Wednesday, 5 August 2015
Thursday, 18 June 2015
Tuesday, 2 June 2015
Zes dinsdagen expressief modeltekenen.
Soms wil ik eens iets totaal anders doen. Helemaal uit mijn vaste gekende tekeningen gegooid worden om het allemaal weer eens op een andere manier te zien. Eén van de dingen die ik dan kan doen is me inschrijven in een cursus bij Wisper. Ditmaal was het expressief modeltekenen. Deze cursus werd gegeven door Stijn Felix een plaatselijke getalenteerde illustrator. Op zich was het al enorm tof hem te leren kennen. Maar wat nog meer geweldig was, was dat hij een geweldige cursus heeft gegeven.
week 1
We vlogen erin met veel water en inkt. De les, leren loslaten en tot op een bepaald niveau kunnen controleren. En dat was enorm tof. Ook moest ik die les weer even wennen aan het modeltekenen zelf. het was weer even geleden.
Week 2
Papier lijm en een schaar. Meer was er niet. Het kubisme werd meer naar voren gehaald. Dit lag me al een stuk minder. En ik was totaal niet geconcentreerd. Veel heb ik er dan ook niet van gemaakt. Enkel onderstaande tekening vind ik best tof.
week 3
Lijn tegenover vlek en witruimtes. Er werd meer naar achtergrond gekeken. En hoe de figuur hierin staat. Het was een uitdaging en heb me enorm moeten concentreren. Maar het resultaat mag er zeker zijn vind ik dan.
week 4
Leren loslaten was deze week weer de boodschap. We tekende met verschillende potloden tegelijk aan elkaar geplakt, blind, met ons niet-dominante hand, ... Ik was helemaal in mijn nopjes en zag dat met mijn linkse hand tekenen weer zo een leuke naive lijnen kon opleveren dat ik praktisch heel de les links heb zitten tekenen.
op het einde wou ik toch weer even enorm academisch doen. Het model zat dan ook met zijn rug recht naar mij toe. op zich een ongelooflijk saai pose om te tekenen. Waardoor de uitdaging zoveel groter werd om er een goede tekening van te maken. Ik heb nog nooit zo gedetailleerd een rug getekend.
week 5
Emotie op muziek. Kwaad of agressie, melancholie en vrolijk. Meer moet ik waarschijnlijk niet uitleggen bij deze oefening. Je moest je gewoon laten leiden. Ik merkte dat ik me bij vrolijke muziek totaal niet kon concentreren en de agressieve tekeningen me enorm goed afgingen. De muziek nam dan ook heel mijn hoofd in de afleiding die er normaal is werd vastberaden en concentratie. Het is een truc die ik zeker ga onthouden tijdens moeilijkere periodes in mijn illustratiewerk.
week 6
De les van week 5 was enorm goed, hoe zouden we dat nog kunnen overtreffen? Het was een gesprek dat ik met Stijn had meteen na de les van week 5. Ik flapte eruit, misschien op elkaars tekening werken. Iets dat ik altijd enorm leuk vindt in workshops die ik met kinderen doe. De week erna werd het duidelijk dat hij dit idee met beiden handen heeft vastgegrepen en ons helemaal heeft laten gaan. Het was enorm plezant en er kwamen verbazend toffe resultaten uit. Dit was voor mij nog de meest uitdagende en leuke les.
En nog enkele beelden van tekeningen van de andere cursuisten.
Dit ben ik! Getekend door iemand die mij zag staan in een spiegel achter het model.
(Hij zal binnenkort bij de colletie I've been drawn komen)
Tuesday, 14 April 2015
The Bologna Childrensbookfair 2015
I went to the Bologna childrensbookfair this year. I already went there as a student several years ago. So i knew what to expect. But still it was overwhelming because now it was for real. I was armed with my portfolio, posters and busnisscards. I had some goals in my head that is needed to reach. Like, at least show your portfolio 2 times, talk to the flemish publishers, go the the network event of VFL. Talk to other illustrators. Eat an icecream. Meet up with a friend. Get a good overview of the current international market. And I can say I did all of them. So my trip to the fair was a succes but also a good preparation for the fair of next year.
Because it is a hard world as an illustrator on this fair. The whole year you work behind your little desk thinking you are the only one doing this and that. But everything is put back in perspective if you see the walls and walls of drawings of other upcoming and new illustrators. Also the publishers aren't jumping up and down to meet you. It is the other way around, you are thankful if a publisher wants to take a look at your portfolio for even a second. So you try to make the best of it, take it all in and plan. What can I do this year? How can I do it? Who do I want to speak? And what is for next year if I can make appointments?
