Bendik Kaltenborn's playful illustrations are as hilarious as they are skillful

Date
22 November 2012

This might sound ridiculous but I feel like I’ve known Bendik Kaltenborn’s illustration for years, even though I only discovered him a week ago. The Norwegian comics artist produces work in a style that recalls a rich Scandinavian tradition of bright block colours and playful geometric characters, and yet is entirely his own. With a career that’s spanned nine years so far Bendik has an enormous portfolio of work, encompassing editorial illustration, witty comics and some terrifically playful poster design. He’s also a dab hand at screen printing. With all this incredible talent in the bag we have only one question to ask; Why has nobody commissioned him in the UK? Come on British publishers, get on with it!

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Bendik Kaltenborn: Illustration

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Bendik Kaltenborn: Illustration

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Bendik Kaltenborn: Illustration

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Bendik Kaltenborn: Illustration

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Bendik Kaltenborn: Illustration

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Bendik Kaltenborn: Illustration

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Bendik Kaltenborn: Illustration

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Bendik Kaltenborn: Illustration

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James Cartwright

James started out as an intern in 2011 and came back in summer of 2012 to work online and latterly as Print Editor, before leaving in May 2015.

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