Hi! 👋

I'm Simon! I'm employed as a developer and consultant for Magello, and I've been programming for close to decade now. Currently, I'm interested in the functional compile-to-javascript languages that have sprung up the last couple of years.

Recently, I also got myself a drawing tablet, and I'm learning how to make digital art.

This website is a space for me to collect my thoughts and project.

simon.olander@gmail.com

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Skärgården

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I've been interested in trying out PureScript for a while now, and during the Christmas break I finally got around to it. I made a fairly simple puzzle game, similar to nonograms.

Description

The Swedish state has hired you to chart the archipelago. You contracted people to scout out all the islands, but they took off with the money leaving you with only loose clues as to where the islands are. Maybe you can somehow use these hints to finalize the sea charts?

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Screenshot of Skärgården

Liten tuva

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I have been wanting to do Swedish educational material for a while. What I want to make here is a podcast, where each episode is a Swedish pro-verb or expression that I explain.

The first episode is out, it's on the expression Små grytor har också öron. You can listen to the episode below, and also read the transcript.

The RSS feed can be found at https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/liten-tuva.

Podcast Swedish Educational
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VÃ¥tt och torrt

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Early 2022 I got myself a drawing tablet. This is first large piece I drew, and the first piece I ordered as a print. There are a few words in Swedish that describe how wet or dry something is, this painting is an infographic ranging the words from the wettest on the left to the driest on the right.

Digital painting Infographic
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The painting 'VÃ¥tt och torrt'

Ear

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I would like to be good at drawing people, but I haven't been able to get through a complete portrait. It's simply too difficult. Instead, I drew something simpler: just an ear.

I used this photograph for reference.

Digital painting Study
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The painting 'VÃ¥tt och torrt'

Pumpa

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The first image I painted. I googled a bunch of pumpkins that I used for reference, but I don't have a single reference.

Digital painting Fruits and vegetables
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A sketch of a pumpkin

Fänkål

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The second image I painted. Like the pumpkin, I googled a bunch of fennels that I used for reference.

Digital painting Fruits and vegetables
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A sketch of a fennel

Frog

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Me and my girlfriend did a paint-along to this youtube video.

Digital painting Animal
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A painting of a frog

Amanita

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I decided to do another vegetable, if mushrooms count as vegetables. You're not supposed to eat these ones.

Digital painting Mushroom
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A painting of a mushroom

Croissant

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I wanted to draw a pastry. This is a croissant.

Digital painting Pastry
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A painting of a pastry

Mallard

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I wanted to draw something using just colour, no contouring. This is a mallard duck, I believe it's the most common duck in my hometown. I've almost exclusively used the Wet Bristles Rough brush in Krita.

Digital painting Animal
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A painting of a mallard duck

Solvikscider

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My family harvested apples from the tree in their garden, and made it into cider. I drew this image to go on the label on the bottles. It figures the apple tree and our family house. For reference i used this photograph.

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A painting of the apple tree in front of our family house