letters from my studio
letters from my studio 01
In 2018, Gumclub went online. Valesca van Waveren, Thalysia van Esch, Jaqueline Storm and I wanted to create something where we could share our love for illustration. Tips about exhibitions, materials and techniques. Guest columns and interviews. Aura Scaringi made...
Messy Parade
Meet my litter crew I don’t get it. I just don’t understand how people can throw their trash on the street, the sidewalk, or in the park. But there it is — scattered and drifting through the city — so clearly, plenty of people do it. And I want something to change....
my mum, sorrow and comfort
The past few years haven’t been easy. Not for my mother, and not for us. She had dementia — a relentless disease that slowly takes everything away. And then, three and a half years ago, my father passed away unexpectedly. He had given everything to take care of her....
over mijn moeder, verdriet en troost
De laatste jaren waren niet makkelijk. Niet voor mijn moeder, en niet voor ons. Ze had dementie — een meedogenloze ziekte die langzaam alles afbrokkelt. En toen, drieënhalf jaar geleden, overleed mijn vader plotseling. Hij had alles voor haar gegeven, misschien...
sharing on social media
Some days ago, I shared this sketch on Instagram. I created it as a spot illustration for an article about sharing bad news.* To me, it felt like a good match with the theme of “reading the room.” When it comes to sharing difficult news, timing and context really...
An illustrator in New York City
In the Dutch Illustration Podcast (#67), Klaas Verplancke says he went to New York every year to put himself on the map. ‘I wanted to be discovered by the famous magazines and publishers’ he said. I want that too. And I also want to go to New York City. Not alone, but...
rubber bands and chicks
On 4 June 2024, there was an article in the Dutch newspaper 'Het Parool' about a stork couple (wilma and Ruud) in Amsterdam. Already for the third year in a row, all of this couple's chicks died. How could this happen? A window cleaner looking at the dead chick saw...
English • Inkygoodness 28 branding challenge
Sometimes I also wonder why I sign up for another course. Reason enough: learning new things, challenging myself and having the good feeling of being in a 'class'. A class with like-minded people. Talking together, complaining, laughing, looking at each other's work,...
Nature, Color, and Creativity – Making Ink – A Book to Treasure
Jason Logan invites you to head outside and gather ingredients. Ingredients for ink.Because there's color in the twigs of a dead shrub, bits of metal on the street, and the leaves of the weeds in your garden.Jason Logan is the founder of the Toronto Ink Company and...
Mythos illustrated, Stephan Fry
Ik liep een wildvreemde boekwinkel in en had zin om iets moois voor mezelf te kopen. Na een paar rondjes wist ik het ineens: ‘Mythos illustrated’. Het boek is geschreven door Stephen Fry en geïllustreerd door Jesús Sotés. Ik had het boek al, maar dan zonder de...