Jan-Dirk Paarlberg

Illustration for 'Het Financieelde Dagblad" : Jan-Dirk Paarlberg.

today's warmup sketch: Danny Trejo

Quick warmup sketch

Caro Emerald...

Ray Lamontagne

Singer songwriter Ray Lamontagne.

Habemus Papam

Mr. Ratzinger...
I recorded the various stages of the process of this illustration, which can be seen below.

Bangerang #3 Final illustration

This is how the illustration eventually turned out. I think it captiures the atmosphere and fantasy feel of the story.

Bangerang! #2

The previous sketch for the Peter Pan book cover was rejected. I agree with the publishers comment that that design was too much about Captain Hook, and not as much about Peter Pan. These new concept sketches for the cover were approved. Let's paint!

Bangerang!

A new edition of J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan will be published by Ploegsma publishers. These are two sketches for the cover illustration...
I wish I had the time to do this one in oils, but I am afraid that will not be possible...

Progress

Sketch for the first spread of the little golden book I'm working on.

Gouache sketch

Sesame Street

I painted these illustrations for dutch sesame street.

More concept art

Three more thumbnail sketches in which I explore variations for a living room.

Twitter

I just opened a my personal brand new Twitter account.
Follow me here:

https://twitter.com/woutertulp

Vincent van Gogh character

I am designing a character based on Vincent van Gogh for a children's book. I created a rough model in Zbrush to get a 'feel' of the 3 dimensionality of the head. The character is in development. I am drawing different expressions and gestures, to 'get to know' the character , so I can decide what should be altered and what works.

Sketching from life

I drew these sketches of my son while he was playing. He was moving all the time and not standing still to pose for me at all. When doing sketches such as these the main goal is to capture the essence of a pose in just a few lines. No rendering. It is a very good exercise for the eye.
As an illustrator it is tempting to want to create beatifully rendered pictures. However it is important to explore freely when sketching, and allowing yourself to make mistakes. Not every sketch will be a masterpiece and that is a good thing. Analysing why a sketch doesn't work and trying again and again will eventually benefit your skills.