New 2d game art & a new home

I'm working together with Binary Pulsar Studios to develop a game and I made some isometric 2D art (buildings) for them I uploaded some weeks ago to my portfolio/website. I really like the result and it was fun to do so I thought I'd share it on my blog as well!

Talking about buildings, we moved back to Groningen and live in a new apartment now. It's pretty nice...close to the city and close to family and friends. And I have my own work space now (a room of my 'own'), woohoo!
Let's see if it helps me finding a better way to work as an illustrator/designer. I still haven't fully 'picked up the pencil' yet, since I also need a new side job as well. I'm taking my time to get some rest and time to think, although some people already have asked me for some commissions and I also signed up for a course that has nothing to do with graphic design at all :) .

Taking a Break and other plans

Dear followers, readers, friends and whoever reads this.

I decided that it's time for a break from illustration work.
What that means: I won't be taking official illustrative commissions for the moment, until...I don't know.

Weekend to Brussels

Hello all! I've been so busy with other stuff, work and arranging things for the wedding that I haven't had the time to write a blog post. So I decided I wanted to draw/doodle/sketch and write a short report of our 'honeymoon', which was a weekend trip to Brussels. Here it is. Sorry, yes it's in Dutch :p I'll try to explain it in English afterwards.

  

    

  

Basically, Brussels is a nice city. We didn't know if we should speak English or Dutch instead of French. It's pretty expensive as well (but mostly the drinks). Also, be patient with the waiters...in most places they were kinda slow and not so observant, sometimes we had to shout multiple times to get their attention. We didn't bring chocolate because it was super hot outside and we were afraid it would melt, but otherwise I think I would've bought a lot of it. The Comic Strip museum wasn't that interesting unfortunately, but I had lots of fun just shopping around in the main street (near Munt). If you're there in the summer, try to look up if Mini-Europe (in Bru-park near the Atomium), still has the firework show on Saturday night, it's worthwhile!

Also, if you like anime or manga, they have two anime/manga stores in Brussels (Dong Co and Super Dragon Toys) and several comic book stores where they sell (French) manga but also have merchandise (but mainly from One Piece :/ ).

How to deal with a part time job as a freelancer.

A while ago I decided to try to write a piece, maybe a small book, about how to deal with a part time job as a freelancer. But maybe I'm just not the type for writing a book. I finished the start of it though and it's a big piece of text, if you're reading this blog casually then you might want to save the article or bookmark it).

Also: feel free to comment or if you have any ideas on how to proceed or any suggestions... anything is welcome!

How to deal with a part time job as a freelancer:

My first Dutch picture book...illustrated by me!

So, this isn't any real news, that I worked on Boom en Kraai some months ago and I also shared photos of the launch and signing session last weekend, but of course a bit more in-depth article on my blog is always nice and here it is!

The printed illustrations have a bit more contrast than on my computer screen, but it still turned out very beautiful, bright and really just like any other picture book of high quality. The weight and size of the pages and the book is also just what I like. This is thanks to the author Susanne self, in cooperation with the printer I guess.

Some pictures:

 

The launch was a small gathering at a really beautiful location (very fitting to the book itself) and it was really special, signing all the books, receiving compliments and seeing people enjoy reading the book. Definitely also very cool to meet the author in real life and give her a big hug!

 

I'm very happy that I was part of all of this and I'm looking forward to illustrating books like this many more times (which will hopefully happen)!

Time for a give-away!

I'm giving away illustrated egg cups, it's almost Easter after all!
This time the give-away will happen on Facebook. Check this link.