Armstrong

It has been a while since I last did a caricature. I had lots of fun exaggerating features once again!

Recent sketches

sketch

Childrens book concept illustration

I'm trying to find the right look for a story written by Tjibbe Veldkamp. I do like the looseness of the sketchlines still in this final illustration.

More froggy sketches

Expression sketches

The Bliss bakery part 2

Detail of a new bookcover for the dutch sequel of 'the Bliss Bakery'. If you like funny magical adventurebooks, be sure to check these out! (Kathryn Littlewood, the Bliss Bakery)

Book cover, from sketch to final.

 

This is a book cover illustration for Jennifer Peersmann's new book. I started with some thumbnailsketches, resulting in the asic laout sketch above. I inked the sketch . Then I experimented with some color concepts, and finally used the basic idea of the color sketch in the final illustration.

The end is near!!!

Today's warmup sketch...

Libris inspiratiedag

Here's a picture taken on april 2nd at the Libris inspiratiedag. My illustration for Kathryn Littlewood's book : The Bliss bakery was used to decorate the room.

Esperanza Spalding

Digital sketch of Esperanza Spalding.

County guitarist sketch

Pieter Steinz for HP/deTijd

Given the fact that I had to work wirth two very small lowres images as reference, I thing the illustration turned out allright...:-)

Lemmy

20 minute warmup 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!

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!