Wouter Tulp | Illustrator |

Turnaround

2012-01-23T01:22:00.000-08:00

After seeing some Rapunzel tunaround sketches by Glen Keane, I was inspired to do a turaround exercise of a pose. It is really a good exercise to check if you understand volumes and shapes. The hardest part is to make sure the pose has the same intention and is just as strong from all angles. Finally I placed them in an animation, to check again how the volumes are balanced. I can see I am a bit off model here and there, so I guess I need to do this more often. It's a really good exercise that I can reccommend to anyone!

Klick the image to see it move...

Text message...

2012-01-17T11:52:00.001-08:00

Just sketching...

Bum...

2012-01-04T01:16:00.000-08:00

Book of creation

2012-01-03T00:20:00.000-08:00

I'm happy to announce my work is published in the book of creation. Get your copt here: LINK

Happy new year!

2012-01-02T00:46:00.001-08:00

Magnitude 9

2011-12-21T23:57:00.000-08:00

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

2011-12-16T13:06:00.000-08:00

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

2011-12-14T07:16:00.001-08:00

Graphite powder

2011-12-08T03:01:00.001-08:00

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

2011-12-07T01:14:00.001-08:00

Esquire

2011-11-25T08:24:00.000-08:00

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!

2011-11-24T02:05:00.001-08:00

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

Dr. Phil gouache sketch

2011-11-22T01:48:00.001-08:00

Sleep

2011-11-18T02:25:00.001-08:00

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

Digital painting study

2011-11-14T06:53:00.001-08:00

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

MAD Sneek peak

2011-11-14T05:46:00.001-08:00

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

2011-11-10T13:41:00.001-08:00

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

Book cover

2011-11-09T03:44:00.000-08:00

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

2011-11-07T06:06:00.000-08:00

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

YOU!!

2011-11-02T01:18:00.000-07:00

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

Art for water

2011-10-10T13:01:00.000-07:00

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

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

2011-10-05T00:35:00.001-07:00

Snapshot of yesterday's life drawing session.

Work in progress

2011-10-04T05:34:00.000-07:00

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

Studying...

2011-10-03T02:58:00.000-07:00

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

Esquire

2011-09-22T06:09:00.000-07:00

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

Warmup sketch

2011-09-20T01:32:00.001-07:00

Natalie Portman

Clown

2011-09-13T08:29:00.001-07:00

Just a sketch...
and some more:

Fairytales

2011-09-08T06:07:00.000-07:00

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

2011-09-08T03:04:00.000-07:00

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

Ugly Lily

2011-09-07T01:07:00.000-07:00

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

2011-09-06T01:55:00.000-07:00

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

Lobby

2011-08-31T02:11:00.000-07:00

Illustration for 'Vluchtelingenwerk magazine' .

I'm back!

2011-08-29T00:38:00.000-07:00

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!

Dutch MAD magazine

2011-08-03T11:15:00.000-07:00

These are two illustrations I did for the new dutch Mad magazine. More info and for subscriptions, visit: www.madmag.nl

Fairytales

2011-08-01T01:12:00.000-07:00

Two more illustrations from the fairytale book I recently illustrated. The book will be available in stores in 2012.

Still waiting for his drink....

2011-07-22T07:56:00.000-07:00

Ford

2011-07-18T12:44:00.000-07:00

Quick Harrison Ford sketch

Watercolor sketches

2011-07-18T00:29:00.000-07:00

Just having fun with a moleskine sketchbook and watercolor...

Sketches

2011-07-15T02:54:00.000-07:00

Some pages from my sketchbook.

WIP

2011-07-11T02:18:00.001-07:00

Now working on an illustration for Vluchtelingenwerk.

Fairytales finished

2011-06-17T00:33:00.000-07:00

I did it!! I finished all of the illustyrations for the two fairytale books, and made the deadline! To celebrate I'll share two more finished illustrations for the story: Hansl and Gretl. Although I had little time to do extensive sketching and researching, I tried to spend as much time as possible to create a good foundation for the illustration.

