Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Diepensee



I am especially proud of my research. I could hardly find any pictures of this German village, until I thought of Youtube.
In 1979 I was in my second year of art school, and we had to welcome the new first year students. We put a record player in the lobby, and played Nina Hagen full blast.

Thursday, July 3, 2008

summer series




I am illustrating a series of 20 articles in the NRC economics section. The articles are written by twenty different foreign correspondents. It is very interesting and entertaining to email with all these guys (one woman...).These two are the first ones, China and Poland. This Friday it's Canada. The articles are really good reads btw.

Monday, June 30, 2008

No-smoking rule


Cartoon for the Dutch Nu.nl news website, about the no-smoking rule that was introduced in the Dutch catering industry on the 1st of July 2008.

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Friday, June 27, 2008

Orange feeling


Cartoon for the Dutch Nu.nl news website, about the Dutch public transport company Qbuzz. A spokesman of the company had mentioned that they wanted to express the 'Orange feeling' (related to the Dutch royal family and involving patriotism).

Although the cartoon's meaning is only fully understandable for Dutch viewers I thought to post it here because I am pleased with the 3D image.

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Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Increased oil production


Cartoon for the Dutch Nu.nl news website, about the return of Shell to Iraq to establish an increased oil production.

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Nutoons


Cartoon for the Dutch Nu.nl news website, about high ranking staff members who left the internet company Yahoo, after the take-over by Google.


Cartoon for the Dutch Nu.nl news website, about the news that depression increases the chance to get Alzheimer's disease.

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Sunday, June 22, 2008

Complicated sex life


Cartoon for the Dutch Nu.nl news website, about a research project which concluded that chimpanzees have an unexpectedly complicated sex life.

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Thursday, June 19, 2008

Goodbye Jan Marijnissen


Cartoon for the Dutch Nu.nl news website, about the departure of the Dutch politician Jan Marijnissen as the chairman of the SP party.

[The SP party's logo is a strongly stylized tomato]

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Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Life from A to Z

'Life from A to Z', the theme for an illustration I made for the Library of Genck. Have a closer look on my Flickr-account.

War budget


Cartoon for the Dutch Nu.nl news website, about the news that the USA's military budget for 2007 hadn't been that high since the Second World War.

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Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Hollywood fire


Cartoon for the Dutch Nu.nl news website, about a big fire that destroyed a film studio in Hollywood.

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Wednesday, May 28, 2008

iPhone


Cartoon for the Dutch Nu.nl news website, about the Dutch introduction of the Apple iPhone.

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Monday, May 26, 2008

Maandagcartoon 107


My weekly cartoon in morningpaper nrc.next.
It says: f*ck everything! ('I'm shitting on everything' in Dutch)
and than: for sale: direction indicator lights, hardly ever used.

Boris


Just a figure, inspired by Boris, the assistant of Frankenstein.

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Saturday, May 24, 2008

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Gids 22


Me and Eliane share the same client. I just did this editorial piece for the VPRO Gids #22, illustrating an article on a new Discovery Channel show entitled 'Dirty Jobs' about people with ...dirty jobs.

Gids 21



I didn't receive a VPRO-Gids myself yet, but somebody sent me a picture, so it's out there all right. I'll put a larger image in my portfolio later today.

Monday, May 19, 2008

Pension umbrella


Stylized 3D illustration about the participants council of pension funds, who keep an eye on a correct pension payment.

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Sunday, May 18, 2008

Saturday, May 17, 2008

Dangerous cartoonist inactivated


A statement against an almost totalitarian police action in the Netherlands, involving a police raid, house-search, seizure and imprisonment of a Dutch cartoonist.

Although a cartoonist may create questionable work, a democratic state should not arrest and imprison someone who has only expressed his vision, no matter how provocative. Intimidating people in such a way is the kind of repressive, censoring gesture that belongs to a dictatorship.

