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The Empire.

The Empire.
2012
Crayons, Aquarelle and fineliner on A3 size paper.

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Crayons, Aquarelle and fineliner on A3 size paper.

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Drawing, Graphic Design, Illustration

Year:

2012

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Basal I was hired to livepaint this wal for Basal's stand at the Kommunal teknikk 2013 fair at Telenor Arena. The wall is 7 meters wide and 3,5 high. The fair lasted for three days and I finished the wall the last day. While I painted as an representant for my art collective The Stupid Mammals.

www.thestupidmammals.com 2013 Graffiti, Illustration
Nuclear Sunset This is a series of paintings, edition of three, called 'Nuclear Sunset'. The paintings are a response to a possible future if North Korea's (or anyone else's) nuclear threats becomes a reality.

The motif is a four layer stencil painted on a mixed technique background on a 60x60 cm canvas, and it is actually a self portrait. 2013 Fine Arts, Painting, Street Art
Steinhuggernes Rike Commissioned mural painted in a summer cabin down by the ocean in Hvaler/Norway. The mural is about 150cm wide and 130 high. 2013 Graffiti, Illustration, Interior Design
Illustrating Melbourne I did these for Zinc FX in 2012 when they wanted a series of illustrations portraying Melbourne as a city. I drew this almost only out of memory, and how I remembered the city. I tried to capture some of the main things that I (as an outsider) think is iconic to Melbourne. 2012 Drawing, Fine Arts, Illustration
Stian's Wall! Stian, a good friend of mine, recently renovated his new appartment.
He then gave me a whole wall in the livingroom and hired me to paint it!
This is the result! 2011 Graffiti, Fine Arts, Visual Arts
City Skyline 29x29cm limited illustrations screen printed at Aisle6ix industries. Signed and numbered avaliable in three colors; pink, silver and turquoise.
Contact me at: larsen@sinnsykshit.com if you are interested in purchasing.

PRICE:
1800 ,- NOK
($300 AUD)
+ shipping. 2012 Fine Arts, Graphic Design, Illustration
'History IZ hard fact' 'History IZ hard fact' (2012).
Illustration on A3 Paper

This illustration is my contribution to the TareStyle Montana Mailorder sketch contest, where you had to write the word 'HARD'. It is also a tribute to the oldschool graffiti kings and pioneers. Rest in peace Iz The Wiz. 2012 Drawing, Fine Arts, Illustration
Melbourne Walls A compilation of the walls I painted in Melbourne in 2012. Thanks to all the awesome artists and people I have met who have taken me painting and given me a great time! Special thanks to the WSW crew. 2012 Graffiti, Street Art
DVS Shoes At the 'Peace & Love festival 2011' in Börlange/Sweden, there was a SecretWars battle, wich where I was battling against Malmø and London with my partner Mr. Miedo.
During this event we also custom painted a pair of DVS shoes for DVS shoe wich is to be sold on an auction pretty soon.
This whole art part of the festival was arranged by Framkonst in association with Hollywood store. 2011 Illustration, Design, Drawing
Wentworth Mural Commisioned mural for Freemantle Media Australia, Wentworth TV set.

This mural is for a new Australian tv series called 'Wentworth' which is about a womens prison and the inmates. So - I actually painted on a real tv set.... That's awesome!
Before I started, I got some reference images and was told a brief story; In the actual series, this mural is painted by one of the more creative female inmates. She had applied for an approval to paint this wall to make the walls look a bit more joyful. She wanted to cheer up the life inside the walls and the prison manager granted her application and gave her some space to paint.

It was really interesting to paint this wall, because what I painted is so far from what I would have painted and I felt like I actually had to 'act' like the character in the series to get the right feel to it. 2012 Graffiti, Street Art
Fantastics Magazine This is my fist fashion publication ever, working with the awesome photographer Cecilie Harris.
I made the backgrounds and designed how the models interacted with it.

Photographer: Cecilie Harris
Models: Joe Sanders (D1) & Tom Norkett (M+P)
Graphic Design: Kim A Larsen @ Sinnsykshit
Styling: Craig David Hills
Grooming: Gosia Peruzynska 2011 Fashion, Graphic Design, Photography
Frank Magazine Frank Magazine.
School Assignment 2009.

This is a fictional magazine for men mainly in the age between 25 - 35. I wanted to play on mens natural childishness, and considering that men in this agegroup grew up with comics, I used illustrations to create funny and somewhat childish moments.

This magazine was designet in 2009 during my time at the Norwegian School of Creative Studies (NKF) in Oslo. 2012 Editorial Design, Graphic Design, Illustration
Designs for Zinc FX Zinc FX is the company representing my work in Australia. Here's a compilation of mockups of some of the designs I offer through Zinc FX.
The following text is taken from Zinc FX's website :

"Art without limitations for commercial spaces is the platform on which URBAN ART by Zinc FX is based. This somewhat controversial style is now very suitable for restaurants by adding STREET credibility and localised subject matter to create an immediate connection with your clients.