Sorolla

2011-06-16T06:00:00.000-07:00

Sketch of painter Joaquin Sorolla.

Fairytales...

2011-06-09T07:47:00.000-07:00

Still working on the fairytales... These are some recent sketches...Still a work in progress...

Plein air sketch

2011-06-05T11:29:00.000-07:00

Plein air sketch I did in Dochamps, Belgium.
I placed a complete step-by-step on my tutorial blog: LINK

Red riding hood

2011-06-01T01:50:00.000-07:00

Development of an illustration from start to finish. The tight deadline doesn't allow me to do a lot of sketching. Still the 'design' stage is very important to me, so I try to put as much effort into it as possible. Then I solve a lot of problems while actually painting the illustration.
The foliage on top is meant for typography.

Fairytales...

2011-05-25T04:12:00.000-07:00

This is a finished illustration for the fairytale book I'm working on. I'm pleased with the result, especially considering I have only one day for each illustration. This Illustration is for the fairytale: 'The story of a boy who went forth to learn fear.' In this scene, he spends the night in a castle, Not afraid at all of the monsters and ghosts there. Instead, he falls asleep...

Typography for the stories will be placed into the illustrations, which explains the big black area at the left side of the illustration.

Life drawing

2011-05-18T00:29:00.000-07:00

Sketch from a previous session

Evil stepmother

2011-05-11T03:02:00.000-07:00

Illustration about the ever growing influence on the world of the Disney company.

Fairytales sneak peek

2011-05-06T00:10:00.000-07:00

At this moment I am creating illustrations for a fairytale book. The stories will be rhymed by Ivo de Wijs. These little sneak peeks are details of the illustrations for the Grimm fairytale: 'The story of a boy who went forth to learn fear.'

I'm having a lot of fun doing these illustrations, and I plan on sharing more soon...

Esquire

2011-05-03T02:22:00.000-07:00

Illustration I did recently for Esquire for a story about fatherhood.

Papiria comic strip creator

2011-05-02T01:12:00.000-07:00

The Papiria comic strip creator is now online!! The project was initiated by The Children's books museum in the Hague.
When you create an account, you can drag characters, backgrounds and objects and create your own comic strip. The library of images was created by Flo de Goede, Alice Kok, Sylvia van Ommen, Michiel de jong, Alex Turk and myself.
The website is in Dutch. LINK

Plein air study

2011-04-18T01:15:00.000-07:00

Quick gouache sketch at the end of the day...

Plein air study

2011-04-15T03:03:00.000-07:00

Persoonshaven , Rotterdam, April 15th 2011 .
On a sunny morning like this, the light changes extremely fast... It is best to define the placement of the shadows first, so you can still keep consistent lighting, when the sun is moving on...
It can also be a good thing to limit the time to do the sketch, so the initial idea remains intact. After an hour, the scene has changed completely...

Warmup sketch

2011-04-15T00:46:00.001-07:00

Todays warmup sketch.

Quest

2011-04-12T01:16:00.000-07:00

Illusration for Quest magazine. The illuustration accompanies a story explaining the dutch expression: "Heilig boontje" (Sacred bean)

Plein air

2011-04-04T00:17:00.000-07:00

Yesterday's plein air sketch. Gouache on moleskine sketchbook.

I used only a few colors for this painting:
-Titanium white
-Ultramarine
-Gold ochre (W&N)
-Burnt Umber
-Greenish yellow (talens)
-Turquoise blue

I created most of the painting with only these colors. In the end, I added a few accents with:
-vermillon (traffic lights and the barriers)
-Cad yellow (foliage in the back left)

Celebration

2011-03-30T01:13:00.000-07:00

Today my blog is exactly 5 years old!! I'll celebrate it with this quick warmup sketch of Rihanna.

For this sketch I used brushes from the talented artist Niklas K. Andersen. You can buy his brushes here: LINK
Check out his amazing artwork here: LINK

No, you hang up first...

