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Kristofer Ström creates surreal characters on his iPhone

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The London offices of CHI & Partners have been given a surreal edge this week with the addition of some incredibly bizarre, and yet oddly beautiful images designed by Swedish artist Kristofer Ström. With a style that brings to mind (for me at least) the twisted imaginations behind the classic Nickelodeon cartoon Ren & Stimpy (with a less sinister bent), Ström has been publishing these strange, fascinating images on his Ljudbilden blog since 2012. As interesting as they are, however, what's most striking about them is that they were all created on his iPhone.

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The idea was simple; create a unique iPhone image every day, but in the last three years, the project has evolved from its humble beginnings, and has earned him international acclaim as a global talent within animation & illustration, with a portfolio of hundreds of unique characters. Kristofer Ström is an illustrator & animator with a unique style, blending cute and cuddly with disturbing & twisted. His quirky characters, each one unique with a personality of its own, come to life full of vivid colour & playful innocence to amuse and be adored. His print & film work slide between family fun filled commercials and more disturbing yet still humorous music videos.

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CHI & Partners have been given a surreal edge this week with the addition of some incredibly bizarre images designed by Swedish artist Kristofer Ström

Of his strangely beautiful creations, and the project as a whole, Ström said:

“Moving from the city to a house in the suburbs, I found I had a 25 minute bus ride each day to the studio. Instead of getting bored I decided to use the time creatively. I came across this amazing app called Sketchbook Mobile. So I started drawing more frequently and some friends encouraged me to do something with the illustrations instead of just archiving them and forgetting. So I started a Tumblr page which got some nice feedback, but it wasn't really until I started my Instagram account that they got the attention they needed. Some illustrations work as a part of a diary and some are just stream of consciousness style. Getting nice feedback from people and inspiring others in turn inspires me to continue publishing my daily bus-drawings.”

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CHI & Partners creative producer & art buyer Laura Blight came across Ströms' work earlier in the year. She said: “I first spotted Kristofer’s work when Hobby Films came into the agency to play their showreel. I was drawn to the intricacy and dark humour of his illustrations. Each piece seems to take on their own personality depicting good and evil. I’m always on the look out for unique creative talent to fill our exhibition space and new instantly that Kristofer’s work would go down extremely well with our creative teams and the rest of the agency.”

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The idea was simple; create a unique iPhone image every day, but in the last three years, the project has evolved from its humble beginnings

The work wis being displayed at CHI from this week onwards. For those who can't make it in person, his images can be found on his Tumblr site, his Instagram account and on the Hobby Animation website, where Ström works as a director.

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Benjamin Hiorns is a freelance writer and struggling musician from Kidderminster in the UK.

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