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.

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

Doodle

This started out as a little doodle. I just kept working on it in between jobs...

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

The pied piper of Hamelin

This is an illustration I created for an upcoming exhibition at gallery Aludik. 

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

Frogs

I am collaborating with Colin Levy on his project. These are the first explorations of what may be the main character of a story he is working on.

The hunter

That's it! I'm out of here!

Warmup sketch

Plein air

Plein air sketch of the koninginnebrug, Rotterdam. I don't think I have ever painted this fast to capture the quickly changing sunlight. I love this time of the day to paint, but time is very limited...
Gouache on paper.

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)

Plein air sketch

I had a great time painting plein air with Arne yesterday.
The sun was setting fast, so we had only about an hour to do a little sketch. In this hour, the sunlight changed dramatically, so we had to make descisions really fast. Having limited time is always good to stay extra focused, and also I find the light and colors of a sunset very beautiful.

This is me and my primitive setup...

And this is Arne, who works a bit more sophisticated...

And his painting...