2011-03-29T07:41:00.000-07:00

Today's warmup sketch. I wish I had the time to take this one further... Yet, I have deadlines to meet...

Workaholics

2011-03-27T23:53:00.000-07:00

Illustration for Esquire.

Tsunami

2011-03-24T08:51:00.001-07:00

This is my contribution for the Tsunami project. Check out their website for more information: Link

Supergirl

2011-03-23T08:49:00.000-07:00

I placed a shapes and textures tutorial of this illustration on my tutorial blog

Childrens book's museum

2011-03-21T03:36:00.000-07:00

I attended the opening of the 'Kikker' exhibition yesterday at the childrens book's museum in the Hague. I was pleased to find some of my illustrations exhibited there.

Children's books museum: Link

Interview

2011-03-16T06:07:00.001-07:00

For those of you who want to know everything about me, I was interviewed by Jennifer Gwynne Oliver for her blog: Academy of art character and creature design notes.
Click on this LINK to check out the interview.

(photo: Nina Tulp)

Balance

2011-03-15T13:24:00.000-07:00

Just doodlin' ...

NEW: Tutorial Blog!!

2011-03-07T03:02:00.000-08:00

I started a tutorial blog:

http://tulptorials.blogspot.com

In this blog I'll share what I have learned over the years about drawing and painting. My processes creating illustrations, visual development and concept art. I'll share thoughts, techniques and ideas that have worked for me in my career as an illustrator. I hope they inspire , and work for you too!

Sketching a character

2011-02-28T11:34:00.000-08:00

More concept art

2011-02-24T13:45:00.000-08:00

Nick Cave

2011-02-24T04:43:00.000-08:00

My entry for the Caricaturama showdown competition on facebook

Caricature sketch

2011-02-23T00:49:00.000-08:00

Elvis Presley- colored pencil with gouache highlights.

Visual development art

2011-02-15T02:15:00.000-08:00

Concept sketches for a stop motion animation, called 'De tand des tijds' by Patrick Raats. His development process can be found on his blog.

HP de Tijd cover illustration

2011-02-09T00:43:00.000-08:00

This week's cover illustration for HP de Tijd

Life drawings

2011-02-08T23:50:00.000-08:00

Drawing from yesterday's life drawing session. More drawings can be seen here

Steve Jobs rules the world!

2011-02-02T00:33:00.000-08:00

Cover illustration for this weeks HPdeTijd. I had only one day to do the illustration...

colored pencil sketch

2011-01-31T05:49:00.000-08:00

This is what happens when some colored pencils and an old magazine photo find themselves in my way...Doodling is fun!

HP de Tijd cover illustration

2011-01-26T01:44:00.000-08:00

It may be interesting to show the process of making a copver illustration. I had a short deadline, so I divided my time in three parts:

1.Thumbnailing
2.Sketching
3. Painting the illustration.

The thumbnails above show different concepts for the illustration. The subject of the story was: These days many parents with young children divorce, but they both do the upbringing of their child (with their new partner) Some of the concepts are from the viewpoint of the child, some from the viewpoint of the parent... The thumbnails are a way of brainstorming, and trying to tackle the subject from different angles.
The art director decides which one he thinks best fits the cover. some of the other thumbnails will turn into small illustrations to accompany the article.
Final illustration. You can see some choices were made after the sketch; for instance to use straight lines and pointy corners in the man's home, and curves and ornaments in the woman's home, to bring up the contrast between them.
Final cover.
One of the small illustrations to accompany the article inside the magazine.

Life drawings

2011-01-12T01:50:00.000-08:00

More sketches can be found here.

Papiria

2011-01-11T05:33:00.000-08:00

For the children's books museum, I created these characters, objects and backgrounds. In the museum, children will be able to create their own comic strip, by selecting backgrounds, characters and objects. They can scale and flip the objects and characters to match the story they come up with. I added some examples of compositions that can be made with these elements

aaaahhh...Paris!

