Oxford University Press

The last few weeks I have been working on illustrations for books for Oxford University Press.
I can call myself now officially "Creative employee" on the faculty 'Education at the University of Oxford! How far can you go as an illustrator? Soon, perhaps Harvard or Princeton?

For the Brazilian and Italian markets I'm working on an English course. For now I can only show some sketches.

At the moment I'm working on two books for the South African division of Oxford University Press. For now I can only show some sketches.

The first few months of 2014

The last months I made a lot of drawings. For Benchmark Education Company, a publisher from New York, I made a serie of drawings for their brochures. Some samples of drawings and sketches.

Dutch publisher Delubas asked me to illustrate two books. At the moment I'm finishing the second book. At a later stage I can show some detailled drawings, but because the books have yet to be published (this spring) I can only show some sketches for now. The books will be available in the stores (such as Hema and Bruna, etc.) and libraries. The first book is called "Collision Course" and is written by Piet van der Waal.

The second book is called "The Flight of the puppeteer," and is written by Peter Vervloed. On May 12 the drawings needs to be finished. 

For Dutch publisher Kwintessens I'm making a serie of drawings in which animals will be the stars. Here are some samples of sketches and concept art.

Dutch publisher TeamTalento asked me if I wanted to record a video course about how to draw cartoons and comics. The first two courses have been recorded and later this spring a third will follow. In the course, I explain the basics of drawing, how to draw a face, a cartoon figure, action and emotion in a drawing, etc.  I also made a book for the video course and below you can check out a sample.

Along with science writer Govert Schilling (BBC Sky at Night, Harvard University Press) I'm working on a graphic novel. It is now beginning to take shape. About 80 pages are finished in sketch. Below some samples in sketch (text is not final yet). 

From the Earth to the Moon

My agent, Edward Burns from Advocate Art,  asked me to make a proposal for drawings for the book "From the Earth to the Moon" by Jules Verne (to be published by Oxford University Press).
The story is written in the 19th century and is about three men who attempt to reach the moon with their rocket. The rocket and its interior is a typical sample of how people looked at a trip to the moon in that period, the 19th century. Below is the final drawing.

Before I came to this drawing, I first made a lot of sketches, and took a good look at the original edition of the book (available on the internet and extremely entertaining!).

The planet which is visible through the window, is actually the earth. For the graphic novel I'm working on, I already had drawn an exo planet. This drawing I used in a somewhat modified form and placed it behind the window. Below the original drawing.

One of the main characters, Barbicane, I worked out in some sketches:

And later on I made some drawings of Barbicane.

Graphic novel part 1

For some time now I am working on a graphic novel. The graphic novel is about the human quest for extraterrestrial life. Since it is a very extensive work it will take some time before it will be published. In this blog I will occasionally give an insight into the graphic novel; elaborated pages, sketches, etc. Below are some pages from the graphic novel where you see a comic in the graphic novel. It is a Science Fiction comic that is read by one of the main characters (Tom).

Illustrations for an English commercial

I often make storyboards that are used to create commercials or animations. In recent weeks I have worked on a number of drawings that will be used for a commercial for a British bread supplier. This time I worked in a more realistic style, as seen in the samples.