christmas cards

I know I'm too late for printing these christmas cards, which I've made today.
I want to add them to my coming shop. It all goes a bit slower than I would like,
but next year it's christmas again ;-)
Not too late to wish you all a merry christmas!

I did join the Illustration Rally with these cards.

IF: sink

illustration friday: (hope we don't) sink

When I was young we had do a swimtest to receive a swim-certificate. One of the challenges was to 'tread water' (in dutch we call it: water trappelen)

We had to keep our fingers and our heads above the water and trample with our legs for one minute. You had to do your very best not to sink...

inspiration: Bieke Depoorter

Today I was with johbont in de Kunsthal and we saw an exhibition of photographer
Bieke Depoorter It was about  a special project: OU MENYA.

She travelled with a little note from livingroom to livingroom in Russia. The note said: "I am looking for a place to spend the night. Do you know people who would have a bed, or a couch? I don’t need anything in particular, and I have a sleeping-bag. I prefer not to stay in a hotel, because I don’t have a lot of money and because I want to see the way people live in Russia. Could I stay at your place, perhaps? Thank you very much for your help!"

She didn't speak the language and encountered many Russian families, they had conversations with hands and feet. She made a really beautiful photoreportage!

inspired by sloths

This morning I saw a very nice trailer for the documentairy
'the sloths are coming' about the daily life of the sloth made by Slothville

oooh and aaaah where my only words while watching this video, sooo cute,
it made my day and it inspired me to make this slothman drawing.

the Morran Book Project

The postman brought me a present today, a very special one! :-)

A book full of beautiful illustrations about Morran,
the Denish/Swedish farmdog from Camilla Engman

Some time ago there was an open call to sent in your Morran-illustrations for the Morran Book Project for a tribute to this special dog (she was ill). I also sent in mine

I'm proud to be a little tiny part of this inspiring project. It's a breathtaking beautiful picturebook. If you want to have a preview you can find it here
The entire profit will go to the WSPA World Society for the protection of Animals - Sweden

Unfortunately last week Morran past away... This book is a great tribute to her!
Thanks Morran, thanks Camilla!

IF: separated

illustration friday: separated

I had to think of the childrens game: blind man's buff
blindfolded and seperated from the rest...

winners anounced!

Remember these two moustache-illustrations I've published some time ago
for the Moustache Illustration Awards?

Today the winners are anounced, and guess what... I'm in the 'Moustache Wearer Category' the first runner-up :-) Here you can see the winners
and here you can find all participants

inspiration: Eric Carle

I recently bought these two books: One about Eric Carle's life and Art (for those who don't know him: he is a famous childrenbook-illustrator) The other book shows work from all kind of illustrators chosen by Eric Carle. It's nice and inspiring to see early work from them, sketches, their studio and finished illustrations.

I like this video about his new book: The artist who painted a blue horse and
I would love to visit the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art

IF: brigade

illustration friday: 'red nose brigade'

a face a day: finale!

Tadaaaa! Here's the last overview of my face a day project:
the month November.

I started this project on the 1st of December 2010.
I've made 365 faces, a whole year long, each day one...
You can see them on my face-a-day-blog.

I'm very glad and proud I've made it!
Publishing a face each day was quite a lot.
But most of all: it was fun and it gave me red cheeks :-)

IF: round

illustration friday: round

Movember Friends

Moustache month to help raise awareness for the Movember:
for men's health. Moustaches are growing everywhere in this month :-)

Creaturemag is organizing the first Moustache Illustration Awards.
I did join with these two illustrations, they are published today in
Moustache Illustration Awards part 7

mouse 315

I made this guest-mouse for Marian from the 365 mouses blog
It's a nice blog, with all kind of mouses, Very inventive and fun to follow :-)

inspiration: various artists 5

Here's the fifth post in the serie: various artists.
So many inspiring artists with beautiful work!
Here are some parts of their illustrations, so you can get a small impression.
To see more of their work click on the links:

From left to right:
Tosya
Aris Moore
Ashley Percival
Corinna Staffe

IF: vanity

illustration friday: vanity

I had to think of one of my favourite fairy-tales: the emperor's new clothes,
the summit of vanity :-)

all about emotions

This was the last week Animals in Art class from the
Dancing Cat Art School. This weeks theme: Animals in Emotion

I've chosen the goat as my subject. To emphasis the different emotions
I've made this animated picture: 'mixed feelings'

IF: silent

illustration friday: silent

Adventures in Collage

Here are some works I've made for the Animals in Art class from the
Dancing Cat Art School: Adventures in Collage

This is an experiment with the environment as a collage into an animal.
Mixing polarbear and Northpole

Here I've tried the same to see if I could make a series. It could be a start...
Mixing lion and Africa

And a photo-collage: greetings from Paris
inspired by Paris and the Eiffel-Tower with a mix
of London men and giraffes.

When I was surfing on the internet I found a very inspiring blog,
with all kind of animal-art: the animalarium

IF: stripes

illustration friday: stripes

a face a day October 2011

Here's an overview of my face-a-day-project from the month October.

This is ALMOST the last overview.
Still one month to go and my project a face a day is complete!!

The countdown has started: still 29 faces to go...