The Trumpet Parade

Topps Galaxy 7 - basecard artwork

2012-01-23T09:43:00.005Z

Here are two pieces I made for the upcoming Star Wars Galaxy 7 trading cards set from Topps. The Jabba piece is done with acrylics and colored pencil on MDF board, Yoda was done entirely in Photoshop.

Topps Star Wars Galaxy 7 - sketchcards

2011-12-29T12:32:00.008Z

For the upcoming Topps Star Wars Galaxy 7 trading cards set I've created 50 sketchcards as well as 2 basecards. I can't show the artwork for the basecards yet, but my sketchcards are approved, so here you go.

Snowy Girl

2011-12-02T09:07:00.006Z

I'm trying out some new stuff and techniques I've been thinking about.

And what do we have here? The first piece of handdrawn animation I made in a long time! Could it be part of something bigger? Who knows?

Considerati

2011-11-09T09:30:00.002Z

Here's a short film I just finished with Joost Lieuwma en Lukas Krepel. Joost did the designs, Lukas flexed his animation muscles and I did the backgrounds and some of the animation.

Tulok update time

2011-09-16T13:38:00.002+01:00

Here is a rough paste-together of the current state of the Tulok poster, with the logos and everything that I will add once the painting is done.

Tulok

2011-09-01T09:04:00.003+01:00

If only the 80's had been so kind. An animated Sword and Sorcery feature, not afraid to show buckets of blood and naked bodyparts. Mark my words, if I ever win the lottery, I promise to make this film. Untill that time, I'll have the poster.

The final piece will be painted with acrylics on MDF board. I'm working on this in my sparetime, so it will probably take a while before it's finished, but I've been having so much fun with this already. I can't wait for the weekend!

Way of the Barbarian

2011-07-22T12:16:00.004+01:00

Going through one of these phases again.

No time for love, Dr. Jones!

2011-05-23T10:52:00.003+01:00

Yes, the inevitable happened. Woke up behind my desk in the middle of the night, to find out I was half way done with a Shorty maquette, to accompany Indy on his adventures on my bookshelve.

Indy animated maquette

2011-04-25T11:10:00.004+01:00

Here is something I've been working on in my spare time for a while now, it's a maquette of everyone's favorite Nazi punching archeologist, Dr. Henry Jones jr.! Below is a rather blurry picture of the original sculpt before the molds were made, hopefully I can show a picture of the painted resin cast soon!

Balloon girl

2011-03-25T19:16:00.004Z

As always, too much work done that I can't show, but here are two studies done for a new (possible) project.

New Star Wars Galaxy 6 basecards

2011-02-22T17:49:00.004Z

Here are two illustrations made for the upcoming Star Wars Galaxy 6 trading cards set from Topps. I try to learn something with everything I do (if possible) and since my previous SW illustrations were digital I decided to go traditional this time, see how that works out for me. I like how they have a more "vintage" feel. Still have a lot to learn about painting though. They are done with acrylics and colored pencil on MDF board

Alive alive oOH!

2010-12-30T11:41:00.003Z

Just a little something to show I'm still alive. I've been working on a lot of stuff, but can't show any of it yet, so this will have to do for now. It's nothing fancy, but I'm trying to force myself to use my eyes more when I'm drawing instead of cartoonifying the hell out of everything to make things easier for myself. It lacks a little "me", but I enjoyed making this nonetheless.

The Itch wins and gets a website!

2010-10-03T13:22:00.005+01:00

I am very proud to say The Itch won the International Student Award at Klik! Amsterdam. As of now, there is also a website live were I will post news and other things about my short film:

www.the-itch.com

So if you want to get updates on where it will play next, be sure to bookmark it!

The Itch playing at KLIK! Amsterdam

2010-09-12T18:45:00.004+01:00

My graduation film The Itch is playing next week on KLIK! Amsterdam:

Thursday Sept 16, 16.00
Saturday Sept 18, 17.30

Come one, come all!

An exciting day for Anna done!

2010-07-08T12:55:00.003+01:00

Here is the final version of "Een Spannende Dag voor Anna", an animated film I made together with Joost Lieuwma and Lukas Krepel. It was commissioned by an organization that takes care of children who can't live with their parents for a period of time.

If dinosaurs were still around

2010-06-30T16:23:00.004+01:00

In my world, they would look like this. I'm having a thing for vertical compositions lately...

Purple and pink

2010-06-24T15:56:00.004+01:00

Oh yeah! The pose is kind of based on a photograph but the rest is mine. At last I've got some time off right now to finally make some random stuff!

