No matter how much I thought about it, I could not come up with a clever icon for Cancer and Scorpio that you would also want to wear as a t-shirt. I mean, who wants to walk around with just a Scorpio tail on his belly? Or a Cancer claw? I would much rather be [...]
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Zodiac icons for t-shirts 2
Fishes, Sagittarius, Aquarius and Lion. I love doing this type of thing, designing icons.. reducing, reducing, reducing. I have always thought I was a designer at heart. I love simplicity and strong images. May because I grew up with Dick Bruna? And I think it is a pity that most people seem to think images [...]
Zodiac icons for t-shirts
I am designing zodiac icons for a webshop that sells pajama’s. Trying to come up with fresh designs. This is for Aquarius (whenever I see that word I start singing that famous song from Hair).
Cat t-shirt
A t-shirt design for the Utrecht firm Oh My Tees. They are starting a new webshop printing tees in editions of 100. In the near future, visitors to their Facebook page can take a vote to decide which designs get printed. Remind me to start bothering you for votes on all social me-me-media by that [...]
The Sketchbook Project 6
All over the world contributors to The Sketchbook Project must be trying to get their book finished in time, as it has to be sent off on Jan. 15. I had a few hours to spend on it today and looking over what I had done so far I decided to start on the table [...]
The Sketchbook Project 5
I did get a few hours of work in today, after all. I have started eraser cutting the little hands that will take the apples away. Every now and then I wonder if I am not putting too much time into this project.. and how many pages I am going to end up with – [...]
The Sketchbook Project 4
More screenshots at the end of this day.. Doing 5 hands and apples plus the ever increasing heap of apples in the bowl is a lot of work. So far I have made stamps for 3 hands and 5 different amounts of apples. Wow. I put some shade under the bowl but I am not [...]
The sketchbook project 2
I get up early this morning, all awake, to find out it is not even 7 o’clock. Everyone is still asleep. So I watch a few episodes of Desperate Housewives before I set to work. I think I am allowed – after all these are holidays! I made a new story yesterday but it feels [...]
Pick your niche – quiche je niche
I am redoing a few illustrations in my recent, graphic style. This is one of my personal favorites. It is part of a small series with advice for small business owners – all of whom I consider my collegues. It says: pick your niche – but to ‘pick’ in Dutch is ‘kies’, so I could [...]
Trisomy 13/18
.. illustration for an article about chromosome deficiencies trisomy 13 and 18 – causing early infant death and severe handicaps, of which extra fingers are some of the least worrisome. Instead of two, patients have 3 chromosomes # 13 or 18.
Stamp design for Zuster van Uden…
Stamp design for Zuster van Uden, the nurse who sells handmade tea cosies crafted from recyled blankets. The sister is a remarkable woman. You can find her over here. I could not resist adding some colour. Colouring is always the best part! Yesterday all over Holland angry citizens protested against the huge planned budget cuts [...]
Fairy tales for grown ups
Boven: Kamillethee. Onder: De gele regenjas When I moved to my new website over the summer I left behind a few things that need reinstalling. One of those is the two litle fairy tales for grownups I wrote and illustrated earlier this year. They are 10 x 10 cm harmonicabooks. The picture above shows both [...]
Birdwatching
Hard to translate, this one! It is a joke on a little Dutch rhyme bird watchers use, to remember the name of a bird with a crooked beak. There is some inuendo. You will have to learn Dutch to appreciate it, sorry!
Fridge magnet
I just had these cool fridge magnets made.. they are actually the size of a business card, so if you are looking for original business cards, this could be it! Don’t you go running off to work without having properly eaten your breakfast from now on! Or you know what you’ll turn into.
Little Owls / Steenuilen
Still working on the nature illo’s. My creative pal Chantal Vincent asked for everyone to submit owls, and since they were high on my list as well I made these two little fellows yesterday. I know I took some liberty with the colours, as they are basically brown and white, but they still look real [...]
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