Waking up with flowers.

To do list.

Character and composition sketching.

Experimenting with plastic.

End result, for now…Not satisfied.

Teaching in the afternoon. They look so sweet.

One bed time story and then SssssSSssStttttt……

And tomorrow…..To Rome !!

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Put it in the blender and press full throttle. Yes the biggest stand on the thing. Stir and blend for about a minute. And serve the most tasting smoothie you’ll ever taste.

That’s how I would describe Benjamin‘s work. A fantastic mix of materials, a very strong pen and pencil and, trying to describe it in 1 sentence, a dream made real on a piece of paper

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Stan Lee Cole – Separated from Mark Borgions on Vimeo.

The animation was made with ‘Toon Boom Harmony’ and a little ‘After Effects’. Like the song itself, it tells the sad story of couples separating and literally feeling incomplete without your other half. Enjoy!

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Sometimes, one picture is all you need. A private moment and a glance in Jan his workspace.

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Merel has a website. But not just a website for her. But a shared site.With her husband Benjamin Leroy.

Both are distinguished illustrators. I had the privilege to have these 2 in the same school. I was a couple years below them. So it’s very special to watch them grow. See the evolution. Knowing were they came from.

Merel found a voice that has a soft, crispy-old paper, glowing feel. Very clear details, but colored in such a way that you can’t stop looking at it. Especially her use of patterns are just mind blowing beautiful. In each drawing you feel the love for the work she does.

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Dutch illustrator Marja Meijer is working on new book: What A Lousy Weather, written by Miriam Mous. Marja’s drawings are always frivolous and cheerful, it seems like their lines flow from her pencil in a most natural way.

This is also the case for these images I found on her Facebookpage: on one side you can see the sketch and on the other side the coloured illustration. Both illustrations are from What A Lousy Weather.

The illustration below is a different story. This is a cover Marja illustrated for “Ootje”, a collection of stories by Lida Dijkstra.
Unfortunately, the publication of this book was delayed.

Art by Marja Meijer

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I like to call this ‘organized chaos’

My workplace is at home, in the livingroom. I’m always surrounded by magazines, books and lots of treasures. That includes the old children’s book illustration with the birds I found at the flea in New York. Brings back precious memories too.

As I am waiting for my paper to dry, I work on some sketches for new projects.

Always keeping an eye on me.

To me it’s very important to keep playing, in many ways. I try to experiment with different techniques and not be afraid to mess up- it can bring you great stuff.

At work!

Whether I do book illustrations, prints or paintings, it all starts with a pencil and a piece of paper.

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But when I think about Jan, I think about a very young illustrator who was dumbstruck that Jan de Kinder read that illustrator’s first book on a exhibition. There I was, nervous, in front of a crowd, and preparing for a live drawing. But Jan’s calm voice pulled me through the ordeal.

And off course. When I look and talk about Jan’s work, I think about: red.

Jan has the power to make that colour the centerpieces of his work. Be sure to at least have 2 books of this man in your collection. And yes, you can choose which.

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From afar you see a dark, brooding picture. You can even call it old. But if you come closer and closer, a whole world opens up. Tiny details, patterns, colour on different kind of paper (or so it may seem), photos. Every time there are new things to discovers. Off course, not all her work is dark. When she introduces light, it has a very ‘arabic’ feel.

A style to fall in love with.

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But back to the drawings!

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