A Winter Dream - the Goblins
Short comic made for Malmö Folkets Park and the project A Winter Dream in 2020 and 2021.
I was commissioned to make a short comic based on an extract of a winter themed fairytale, and it was later exhibited together with other comics and artworks in the park.
Client
Malmö Folkets ParkCreative Field
ComicsProject Type
Comic Illustration, PostersTechnique
Digital, Pencil![Vättarna i Vinterdröm som kokar magisk saft](https://illustratorcentrum.se/content/uploads/2024/06/Svalan-Sorblom_Vattar_nr-1-322x800.jpg)
With kids as the primary target group I wanted to make colorful and detailed pictures and I choose not to use any frames or text, in order to make the comic accessible to as many as possible.
I also thought of it as a way to force the visitors to stop and have a closer look - and hopefully discuss what is happening in the pictures.
I also thought of it as a way to force the visitors to stop and have a closer look - and hopefully discuss what is happening in the pictures.
![Vättar som vattnar ett träd i Vinterdröm.](https://illustratorcentrum.se/content/uploads/2024/06/Svalan-Sorblom_vattar_nr2-398x800.jpg)
In the tale we are introduced to the goblins who inhabits the land Winter Dream. They harvest a special flower and from the flower they make a juice with which they water the trees. And that is what gives the trees their magical light! I wanted to show the process of the goblins work, and the result of it, when the human child who's visiting Winter Dream, watches the trees light up at night.
![Ett barn som hittar ett paket.](https://illustratorcentrum.se/content/uploads/2024/06/Svalan-Sorblom_vattar_nr-3-494x800.jpg)
![Ett barn tittar på ett magiskt träd.](https://illustratorcentrum.se/content/uploads/2024/06/Svalan-Sorblom_vattar_nr-4-487x800.jpg)
![Affischer med serier i Folkets Park i Malmö på vintern.](https://illustratorcentrum.se/content/uploads/2024/06/Svalan-Sorblom_vattar_2020-800x427.jpg)
Winter 2020: The comic is exhibited on posters in the street outside the park.
![Sagobilder på väggar.](https://illustratorcentrum.se/content/uploads/2024/06/Svalan-Sorblom_vattar_2021-600x800.jpg)
2021: The comic was printes in a much larger size and covered the walls inside one of the gift boxes that was scattered around the park.