Trippel Trappel

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

Penciltest

wind from Wouter Tulp on Vimeo.

At CTN Glen Keane told me to try and animate some of my drawings. And when Glen Keane says so...you do it... Here's one of my first animation attempts...

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

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!