Small Update

Random sketches and studies. I've been doing a lot of Copic Marker colors lately, but there is still a lot of simple black&white stuff going on.

And yes, that guitar player sketch is certainly inspired by that band..

Hey Bert, have you ever worked on stuff like video games?

I got asked that question recently. And as a matter if fact, I have. I did about 70% of all the art assets of the iOS game LAXOPOWER, when I worked over at Unit040. Drawing cow animations and tons of poop was probably the weirdest and most fun assignment I ever got paid for.

Some samples of my cows below

The zoo Part 3

 It has been a while since I had last visited a zoo. This time I visited the Beekse Bergen safaripark and again I took my sketchbook and supplies with me. It was a bit too cold to draw, but I managed to capture some of the animals on paper.

I love big cats. They know how to keep a pose ;)

For my other zoo animals, search for the 'what I do on holidays' post of 2013

The first update of 2014

Finally, a new update!

I'll try to start updating once a week. But for now enjoy these two moleskine drawings of certain scenes from our DnD sessions.

Last post of 2013

The title says it all. This is the last update of the year for this blog. I started this halfway 2013 and very late in my creative career, but the responses of the people around me to this blog are great! Thank you! It keeps me motivated in developing my work and puts a smile on my face.

Enough words, time for some art!

I only have a few more pages to go in my slim moleskine booklet. But I intend to use these for more colored work. As you can see, I am starting to use my good old Copic Markers again (Thank you, Lucid) to ad some more atmosphere and perspective. 

And last but not least! The "animation" I did for Maastricht University. I did the visuals and they did the voice over and sounds. It was great working with them.

Happy new year everyone!

Sketches, colors and a COMIC UPDATE!

On the left we have some sketches I did in Stockholm. I didn't have a lot of time to draw and the fact that it was starting to get dark at 2 o' clock already wasn't helping either. But it still was a great trip!

On the right are some color tests for the landscapes I drew before. There were based on photo's, but the colors I did from memory. It was more about creating atmosphere. This is just and update and I'll finish these some other time (the water is still mostly blank, due to lack of reflections).

But this is what you all have been waiting for! A continuation of my 24-hour comic. By popular demand I have decided to finish this story and thus create the remaining 12 pages. So from now on I'll be posting new pages as well!

Even though there is no longer any time pressure, I still try to do these fast and efficient.

And not to forget, I need to plug this: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1854464912/the-spider-king-graphic-novel

Help a fellow artist out! He makes some cool stuff that reminds me of Mike Mignola. Hopefully, someday soon in the future I'll be doing a kickstarter of my own stuff. :)

Mucha do about nothing

Another small update. These are the final drawings of the first half of my small moleskine sketchbook. I'm saving up the center pages for something bigger.

Some plants and trees, inspired by the Pixar expo.

 Some model poses and sketches. I tried to use some of Proko's techniques for figure drawing.

 Some landscape photography inspiration

November 1st was "self-portrait-day" apparently (according to Sinix).

I took inspiration from the 16th century portraits and Mucha. It's a bit over the top, but a lot of fun to do!

That's it for today! Now I'm off to Stockholm for a few days!