The Dead Sungod

2010-05-15T14:34:00.006+01:00

Just playing around with getting a combination between that painterly poster feel and my own style. I really want to try my hand at some real painting once I have the time, it's been too long since my last serious attempt. There is still so much to learn...
Other good news, we finished the "Anna" short, which should be available online soon, maybe even as soon as next week! I'll post it here, once it is online.

An exciting day for Anna

2010-04-14T16:59:00.006+01:00

Here is an update on the animated short I am working on together with my two studio mates Lukas and Joost. We've started animating a few weeks ago and a couple of sequences are nearing completion already. Here are stills from the openening sequence.

The story is about Anna, a little girl who has to live with a new family for a while, because her own parents have trouble taking care of here. The goal of the film is to inform young children about what happens, when they themselves, or children around them get involved in a difficult situation like this.

Here is a collection of preproduction artwork. The designs are all done by me and we are animating it together. So far, this is has been a great project to work on!

The Princess's new Clothes

2010-03-14T12:10:00.006Z

So here it is, my new Star Wars print, soon available through Acme Archives! I've been working on this for a long time, but in the end I think I succeeded in cramming every single character that I liked about this scene into one drawing. When the first 2 Star Wars films where released I was either not born at all (episode IV), or just a smelly pink baby (episode V). When Return of the Jedi was released I must have been 3 or 4 so I can't say I saw that one in the cinema's either, but I do remember receiving a few toys for my birthday one day and they really made a big impact on me. I remember looking at the back of the packaging, seeing all those strange creatures and also the ads in certain magazines that I read as a child showing pictures of the classic Jedi Kenner toys and I was mesmerized. Luckily I have a dad who managed to preserve his inner nerdy kid a little and he got me a some of them when they went on clearance. I still have Bib Fortuna, Ree Yees, Gamorrean Guard and Lando Skiff Guard, along with a few others. Never got Jabba though. For a long time, since I only saw the actual films years later, Star Wars to me was mainly about toys. So this print is a homage to all the toys that kept me company during the dark and scary first years of my life! Here's to you guys, I promise I'll pay you a visit in the attic soon!

I will have a few signed copies of this for sale myself, so if you are interested in getting one, keep an eye out on my blog. It will be produced in two sizes: 15x30 inch or 13x19.

So, here is a little peek in the kitchen, showing a few explorational sketches. I knew from the start that I wanted Jabba as the centerpiece of this print. I also wanted to show something that was only implied in the films, but never shown on screen, and I wanted to put as many characters in as possible.

Star Wars this, Star Wars that...

2010-01-22T18:08:00.004Z

What's with all the Star Wars lately? I have no clue, it just seems to follow me like a mad rabbit with a taste for attractive, dark haired geeks. But of course, that doesn't mean I'm not having a great time making this stuff! Here is a collection of sketch cards done for Topps Star Wars Galaxy 5 trading card set, all of these will be inserted in packs, so they could be yours if you bought enough boxes at your local retailer. Next stop, a new Star Wars print for Acme Archives!

Some characters

2009-12-18T15:34:00.003Z

Here are some character studies for an animated film I will be making together with Joost Lieuwma and Lukas Krepel, two friends with whom I share a studio. Nothing final yet, just toying around trying to find nice shapes suitable for the workflow we intend to use. I am going to push the design of the grownups more towards the little girl.

In the mean time...

2009-12-03T16:20:00.005Z

Here is a piece I did for the upcoming Topps Star Wars Galaxy 5 trading card set. It is of a scene that isn't actually in the film, where Han Solo finds the place where Luke Skywalker was slapped in the face by the Wampa creature and dragged away. I am working on a Star Wars print for Acme Archives at the moment about another scene we didn't get to see. I won't give away much, but it features Leia and a certain overweigt snail.
And here is one of my preliminary sketches that will probably be featured on the back of the card.And here is a piece I made for the Drawing Jam at the drawingboard.org. I am not sure about the colors, I can't seem to get my Cintiq callibrated the way I want it to be. It's based on a photograph of a model named Jamie Koeppe.

Coming Soon

2009-09-15T15:26:00.003+01:00

So, why is it that I mostly posted older work the last couple of months you ask? Well, because I've been sweating away on my graduation film for almost 2 years now, without much time to work on anything else, that's why. Thankfully it seems like the end of this project is finally getting in sight. Here is the sketch for the poster that I am working on right now. I need to touch up a couple of animated bits and finish a few backgrounds, after that my work on the film is done and it's waiting until the score and sounddesign are finished. Exciting times!

Again, this is still a mock-up, I might change the design into something completely else.

Return of more Living Dead

2009-07-17T11:12:00.009+01:00

I was holding out on posting new deadites because I was planning to draw up a little congratulations drawing first for director Tomm Moore, for winning the Audience Award at the Animation Festival of Annecy last month with his film Brendan and the Secret of Kells.