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Ritalin


For my regular Swiss gig, Weltwoche Magazine, I did this witty illo accompanying a rather dry, technical article on Ritalin. The drug prescribed to pacify over-active children. My own kid, Clovis, is two months old today and sleeping peacefully as I write this entry. Hopefully I won't be needing any Ritalin to pacify him in the near future...

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

No-office-workers

An illustration accompaniing an article about young people who start to work without an office. With new technology like mobile phone, internet and laptop they can work anywhere. Avoiding bad coffee and traffic jams.

Showdown at Pixel Corral


A visual experiment in blending my two major passions: 3D graphics and 2D pixel art.

More pixels at Sevensheaven.nl

Sunday, May 11, 2008

Networkless


My first isometric pixel illustration for a magazine.

It's very nice to be back in the world of pixels. The purity of pixels has always had a special magical attraction to me, from the days I was playing Pong on a television in my early childhood.

Later I became a pixel artist for commercial 2D computer games in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

More pixels at Sevensheaven.nl

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

a*t**l*o*n*g**l*a*s*t



It took almost exactly a whole year after finishing the illustrations!

Sunday, May 4, 2008

Hierarchy


Before I was a 3D guy I was a pixel artist for commercial 2D games, from the late 80s to the late 90s. Now I'd like to return to my roots (without leaving 3D of course).

Here's an illustration I made to get into pixeling again. I tried to keep it as minimalistic as possible, in search of the ultimate essence in conveying a visual message.

More pixels at Sevensheaven.nl

Saturday, May 3, 2008

Girls galore




Hey. It's been awhiles since my last post. I have a baby son (seven weeks now) and it's taking up a lot of my time. I'm only now slowly getting back to work. Here's two illo's I did for a clockface (Lou Lou posted one here some time ago also). The first one they didn't like, so I will use that one for something else. The second one they did like, so that's the one that'll see print.

music for divorced men



Dutch fans of Americana music. I wouldn't want to embarrass any Clogwork guys, so I'll keep my opinions on my own blog this time. And before you ask, it is Johnny Cash's dog.

Seamour Sheep 60


The sixtieth Seamour Sheep episode.

More about Seamour Sheep and Marty Mole at Seamoursheep.com and more about the Seamour Sheep designer vinyl products at the Sheep Shop. You're also invited to join Seamour's Flickr group!

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Saturday, April 12, 2008

Thursday, April 10, 2008

Streetlife





Some illustrations I made about streetlife. You can have a closer look on Flickr.

Monday, April 7, 2008

An illustration for Oskar

This is a card I made for Oskar, he was born last week. Congratulations Pieter, Kathrine, Belle and Luna. Good luck to the cat, the chicken and the rabbit! Have a Closer look on Flickr.

Friday, April 4, 2008

cuckoo-o-tron





Faceplate of a clock I created for a belgian advertising agency. The faceplate can be switched with other designs.

Thursday, March 27, 2008

Seamour Sheep Radioactive Edition


Prepare yourself for a shameless plug ... :)

Following the success of the Seamour Sheep Illuminative Edition, Crazy Label and Sevensheaven are proud to announce the soon to be available Seamour Sheep Radioactive Edition! In the very near future you've got a new chance to get yourself a Seamour Sheep comic figure in the shape of a limited edition USB-powered lamp, this time featuring atmospheric green LED lighting, a cool radioactivity warning sign on his side and last but not least: motion sensor controlled power switching...!


The Seamour Sheep Radioactive Edition will feature a cool motion sensor that detects when you turn Seamour on his side, turning Seamour's light off. To turn on the light, simply put Seamour back on his feet again. No more plugging and unplugging of power cables, and no ugly visible power switch!

Keep an eye on the Sheep Shop for more info as soon as the product is available!

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Mass murder


War is only started by fools, when does the bloodshed stop?

Friday, March 21, 2008

Illustrations for a short story



A short story written for children, written by Stefan Boonen, published by Averbode.
Curious to see the other 3 illustrations? Visit Flickr!