People, computers, communication

A magazine cover illustration about the subjects humans, computers and communication.

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PVV Fitna

Daily cartoon for the Dutch Nu.nl news website, about the commotion surrounding the release of the Fitna movie by the Dutch politician Geert Wilders.

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I heart Paris

Check out my latest comic book 'I heart Paris',
an exclusive preview on my blog:

http://www.champagnecatfight.blogspot.com/

See you there?

Toddlerbooks

I'm making a series of toddlerbooks for Clavisbooks.com (Sea-Garden-Pets). These are the first scans.
The books will be released in the summer in Belgium and The Netherlands. Have a closer look on Flickr!

Fighting over money...

Saint Obama

This faux stained-glass portrait of Barack Obama was comissioned by the Volkskrant. I kinda liked the way it turned out and thought I'd share it with you guys.

two menopausal drawings

I already put them on my own blog, but here you can see them a little larger if you click on them. Our own dear Evert commented:
It's really great. (Thank you Evert) Reminds me of mon épouse Dominique waking up in the middle of the night.
However, your lady has a very short left leg. The foot of her her right leg, with bended knee, should be much closer to the body. Or rather: her left foot should be further away from her.
I replied:
I know! I thought nobody would notice, because they're hidden underneath the sheet. I know how it happened too. I made a reference photo, my daughter under a sheet. And then I made that knee a lot higher because it looked nice with the elbow. Two angles, enfin. I noticed the difference in leg length, but I thought whatever.

MONSTA?

Haven't posted here in a while. Here's some monster heads I've been working on recently.
Will come back and post more stuff soon.

Exit

Part of a personal project about the Gate of Hell.

life drawing

Do all you Clog Workers do this for exercise? I go to a weekly life drawing class at my husband's office, it's lots of fun. Very computer geeky people, often with backgrounds in animation, or artists whose careers took a digital turn. Here's what I life drew so far.

My little valentine...

To the planes

Magazine illustration about the paranoia on luggage on airports and planes.

Nauseous

Daily cartoon for the Dutch Nu.nl news website, about an astronaut who became nauseous in the Atlantis space shuttle.

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72 virgins

Daily cartoon for the Dutch Nu.nl news website, about a death penalty claim for the prime suspects of the 9-11 attack.

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Little mole

Semi-realistic 3D mole character design for a brochure display.

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Laps and Wieb

'Laps and Wieb' is the name of my latest children's book. Enjoy some of the final scans! Do you want to see more? Visit my online portfolio!

D.

Hi there! It's been a while since I posted something. But i'll try to better my life. I start off with a little something.

No Anchovies Andy

Hi everybody, I am LouLou and just joined the Clogwork gang. Since 2004 I work as a freelance illustrator and recently I teamed up with Tummie and started the 'LouLou & Tummie' empire.

Together we illustrate for all things possible, create papercraft characters, plush dolls and handbags (that last part is mainly Tummies speciality)

For those who would like to see more of my work, please visit:
my (old) website: www.echslectir.com
our (soon to be finished) website: www.loulouandtummie.com
my flickr page: www.flickr.com/echslectir

So.. I'll try to post some fun stuff here every now and then.
Enjoy!

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The papercraft character shown above is my submission for the 'Urban Paper' book by Matt Hawkins wich will be published in 2009.
I do a lot of papercrafting, commisioned and non commisioned. You can find some of my free downloadable papercraft creations here: Lou's Shop

Seamour Sheep comic 57

The latest Seamour Sheep comic episode.

Dreamy sunrise

Stylized 2D/3D illustration of a sunrise behind hills as a background for the children's spread of Wildlife magazine.

I've just opened a Flickr group called 'Illustratie' for Dutch and Flemish illustrators. Please feel free to join the group, even if you aren't from the Netherlands or Belgium. We do not discriminate: if you've got an illustration that is too good to refuse, be our guest to post it. But beware, we are picky, so please only post work you're really proud of, thanks in advance. I hope to see you at the 'Illustratie' group.

omadiploma

Just a cute little thingy. Sorry for not posting much here lately.

Virus migration

Daily cartoon for the Dutch Nu.nl news website, about a threatening influenza epidemic that approached the Netherlands.

Left virus: "Hey man, I thought you were going to the Netherlands?!"

Right virus: "Yeah ... didn't make it beyond the immigration service!"

The Dutch immigration service has become notorious for their intolerance.

COVER VARA TV MAGAZINE

( Jean- Marc van Tol had geen tijd )

Recession risk

No comment necessary I guess.

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Seamour Sheep comic 56

Finally found some time for a new Seamour episode.

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Giant rodent

Daily cartoon for the Dutch Nu.nl news website, about the discovered fossil of a gigantic rodent.

The wink is that those giant rodents must have become extinct because acorns were much too small for them.

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6IXTYNINER9

I know I'm not the only pencil that is asked by too many too often to do something for free. The other day once again I decided to stop saying 'Yes" and start saying 'No' to non-paying assignments. Time to earn!
The very next day I was asked by that great rock & roll-duo 'Sixtyniners' ( consisting of artists Michiel 'Ugly Mean Chickie' Hoving - www.hoving.com/sixtyniners/highway.html - and Claudia Hek - www.claudiahek.net )to make them a CD-cover. The only problem: money was tight. Could we maybe swap art?
We did, as you can see. Decisions schmecisions!

Fat construction workers

Stylized 3D illustration for an article about the increasing overweight of construction workers.

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Green Greetingzzz!

With all the best animal-friendly wishes to all you blogheads!

2008

... and goog luck with your new years resolutions for 2008.
I didn't make any so I'm covered.
:o)

I wish you...

...a successful, creative and healthy new year! Enjoy what's left from this year!

Seamour sheep comic strip 55

The 55th episode of Seamour Sheep.

Much more Seamour 'n' Marty at Seamoursheep.com

All the best wishes

All the best wishes for the holidays and for 2008 to all of you from Sevensheaven (Metin) and Artylicious (my love Natasja), and special thanks to all Clogworkers who have shared their work with the Clogwork audience in 2007. Let's keep Clogwork alive together in 2008!

We Wish You...

This is the french version, but my warm wishes are global.

The Monarch Matador

Again I was asked to do a cover for anti-monarchist magazine ' De Republikein', this time about the consequences a united Europe will have for the crowns on the assorted royal heads, and for their so-called subjects.
Europe, in Greek mythology, was abducted by Zeus in the shape of a bull. ( 'Signal' , the 'Newsweek' of the nazi's, used her and her kidnapping beast as a logo, by the way.)
In my first sketch the king was deemed too positive, too powerful, 'his' people too weak.
The final image is more true to the facts: out of fear of change and loss of independence the people cling to 'their' monarch, not necessarily out of love for the monarchy.

VOOR DE KERST....

weer eens wat anders dan kalkoen!

Crash test dummies

Two illustrations with my crash test dummy character design for a new project.

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Rain Song

In the first version the little foxy lady had a bright red foxtail, which gave my (mainly male) colleagues on my favorite forum lots of disgusting associations.
But in Illustrator such details are so easy to change, so this is the third and final version.
Oh yes, the text is rough text, which will be embellished by the editor of "Graphic Classics".