To have a little idea about the fair, you can look at this Youtubeplaylist
This movie gives a good picture off all the illustrators that are walking around there. You have like 10 walls in the entrance hall where people can leave their message. The fair is only buzy for 1 hour and you know those walls are already full of portfolio's bussinesscards, posters and drawings.
This is a movie about the small hals 29-30. I think those are the most fun halls of the 4 publisher halls. The flemish AND Dutch publishers are found here. you also have 2 other very big other halls. So if you see this, you now it is a very big fair.
Because it is a hard world as an illustrator on this fair. The whole year you work behind your little desk thinking you are the only one doing this and that. But everything is put back in perspective if you see the walls and walls of drawings of other upcoming and new illustrators. Also the publishers aren't jumping up and down to meet you. It is the other way around, you are thankful if a publisher wants to take a look at your portfolio for even a second. So you try to make the best of it, take it all in and plan. What can I do this year? How can I do it? Who do I want to speak? And what is for next year if I can make appointments?
But even if you don't talk to anyone on this fair you can easily fill your days with lectures, watching the exhibition, browsing for new interesting books. And those stuff i did as well. For expample I saw a lecture from my favourite aplicationmakers Fox&Sheep.
To have a little idea about the fair, you can look at this Youtubeplaylist
This movie gives a good picture off all the illustrators that are walking around there. You have like 10 walls in the entrance hall where people can leave their message. The fair is only buzy for 1 hour and you know those walls are already full of portfolio's bussinesscards, posters and drawings.
This is a movie about the small hals 29-30. I think those are the most fun halls of the 4 publisher halls. The flemish AND Dutch publishers are found here. you also have 2 other very big other halls. So if you see this, you now it is a very big fair.
Plans that i already promised myself now is that i will participate in the illustration competition of next year.
Karel the rabbit
A little while back somebody saw my Sheeppainting at a friends place. He contacted me and asked me to do a painting for him about the favourite rabbit of his daughter that had past away. I couldn't work on it for a big while because of other work. But now it is finally here an i had lots of fun painting it. It is again something very different in my repertoire of styles and work. And that is what i love about me. That i can do so many different things.
Saturday, 28 March 2015
#wijoverdrijvenniet
In 2013 I started my webcomic about the crazy sisters. But it went quiet very quickly because of time, studies and work. But in my head ideas were still pouring in. So i decided to blow the dust off the comic and start drawing Sanne and Maren again. i already did in January because of the tragedy on Charlie Hebdo. This month because of a trending hashtag in Flanders. In the future you will find more Sitstercomics on the web.
But! not here anymore. You can however find them on the new blog specially made for them.
Klick on the link to find more!!
Monday, 23 March 2015
New Logo
Everything is getting real. I am a fulltime illustrator. Never in my life I was so happy with what I am doing with my life. This makes sense and I am very driven to make it, all against the odds and advise I had in the past of people saying "you can't be an fulltime illustrator right away." I will prove them wrong.
So I made a new logo. And I am in love with it. This is me. I also bought business cards that will arrive on thursday. My website is a work in progress and also will be online soon. So yes, Stuff is really, really, really getting real :D
I made my logo with a linocut.
The Sesam festival
Finally! on the 9th of March it was the day we were all be waiting on. It was book presentation of the Sesam books in the Roma in Antwerp. It was a great day! Now, two weeks later the rush is out of it and i can give you this memory.
En als je nog niet genoeg krijgt van deze post kan je altijd terecht op deze link van Studio Sesam
En als je nog niet genoeg krijgt van deze post kan je altijd terecht op deze link van Studio Sesam
There was a lot of media coverage on this Sesamproject.
In the morning there where workshops, lectures and a debate with politicians about diversity in childrensbooks. With minister Sven Gatz, Yasmine Kherbache (Sp.a), Imade Annouri (Groen) and schepen Nabillla Ait Daoud with moderator Gie Goris from MO
Look at this guy's cool socks!
After the debat I gave my book to minister Sven Gatz. Too bad that a week later we had to read in the newspapers that there is a new law which lifts the cities of the obligation to have public libraries.
In the afternoon there was a show to present the 10 stories in the Sesambox. There were about 500 people in the watching. 300 of them were enthusiastic children of nearby schools. At the end of the show I was drawing my characters of the book on big screen so everybody could see. That was fun to do!
Afterwards there was the reception.
I also had my first experience with singing books. Such a strange feeling :)
Books where sold. looked at and read with lots of oh's and ah's.
And these are all the great writers and illustrators of the 10 stories. So happy to be one of them.
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