The briefing for this VPRO TV guide cover illustration was simple: "We want you to draw something incorporating books and music".
This picture is what I came up with. It Illustrates the recently held Crossing Border Festival in the Hague, a festival that explores the boundaries between literature and music. So there you go..
Somehow, when my mind starts to wander, and I spend my days idly doodling, I somehow always end up drawing pretty girls or monsters... or an amalgam of the two subjects...
Medusa the Gorgon, from Greek mythology, of old has held a special place in my imagination. Has something to do with that hair...
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...
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.
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.
I did this illo as a test for Swiss weekly Die Weltwoche. They have a weekly car column, which they wanted me to illustrate. Quite a tall order, but the promised pay sounded pretty good, and the gig was basically a free assignment. Anyway, the art director asked me to do one test-illustration, which turned out quite nicely, I don't mind saying.
Today, however, the editorial staff decided to use photography from now on because of budgetary reasons. I was a bit depressed... maybe I can use this illo for some other purpose...
The NS (Dutch Railways) have an on-board freebie magazine called "Rails." I just finished two illustrations for it, accompanying a rather sappy, romantic short story called "Return to Abbey Road". I tried experimenting a bit, differing the color schemes I would normally use. I kinda like the way they turned out....
Whenever I find myself at a lull (my favorite word in english. Ask anyone who speaks dutch to explain) professionally, I tend to oblige fans and admirers of my work in doing them a favor. In this case these two are getting married and wanted me to draw them an invitation. The guy's surname is "Kohnen", so it inspired me to make them this piece.
