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...
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....
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....
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...
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...
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...
