I did it my way.

Skyline of summertime.

2008-05-17T15:59:00.000+02:00

The comic-shop across the street asked me to do a card. To let his clients know when he will be closed for the hollidays. The sun in squares is his logo and all the info is on the back to keep it a nice clean picture.

This is the second card he asked me to do. The first one was last christmas. No money involved. I get to pick a book from his shop. And I picked this one.

It's priceless. It's hardcover. And it's huge. (45/31 cm)
The character is called G. Rafzerk. He's a gravedigger and works on a cemetery where the dead seem to be not so dead after all. Pierre Tombal in French. Like to see more? Click the title of this post to go the Pierre Tombal website.

Fruits and vitamins.

2008-05-04T12:24:00.000+02:00

A few years ago I was asked to do some food-illustrations for a cereal package. The art-director wanted me to do them by hand. No computer involved. I used airbrush, gouache and pencil. Different illustrations for different tastes.

The legend of death.

2008-01-27T16:43:00.000+01:00

A coverillustration for a magazine.
A date with death.

Looking backwards.

2007-12-16T22:00:00.000+01:00

It's more than 20 years ago that I did a comic for TINA.
A comic-magazine for girls. Most of the magazine had (and still has)
these typical semi-realistictly drawn girl-comics about horses,
make-up, popstars and so on.
My comic was one of the few in a cartoon style.
A few weeks ago I got an email from the magazine that they found
some of my old originals in the archives.
And they were going to send them to me.

An example of what I did for a living 20 years ago.

Workshop

2007-12-10T12:24:00.000+01:00

The Dutch comic magazine ZONE 5300 organised a comic battle for young people.
Click the title of this post for the ZONE website.
Part of the prize was a workshop by a professional illustrator.
Yesterday was the day. A sunday afternoon.
Some pictures of the winning ladys at work in my studio.

Little Things

2007-12-07T22:35:00.000+01:00

Are only little things if there's something big standing next to them.

An old sketch in watercolors from my archives.

Childrensart.

2007-12-03T20:15:00.000+01:00

Did this digital drawing today together with my brothers son.
He's 5 years old.
And he thinks I'm funny.
:)

Excessive snow

2007-12-02T23:05:00.001+01:00

Two pages from a 24 page comic I just finished.
Click the image for a larger view.

IF:Take your kids to the zoo.

2007-11-27T00:42:00.001+01:00

Animals love kids.

Christmas cards

2007-11-26T22:20:00.000+01:00

Always nice to see your own work printed in the shops.
This years christmascards.

A new placemat for restaurant Witloof.

2007-07-09T12:30:00.000+02:00

Still in the proces of making.
The team at the table. Eating mussels.
In pencil.

And a remake of the character on the right.
Always fun to draw a geeky character like this.

Hollidaytime.

2007-07-09T12:22:00.000+02:00

The new comic for the local UIT magazin.
We had a holliday like this last year. Hope this year wil be better.

Mangamonster.

2007-06-19T09:22:00.001+02:00

Sketch.

And ink.

Animation.

2007-06-05T23:54:00.000+02:00

I am not an animator. But when I'm asked I take the chalenge.
Did this for a show on national television.
Two geeky ladies having a drink.
In cooperation with Maarten Welzen.
Click the title of this post for his website.

Trademarks.

2007-06-01T00:33:00.000+02:00

A character for a powerpointpresentation about trademarks and patents.

Digital fun.

2007-05-30T00:30:00.001+02:00

Cars.

2007-05-25T19:51:00.000+02:00

I'm working on an illustration with cars for a powerpointpresentation.
The illustration should show chaos. The pencil to start with.

And the ink-version ready for coloring.

East meets West.

2007-05-24T12:27:00.000+02:00

Long ago since my last post. A try-out for the new blogger.
A comic I'm working on for a book that will come out next year called East meets West.
Here's the character. The sign on his stick means "human".

And the first four pages in pencil.

