Saturday, September 29, 2007

IF Blues

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December 2005 I did sent this one to IF for the subject "Blue", but it is even better suited for "Blues".

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Friday, September 28, 2007

Positive/Negative

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About the effect on kids of positive or negative comments.

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Thursday, September 27, 2007

Haircut

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Illustration for a kid's page about Xtreme makeovers in the animal world.

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Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Mill-Signlanguage

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The position of the sails/vanes of a mill in Holland express a certain occasion. Top left and big drawing = a joyous event like marriage or birth. Top right means there is a mourning period.
Bottom left and right positions tell the attentive observant that the mill has a short or longer period of rest.

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Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Multi-Animal

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Its a horsegoatrabbitdogpigcowgoosechickenmouse

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Friday, September 21, 2007

Freehand brush

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Freehand is a fabulous vectorprogram. Sad enough, Illustrator has won the vectorbattle, not by being better, but by being the little brother of Photoshop. Adobe is owner now of Freehand and is not going to develop it.
A silent moment in remembrance of a great program.......Thank you!
I have been playing with the thin/thick-brush, of which you see the Objectproperties-panel to the left, and wanted to try it.
Instead of my normally pen and ink lines, now vectorlines, mostly drawn from the hand with the (freehand) pencil tool and on some more detailed parts with the (constructing) pen tool.

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Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Harvest for Napoleon

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This general has a whole army to help him (doing the crop).

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Sunday, September 16, 2007

BOB

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You can get a fine for drunk driving on a bike as well. BOB is a dutch campaign to ban drunk driving on cars. Bob is a male name and is made out of the beginletters of the three words that mean Conscious No-drinking Driver.

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Thursday, September 13, 2007

Have I been drinking?

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Is this the new design of a financial or postal company? The bottle says "No!" but the rest says "Yeah!". Cigarettes and the likes are are no longer tolerated as common and accepted. Booze is somewhat alike. It can be a joy for people which can trust themselves. Even when they are not stable at a certain point. But has the fact that it appears in the same "Dangerous to Health" corner, have to bear the consequence to have a liqourstore to look like an efficiency company.
Only plus is the briljant idea of the bottle in the "G". But design goes further than an idea.
"Goodday sir. What amount of wine would you like to withdraw today?" "What's the interestrate on Whiskey? Is it somewhere around 40%?"

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Monday, September 10, 2007

Snailfoot or footloose

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The sky is beautiful when your feet are singing. In the page about snails, I made this illustration for, the editor suggests the downside of a snail is like one big foot. I really would not know, but I liked the image it gave me.

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Friday, September 07, 2007

Thick and thin

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Wednesday, September 05, 2007

I'm back - Lalala

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Feeling a bit better and trying to get back, but not every day.
I start to listen to music again and at this moment an old favourit.
Here are The La's from there 1990. Click on the image and here a 1 minute part of "There She Goes" My mood rises considerately when I hear this song.

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