast #facelivecast #propmaking #facemold #tbt https://www.instagram.com/p/CLVEBQTj63Z/?igshid=nrdgclatygix

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Did a little comic inspired by my dad in these covid-19 times. Not a direct quote though. 👴 I’m really worried for him and my mom since he is 80 yo and has asthma and still doesn’t take it all seriously. My mom is also in the risk group and even if she stays at home, it’s still dangerous for her as long as my dad still goes out. I now live in another continent away from them but I still try to call every other day. I am so frustrated with my dad that I had to make something creative to get it out. 😖🖌✂️ Do you have family members or friends that you are worried about too?😔 #Comic #covid19comic #covid19 #covid-19 #coronacomic #corona #oldmen #stubborn #dad #stubborndad #why #stopit #lol #fun #cutout #cutoutcomic #serie

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I've gone absolutely card crazy lately. Ever since I got my cutting machine, I have been busy with designing and putting together a bunch of pop-up cards for friends and family. I actually really like how they came out so I put some cards up on Etsy that customers can customize for loved ones.

My store is called FridaHaden on Etsy. https://www.etsy.com/shop/FridaHaden

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I made a looping SciFi screen! You know; one of those background screens in futuristic movies where no one knows what information they display but they help build up the atmosphere. 👽👩‍🚀🎥 

It took me an embarrassingly long time to put together. Not only because I added 32 frames from 16 (48 frames total), but also since I did all the animations directly in Photoshop. I'm sure that there is a much simpler way to do this but since I only had planned a 16 frame animation from the start I thought that it would be easy. 😅 

All the art is done in Illustrator and then exported to raster graphic to work in Photoshop. (You can see a small example of all the parts when it was still only 16 frames if you swipe to the side.)

And since it's so many moving parts I had to create 48 layer folders with around 9 layers in each. Obviously, Photoshop couldn't handle that so I then had to cut up the file in 4 different ways. Haha, yeah, but it got done finally. 😄😊 #SciFi #Animation #Screen #GraphicProp#GraphicDesignProp #GraphicDesign#Background #Display #InfoScreen#ShipScreen #Ship #Space #SpaceShip

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The portfolio site is updated! http://fridahaden.se got a much needed makeover. 🛠

I made a new section for featured projects, and the galleries got some cleaning. I also decided to put more focus on displaying graphic design props and not have 1000 different sub categories for galleries. 📺🎬🎥

The thing I'm most happy about is that I no longer have to go into the code every time I want to update a gallery. Now I can just drag and drop! I know it's less cool but it soooo much more convenient. ❤⌨🖱

Optimal viewing on desktop.

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Here my siblings' significant others are engaged in brutal combat. Not to despair though since one of the sledgehammers head is made out of foam and latex, and the other (real) one is too heavy for my brother in law to swing.

I did this replica to a Swedish TV show. They needed a real one that had been aged for closeups and a fake on that they could swing (without any one or any thing get hurt) for the action shots.

Photo by Linnea Hådén.

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Here's an 80's news story design I did to the feature film The Cake General. It's always super pleasing to see your own work up on the screen. ...at least when it looks good. 😋😎     

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This is the end result of my hobby project which I've been working on and off whenever the impulse hits me. It's mainly inspired by Harry Potter and the studying he and his friends did in the Hogwarts library.

I really do love fables. Since I like it much better when humans are portrayed by animals, I opted to create the friends as mouses.

The mouses were one of the first things I created for this diorama, and now I really want to redo them. But alas, I have moved half across the world and left this thing back at my parent's house.

What I am really happy about, though, is how all the small details turned out. It was super fun to make all the books and papers and ink bottles and such. Also the whiskers you see on the small critters are real cat whiskers naturally dropped by my Cat Brutus and my sweet friend @Svartavarginnan's cat Lucifer.

What can't be seen in these pictures is that the window also lights up and creates a beautiful wintery sunset outside the castle walls.

Photo by @linneahaden

#Diorama #mouse #mouses #HarryPotter #Hogwarts #Puffskein #Miniature #flocking #magic #whiskers #library #books #castle #cosywinterday #ink #rats #drawlloween #cat #study #school #shield #paintings

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This is the result of the last minute cosplay that I did this week.