2011-01-11T01:10:00.000-08:00

I spent the weekend in Paris. I had the opportunity to visit Musee d' Orsay, and see many, many very beautiful works by Degas, Monet, Manet, L'Hermitte , Rodin and many others. There was a special exhibition dedicated to the works of Jean Leon Gerome. Until then I had only seen reproductions of his paintings, and seeing them in real life was just amazing... I was blown away by his use of color, his understanding of light and reflections...

I also visited gallery Arludik on the last day of their Glen Keane exhibition. Again I was blown away by his skillful drawings, and the ease with which he seems to handle his subjects...

There was nothing left to do for me but to try and blow Paris away in return...

Cover illustration HP/de Tijd

2011-01-06T00:31:00.000-08:00

I spent the last day of 2010 working on this cover illustration. The story deals with the question: why is it so that life gets better when we get older...

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

2011-01-02T05:57:00.000-08:00

To all my followers: thank you very much for your support, comments and critiques! I wish you all a creative and inspiring new year!

Comic sketch

2010-12-21T08:23:00.000-08:00

Sketch for an interactive comic strip I'm working on.

Persian magazine

2010-12-15T00:50:00.000-08:00

Some time ago my friend Abbas Zahedi ( his blog ) interviewed me for an Iranian magazine. Thanks, Abbas!
I can't read any of it, but the article may be interesting for those who can read Persian.
Download the full magazine here

New website!!

2010-11-29T01:07:00.000-08:00

Mij new website is online!!! Check it out

Zo Zuidas

2010-11-27T06:36:00.001-08:00

Some of the ink illustrations I did for the book Zo Zuidas. The last didn't make it in the book...

Hp de Tijd

2010-11-26T02:10:00.000-08:00

Two more illustrations for the same story. published in this weeks edition of Hp de Tijd.

Hp de Tijd cover illustration

2010-11-18T00:50:00.000-08:00

Illustrations for HP de Tijd about the situation in old people's homes.

Chet Baker

2010-11-10T12:03:00.000-08:00

Helpdesk

2010-11-09T08:15:00.000-08:00

I think this is familiar to anyone who has ever called a helpdesk...

Illustration for Vluchtelingenwerk

2010-11-05T07:38:00.000-07:00

This is an illustration I made for Vluchtelingenwerk Magazine. It depicts Geert Wilders as the man in charge behind the scenes. Typography will be placed on the lower area of the illustration.

Life drawings

2010-11-03T08:28:00.000-07:00

Healthy...

2010-10-26T04:18:00.000-07:00

Illustrations to accompany an article about health.

Girlsketch

2010-10-20T13:16:00.001-07:00

Freakjazz...

2010-10-11T06:08:00.001-07:00

Passion!

2010-10-08T07:22:00.000-07:00

Metal guitarist...

2010-10-07T06:18:00.000-07:00

I created a short clip showing the process of making the illustration. I hope it can be of use to anyone...

Metal guitarist illustration tutorial from Wouter Tulp on Vimeo.

I've got the blues....

2010-10-06T02:12:00.000-07:00

My work at the Van Gogh Museum

2010-10-03T08:30:00.000-07:00

I'm so proud to have some of the sketches I made for the little golden book : ' Vincent and Camille ' exhibited at the Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam.
In this photo, you can see me with a big smile, next to my sketches, and on the far left on the wall you can see the original painting of Camille Roulin by Van Gogh! I don't think I'll be able to get that grin off my face any time soon...

René van Blerk (writer) and I are being interviewed by Dieuwertje Blok in front of a giant edition of the book. More photo's of the event can be seen at ninaflitst.blogspot.com

Camille Roulin by Van Gogh

Sarah Jessica Parker

2010-09-29T05:39:00.000-07:00

Quyick sketch I did for the caricaturama showdown 3000 contest over at Facebook.

Pitch

2010-09-29T05:19:00.000-07:00

Sketches I did for a pitch at Cartoon Saloon
Unfortunately I didn't get the job. I had tons of fun, though, creating these characters.

Concept sketches

2010-09-29T00:25:00.000-07:00