sketchbook pages

Here are some sketchbook drawings I did on my California trip...

sketches

Haunted House

Digital sketch. Just having fun...

Parking lot

Watercolor France

A watercolor of a French landscape I did some time ago.

Digital

This is my first digital painting on my new cintiq. I did it in Photoshop.

pictures

The first drawing depicts the infamous Jules Deelder. The second sketch is a quick study of the actor Ron Perlman.

The final illustration I did for U&UWV. I like the retro style, playing with the picture elements in a very graphic way.

Viking

Illustration for 'Het financieele Dagblad'. Story about business-women from Norway.

Amy Amy Amy

The bottle tattoo was Jason Seiler's idea. Check out his work: http://www.jasonseilerillustration.blogspot.com/

Hp deTijd - illustration

Illustration for Hp de Tijd. Another chance to learn more on brush and ink. I'm really starting to like this medium.

SMURF!

I have had the honor to cooperate on a TV-commercial for Albert Heijn. Hollands biggest supermarket. The commercial is about the smurfs that you can get for free when you do your shopping at AH. It was my job to design the Harry character, and to paint all of the Backgrounds. I had a lot of fun doing this job, and also I learned a lot about animation, since it was my first animation project. The storyboard was done by the great Daan Jippes and the movie was directed by Hans Buying.


As you can see this is the evolution of the Harry character. I had to navigate between likeness and smurfness...

Watercolor

This is a portrait of my girlfriend Nina. The hard thing about watercolor to me is that I easily do too much. Adding too many layers an too much detail can kill a painting. Watercolor means practising, practising, practising. I think the key lies in a global approach, adding only a few layers, and not going into detail too much. This one for me is another step towards understanding the medium.

sketch

Doodles

Where it all begins: Me having fun with just a pencil and a piece of paper.....

Parrot and gorilla

Old gorilla and a parrot. Illustrations for a column....

What's up doc?

Illustration for an article about people who are happy at work, so they never stay home saying they're ill.

Japan

Recently I was asked to make illustrations for the Japanese version of'the Dutch bestseller: Crusade in Jeans.
These are the results.

OUT NOW!!!

Door en Door Winter, written by Benny Lindelauf.

More sketchbook drawings

This is the first time I am experimenting with brush and ink. Most of my illustrations are painted, so I never got to explore the possibilities of brush and ink. I love the medium and it gives me a lot of new ideas. The ink illustrations above are some exercises to get to know the medium.