Do click the images to enlarge.
:)

Prins and Ploes.

2006-11-25T12:52:00.000+01:00

Last summer we had a short Prins and Ploes musical in holiday park Duinrell. Next year we will have the opportunity to do a show in the small theatre. A short movie maybe that runs in a loop all day long. I scribbled out a scene where Prins wakes up Ploes to go and pick apples. But Ploes is having a dream about her former city life. And for a moment she is scared by the big blue dog.

The black and white picture of the horse is the start.

Cathys Corner nr 2.

2006-11-19T17:47:00.000+01:00

You know that? You travel 700 km to be away from home and to see some new faces. You go straight from the train to the snow. And the first thing you hear is your own name. In your local dialect. GGGRRRRR.

From rough scribble to clear ink.

2006-11-15T00:45:00.000+01:00

A new placemat for restaurant Witloof. Winter is coming.
The idea was building a snowman.
I put the characters to work in some quick scribbles.

When the snowman was finished they wanted to take a picture. Proud as they were.

But they were not to happy with it. Let's build a bigger snowman.

And do some cleaning on this sketch.
With pencil.

And with inkt.
Have a nice meal.

Click the image to enlarge.

Playing around in Painter.

2006-11-09T09:52:00.000+01:00

Just for fun.

The big Prins and Ploes book. Part 2.

2006-11-07T16:09:00.000+01:00

All the characters together in 3 illustrations.
Do click the image to enlarge.
;-)

Wind.

2006-10-28T22:36:00.000+02:00

This picture must be more than 10 years old. I do not have a digital file. It was all done by hand. And I have no idea where the original is. Somewhere in the archives of my publisher I suppose. I scanned this picture from the printed postcard. What a stupid perspective in the arms.
No wonder no one bought the card.
:-)

Translation: HOLD ON!!!

Penguins for christmas.

2006-10-26T10:31:00.000+02:00

A new character for next years christmascards. Penguins are hip.

Could it be because of the movie?

Ghost.

2006-10-20T15:13:00.000+02:00

A picture from my story for a horrorbook called Bloeddorst (Bloodthurst in English). The book will come out february next year. Interested in more horror? Click the title of this post to go to the Bloeddorst website.

Smitten.

2006-10-17T11:38:00.000+02:00

Smitten is the new topic for Illustration Friday. First time I saw the word. The online dictionary came up with this:
1. affected by something overwhelming; "conscience-smitten"; "awe-struck".
2. marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness; "she was crazy about him"; "gaga over the rock group's new album"; "he was infatuated with her".

Could this illo fit the topic?

Cathys corner number 1.

2006-10-17T11:22:00.000+02:00

Here's the first episode of the new comic for the november issue of the local UIT magazine. Cathy has her own bar. And she keeps it open after hours for people that have to work late. ;-)

Work in progress

2006-10-11T16:28:00.000+02:00

I almost finished my horrorstory for BLOEDDORST. The horrorbook that wil come out in Holland february next year. Here's a work in progress. A girl in trouble. Fragment of page 5. Half in pencil, half already in ink. Click the title of this post to go the Bloeddorst website.

Cathy is Keetie now.

2006-10-09T11:33:00.000+02:00

Gave her a new outfit and small cheeks. No idea where this is going to yet.
Maybe she works in a bar.

Cathy and Koos.

2006-10-02T18:13:00.000+02:00

I'm working on a new comic-strip. A boy and a girl. For the OUT magazine in my own town. The magazine is about theater, movies, partys and other lokal events. He's a lokal. She is a student from out of town. We'll see.

The human beatbox.

2006-09-27T01:09:00.000+02:00

Playing around in the digital media. Just for fun.

The big Prins and Ploes book.

2006-09-24T17:56:00.000+02:00

A big book will be created for the Prins and Ploes campagne. Realy big. The size of a newspaper. It will be used as an introduction befor telling Prins and Ploes stories in librarys and schools.

The cover of the book will look something like this.

