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What is this, rejection-week?! I had one of my - what I personally thought bést - pieces shredded&chopped beginning this week. And, while still recovering of disbelief, just this afternoon another client called my icons-project (flaunted them in the blog below) into question. Much more gentle though (thank you from the bottom of my hypersensitive artist's heart) and I do agree I should chuck a few of them (the ones I didn't show you, for obvious reasons) and (yes) there is room for improvement. But still. That makes two rejections. 

Well you can't win 'em all. And besides that, all this misunderstoodness makes me feel inscrutable and.. artist-ish or whatever. Just don't make me feel it twice a week.

psssst

This project is taking forever to be published. I can't take it anymore. I'm going to give a few away now, don't tell anyone..

working my ass off

planet tropicana

Recently I was invited to participate in a publication made by Planet Tropicana, a new illustration platform founded by Dutch illustrators Sjors Tomlow, Ming Sin Ho, Levi Jacobs and Saman Dezai. They made a limited edition magazine, printed in a special 2-colour Risograph technique, that was presented at the RAW Art Fair in Rotterdam. Having worked with a Risograph-printer myself for the first time a couple of weeks ago, I know this is not an easy task. Certainly no job for the impatient. I think their efforts have definitely been rewarded, it looks great!
Cover-design by Levi Jacobs.

landscaping

Who needs a garden when you can draw one? Okay, not the same..

with love for Belgium

Mission accomplished. Monday the second illustration in de Morgen, and with that their chance to make up for the mistake. The game is on. No, just kidding. I love the Belgians, or residents of Belgium, equal.

day of hatches

Vandaag in de Morgen! (Today in The Morning, Belgian newspaper)
The Belgians retaliated after my words of warning yesterday, by not mentioning my name.. How am I to conquer Belgium when they don't know whose drawing it is?? I had to give them my ultimate punishment, which is forcing them to provide me with a lifetime of assignments. But so far I have not yet received their response..