Zinc FX is very proud to represent and profile the work of Kim A. Larsen a Norwegian Graphic designer, illustrator and visual artist, based in Melbourne who is usually known under his pseudonym (or artist name) SinnSykShit. Kim’s style is to design specific works and paint directly onto walls or any available surface. So we offer not only existing works but a design-for-you service, producing a snapshot of your business, your services and your location. The results are hand drawn and highly detailed, yet sprawling murals which are printed onto vinyl and then applied to the wall. This method is perfect for high traffic areas and public spaces.

- Urban art is a style of art that relates to cities and city life often done by artists who live in or have a passion for city life. In that way urban art combines street art and graffiti and is often used to summarize all visual art forms arising in urban areas being inspired by urban architecture or the urban lifestyle.
- Street art is developed in the streets and public spaces — though the term usually refers to unsanctioned art. The term can include traditional graffiti artwork, sculpture, stencil graffiti, sticker art, and street poster art guerrilla art, and street installations. Typically, the term street art or the more specific post-graffiti is used to distinguish contemporary public-space artwork from territorial graffiti, vandalism and corporate art. (source Wiki)"

Zinc FX
www.zincfx.com.au 2012 Fine Arts, Illustration, Interior Design
WT: Black Book Edition Magazine 'The Black Book Edition' Magazine.

This was a school assignment I had at Deakin in 2010. We were asked to design 3 spreads and a front cover for a magazine already out there.
I chose to design "The Black Book Edition" for the amazing Wooden Toy magazine by Timba Smits. 2012 Editorial Design, Graphic Design
Nasta AS Nasta AS is a large Norwegian company located in Larvik. They import and sell construction machines. I painted this mural in their office meetingroom. 2011 Graffiti, Illustration, Painting
Cezinando Logo This logo is for the young and upcoming Norwegian rap tallent Cezinando.
Also see the 'Cez EP' project, which is the cover design I did for his first EP. 2012 Graphic Design, Typography
Tribalistas CD Cover. This is an student assignment from my time at NKF that I did together with Stein Henriksen. The CD cover is for an Brazilian band called Tribalistas, and we painted the design on a wall before we photographed it the mural. 2012 Graffiti, Graphic Design, Illustration
Clear Channel Norway #1 I painted these walls in the new offices to Clear Channel Norway. 2011 Painting, Graffiti, Illustration
Clear Channel Norway #2 I painted this wall in the sales department of the new Clear Channel's offices in Norway.
PS: The elements is not my design, but some of the ClearChannels international design elements. I only did the composition of it and painted it on their wall.

The text was painted in each of their meetingrooms, and shows the values of Clear Channel as a business. 2011 Illustration, Graffiti, Graphic Design
Dovre Peisen This wall was painted for Dovre Peisen and their stand at the 2011 "Bygg reis deg" fair in Lillestrøm. 2011 Graffiti, Visual Arts, Painting
Comfort Hotel XPRESS #1 Mural painted in the lobby at the brand new Comfort Hotel XPRESS in Oslo.

The brand new hotel in Oslo, Comfort Hotel XPRESS just opened (2011), and its concept is one of the coolest I have ever seen used by a hotel. They aim towards those who don't want to wear nice clothes in the lobby, and those who want to wear their Metalica T-Shirt and still fit in along with the staff. This hotel will be decorated with graffiti, street-art and other forms of art and murals, and the staff wears Converse shoes and band shirts at work as uniforms. I got in contact with the 24 year old hotel manager via Twitter (@sinnsykshit, @ComfortXPRESS) and hooked up a pretty sweat deal. I was allowed to paint whatever I wanted in their lobby. It was an offer to good to turn down, and this is the result.

There is a video of the whole process at the end. 2011 Graffiti, Illustration, Painting
Comfort Hotel XPRESS #2 - Lobby STOP sign, in the stairways of the Hotel XPRESS, was painted because some guests had problems to find the way out to the main entrance and lobby, so they continued down in the basement. Something which could be fatal during an fire evacuation. Therefore I had to paint some nice signs, telling the guest where to get off the stairs.

- The hotels touchscreen tv, Xpress Concierge, contains information about the hotel, events in the area and cool places to visit in Oslo. This touchscreen needed more attention, so I had to paint something around the tv.