I had already ordered the hat and the pig plushy months ago, but with the move to the US (from Sweden!) that I did 3 weeks ago, it totally slipped my mind that Dragoncon was this weekend. I remembered it Monday night and went to Goodwill the day after.🙀 Luckily they had nearly everything there that I needed except a skirt in the right size, so I got a big sweater and sewed it into a skirt.

The vest is also made from a full jacket; I took the sleeves off and then lined the armholes. I don't have a sewing machine here yet so I sew everything by hand. It was actually quite therapuetic to do, just a bit slow. 👯‍♂️ The pig was originaly a plushy that I modified into a purse so that I can keep all my stuff in during the day.

Lastly I did the super cute dog on the sweater! First with Sharpies and then with fabric paint. I'm so happy with it that I will probably use it for everyday wear this winter! 💓💓💓 Did any of you guess from what show the cosplay was? It's from Gravity Falls! I will cosplay as Mabel and my husband as Dipper. This is gonna be a fun day! 😍🐶🏀🐖

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Here is some photos that I colorized for the feature film: Tårtgeneralen. The pictures are when IKEA closed its store in Köping in the 80's. They later opend up in a neighboring city that got all the other cool shops too. A hard blow for Köping. #Tårtgeneralen #graphicdesign #colorizing #moviemaking #Köping #IKEA

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Happy Halloween! 

That one time of the year when I can dress normally. Just finished my new hat that is the grandest in the whole village, but sadly not too practical when visiting goblin dens. Too low ceilings.  

Photo by Linnéa Hådén 

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Here's a little face swap piece that I did in Photoshop. 😄 My mother is turning 70 today, so what better gift to give than a puzzle featuring her favorite child and son-in-law? 🎁😂😜 Original painting by Jens Juel titled "Niels Ryberg with his Son Johan Christian and his Daughter-in-Law Engelke". The faces are taken from photos by @linneahaden , and cat Brutus face from a photo by @raniamaria . https://www.instagram.com/linneahaden/ https://www.instagram.com/raniamaria/

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At the end of last year, I had the honor to sculpt a styrofoam dead donkey body for the Swedish version of The Book of Mormons. It was all made through EffektStudion based in Stockholm, Sweden.

The faux fur and wounds were made by Therese Jansson and Robin Alderskans.

It’s so much fun building large things like this every once in a while, and styrofoam is a great material to work with since it’s light weight and you can basically get whatever shape you want. The only downside is that the styrofoam flakes gets everywhere! It takes months before all the small flakes are vacuumed up and thrown in the trash. But for larger projects, it’s the way to go.

EffektStudion mostly does special effects makeup. Check them out at http://effektstudion.se !

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Here is my Barbouille that I did for a local daycare a while back. He is part of the Barbapapa family that the kids are learning about now. It's to show the children they can have and explore many different interests! #barbapapa #Barbouille #Barbaskön #Barbapappa #papercraft #art #illustration #daycare #kindergarten #Förskola #Dagis #utveckling

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Gravestone from yesterday's evening. 🎃💀👻🎃 #prop #halloween #dead #grave #propmaking #gravestone #moss #dirt #graverobbing #spooky #funeral

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Happy Halloween!

This year, I finally had a little Halloween gathering at my home. I decorated the front yard and veranda.

I will definitely expand my grave stone collection in the future and play around with different shapes, stone imitations, etc. The grim reaper figure was a somewhat quick job I tossed together even though I never worked with chicken wire before. I got happily surprised by what I can do with it.

I did a bunch of fluffy black spiders, too. I made them from yarn and pipe cleaners. Perfect to work with while watching scary movies (not too scary though!).

The bones on the veranda is made from newspaper, masking tape, and plaster cloth.

Some DIY links that use the same or similar methods that I used:

Bones: http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Halloween-Props

Spider: http://www.alannageorge.com/2012/10/08/how-to-yarn-spider-and-web/

Grim reaper: http://www.halloweenforum.com/tutorials-and-step-by-step/69229-monster-mud-reaper.html

Tombstone: http://www.kimberlymichelle.com/2012/08/01/halloween-in-july-crafting-my-own-tombstone/

A lot of this was super easy to make, if somewhat time consuming, so try it for next Halloween if you want some DIY props to heighten the creep factor.

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Pot pumpkin is now ready to guard the stairs. #pumpkin #halloween #diy #reuse #pumpa