Muzz

This is a drawing of my band. (www.muzz.nl) It is a new design for the Muzz website.

Skullduggery Pleasant

This is an illustration for Skullduggery Pleasant. A novel by Derek Landy, about the adventures of a 12-year-old girl who is heir to a mysterious fortune and her fully articulated skeleton mentor.

Noor and her runaway parents

Noor and her runaway parents, that's the translated title of a dutch book I've been doing illustrations for. It was a lot of fun, making illustrations about a girl whose parents instantly left one day, leaving a small note and some money.
It was a challenge to use only black, white and grey, and create different layers with these elements.

The cool cowboy

These are some sketches and colour studies I made for the children's book I am still working on:

The cool cowboy. A story about two children fantasising. The boy wants to be a cowboy, and the girl a prinsess.

Elections

Some of the electable politicians for the upcoming elections in Holland....

Krukel #3

These are illustrations I did for the third part of the 'Krukel' books. ( published in English with the title: " Urchin of the riding stars" -with other cover illustrations -. The script has been sold to Miramax, so maybe there will be a film of the book) The illustrations are for the Dutch publication of the book.
I wanted to capture an adventurous atmosphere, of squirrels sneeking out in the dead of the night, and others exploring caves underground.
The third picture is an illustration for the back of the book, so text will be put over the clouds.
The last picture is just an idea of what the layout will be.

Santana

Here's a sketch of Santana. I want to do a painting of it, maybe in oils. I hope I can find the time, since I am really busy doing children's book illustrations and book covers. I'll post them later on.

w.f.hermans

I am doing a book cover that includes the caricatures of some of Hollands most famous writers. this is one of the sketches: W.F. Hermans

tv-guide

These are two illustrations I did for tv-magazines. The deadlines were killing, but I made it just in time.

Kim jong il

Here's a quick sketch of Kim Jong Il. The man is asking for it...

Nat King Cole

Noor

This is a bookcover I recently painted. It's a funny about Noor, whose parents ran away, which drives her mad...
It was written by Aby Hartog. You can find more about him at http://www.ezelenbeer.nl

Madonna

Fom my new giant working studio.
I give you: Madonna.

Moving

I will be moving this month, so I don't think I'll be posting very much. I'll be back as soon as I'm settled in my new house.

Mata Hari

This is a book cover for a book about Mata Haris daughter. I wanted to create an early 20th century feel, using art nouveau elements. Also I wanted it to have an adventurous look, so I created a collage in the tradition of Drew Struzans movieposters. The result became a bit slick, but good for its purpose.

Artoonator

This is a caricature of my good friend and colleague artist, the Artoonator. Check out his work:

artoonator

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The incredible Levi!

To see what is possible when it comes to caricaturizing a baby's face, I created this version of Little Levi.

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Abe

Coen with a C

Caricature of colleague-illustrator and actor Coen (www.coenmeteenc.nl)

Nina

Lunchtime sketch

Since I am addicted to drawing caricatures, instead of eating this afternoon, I sketched a quick caricature of sean penn...

Ben Webster

Branford Marsalis

A good Laugh!!

back to work

This is an illustration for UWV. The article is about poeple still in the holiday-mood when they have to go to work again....

Morocco

It has been a while since my latest post, due to my holiday in Morocco and Spain.
I made some sketches there, and these are some of them...

Scherven in de Nacht

A recent book cover I did for Leopold.

Rinus Michels

This is a portrait I did a while ago for Algemeen Dagblad. It was a tribute to the man who led the Dutch soccer team to european victory in 1988. He died last year.

New Boots

Arendsoog

I have the honour of doing new book covers for the "Arendsoog"-series. (Arendsoog = eagle eye) These books were published in the sixties and seventies in holland and are considered classics.
I wanted to give the books a traditional 'look', so I used some old-school painting effects. For example the red background, heavy outlines and leaving the shadows open. I also wanted it to look like a movie poster. So I used some collage effects, in the tradition of Drew Struzan ( www.drewstruzan.com )
The books will be published at Pimentokinderboeken. ( www.pimentokinderboeken.nl )



Below are the original book covers...