I always had in mind to do the San tribe hunters as a secondary version too, showing a modern day marathon runner. So the second runner was created holding nothing in hand to allow for ‘easy’ conversion.
I did both during Dogma 48 a few weeks back, over the course of a weekend. All conversions on marathoner is done in green stuff.
For me the scenes are very interesting - being a big fan of distance running, the idea of man evolving as a running machine built for long endurance/persistance hunt, and being the reason homo sapiens won the evolutionary war.
man is simply born to run. And the parallel world in Berlin Marathon is really interesting as it shows two identical souls on different sides of planet - but with same passion but different purposes - at the same time in history.
the two are built with massive contrast in mind. Hot and cold being the strongest. Normally it would be advisable to included colour contrasts in the same piece, but making two linked projects it allowed me to create two opposite pieces with contrasting colours. Working together.
I hope you like them.
Melnikov Ivan "Nakatan"
you’ve got my gold again
Jakob Villien
Thanks again Ivan :)
Angel C Villalba "KaspareK"
Muy bonito y original!!! Oro.
Jakob Villien
Grazias! :)
Mikkel Frederiksen
Jeg er vild med den!
Jakob Villien
Tak Mikkel!!
Marius "Der Stone "Stein
I love the concept and the contrast between the concrete and dry earth. Maybe there is a rhyme in my comment. :) really Kool conversion.
Jakob Villien
Thanks so much! I am sure there is a ryhme but I cannot it. :) and thanks - the shoes were the most tricky bit
MosesPLUS
This is one of the most interesting projects I’ve seen. Are they designed to be displayed together?
Jakob Villien
Thanks so much. Honoured to hear!
Actually, yes and no. The runners was commissioned by me, so I could decide a few things. One of these things was that the runner was to have nothing in hand so he could be converted to a marathon runner. I do two versions for Nordlys always, a Box Art and a BizArr, which is an alternative box art with conversion allowed. Meaning I thought of this from the beginning.
MosesPLUS
Thank you for that explanation. I especially like the fact that it simply depicts a reality. Everything else can be subject to the viewer’s own interpretation.
Tobias_K_Aasvang
Brilliant! They turned out so well.
Jakob Villien
Thanks mate!
"SCV Park" Yeong Min
Great~! Nice~! Gold
Jakob Villien
Thank you!
Francois "Frado" Daugny
Super good idea, extremely well executed. Gold!!
Jakob Villien
Merci Francois!
ohtekPLUS
Wow gol to gold!!
Jakob Villien
Thank you Ohtek.
Magnus FagerbergPLUS
Stunning!
Jakob Villien
Thanks so much mate!!
eric wolfsPLUS
Good idea and Great job = great result ! Gold, of course
Jakob Villien
Thank you so much Eric!
Theodoros Giannakopoulos
Amazing concept of parallelism. I almost feel their movement in nature and in the city !
[ I apologise I voted silver by mistake ]
Jakob Villien
Thanks so much - happy you like the concept!
David_cualquiera
Just the idea itself is gold, also the superb paintjob, everything click right in this one ^^
Jakob Villien
Thanks so much David! Happy to hear!
TimPLUS
Fantastic job dude. You can really see the love and passion behind this and the others you do. The fact that both where done in just 48 hour as well blows my mind.
Wonderful
Jakob Villien
Thank you so much mate! Honoured!
Eamon Connerty
Very powerful pieces, they look great together! GOLD!
Jakob Villien
Thanks so much mate. Yep, they can’t be separated :)
holgerschwarz
Sehr schöne Arbeit - mal was ganz anderes - tut richtig gut !!!
Herzlichen Glückwunsch und schönes Gold von mir
Grüße Holger
Jakob Villien
Danke schön Holger! :)
Clive Jackson
Clever piece of work Jakob, beautifully executed! Gold! Hope things are good in Roskilde? Been some years since I was in DK!
Jakob Villien
Thanks Clive! And thank you, Roskilde is good :) we just had Roskilde Festival and the Tour de France here :) busy summer :)
Flo « FFF » Rochet
Gold! Like parallèle work on those runner, full of sense!!!
Jakob Villien
Thanks so much! :)
Lucas 'Tio Zebra'
I really like how the piece works as a set or as individual minis. Fantastic theme and execution!
Jakob Villien
Thank you so much. That was the test to make two pieces that compliment eachother. So I am happy you think it works!
Jonatan Gil - Elinhir
Wonderful concept !!! Gold !!!
Jakob Villien
Thanks so much Jonatan
Kyle Maitland
Made more impressive solely by how small these are. I was In awe when my copy arrived.
Jakob Villien
But the most impressive thing about that is the sheer sculpting skill! Wow. And thanks mate
Anthony Wang
A well deserved best of creativity at Monte!!
SergeyPopovichenkoPLUS
Super!!!
Alexander "Skrytnik" Loskutov
Gold!
Charles King
Outstanding!