- The Tiger Records typography was painted on a pedestal in the lobby, where Tiger Records, a LP shop, showcase some of their LP's for sale. 2012 Design, Painting, Visual Arts
CrazyFace This is an illustration I made for fun. You can purchase this as an framed art print, t-shirt, hoody and more at: www.society6.com/sinnsykshit 2012 Digital Art, Graphic Design, Illustration
Cannon Ball You can phurcase this design, and many more, at www.society6.com/sinnsykshit 2012 Cartooning, Graphic Design, Illustration
Modern Warfare This is my response to the massive growth in the technology business that we see these days.

See more items for sale at www.society6.com/sinnsykshit 2012 Digital Photography, Graphic Design, Print Design
Selected Logos This is a compilation of some of the logos I've designed:

- Access Oslo
- Boys by Girls
- Combia Prosjekt & Eiendom
- Desire Bjordal Photography
- Egeria Student Consulting
- Jonathan Bjørland
- Dan Murphy's (SCHOOL ASSIGNMENT)
- Victory Konsert
- KIL-Them All
- Fokus Prosjekt
- Erase Exhibition
- SinnSykShit by: Larsen (OLD)
- Cezinando
- Dyrebeskyttelsen (SCHOOL ASSIGNMENT)
- SplitCity Magazine 2012 Graphic Design, Typography
Streets of Melbourne. I'm not much of a photographer, that's for sure. But sometimes I capture motifs that I think is worth sharing. Here's a compilation of pics taken on and of the streets of Melbourne during 2012.

(This post will be updated continuously throughout the year.) 2012 Digital Photography, Photography
The Rolls-Royce Project (PS: This project was for a private customer!)

A collector wanted his Rolls Royce Silvershadow '68 to be painted as a replica of John Lennon's infamous Rolls Royce Phantom. So I was asked to custom paint the car. The poster and booklet was ment to be used at exhibitions and such, featuring the car Unfortunately, I don't have any photos of the car when it's finished yet. But I'll upload them as soon as I got them ready.

I owe Jørgen Rodem, Stein Henriksen and JTMS9 a big thanks for all the help. Also, thanks heaps to Kongsberg Billakk verksted for all the paint and Bjørn Thomas Høen for trusting me enough to actually let me paint his Rolls Royce. And I reckon I should say thanks to Jørgen's parents as well, for letting us use their garage as a painting workshop for nearly two months. 2012 Graphic Design, Typography, Painting
Social Winter 2011 Social Winter is a lecture event about social media. I painted this painting live next to the stage, using quotes and happenings at the event as an inspiration while painting. Since this was all about social media, the audience also sent me requests on twitter about what they wanted me to include in the motif.
The painting was sold to the highest bidder, wich was Martin Bekkelund. Congratulations!
The money was donated to Kirkens Bymision. 2011 Fine Arts, Painting, Illustration
Social Summer 2011 Social Summer is a lecture event about social media. I painted this painting live next to the stage, using quotes and happenings at the event as an inspiration while painting. Since this was all about social media, the audience also sent me requests on twitter about what they wanted me to include in the motif.

The painting was sold to the highest bidder, wich was Schærven Reklame. Congratulations! The money was donated to NorskFolkehjelp.

Rest In Peace
Norway, Oslo & Utøya!
22.07.11 2011 Fine Arts, Painting, Illustration
God Jul Just a little something I made for fun to my facebook page
for christmas 2011. God Jul is Norwegian and means Merry Christmas.
So... Merry Christmas everyone! 2011 Graphic Design, Typography, Illustration
ERASE Exhibition ERASE was an installation artwork made by students at Deakin University in 2010, as a part of the Kaleidoskope arts season.

In "ERASE" the audience became the somnambulist invited to negotiate a world where anything can happen. They became part of a world where the familiar becomes unknown and the the unknown resolves into the ordinary.

Equipped with UV torches, the audience was sent into the total dark exhibition space, and was challenged to experience the room using the UV light. Glow in the dark motifs had to be charged with the uv light to glow and shine, while fluorescent motifs was only visible when pointed at directly with the UV torches. One of the walls was completely covered in glow in the dark paint, allowing the audience to decorate the wall using the torch as a brush. The audience could draw with the trorch and make silhouettes, and in that way interact with the room on a personal level.

The ERASE exhibition was made by:
Michael Laws
Emily Allen
Vanja Henriksen
Alicia Zefara
Larsen // SinnSykShit 2012 Exhibition Design, Fine Arts, Interaction Design
Combia Prosjekt & Eiendom Logotype and business card design for Combia, a small Norwegian engineering company offering management within housing, buildings and roadconstructions.