A sketch for the introduction of all the small animals on the farm.

And these are the bigger animals.

Joop the mole

2006-09-21T15:46:00.000+02:00

He is one of the characters on the Prins and Ploes farm. Did this illo in painter.

Farm-animals.

2006-09-12T14:47:00.000+02:00

Some time ago I showed an empty shop-display for the handpuppets in the Prins and Ploes campagne. Lots of white space to fill. Collect all eleven. The display is finished. And the puppets are too. It looks great. Width 95 cm. Now in a petshop near you. If you live in Holland. ;-)

Giraffe in painter.

2006-09-04T16:09:00.000+02:00

With flowers.

Crying.

2006-08-30T11:06:00.000+02:00

So much horror in the last three posts. Even the giraffe is crying.

Horror 3.

2006-08-28T22:13:00.000+02:00

I found the right style for my horror-story. It has a good black and white feel I think. Click the image for a much bigger version.

Horror 2.

2006-08-22T17:31:00.000+02:00

In my six pages horror-story (see previous post) the main character is a woman. At some point in the story she meets herself as a little girl. A cute little girl.

There's a special webpage about the horror-book now. Click the title of this post to go there.

Horror.

2006-08-19T00:42:00.000+02:00

There's a new comic-book in the making. Horror will be the theme. It's not to often anymore that I do comic. I'm in it for 6 pages now. Here's a sketch.

Playing with paint.

2006-08-12T15:14:00.000+02:00

Back from the hollidays. The weather was not too good but of course I had paint and brushes with to pass some time. Tried to alow myself to draw more loose. No sketching with pencil, just paint.

Holliday

2006-08-02T16:46:00.000+02:00

No blogging for the next two weeks. No working, no nothing. We're gonna spend some time at the Bodensee. Friedrichshafen, Bregenz, don't know yet. Somewhere in this area. See you later.

A clean start.

2006-07-29T23:22:00.000+02:00

I'm working on a new series of postcards. Birthday, baby, a new house, that sort of thing. 16 different designs. And of course there is a weddingcard. Is this couple havig a clean start?

Young talent.

2006-07-28T11:46:00.000+02:00

When I was young many professional drawers made time for me. I visited them and send them drawings by mail. Old fashioned mail in an enveloppe. Not email. It was the eighties. They phoned me back to tell me my work was rubbisch. And they told me why. Now that I am a professional myself I try to do the same. At the moment I am working with the very talented 14-year old Jordy Knoop. ( Click the title of this post to go to his daily danger website.) We're doing a story about a bankrobery. With lots of cars. Cars are difficult and I try to push him to do difficult things. Doing easy things over and over again doesn't make you better. Here's a sketch for a car from him.

And this is my reply where I try to show him that he shouln't waste so much time on the details. It's more important to get a grip on the total shape so you can play with the car and put the camera where you want.

Pink and green.

2006-07-26T11:16:00.000+02:00

Found this funny illusion in my email. Follow the moving dot with your eyes and it stays pink. Concentrate on the + in the center and the moving dot turns green. Concentrate on the + for a bit longer and the the pink dots disapear completely. Crazy brain we have.
;-)

Denzel and Jeppe.

2006-07-24T10:10:00.000+02:00

Spend a sunny day at the swimmingpool yesterday. With my brother and sister and their boys. These boys realy are eachothers opposits. And not only in the way they look. A doodle with some photoshopcolors.

And here's a link for

more Denzel and Jeppe

Cereals.

2006-07-17T10:25:00.000+02:00

For the package in my previous post I also did the main ingredients. It was fun to take a closer look at these small plants. You need realy good documentation. And when I see them in the fields now I remember this job. These plants are very important. The world feeds on them.

Wheat.

Rye.

Oats.

Rice.

No more rain.

2006-06-29T15:12:00.000+02:00

Because I'll have my own umbrella soon.
Papabrella in fact because it will look like Papakraai.
Here's a picure of him.

