Dodge Charger 1969

Friday, 10 February 2012 17:57

Finally managed to make a proper photo of this drawing. I drew this on 70x50 cm Bristol board, so it was too big for me to scan it in the normal way. 

I think I've only drawn a car one time before, which is a shame because they're actually pretty nice to draw. I just need to draw more of them to get a better feeling for the shape and dynamics of a car. By the way, this is a 1969 Dodge Charger, one of my all time favorite cars. 

Blossom Bird

Thursday, 02 February 2012 16:31

I drew this bird quite some time ago as a present for my sister. I was actually planning to draw this on a pair of shoes for her, but I couldn't find a nice pair of white canvas shoes for her on time so I ended up just giving her the original drawing. This illustration is a little more rough and smudgier than my usual drawing style because I drew it on very rough paper (to resemble the texture of a shoe more, this was for practice). But i actually quite like the result, so I'll probably end up making more of these little drawings in the future. 

By the way, if you want a print of this drawing, take a look at my shop: Blossom Bird - Small Print

Facebook Fan

Monday, 05 September 2011 16:28

Here is the third illustration I made for Label magazine to go with an article about social media. They gave me some titles from the article to work with. This illustration illustrates a point they made in the article about how a Facebook fan is worth more than a non-fan. 

Crowd Sourcing

Monday, 05 September 2011 16:25

Here is the second illustration I made for Label magazine to go with an article about social media. They gave me some titles from the article to work with. This illustration serves as an introduction and illustrates the term crowd sourcing. 

Fast Enough

Monday, 05 September 2011 16:18

Here is an illustration I made for Label magazine to go with an article about social media. They gave me some titles from the article to work with. This illustration explains how though the use of social media, things are able to move at a much faster pace. But also that it's very important to keep that fast pace to keep your business up to date. 

Three Little Rabbits

Wednesday, 08 June 2011 13:56

Here are the three Little Rabbit drawings I made in the last couple of weeks. These are all drawn on heavy water color paper with pencils, inks and pastels. I originally drew the first one to try out some new paper I had bought and to scale things down a little for a change, since lately I keep drawing on bigger and bigger paper. These are just very fast one hour drawings on postcards sized paper. 

I think I drew enough rabbits for now, so I might do more of these but other animals for a change. These are all sold by now, I just wanted to make a nice post to add all three of them together to my portfolio. You can see all three of them in detail along with some photo's of the original sketches if you click the "read more" button at the bottom of this post.

Icons for RHP

Thursday, 02 June 2011 13:59

Here is something different from what I normally do. These are some little icons I made for a horticulture instruction book some time ago. They finally published the book and send me a copy to check out the final result. I also made a really fast photo so you can get a glimpse of the book itself. I'll probably make a better one later on. 

Any way, if you're into plants, get the book. It shows you which plants and weeds are ok and which should be exposed of immediately! And then it gives you some instructions on how to remove them properly. The book is set up to be as straightforward and clear as possible, thus the little icons. It's printed in English and sold all over Europe. 

Accelerator

Tuesday, 31 May 2011 13:37

The creator from All Words With an A asked me if I wanted to draw something for his website some time ago. This week I finally had some time to work on a new illustration, so here is the final result.

Illustration for Motel Mozaïque festival

Friday, 01 April 2011 14:20

So yesterday I was working on this little project and managed to finish it in only a few hours. Apparently I enjoy drawing beetles and draw them super fast. This was a commission by Tegendraads who is working on a project for the Motel Mozaïque festival in April. He's going to embroide designs on T-shirts or bags (or any kind of fabric for that matter) of the visitors of the festival and he asked three illustrators to make a design. 

So here is my version for the project. And don't worry, I also send him a line drawing to make it easier for him to translate it to an embroidable design. I'm really curious what he's going to make of my little beetle here. 

Color Me Totem

Monday, 28 March 2011 11:15

This weekend I spend most of my time working on this little drawing here. It took me quite long to finish because I was also filming the process, by myself. Drawing and moving around my tripod with camera at the same doesn't make for a very speedy process. Right I'm still working on editing the movie, but rendering is really slow so I'm not sure when I'll have it ready. 

Any way, I made this for the Inky Goodness project that's running right now. I think the deadline is this Friday, so if you want to enter as well, there still is some time. And you should because this was a hell of a lot of fun to draw. Let me describe to you how much fun:

Instead of taking the weekend off to play outside in the sun with my friends, I spend and extra two days drawing and working on this. Even though I had a shit load of drawing work to finish during the week and same goes for this week. 

