I visited Castle Rock in Edinburgh when I was 19 and was living and working in Scotland for a few months. This drawing is inspired by the idea of a castle on a rock and is a digital version of a sketch I made in that period. It always fascinated me to think about our...
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Our year started by saying goodbye
Our year started by saying goodbye to our 18 week pregnancy. During the contractions and waiting in the hospital I drew this illustration. To cope, to anticipate, to deal with my fear of seeing the tiny baby. On january 7th our tiny baby boy was born. 15cm and...
Maya Angelou – Keep on going
A few weeks back I read all published diaries and books by Maya Angelou. Always fighting against racism and oppression. With her words, art, optimism and performances. Inspired and humbled forever by this incredible person.
sketching big
I like sketching from memory. Muscle memory mostly. I always sketch faces. Dont know why though. So here goes...
Drawing, even if it is just one thing
Going on a vacation usually means I get torn between all my hobbies. This internal struggle happens while packing all our family stuff. Between the many many items we bring as a family of four I try to decide how to spend my time beforehand. I have beautiful visions...
Medusa’s daughter
Cute, beautiful and young. Medusa inspired drawing with cute snakes. I really didn’t like the original story where Medusa was punished for being raped, so I gave her a beautiful daughter with cute snake hair. This is also part of my efforts to become a better digital...
Searching a style
This is just one of many attempts to find my illustrative voice. As a designer I mainly create commissioned work, so to me it feels different to just draw and illustrate without ‘purpose’. But I set my mind on becoming a better digital illustrator an finding my own...
Something old
An old drawing I found: from 2006, this was before my digital endeavors. Handdrawn, ink on paper. Scanned probably with the cheapers scanner around because I was still a student and had spent all my money on a new Macbook. (The first of the Macbook series, no iBook....
Using things
I like being offline. As I wrote before I've had a hate/love relationship with devices for a long time and my first love was drawing. Recently I bought a watercolor pencil set in a local thrift store and started filling my watercolor notepad my friend gave me years...