And this is my design for the umbrella. Can't wait to see the real thing.

I'm singing in the rain.

2006-06-27T11:51:00.000+02:00

And so is Grover. I think he likes it.

The World Cup is over.

2006-06-26T10:46:00.000+02:00

Portugal was the better team.
And the referee was a pig. Orange is over. Pink is the new color.

I'm sorry.

2006-06-24T12:32:00.000+02:00

Oh, oh, one of my three regular visitors complained. I should post more often.
Okay, okay, here's another Jan Kaman from the KNVB anual.

7,...6,...5,...4,...

2006-06-05T13:08:00.000+02:00

Yesterdayevening the team under 21 wrote history. The first time a Dutch team under 21 reaches the final of a big tournament. And they won.
European Champion. Wauw, if that was a preview for the coming worldcup.
Young players grow up fast. As shown on the cover of the KNVB anual.

9...8....

2006-06-02T10:10:00.000+02:00

Dutch soccer is doing great. Yesterday the team under 21 beat France and reached the final of the European Championship.
The big team played a testmatch against Mexico. And they won too. The orange dream is getting bigger and bigger.

10

2006-05-30T14:24:00.000+02:00

The (sort of) logo we started with. Jan had a Turkisch father. That's where the black string of hair comes from.

11 nights to go.

2006-05-29T23:48:00.000+02:00

Meanwhile the Dutch team under 21 is playing the European championship. Tonight they beat Italy 1-0 an they are through to the semi final. Let's cheer for them.

13.....12.

2006-05-28T14:00:00.000+02:00

Yesterday the national team played a testmatch against Cameroon. And they won. First half was very good. The crowd was happy. For Jan Kaman I did a crowd once. Whenever there was a panel in a page that needed an audience I used a part of this.

14

2006-05-26T00:21:00.000+02:00

Sketches for Jans girfriend. Girls are difficult. ;-)

15

2006-05-25T12:48:00.000+02:00

Another sketch from development.

16

2006-05-24T13:18:00.000+02:00

Jan Kaman. The way we worked.
This is how I got the text.

A thumbnail to give myself an idea what I'm working with. The size of this is 87/75 mm.

The photograph I used for the kitchen.

The pencilsketch.

A closer look at the lineart.

And the finished page.

17

2006-05-23T22:09:00.000+02:00

A picture from development. Jan Kaman to the rescue.

18

2006-05-22T09:50:00.000+02:00

Jan Kaman played in the national colors once. And he was send away that day. The occasion was the KNVB christmascard.

19

2006-05-21T09:46:00.000+02:00

In 2001 the presentation of Jan Kaman was in the press-room of the Amsterdam arena. Louis van Gaal spoke about his masterplan. Questions were asked about the new competition. All very serious. After that Herman van Veen introduced Jan Kaman.

And I had the chance to shake hands with the genius himself. Yes, that is JC on the right.
:-)

20

2006-05-20T14:23:00.000+02:00

Another illo for the KNVB anual. Soccer is for everybody.

21 nights to go.

2006-05-19T10:34:00.000+02:00

More soccer pictures. For the 2002 KNVB anual I did a series of illos showing how Jan grows up. Here's his birth, Jan at 6 years, at 17 years and at 45.

3 weeks to go.

2006-05-18T14:04:00.000+02:00

Tension is building up for the soccer world cup. A good moment to show you some of the work I did for the National Dutch Soccer association (KNVB). It was a comic called Jan Kaman and written by Herman van Veen. I did the first three years ( 8 pages a year) and in 2002 I did a series of illustrations for the associations annual.
Jans bedroom and his dream.

Back from Rome.

2006-05-16T22:51:00.000+02:00

My excuses to my regular visitors for posting so little lately.
After some weeks of working like an idiot with many late nights behind my computer we decided to reload the battery with a few days in the Roman sun. Strange feeling this Rome. I had the idea a small dog was following us all the time. And when I saw myself in a shopwindow I was wearing an odd pair of throusers and a funny helmet. Something like this.

