Chinese characters

Back in Art college I made these for an animation assignment.

A bug's life

Newest doodle

Elle Kim

Elle Jeong Eun Kim calls herself a graphic designer but she's definately much more than that. She is from Seoul, Korea, but lives and works in New York City. Take a close look at her diverse work and discover she's not only a great graphic designer, but also an artist who makes the most beautiful installations with crochet thread, liquid rubber, rope, thread and of course, paper.

Sunday sessions

Lewis, 5 years old
Bruno, almost 7 years old
Mila, 7 years old
Danni, 10 years old

This afternoon my kids were painting with their friends. It's always quick and dirty with them, but this time they were a bit more dedicated.

Needlework with the youngest

I came across this book a while ago. The book shows patterns and examples for needlework classes at primary school. In fact I recognize a lot of items I made at primary school. For instance, the last picture! I had to make that one in the colours red, white and blue, the Dutch flag.

First year in college

First year in Art college meant a lot of experimenting with material, colour, shapes and subjects. An interesting, difficult but exciting year.

Embroidery for religious kids

Great find, this box! Perforated cardboards for kids to learn how to cross stitch religious sentences such as 'God is love'.

Italian floors

The water, the sea

We spend this weekend in Zeeland once again. Zeeland is the province in which I was born and lived the first 19 years of my life. Zeeland has a lot of good beaches and a lot of water. That was my subject for study in my first year of college. This book is my so called 'water diary' in which I tried to paint, drawn or illustrate the water, the sea, waves and the texture on the beach during low tide.

Discovering the reds

First year in Art College, experimenting with colours and material. My favourite colours, shades of red.

Johanna Basford

Amazing work by Johanna Basford. Beautiful handdrawn black and white textures. Here is what Johanna says about her work on her website:

Tumble down the rabbit hole and find yourself in my inky black and white Wonderland... I'm a creative catch-all; a designer / illustrator / printer on a mission to cover the world with my hand drawn patterns and motifs. I'm not a Vector Technician, but one of the dwindling number of creatives who still likes to put pen to paper.