Work in progress - "Hope" n.2

I have been requested to make nine illustrations related to the concept of "Hope".
This is the second one: "Hope in the new life".

Work in progress - "Hope" n.1

I have been requested to make nine illustrations related to the concept of "Hope".
This is the first one: "Hope to not be alone".

Family Portraits

The four portraits are ready to be shipped to Australia!

Work in progress: Family Portraits

Work in progress: The Dutch-Australian project

The wall sticker for the "Dutch-Australian project" is being produced and it's coming out really nice! Today I received a picture! Looking forward to see the final result on the wall :)

The 52 Week Illustration Challenge: Lines

Work in progress: Family Portraits

Here comes the first of the four family portraits I am working on! :)

They talk about Bonbonbox: Huckleberry Hustler

Huckleberry Hustler wrote a very nice post about Bonbonbox! 

Their favourite illustration is the one of the jumping pigs wearing underwear. Woowoo for the pigs!!

The webshop based in Dubai sells super cool and quirky kids wear by the Australian brand Minti.

My favourite: 

Thank you very much for the nice words Hucklberry Huster! The pigs are honoured!

Work in progress: The Dancing Pigs...

Are you ready for Bonbonbox kids' T-shirts? 

The 52 Week Illustration Challenge: Plane - Pink magic paper planes

Recently I am obsessed with Peter Pan collars and 50's skirts. I have collected tons of related pics (Pinterest addicted!) and have been thinking of doing some "fashion illustrations" for a while. Then I thought: why not adding a few planes to stick to this week's theme (52 Week Illustration Challenge)? So, here are my "Pink magic paper planes" :)

Work in progress: The Dutch-Australian project - Part 3

...and here comes the third illustration for the "Dutch-Australian project"! 

Work in progress: The Dutch-Australian project - Part 2

...And here comes the second part of the illustration! 
This shows the little niece and nephew with their parents playing on the beach and Sydney landscape on the background.

Work in progress: The Dutch-Australian project - Part 1

I am working on a wall sticker for a Dutch-Australian couple!
The drawing should combine Dutch and Australian elements and picture the couple's life in Sydney and the one of their relatives both in Australia and The Netherlands. It is quite a complex illustration, full of details (which I love!).
The couple sent me lots of pics of their happy family and their beautiful house, the parents' farm in The Netherlands, their cats and parrots. I had so much fun thinking how to combine all elements together.
The sticker will cover the wall of their baby's room.
I guess I especially love working on this project as I am a foreigner here in The Netherlands and Alex (my 8 months old son) is also born in between two cultures. 
Here below the first part of the illustration. More to follow!

Personalized illustrations

Interested in personalized artwork? Illustrations, wall stickers, birth cards, T-shirts and much more! Just drop me a note! :)

The 52 Week Illustration Challenge: Snow - Mr. Raccoon enjoys the snow

Drawing that I have made for The 52 Week Illustration Challenge. Theme of the week: "snow".
Mr. Raccoon likes sitting on the snow with his cup of tea...

Dots dots dots! Work in progress...

Work in progress: Kids' Cabin

I have been working on an illustration for "Kids' Cabin", a childcare based in The Philippines!

Here below the original black and white illustration:

The colored version:

..And some experiments with paper textures...

I loved doing this project! :)

The 52 Week Illustration Challenge: Octopus - Thank you for the coffee

Another drawing I have made for the 52 Week Illustration Challenge . This week's theme was "Octopus".
My Octopus is addicted to coffee...

To Jody and Noah

The 52 Week Illustration Challenge: Boxes - The surprise-bear-box

For her birthday she got a huge box. A surprise box with a nice pink label on it. Guess what was in it?
I made this for the 52 Week Illustration Challenge. I tell more about this great initiative here.

The 52 Week Illustration challenge: Fish no. 2 - The Fishes' Great Escape

Having fun with this week's theme of The 52-Week Illustration Challenge :) 
Who wouldn't want a fish-coat? Yes, if the fishes decide to escape you might have a little problem...

The 52 Week Illustration challenge: Fish - The Giant Fish Balloon

"Fish" was this week's theme for The 52 week illustration challenge. My fish became a giant balloon...

