Studio Notes

As a Danish illustrator, I'm rarely setting out to capture something grand. It’s more often the small, familiar human things that hold my attention — details that feel like they’ve always been there (and in a sense they have). A small Danish train platform, inspired by mid-century Denmark and the atmosphere of Matador. The drawing began with the image of a small Danish train platform — the kind of place that exists all over the country, often unchanged for decades. I’m drawn

There’s a moment in voiceover work that never quite stops feeling strange. The red light comes on, and everything goes quiet — except for you. No faces. No blocking. No one else to move the scene forward.Just breath, timing, and a line that might only last three seconds. In the booth. This week I was back in a recording booth in Copenhagen. Standard headphones, water bottle within reach, a lamp in the corner that always looks like it came from someone’s childhood bedroom. The

The coffee was cold before I remembered to drink it. I’d made it with good intentions — fairly strong, with whole milk (I’m Danish, after all) — before settling in to finish a sketch I’d started the night before. I had the idea just as I was getting into bed, so I’d scribbled it in the margin of an old notebook, hoping it would still make sense in the morning. It mostly did. Most mornings like this take place in my studio in Copenhagen, where I divide my time between acting w