Typodermic!

This book-cover ('It won't be long before I'll see heaven again" a posthumously published collection of newspaper-columns by Dutch song-lyric-smith Lennaert Nijgh, depicting his huge cat 'Meneer', his boat , his town (Haarlem), etc.) was made including a hand-made title-banner.
I was told Mr. Nijgh personally would have wanted me to do this cover, so, reading in the manuscript how dear maritime life was to him, I tried to give a' sailorly' feeling to the title, as a fitting salute to the man.
At the publisher's they opted for the typographic solution, as shown here...

The Devil's DNA

A visual exercise. Sometimes I like to create something abstract in stead of my usual figurative work.

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Messerschmitt - 2CV

Poisonous Shell

Daily cartoon for the Dutch Nu.nl news website, about the concealment of Shell that a poisonous cloud had escaped in the Netherlands.

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Autumn forest

Stylized 3D illustration of an autumn forest, as a background for the children's pages of Wildlife magazine.

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Warranty

An example of my daily cartoons for the Dutch Nu.nl news site.

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Weird Worm

Thought I'd show you some examples from the weird and annoying things that can happen to an illustrator.

Case #1 is very awkward.
In 1990 I made a cover for a fantasy-book. This book was not only sold in bookstores but also through a 'bookclub'. This club - ECI- has a sale-catalogue and 'The Worm Ourobouros' , as the book was called, was advertized in it.
A not too close inspection already reveals the strange thing that happened.
It's true that the 'necklace' was made seperate from the 'face' but I had it glued, and what could be the explanation for the absurd fact that the 'face' had shifted sideways ?
You think I'm silly for getting somewhat paranoid at the time ?

Brilliant failures

Stylized 3D illustration about brilliant failures in terms of business initiatives.

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Seamour Sheep Illuminative Edition

A prototype of the Seamour Sheep Illuminative Edition on the hand of his proud creator.

The Seamour Sheep Illuminative Edition is a soon to be released USB-powered lamp edition of the Seamour Sheep comic character.

corporate portraits

Four people in one office turning 50 get their portraits as a birthday present.

slummy mummy

Illustation for the review of this book.
Click to see big.

Pak je pen...

Scotch

Sellotape is called "Scotch" here in France. This is another experiment to do Duck covers without the heavily inked outlines.

Style experiment

Style experiment between 2D and 3D.

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Oeps maar snel weer even een plaatje plaatsen.

nog een versie:

destroy fascism!

15 years of anti fascist action are celebrated on this cd, with tons of bands and a bonus dvd. Also features a Human Alert song, the 'jordaan'version of 'Fasjiste'. Hits the shops around october; support your local anti fascists!

choose carefully...

The Past & The Patience

Two years ago I was asked to contribute a 4-page-comic-story to a big book about drugs. I made a story about my earlier experiences with what American officials awkwardly call 'substance-abuse' , titled ' Drugsverledenman' - meaning 'Drugs-past-man'.
The pay was decent and undelayed, the publication of the book was not. I'm still waiting for it to appear in the bookstores. (The writer of the book is known for his substance-craving , which might explain it. Still it is frustrating as hell ).
Hence this little preview here.

Uncle Abdul

This satirical suicide bomber character from the Seamour Sheep comic strip series will soon be available as a designer vinyl figure, produced by Crazy Label. We hope that the release of the Uncle Abdul figure will help to ironize the act of killing.

The photograph shows the first hand-painted Uncle Abdul toy prototype being greeted by the very rare red-nosed edition of Marty Mole.

Large illustration

3D illustration about the pop merchandise company Large, for a magazine cover (not for the Large catalogue cover, Roel :)