new Train Girls

some more traingirls. I should have something quite different up soon.

 

 

the whole set remains on Flickr

Train girls

One of my favourite things to do is draw people (well, okay, girls) sitting next to me on the train. I’ve drawn quite a few of them:

You can see the others in my Flickr set

 

 

a sketch.

 

an inkwash sketch I did to test out Fabriano paper. not as good as Schoellershammer, but good nonetheless. a bit more tooth, and way more feathery. but it’s still very useable, and it has a nice texture. my favourite sketchbook, Fabriano’s Venezia, also has this paper. It’s great for inkwashing on the go.

Bloggermajingythingy 2.0

Rebirth! Yep, a switch from LJ. the community seems to be slowly dying (even Brandon Graham is switching over), and I’ve been wanting to go for something a bit more swanky for a while now. let’s see how this goes… the importing of my old pages was very easy to do anyway, so there’s that.

Here’s some artwork I should have posted earlier.

A girl I drew during a train journey. I do lots of those, you can see more on my Flickr page. This one was done in a truly fantastic Venezia sketchbook by Fabriano. Pen used is a Pitt Artist Pen with a Superfine point.

A girl I drew while getting reacquainted with Schoellershammer paper and my 111EF Leonardt nibs.

Dr. Sketchy’s Amsterdam 26-6-2010

I found out last week that Molly Crabapple, the inventor of Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School was going to be in Amsterdam this saturday for a signing and mini Dr.Sketchy’s sesion. So I signed up, and yesterday I had a great time drawing from a live model. here’s a badly done collage of some of the sketches I did (click on it to go bigger, click on that to go huge!):

Hospitals, Moomins and other stuff…

I’m going to use the Brandon Graham way of posting from now: not that often, but when I post, it’ll be all sorts of stuff…

Initials BB

I’ve been on a huge Gainsbourg kick lately (both Serge and Charlotte, whose IRM record with Beck is tremendous) and when Initials BB came on the CD player in the car today, I knew I had to draw Bardot as a tribute.

If you want to see a huge version, click on the pic to go to my Flickr page.

hourly comics, and a burlesque lady.

here we are again… Last monday I tried to do Hourly Comics, but failed miserably. I only completed 5 hours of comics, after which I just got fed up because I found out I just had too little time to do what I wanted (the quality is shit). Later, when seeing Lucy Knisley’s hourlies I hit my forehead when realizing she uses much smaller panels. well, for next year. Also, I’m gonna try and do an hourly comic at least once every few days to flex my muscles. Anyway, here are the hourlies I did manage to do, crappy as they may be:

looking back, looking forward.

So, 2010. The year we made contact and all that. Last year was a pretty shitty year for me, with no work, and shitty health. But at least there were good books, tv, music and movies to cheer me up!

Favourite 3 books:
City Of Dreaming Books- Walter Moers. My favourite of the year. I’m incredibly thankful to my friend Petra for introducing me to this book. Moers really is just the most imaginative writer out there.
The Death Of Bunny Munroe- Nick Cave. It’s Nick Cave writing the blackest possible sex comedy . what’s not to like?
Godverdomse Dagen Op Een Godverdomse Bol – Dimitri Verhulst. The Flemish: still making better dutch language books than dutch writers.

Favourite 3 graphic novels:
Ergens Waar Je Niet Wil Zijn – Brecht Evens. stunning watercolour stuff. to be published in english this year, under the title, "The Wrong Party".
The Book Of Genesis – Robert Crumb. lovely pen and ink renderings by the master.
Wonton Soup part 2: Hyper Wonton Soup – The Quickening… Soup by James Stokoe. worth it just for the title. batshit insane stuff.

favourite TV:
Doctor Who – The End Of Time. loved it, despite having as many endings as Return Of The King.
Sons Of Anarchy. hell yeah. great acting, great action, great music.
Bored To Death. My favourite new show. see it people!

favourite music:
IRM – Charlotte Gainsbourg (with Beck). It’s a Beck album, with a whispery french lady singing. There apparently is nothing more I need from an album.
It’s Blitz! – Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Not just a fantastic concert in Paradiso, but thankfully, also a great third album by the New York three.
Two Suns – Bat For Lashes. I liked it most of the year, but only started loving it when I went to see her live in October.

Favourite movies:
Up. best dog I never owned.
Let The Right One In. okay, so I technically saw that one late late last year, but only saw a GOOD (legal) version of it this year, so it counts.
Inglourious Basterds. excellent Tarantino stuff. Just amazing.

favourite videogame:
Uncharted 2, Uncharted 2, Uncharted 2. okay, and Flower.

So… 2010, what will you bring, culture-wise? I’m looking forward to the following:
music:  new Beck (hopefully), new Grinderman, new Fleet Foxes.
movies: Fantastic Mr. Fox (yeah, thanks Hollywood for your shitty staggered internation releases), Iron Man II, Gainsbourg – Vie Heroique (t’s Joann Sfar doing a movie on one of my favourite singers), Clash Of The Titans, Inception… and most of all Scott Pulgrim Versus The World.
tv: more Bored To Geath, Sons Of Anarchy, etc. and Jack Bauer’s final day of DAMNITs. Also, Treme and Song Of Ice And Fire.
books: more Walter Moers? catching up with Steven Erikson before the final Malazan book appears.
graphic novels: Craig Thompson’s Habibi, Paul Pope’s Battling Boy (and hopefully the complete THB.. one can dream), more Multiple Warheads, and a shitload more I’m forgetting.
games: Red Dead Redemption. and hopefully The Last Guardian.

and now, drawing time!

hello there! Long time no post. Too busy finding a new job and working on them comics. Read a lot of great books ( Walter Moers’ City Of Dreaming Books is simply awesome) but I wanted to specifically mention The Art Of Osamu Tezuka: God Of Manga. A great book with lots of art and photographs of the man at work (always great to see artists you love using crow quill pens). As a bonus you get a dvd with the book, which features a 45 minute doc on the man and his incredible work ethic (20 pages a day!). I highly recommend it. Anyway, I’ll be posting more soon including lots of artwork. Stay tuned….

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