I worked on the film for a few months as a posing/ lay-out artist and it was a great experience in every way. Unfortunately I couldn't attend the premiere in Dublin, so the viewing at Annecy was my first time seeing the final film and it made me very happy to see the audience appreciated it so much. Very strange to suddenly see it finished and on such a big screen but it turned out to be a great film and if you get the chance, go see it in cinema's. I believe it will be released across the globe at various moments later this year, so keep an eye out for it at your local theater. For more information on the film, check Tomm's blog here. Unfortunately I can't find the time to make a little Brendan tribute, so words will have to do: CONGRATULATIONS TOMM! Also a shout to all the people I met this year, I know it's a little late, but I had a great time so thanks to everybody and hopefully untill next year!

So, on to the undead flesh. Please keep in mind that these were all done over a different period of time, so the designs change from piece to piece.

Last but not least, here is a little Ash in motion. Well, you can hardly call it a motion, but he turns a bit... And blinks...

Well, that's all I have on Army of Darkness for now, I might dig up more stuff later.

More Deadites

2009-05-22T14:19:00.007+01:00

Here's a few more nasty undead from my Army of Darkness project. Next time I'll post some actual stills and storyboard pics...

I'm a boy, of course I like zombies!

2009-04-28T16:00:00.007+01:00

Here is some stuff I did for a project I worked on over a long period of time, where I was trying to cook up a minute or two of animation based on Army of Darkness, one of my all time favorites. I started this maybe more then eight years ago and every now and then I tried to get it a step further, but because of the long breaks it usually meant starting everything from scratch every time I picked it up. Since it will probably never see the light of day in animated form I wanted to share some of my concept designs and stills here, mostly from my last try, the older stuff is too hideous to show. There is a lot more, so I'll put up some more soon.

Topps Star Wars Galaxy 4 base cards

2009-03-06T13:28:00.003Z

These two drawings are part of the Topps Star Wars Galaxy 4 card set from Topps, that's just been released. I've always loved the creatures from the old pre CG Star Wars films, so when I was asked to work on this set I didn't have to think too long about what I wanted to base my designs around. I think the part were the bald Rancor Keeper walks in crying after Luke killed the Rancor has to be one of my favorite parts in the whole trilogy. The grey sketch with the Rancor is used on the back of the card I think.

I get all the girls

2009-02-11T14:37:00.006Z

Well, not really... But here are some made up ones. The coloured one is based on a photo.

Indy Masterpieces sketchcards

2008-11-19T23:11:00.008Z

Time for an update! I recently finished a batch of 50 new sketchcards for the upcoming Indiana Jones Masterpieces set for Topps. 6 Return cards are in the making...

Some Stills..

2008-10-02T12:43:00.007+01:00

They still need some tweaking, but here goes:

Indiana Jones products

2008-09-07T14:54:00.010+01:00

I am happy to annouce I will be selling a limited amount of my Indiana Jones prints that Acme Archives has released recently as well as 9 sketchcards that I produced for the Topps Indiana Jones Heritage series. Because something went wrong with the original return cards I have created 9 new cards that are fresh of my drawing board.

These are high quality giclee prints on heavy paper. The quality of the prints is really stunning and the photos don't do them justice unfortunately. Hopefully I'll be able later on to take some better pictures. The large prints measure 19 x 30" (45,7 x 76,2 cm) and cost 245 US dollar/ 135 euro + shipping. The small prints are 13 x 19" (33 x 48,3 cm) and go for 95 US dollar/ 66 euro + shipping. Both versions come with a Certificate of Authenticity.

And these are my new Topps sketchcards. Prices vary, if you are interested in a particular card send me and email at info{a}creamdog.net.

With every order you receive a free limited edition print of choice of either of the two following illustrations.

Some progress

2008-08-04T10:56:00.004+01:00

Here's a few new things, I'm trying to find a consistent way of coloring and lighting my bachgrounds.

A short in progress

2008-06-28T17:09:00.010+01:00

Time for a non-Indy post. I am currently working on my graduation film, which I hope to be finishing around January next year. I've been working on it for a few months already, so I figured it's time to start showing some pictures. To start things of, here are some concept designs for my characters etc.

And these are unfinished stills from the film, which give a pretty good idea of the final look of the film.

And finally a little test of the dog walking. This was not so much about the animation, but more a test of the line treatment, which is kind of hard to see at this resolution.

Indiana Jones print

2008-04-04T08:24:00.006+01:00

No news on my 6 returned cards yet, but I am proud to say www.indianajonesshop.com now has one of my illustrations available for pre-order as a limited edition giclee print. Acme Archives will produce it in two sizes, 13 x 19 inch and 18 x 30 inch.

