Magnitude 9

Today I received a copy of the book 'Magnitude 9'

The book containing all the works of the CFSL graphic designers dedicated to the victims of the Tsunami is on pre-order on Ankama Shop. LINK
Find in this artbook all illustrations of the CFSL French Collective artists to help the Tsunami victims. All profits will go to Give2Asia.
Also, you can purchase one of the originals during the auction to will take place on April 30th at 6pm at the Arludik gallery, in Paris. Again, all the profits will be donated to Give2Asia.

Kees van Kooten

When I create caricatures for magazines, often I hand in my work, get paid and that's that. Sometimes, the depicted personality contacts me to tell me what they think about my drawing. In this case, Kees van Kooten published his thoughts on my drawing in 'Hollands Diep' magazine.
For all of you who do not speak dutch; let's say he has a very kind way of saying he likes the drawing.
Thank you very much, Kees!

Elf sketch

Graphite powder

Recently I bumped into the great work of Niklas Andersen LINK
He allowed me to share some of his advice on the use of graphite powder on my tutorial blog LINK. This drawing is the result of some playtime with pencil and graphite powder.

Sketch

Esquire

Two illustrations for Esquire. The first one is about how to deal with your ex. The second story about Leo Blokhuis' book about the blues music from the south of the USA.

MAD!

MAD cover illustration. I will post more about the process soon!

Dr. Phil gouache sketch

Sleep

This video shows a time lapse recording of the sketch I did for a painting for my niece Emma.

Digital painting study

Painted from photo reference. I did this  sketch to study reflections and digital brushwork.

MAD Sneek peak

Here's a little sneek peak of the cover illustration for the  upcoming MAD I did. The new MAD will be in stores november 24th.

JB caricature sketch

I posted a demonstration vid of this sketch on my tutorial blog LINK

Book cover

Finished book cover. Typography is temporary and only serves to thow where the title will be placed.

Preliminary sketch

Color sketch

Adjusted scene and characters

Detail of the finished book cover illustration

Book cover illustration for a book about a magic bakery. When the parents leave, the kids are left alone in the bakery with tha magic cookbook...They'll have fun, that's for sure!

Quest history

Small illustration for Quest history... About the Dutch expression: 'ongelikte beer' or in English: 'an unlicked cub'.

YOU!!

This guy kept following me in my dreams last night... Scary guy..

Art for water

My entry for the 'Art for Water' project.

	WITHOUT WATER there is NO LIFE

WHO. Art for Water is a non-profit campaign to aid two charities, Charity: Water and Waves for Water, in bringing clean and safe drinking water to the almost 1 billion, who struggle without it. We are a group of artists who have donated our art to be part of an online store where 100% of proceeds will go towards the campaign. The website will be a collection of talented artists all over the world. We hope that you will take time to visit it when it is launched. GOAL. The water projects we are trying to fund include 3 wells and 100 filters, which can help up to 6000 people. To do this we need to raise $20,000. WHY. Almost a billion people on the planet do not have clean and safe drinking water. We’ve decided that this is unacceptable. $20 is all that is needed to save one life. Think about how easily you spend $20. It’s not a lot to us, but it can do so much somewhere else in the world. Please donate and support if you believe in this cause. To donate immediately, please visit: www.artforwater.tumblr.com/donate For more information about the charities please visit: www.charitywater.org www.wavesforwater.org

Life drawing

Snapshot of yesterday's life drawing session.

Work in progress

Small preview of a book cover drawing I'm now working on.

Studying...

  

Illustration I did some time ago for UWV-online. The illustration is strange-shaped to fit into an already created layout.

Esquire

Illustration for Esquire magazine. Fancy prints on collars are not tolerated by the writer of the article....

Warmup sketch

Natalie Portman

Clown

Just a sketch...
and some more:

Fairytales

I just received two sample copies of the fairytale books I illustrated. Y'all have to wait though....they won't be available 'till next year,

Character designs

Some character designs I'm working on for an animated short by Paul-Erik Trouwborst

Ugly Lily

This is the very first concept sketch for an Ipad app of a song by the very talented singer Elisabeth Simonian. I will be collaborating with the great Coen Hamelink . The project is still very fresh, and I can't wait to see how this will develop...

In this sketch I just wanted to capure a mood and style to refer to in later stages of the process.

Dutch MAD

I recently posted my cover illustration for the upcoming Dutch MAD magazine. This is how the cover turned out with the typography added.

Lobby

Illustration for 'Vluchtelingenwerk magazine' .

I'm back!

Hi y'all... I just returned from a well spent holiday in both France and Italy. Above a little gouache sketch I did in a small French town called Yport.
Now back to work... I have a lot of things to do right now!