Euthanasia-cover

A tricky subject to illustrate. But I like the big questions in life. There's immediat drama when you start drawing.
This will be my focus for the coming year, trying to pick the right subjects to make the illustrations better.

NRC cartoon on monday

"Herbert and Ine B. recently had their anusses surgically removed"
"People still dare to walk arround with'm"
"Hideous!"

Hi! I'm back from a two-week holiday. This cartoon popped in to my mind last thursday. Still don't know why.

Dutch inventions

It's a joy making a coverillustration, knowing it will be everywhere for a day. And will be forgotten tomorrow.
This one's about new Dutch Inventions. Check out my Windmillboat! The more front wind, the harder you will go.

Cartoons

The text for the second one: -sigh- He's so mysterious, so unGoogleable (I don't know if this is translated correctly)

Two cartoons I recently made for the newspaper. I always make them up while doing something else. When I sit down and try to think one up, it's almost always a failure. Maybe you think that these ones suck too. Maybe I'll think that one day, but for now I like 'm!

Prof Oja-Aha

The comic 'prof Oja-Aha' I draw for childrens magazine Taptoe. Every story covers something scientific. This one is about animal sleeping habbits. No, I'm not gone translate it. Yes, yes, for an interested international publisher I will!

cover nrc.next

I made 2 illustrations. The first one appeared on the cover of newspaper nrc.next, the other next to the story inside. It was all about 'new sobriety'.
Did I mention that I will introduce myself in my next blogentry?

Roel

Sketching comics

Currently I'm working on a lot of comicpages that will appear in a kids summerholiday book.
Although I love to illustrate and design, I consider drawing comics to be the real thing. There's so much involved. Writing, plotting, dialogues, drama, scenery, acting. It's the perfect playground.
This sketch is part of two pages that take place on Bosch, a small island near the dutch coast that dissappeared in 1717.

Cartoon

Weekly cartoon for nrc.next, a dutch newspaper.


"in that case I rather don't have a guardian angel"

A leaflet illustration. It must be all over Holland now. It's part of a promotion for a book which bundels all books you're suppose to learn to graduate. Why didn't I buy just this one book in my final year at highschool?

And of course I''l introduce myself in my next blog.

Roel's first blogbaby

I made this illustration for nrc.next, a dutch newspaper. The article tells about what can happen when two friends start their own company together. And which problems arise (money mainly).

In my next blog I'll introduce myself. At this moment I'm very busy making, drawing, plotting, illustrating and designing 'Taptoe Zomerspeurboek 2007'; a kids album for the summer holiday.

aju! Roel