The flyer

I have been working on some marketing material in the past days. I am planning to make flyers or postcards. What do you think of the illustration below?
I have tried to fit as many incredible creatures as possible. The choice was tough...I should have included at least the dancng crocodile. Maybe in the next one.

Special Mommy Surprise Pack - GET YOUR CHANCE TO WIN!

I am taking part to this beautiful initiative by Lana Jelenjev, the lovely woman behind "Smart Tinker". Get your chance to win one of my illustrations and lots and loooots of other great prizes! How? Easy peasy! Go here and reply to an easy question! Liking the Facebook pages of the people giving away the prizes will give extra credits! 
Unfortunately the raffle is for Dutch residents only.
The design of the flyer below, including the mummy-illustration, is mine!
GOOD LUCK and HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY! 

Mother's Day - work in progress...

I am working on a project for Mother's Day and for a lovely woman named Lana.
More info to come soon stay tuned! ;)

The 52 Week Illustration Challenge: week 18 - Celestial Body

This week's theme of The 52 week illustration challenge  was a tough one. In the beginning (poor ignorant me!) I thought of little chubby angels when I read "Celestial Body". Since little chubby angels are not really my piece of cake I thought of skipping this week. But then I made a little search and got pictures of all sort of planets, stars, etc. Of course! THOSE celestial bodies!
Still, I wasn't very inspired. Until I thought "MOON"! Then all kinds of possibilities started to pop up in my head. In the end I came up with "Dreaming in the moonlight". I know, you only see a little moon in the background. My mind takes strange tours sometimes...

The 52 week illustration challenge: week 17 - Horse

I have already talked about the great initiative by Tania McCartney called "The 52 week illustration challenge" here.
This week's theme was "horse". I have made two different versions, partially colored in Photoshop.
Which one do you like the most?

Japanese grandma

Ginger the fox - colored with Photoshop

Preparing the webshop...

Today I got the print on canvas of "Red Riding Hood"!!! Soon available on my webshop! :D 
Those on the background are random people's bikes and cars. Not my car and not my bike. I have a "fake" (=never used) driving license and a children-size Mickey Mouse bike(=almost never used) which I would never post on this blog. EVER. 
If you are wondering if there is any connection between this story and Red Riding Hood, no there isn't. I often jump from one random topic to an even more random topic without any hidden agenda. My husband loves it, especially if he's trying to watch Top Gear on TV. 

Red Riding Hood

Who said that the wolf was the "bad" one?

Thank you Daydreamer!

So sooo happy to read this post about my illustrations this morning! It made my day :D
Thank you dear Daydreamer!! You write beautifully! 

Collage

Recently I am more and more into experimenting and mixing different materials. I am especially fond of collage.
This is an illustration that I realized some time ago. The story of a Japanese grandma knitting flowers...
I was looking at it and got inspired to do more work like this! Collage is quite time consuming but so much fun :)

Logo

A friend of mine started to work as freelance office manager/project coordinator and asked me to work on her company logo! Yesterday I made some sketches :) 

Portraits

I have been working on several projects this week. Lots of drawings and plans...and portraits!
I would like to introduce you to my friends Ginger the fox, Darla the dragon and Bongo the bird. Any suggestion for the next portrait?

The 52 weeks illustration challenge

Modern technology can do miracles. Like bringing together artists from around the globe to share an experience.
Tania McCartney started The 52 Week Illustration Challenge a few weeks ago and her Facebook group has already 819 members! Anybody can join, both professionals and amateurs. Each week the artists challenge themselves with a new illustration based on a theme chosen by Tania: children, flowers, caravans and so on. 
Tania started the initiative as a self challange to re-discover her illustration skills and she probably was not expecting to gather such an international participation and even attention from the media!
Tania has recently opened also a blog, where she posts her favourite images from each week. 
I was so happy to see my illustration posted on her blog this morning! 
I wish I had more time to take more active part to this initiative, it is so much fun!
Good luck Tania!

The Journal: Becoming an octopus...

They always say that your life changes a lot after having a baby. Very true. Also your body changes. Your arms start multiplying...