TOPPS Indiana Jones Heritage sketch cards

2008-03-17T20:13:00.007Z

Since the final product is scheduled to hit the stores soon, I finally got the permission to show these sketch cards I worked on for the upcoming Indiana Jones Heritage trading card set for TOPPS. They are one of a kind original sketches that will be inserted in every box of cards (one per box), along with autographed cards by Harisson Ford, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas and others who worked on the films. Six of this cards will be returned to me later on which I am considering to put up for sale, so keep an eye on my blog if you are interested.

Another monkey

2008-03-05T21:03:00.004Z

Jetix Monkey

2008-02-16T10:57:00.003Z

A little monkey I did for jetix.

Old Hellboy

2008-01-28T12:41:00.001Z

Here is an old sculpt I made of Ron Perlman as Hellboy. I started this before the first movie was even in theatres, so I think it's save to say I'll probably never finish it. It was made with Super Sculpey, which I colored red by mixing in some red Fimo because I thought it suited the subject matter.

A salty one

2008-01-02T14:28:00.001Z

Some girls

2007-12-03T10:03:00.000Z

Pirates

2007-10-29T10:05:00.001Z

I did this one for a magazine. There are some letters hidden in the drawing which, combined with some that were hidden elsewhere, can be used to create a secret word. I had a lot of fun with this one!

More whipping

2007-09-18T12:42:00.001+01:00

These are two more designs I did based on Indy and Jones sr.

Indiana Jones stuff

2007-09-06T22:57:00.002+01:00

About a year and a half ago, when the new design for theraider.net went online, I was asked to create one of the image headers that would show up at the top of every page. I made one, but I've always been wanting to make a second one, just because the first one was so much fun! Finally, I found time to make a second contribution.

And to give you a little look behind the scenes, this is what the layout sketch looked like, made on a regular A4 sized paper. You can see how some elements look quite different from the final version, while others remain almost unchanged. I always like to draw images like this fairly small, because you get a certain spontaneity in your work which is hard to capture in a larger drawing. Once I am satisfied with the overall layout I scan the drawing, enlarge all the elements and print them on separate sheets of paper. I refine all these elements separately on my light table and put them back together again on the computer.

This is the first header by the way.

August Jam Girl

2007-08-14T21:12:00.001+01:00

Here is a girl I drew for the monthly drawingjam at the drawingboard.

Brush Fish

2007-07-25T10:36:00.001+01:00

I made up these little fish while trying to get a grip on one of those brushpens. Fish are the bombdiggity! You can just design your own fish based on the weirdest shape you can come up with, and there probably is a real fish out there looking exactly like that. The supreme being really outdid himself while creating these cool creatures.

Just a lil' sumthin' sumthin'

2007-07-24T10:07:00.001+01:00

I bought a new widescreen monitor and decided to finish of a sketch I had lying around as my new desktop. Click HERE to get a 1680x1050 version. And yes, I love Gremlins.

A girl I saw on the bus

2007-07-19T15:31:00.001+01:00

Here is a girl I saw on the bus. Huh, what's that, you don't believe me? Ok, I lied.

Han ma bookie...

2007-07-17T13:23:00.002+01:00

Remember that clunky Jabba toy from way back in the day? As a kid I thought it was the coolest, most realistic piece of playware one could get it's hands one. Unfortunately, when Star Wars VI was released I was still in my Fisher Price phase and by the time I was 6 or 7, the only way to find out about these figures was from ads in old magazines. I have always wanted to have one of those Jabba's, but it just never happened. Until I discovered Super Sculpey that is. I love that stuff...

More Granny

2007-07-15T19:02:00.001+01:00

Here is another one from my little Granny film. I actually made half of this film a long time ago, but I never got around to finish it properly. Now that I've picked it up again I had to incorporate some new techniques and redesign some stuff and I am ready to give it a second try. Hopefully somewhere this summer.

Some male nurses

2007-07-05T16:06:00.001+01:00

These two handsome guys also appear in that same short film. It's still a concept sketch, but I just might keep them this way.

Poor Granny

2007-07-02T13:44:00.001+01:00

Here are some characters for a short I'll start working on later this summer. I'll post some concept sketches for this later on, they went missing in the pile under my desk.

First!

2007-07-01T17:49:00.002+01:00

Hi and thanks for visiting. It took me ages to take the big leap, but as of today I will be posting some of my stuff here. Writing is not my USP, so I will probably stick to posting mostly drawings, sketches and photos of my work. I am currently studying animation and I try to draw as much as I can. Because that's all I like to do! Well... I also like to sculpt, watch movies and have the occasional drink with my friends or spend some time with my girlfriend. But I'll leave it to this for now before we get too close, I never kiss on a first date.