(Click the title of this post if you don't get the joke. You've probably never heard of Asterix and Obelix.)

Merchandising.

2006-05-09T09:49:00.000+02:00

In the Prins and Ploes campagne we have all sorts of merchandising. Wooden toys, plastic stuff to play with on the beach, and different pupppets. This is all produced in China. Communication is not easy and it's hard to get what I want.
These are my notes on the Prins and Ploes puppets. We'll see what the Chinese make of it this time.

Illustration Friday: Fat.

2006-05-06T13:37:00.000+02:00

Charactersketches for a villain. A fat one.
With hair.....

or without.

This newspaperphoto was my inspiration. It's Martin Fitzmaurice. The darts referee that's famous for his ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY calls.

The city theater.

2006-05-01T14:24:00.000+02:00

Every 4 or 5 years the city theater asks me to illustrate the program. They're very nice and give me a lot of space to do more or less what I want. Today the program is in full-color. Years ago we only had black and one support color.
We chose red.

More city theater.

Villains are fun.

2006-04-29T00:09:00.000+02:00

An oldie from my sketchbooks.

Another Fairy tale.

2006-04-27T00:53:00.000+02:00

While working on the cover of the Fairy Tale book other drawers were asking for a Snowwhite in the nude. Did this one to shut them up. Oops, now this site contains nudity. Are you over 18?

Fairy tale cover.

2006-04-24T14:56:00.001+02:00

A few posts ago I showed a sketch of a King. One panel in a page for a fairy tale comic book. This book will be a co-production of different drawers. And I am so proud to tell you that I have the honor of doing the cover. The book will come out on the first day of the Haarlem comic convention. It's the third of june. I can't wait. Specialy because the 4th of june is my birthday.
(Click the title of this post to go the conventions website.)

The book wil be published by

Senoeni

Great news.

2006-04-22T18:14:00.000+02:00

About Prins and Ploes. The producer is working on a second musical for the 2007/2008 theaterseason. That's one year away. But he needs a picture for publicity already now. The farm is in trouble. Prins and Ploes to the rescue. Here's a sketch.

Frogfun.

2006-04-20T11:24:00.000+02:00

Weatherreports say we're gonna have a nice weekend. Let's have some fun. Frogfun.

What a day.

2006-04-15T23:10:00.000+02:00

I had a wonderfull day. Went to see a show with my own characters. Today we had the final of a competition for childrens choirs. The songs were about Prins and Ploes. And a 20 minute preview of the musical was shown. Here's a funny picture of the musical-cast. They're working on a nice set-up for a promotional photograph. Notice the half body of the horse. A horse on wheels.
This realy is a wonderfull group of people with a drive and a spirit you do not see often. Thank you all for bringing so much life to my drawings.

(Click the title of this post to go to the company's website.)

And this is my nephew being hugged by Prins. He is 3 years old and it was his first meeting with the real thing. He had been nervous for three days and he was not disappointed. Pfoe. Lucky me.

Fast sketches.

2006-04-14T09:27:00.000+02:00

This sketch is one panel in a two page fairy-tale comic. I showed the complete pages in pencil on an internetforum for comic artists.

On this forum we like to play around with eachohters work and Pieter Hogenbirk (click the title of this post for his weblog) did this interpretation in Painter IX.

Why enter this post for Illustration Fridays topic speed? My sketch was done in 15 minutes and it took Pieter more or less the same to do the clean up. Is that speed or what?

Coloring.

2006-04-12T10:55:00.000+02:00

Today it's your turn. To get you into a summer spirit.
;-)

Bull.

2006-04-08T11:51:00.000+02:00

A lazy saturday morning. Found an old line drawing to put some color in.

Celebration.

2006-04-07T15:21:00.000+02:00

I love the red dots ClustrMap. This week my map passed the number of 10.000. Thank you all for stopping by. Any questions? Any story on this blog you like to know more about? Let me know.

