The potion...

I wanted to do sketch recording. Unfortunately the screencapture program crashed... No recording, but I did save the drawing...

Der 7te Zwerg

Tailer

Past weekend 'the seventh dwarf' premiered.
I worked on this project both on character design and visual development. I was lucky to work with the late Harald Siepermann, (known for his character designs for disney's Tarzan and Alfred J. Kwak)

I attached some of the designs I did.

The Boston Beard

I don't know much about baseball, but visually I was intrigued by the idea of baseball players growing their beards. This is not a specific player, just an imaginative character

Rock on!

Pirate-cowgirl

I couldn't decide wether to draw a pirate or a cowgirl. It became a bit of both...

Character sketch: Tourist

Trippel Trappel

Some of the first character designs I did for  Trippel Trappel.

December 5th

Today is the big day for a lot of children in holland: 'Sinterklaas' a typical dutch tradition. At the moment I am working on character designs for the 2D animated feature 'trippel trappel' about this event. Although Sinterklaas will be leaving after tonight, I will be drawing him and his helpers for the following weeks... I hope to share more designs soon.

Happy 'pakjesavond' everyone!

Sax!

Rough sketches

Recent sketches

Virtual animators masterclass

I am happy to announce that I will be giving a masterclass at the virtual animators school on saturday november 10th 10:00 AM (Los Angeles time) That converts to  19:00 hours in Amsterdam.

I want to thank Bill Recinos for inviting me, and I look forward to an inspiring masterclass. Check out the virtual animators website, or their facebook page to apply:

http://www.virtualanimators.com

https://www.facebook.com/VirtualAnimators

Expressions

sketch

Masterclass at Klik animation festival

On november 9th I'll be teaming up with Patrick Schoenmaker at the Klik animation festival for a concept art masterclass. In this converation/demonstration Patrick and I will share our thoughts and process when it comes to creating concept art and character designs. I hope to see you there!

The Art Before the Animation - Masterclass concept art by Wouter Tulp and Patrick Schoenmaker

Friday November 9, 11h00, EYE Cinema 2

Award-winning artists Wouter Tulp, illustrator, and Patrick Schoenmaker, animator, join forces to share their knowledge with you through this special masterclass. With their different but overlapping backgrounds, they meet one another in the middle ground of concept art for animated films. The dynamic duo will share their tricks of the trade with you, not only by being a couple of talking heads, but also by explaining themselves through the magic of live drawing!
90 min, Dutch

Demoreel

Wouter Tulp demoreel 2012 from Wouter Tulp on Vimeo.

Demoreel I put together for the upcoming CTNX event. If you're there, come over and say hi at booth T107

NEW BOOK: Character sketches

Character sketches by Wouter Tulp 

I just launched my new book. It is a small 7"x 7" book filled with 36 pages of character sketches. It can be ordered on the blurb website.

More froggy sketches

Expression sketches