But don't worry, I promise I'll spend next weekend outside in the sun. My friends were literally waving at me outside my window begging me to come outside, heheh. (Yes, you know who you are!)

Portrait of Florence + the Machine

Friday, 04 March 2011 19:31

I just finished a portrait of the singer of Florence + the Machine, a band who's music I really enjoy. This is the first time I'm used a lot of pastel pencils to color the hair. It was trickier than I thought, not sure if I'll use them like this again. Or maybe I need to use different paper next time, because the pigments had a hard time sticking to my Bristol board. I'll have to try out some stuff before starting a new illustration...

The Museum Night Festival

Tuesday, 22 February 2011 14:43

Alright, I can finally show you guys this! A lot of people have been following the process of this illustration and here is the final result.

This illustration is made for the Uitagenda in Rotterdam and is nicely displayed on the cover of the March edition. The illustration shows the party atmosphere of the Museum Nacht Festival, a recurring Dutch festival where the doors of all the major museums in Rotterdam are open all night. Partying, booze and art, best combination ever. 

Milktoof Melvis

Friday, 18 February 2011 16:39

Had to take a brake from all the big serious projects and make a little fun illustration. Introducing: Melvis, the musical milk tooth! Because I love all things that are rock 'n roll. The concept is inspired by the art on this cute little blog: mymilktoof.blogspot.com

The Crow

Wednesday, 16 February 2011 15:37

Alright, I finally finished the third and final piece for this series! I don't have much experience drawing birds, so the crow was quite a challenge. But why would I go easy on myself? That's why I also tried out a new tool for this illustration.

I'm always very happy when I have an excuse to go buy art supplies and last week I was sniffing around when I found a rather unusual looking pencil. It turned out to be a charcoal pencil: great! I tried it out for the first time in this illustration and I already love it to death. Expect more charcoal goodness in the near future.

the Fox

Tuesday, 01 February 2011 15:34

And here is the Fox illustration I revealed at the VIERKWART opening last Friday! I also posted some process photo's so you can see what kind of materials I used to make this illustration. It's made in the same style as the Little Deer piece, so I drew everything on heavy A3 sized Brtistol board and scanned it in without any editing on the computer (besides cleaning up the scan and adjusting the contrast).

I made hight quality gliclée prints (70x50 cm) of this illustration for the exhibition and they're also for sale for 120 EUR. I only have 15 prints so contact me on time if you're interested in buying one.

Little deer

Tuesday, 07 December 2010 03:20

Two weeks ago I bought some new art supplies and now I'm trying out a new drawing technique. I had some troubles along the way, getting used to the new materials and the new way of drawing. But now I finally have something I'm confident to show everyone. Check it out:

small desert dust

Friday, 05 November 2010 03:09

So I actually wasted even more time on this... Do they look better in small chunks?

Desert dust

Monday, 01 November 2010 01:19

This one took quite some time to finish. I'm not sure if I really like it that much, but I can't waste any more time on this. Drawn on paper with pencil and ink, then scanned and edited on the computer. I even made a special dust-brush for this piece.

Gergiev festival

Monday, 23 August 2010 02:35

I just finished a new illustration for the Uitagenda. This is for the August/September issue, so don't forget to pick up a copy when you're walking through Rotterdam.

Cry and Smoke

Thursday, 05 August 2010 02:24

Another quick update befor I take a well earned summer break. Here are two more pieces made for an upcoming exposition in september. I normally use a lot more color in my illustrations, but this black and white style works pretty well too. I think I'll do more of these in the future. Done with pencil and ink, colored the eyes in Photoshop.

Bubblegum girl

Wednesday, 21 July 2010 02:20

I already made this illustration quite some time ago, the original one that is. I still like the old one, but I wanted to re-draw it in my new style so I can add it to my portfolio. I quite like the result. By the way, this is all done with pencil, ink, and markers.

That summer feeling

Thursday, 17 June 2010 02:10

Here are two new illustrations for an upcoming expo in Rotterdam. I still had the skyline sketch lying around from a long time ago. Turns out it's a great backdrop for this drawing so I made another one for the second illustration. This is all done in pencil, ink and white paint. The colors are added on the computer. I was trying to mix my traditional work more nicely with computer techniques. Hope you guys like the result.

Black toad

Friday, 11 June 2010 02:07

I created this illustration for an upcoming group expo in Moscow. Everyone entering had to make an illustration with a famous Russian poem. I'll post more about it when the expo actually happens.