Their slogan: The key to success! 2012 Graphic Design
Cez 4 Prez EP Cover art for the Norwegian hip-hop talent Cezinando 's first EP, Cez 4 Prez! 2011 Graphic Design, Illustration, Design
ZEPS Poster Poster design for hip-hop artist Zeps from Brooklyn. 2011 Graphic Design, Illustration
Office views - Paintings. These two paintings; 'From my office I can see a homless person' and 'Just another day at work' was painted for the 201' LionsClub exhibition at Høybråten, Oslo. The two paintings are painted as one big one. 2011 Fine Arts, Visual Arts, Painting
FlidDesign; Grøntpunkt #1 Spring 2011 I was hired for a short period by Flid Design studio.
During this periode I help out with various design projects.
This four movies was made for Grønpunkt Norge, and I played a minor part in designing some of the elements used in the movies.

1st director: Glenn Wange at Flid Design
2nd director: Monika Tronsmed at Flid Design
Animation: Miran Kevic at Buuhouse Animation
Assistant illustrator: Kim A. Larsen //SinnSykShit 2011 Animation, Illustration, Design
FlidDesign; Grøntpunkt #2 Spring 2011 I was hired for a short period by Flid Design studio.
During this periode I help out with various design projects.
I illustrated this three easter cards as a part of the recycling campaign Grøntpunkt hosted at their facebook pages during easter 2011.

www.flid.se 2011 Illustration, Design, Graphic Design
Inner City Pressure 'Inner City Pressure'
Painting on canvas 2011 Painting, Fine Arts, Visual Arts
Sideshore Kite Camp T-shirt. T-shirt design for Sideshore. 2011 Illustration, Design
Victory Consert. Victory Consert is a drug-free and non alcoholic consert for the youth in Oslo.
The concept was started by the founder of the Moonwalker Danceschool, Jonathan Bjørland, and was started to provide the youth a place to be and something else to do other than just hanging around in the streets making trouble.
The consert is being held in the south/east of oslo, wich is a area with a lot of youth criminality with gang affiliation. 2011 Graphic Design, Design, Typography
SinnSykShit business card These business cards was designed by and for SinnSykShit. When assembled correctly, the cards fits together to form a whole motif. They are inspired from old football cards (etc.) you had as a kid when you wanted to collect all the different cards.

The cards are all hand cut by the designer him self, which is a symbol of his dedication and passion for his work. This way the designer makes them more personal and the idea is based upon the fact that you actually hand out business cards all the time wherever you are. Being handcut, the SinnSykShit business cards can therefore be considered a small gift from the designer where he has actually used his time to hand cut and personalized each and one of them for the reciever!

The illustration inside also represents the illustration style of the designer. Each of the three different cards has been dedicated to the three most recognizable styles derived from SinnSykShit.

There only exists a total of 300 of these business cards.

Photo: Desiree Bjordal 2011 Design, Graphic Design, Illustration
TivoliAudio 10th Anniversary This was my contribution for Tivoli Audio's 10th anniversary billboard contest hosted by Designboom. The winner would get his/her bilboard featured on Times Square in December month 2010. Unfortunately I didn't won, but I made it to the top 30 and was ranked among the top 3 out of
the particpants from my country. (Norway)

Henry Kloss is an important person for TivoliRadio, and I decided to design a clean and stylish billboard who shows "the Henry Kloss evolution", which features the radios from model one till model 10. Model one is portrayed as a small radio while model ten is the biggest. This has nothing to do with their real sizes, it's a way to illustrate the evolution. I used a real photo behind the illustration of model 10, this is to show the new model as it is, and to separate it from previous models. The white, simple and clean design really stands out in a positive way, as a contrast to the chaos on Times Square, and there's no doubt it's a TivoliAudio billboard. The billboard are also a tribute to Henry Kloss. 2011 Graphic Design, Illustration, Advertising
Petter Pan Daa A design I did for fun. The pun can only be understood by Norwegians, but I wouldn't be surprised if also they had problems understanding it. Anyway, this design can be bought as art prints, t-shirts etc. at:

www.society6.com/sinnsykshit 2012 Graphic Design, Illustration
22 July Memory Poster. This poster was made in relation with the trial of a monster, and the terrible terror attacks he conducted in Oslo and Utøya in Norway the 22nd July 2011. I will forever be proud of the way Norway reacted to this incident, and my warmest thoughts goes out to the victims and relatives.

"To me, 22nd July is only an important memory of flowers and care. Rest In Peace! "

But, when this is said, I'm not happy with some of the decisions that's been made prior to and during the trial. The poster can be viewed as a reaction to the censoring of the trial in the Norwegian media. The truth is rarely pretty, but it must not be hidden!

The video is made by AvaStoryteller! 2012 Film, Graphic Design, Typography
Crime Cities After several recent criminal events in Oslo such as rape, murder, robberies and violence, I designed this poster. It's a statement to the society, that if nothing happens soon, Oslo is good on it's way (put on the edge) to be as criminal as the infamous Gotham city from the Batman comics. 2011 Graphic Design, Illustration, Design

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