The sleigh trip - Christmas Card 2014

In old scandinavian lore, trolls and vaette (approx. goblins) lived in the forests and hills just out of sight. If you went out really early just after snow had fallen, you might be lucky to find strange footprints in the snow, and the tracks of sleighs. If you followed those tracks you would invariably find them disappear: into the side of a hill, into a stone or across impossibly thin ice. Then you knew you had found the tracks of trolls.

My traditional Christmas tree for this year. You can find an amply commented timelapse video of making this here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ikrput…
Done primarily in MyPaint with some touch-up and finalizing in GIMP. A making-of video will appear soon. An early Merry Christmas!


Some earlier Christmas cards:
2013 (Fishing luck): 2012 (Watched wave): 2011 (Vaettebron):
2010 (Good neighbours): 2009 (Surprise gift): 2008 (Night in the troll forest):
2007 (We're THIS tight!):