Malte Y. Eskestad

Designer and illustrator.

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Illustration of a racing whippit.

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For the first time in ages, I actually did something in colour: A Ultraman poster. Love the show for all it's crazy costume designs (fyi. DaDa's my favorite kaiju from the series).

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Logo idea inspired by cavepainting from the Bhimbetka rock shelter in Madhya Pradesh, India.

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From my current sketchbook.

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Concept and packaging design for at resincast "collectible" Hiroshima watch replica. I feel that the historican artifact that this is a replication of, bears a special importance and is a strong reminder of human nature and all it's flaws. I'm fully aware that the original object holds a special significance that cannot be replicated, however, if you percieve the original as a representation of meaning: as a symbol, i feel that it could be succesfully replicated.

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A few naïve sculptures of different origins. I have an extensive collection of pictures in a folder dedicated to naïve art (mostly archeological artifacts), and often when I'm out of ideas for what I should draw, I turn to that folder for inspiration and references.

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Tollundmanden (Tollund Man). In my favorite black ballpen.

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Grauballemanden (The Grauballe Man), just after being unearthed. pencil and ink.

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Anatomical wax model from Museo La Specola Florence. Done in soft pencil and afterwards digitally edited.

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Beksinski inspired character. In 6B pencil + digital edit.

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Charater design "Proto".

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Character design that I might use for a future figure sculpt.

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Concept design for a 4" figure I did recently. I want to make a small production of some sort of collectible toy soon, but I'm still trying to figure out what I want to make. What really appeals to me about a project like this is the fact that there are so many different creative diciplines/ tecniques and materials that I get to work with.

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Lil' kaiju.

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Did an illustration of a sofubi (vinyl) toy that I'm too poor to actually own. The designer of this toy is the very talented Mike Egan.

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Another Leonard Baskin study I think?... He sure loved to draw ugly bald or balding men with bushy rug-like beards, and so am I. But this may also just be something I stylized to look like his stuff, not sure.

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Another Baskin study.