A strange bird.

2006-04-04T23:12:00.000+02:00

I designed this bird for the Prins and Ploes campagne. (see the link on the right) He play's a part in a musical. And we have merchandising dolls that should look like him. They DON'T!!! And I'm not gonna show you.
(I'm not the man in the picture)

Today I did two new sheets for the Chinese dollmakers.

Hope they're not gonna use bleu and purple again. GRRRR!!!!!

An oldie from my sketchbook.

2006-04-04T11:22:00.000+02:00

This Lion keeps coming back in my head for years. In different versions and in different worlds. Here's a picture from his hippie-days. In markers and a bit of airbrush for the clouds. He wants me to tell his story I think.

Illustration Friday: Springfever.

2006-04-03T20:40:00.000+02:00

Since Illustration Friday has SPRING for it's topic two things are going through my mind. The girls that come out when the sun starts to shine. And the way they are dressed. Just could'nt help doing this quickie in painter.
Hope you like.
;-)

Cartoons.

2006-04-03T13:29:00.000+02:00

Over the years I've done hundreds of cartoons for all sorts of occasions. Most of them line-art in black and white. Fun stuff to play around with in painter now. Pimping my own work. These were about students in working situations.
One in watercolors.

And one in chalk.

She's called Trees.

2006-04-02T20:44:00.000+02:00

Sometimes young drawers ask my advice. One of them is doing a story with a beautiful but sad lady. I did this sketch to try and show him how important facial characterics are in a design. I payed special attention to the lips and the eyes.

Spring in Love.

2006-04-01T00:28:00.000+02:00

Spring is a time for new love. Birds, rabbits, butterflys, and even humans. Nothing can stop them. The show must go on. When a friend of mine got married I did a little book with the story of his life in pictures. This is the moment he asked his girl to marry him. Blink, blink, nudge, nudge, say no more. The third baby is on it's way.

Translation: SHE WANTS!

Layers

2006-03-31T12:58:00.000+02:00

An illustration of a stack of books. Did it in illustrator and made an animated gif out of it to show you how the thing is build in layers. The pencilsketch under the layers as a reference.

Max and Mummmie comic

2006-03-30T13:51:00.000+02:00

In 1997 I did one page of comic ervery week for the Veronica magazine. A tv-guide with a million readers. The main characters were two monsters. Max and Mummie. Text and idea Dick Briel. Click the title of this post for more info about him.

Mummie was uuuhm... a mummie. And Max was a fanatasy. Mummies fantasy in fact. In the end when Mummie went back to the piramides because he could't stand modern live Max just faded away. He could'nt live without his friend. Here they're still happy together. Did this picture as a gift to the publisher.

Some sketches from the beginning. They lived in an amusementpark with a horror/monster-theme. These ones where inspired by Tim Burtons Nightmare befor Christmas.

In the comic we sent them on trip around the globe. A new confrontation with the real world every week.

The cover of the album that came out on june 4 2000. My 39-th birthday. What a present.
:-)

And a sketch for a page where a cyclist took doping to keep up with the peleton. Just after that our friends crossed the streat. The cyclist ended up winning the race of course. But after that he was taken to a mental home. Was it the doping? Or was it the fact that he met Max and Mummie? Or was it both?

School 's out!

2006-03-28T12:30:00.000+02:00

A few posts ago I showed a hospital entrance I did for a Get Well-card. And I had the idea to do a school entrance for a Graduation-card. Here it is.

IF: Spider-monster.

2006-03-25T16:18:00.000+01:00

A few month ago my girlfriends father had a scary party. I did some decorations for the walls. Is this a monster or not? Maybe he lives under your bed. Sleep well.

Spring is in the air.

2006-03-24T12:03:00.000+01:00

No spring in Holland yet. Cloudy, rainy, dark wether. No children playing outside, no cats stuck in trees. Saw a few small flowers in the garden this morning. Turning the heads in one direction, hoping for the sun.
Still playing around in Painter. This one is inspired by the superkalifragalisticexpéelladocious Fiep Westendorp. Click the title of this post to go to her website.

