Tinet Elmgren

Date of birth: 19.04.1981
Work: Freelancer in lettering, layout and design since October 2006, intern at avant-verlag in April and May 2006.
University studies: Publishing and Book Market Studies, Russian, Russia and Eastern Europe Studies, Middle East Studies, and some Romanian, Arabic and Hebrew.

Contact

Email: tinet (dot) elmgren (at) gmail (dot) com
Office: Schwedter Str. 263 / 10119 Berlin / Germany

Since somewhere around October 2006, I've been freelancing in lettering, layouting and designing various print matter, often related to comic books.
Before that I absolved the two semester course in Publishing and Book Market Studies at Lund University, and interned at avant-verlag for two months.

Lettering

I letter comics mainly digitally, but sound effects and such are, of course, most expressive when made by hand. Some of the books I've lettered:

- Desmodus der Vampir 1-4 / Joann Sfar / avant-verlag
- Aufzeichnungen für eine Kriegsgeschichte / Gipi / avant-verlag
- Ikarus / Manuele Fior / avant-verlag
- 5 Songs / Gipi / avant-verlag
- Gorazde / Joe Sacco / Epix förlag
- Olaf G. / Steffen Kverneland & Lars Fiske / avant-verlag 
- Professor Bell 3 / Joann Sfar / avant-verlag
- Rampokan: Java / Peter van Dongen / avant-verlag

Layout/Design

I also compose books and other print matter, and create graphic designs for various projects. I both work out whole new concepts and realize the ideas of clients. Some examples:

- Front page for the 2006 catalogue of avant-verlag
- Concept of Swedish edition covers for several books by Joe Sacco

Proofreading/Translation

Although it's not my main occupation, I also do proofreading and translation. Languages:

Proofreading -
Swedish, German

Translation -
From Swedish, German, English, Finnish, Russian
To Swedish, German, English