Art?

2006-03-23T17:08:00.000+01:00

In 1992 I was in New York for ten days. Of course I visited every museum I could find. I spend a day at the Metropolitan, a day at the MOMA and a day at the Guggenheim. So much inspiration. One evening, lying tired on my hotelbed I did this picture in my sketchbook. Dancing couple. Soft pencil and eraser.

Count Count.

2006-03-23T12:44:00.000+01:00

I did a lot of Sesame Street work. Count Count always gave me a bit of trouble. I had problems getting him "in character". This one worked out nice I think. How many bats are smiling? How many are crying?

Illustration Friday: Feet.

2006-03-18T02:09:00.000+01:00

This Painter IX book (see my post below) realy helps. Hear me shout it out ?"PAINTER!!PAINTER!!PAINTER!!PAINTER!!PAINTER!!PAINTER!!"
(Click the image for a closer view.)

WOW!!!!!

2006-03-17T14:31:00.000+01:00

No better way to discover your software than the WOW-books.
I received these two this morning. Gonna be a playfull weekend.
:-)

Hospital.

2006-03-15T21:08:00.000+01:00

I'm working on a Get Well-card. For page three I needed a hospital entrance. So I took some photographs of the real thing and styled it to this in illustrator. My art-director likes the style and we're gona do more. For other categories as well. A graduation-card with the front door of a school maybe? Hey! That's a good idea.

How to draw.

2006-03-12T14:36:00.000+01:00

As a child I drew all the famous characters from magazines. Mickey, Donald, Dombo, Luky Luke, the Dutch Tom Poes, Nijntje, Jip en Janneke, you name it.
I was always very happy when the Donald Duck magazine had a "How to draw" page. They showed you how a Disney character is build with cirkels.
Years and years later when I was doing a comic for the magazine of the National football association they wanted to give the comic some special attention. I proposed to do a drawing competition amongst the readers. And there was my chance to do a "How to draw" page with my own character.

We had 42 entrys from children with ages from 8 to 15. It's funny to have such a collection of drawings of my own character done by children I don't even know.

Illustration Friday: Tattoo

2006-03-10T21:57:00.000+01:00

I have ideas for new comic-characters all the time. But where do I find the time to make them all come alive? John Lennons words are so true. "Live is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans". I'm not complaining. I love my work and I'm realy happy to make a living as an illustrator.

The drawing is an oldie. I put an extra effort in the background to give you some value for your visit.

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Presentation for Brazil.

2006-03-09T00:04:00.000+01:00

A client of mine was working on a big project in Brazil. A health-fitness and beauty complex for the rich and famous. He asked me to do some pictures to give his presentation a bit of a style. Like many big projects this one never came true. That's a pitty. He promised me a trip to Rio if everything worked out. And the whole styling of picto's, signs for directions and other grafic work that had to be done for the complex and it's publicity..
(:-(

40 years of fieldhockey.

2006-03-07T09:56:00.000+01:00

I've played fieldhockey all my live. Being the only drawer in the club I always did the special t-shirts for tournaments, the illustrations for the club-magazine and posters for promotion. When we had the 40 years jubilee I was asked to do an illustration/logo for promotional purposes. It's clear what I wanted to show I think. We did play hockey for 40 years but there was always an important roll for what we call "the third half". Guess you understand what we mean.
;-)

All sorts of memorabilia were produced. A t-shirt with the logo on the back.

And we even had our own wine.

Great publicity for Prins and Ploes

2006-03-06T11:50:00.000+01:00

Today in Het Algemeen Dagblad (one of the big national newspapers) a story about Prins and Ploes The Musical. Very positive and with a nice photograph. Not to mention the special attention for my name. Glow, glow. If you read Dutch click the image for a bigger version.