Comic
“Dag, lieve kijkbuiskinderen”
Meneer de Uil is a character in the popular Dutch television series ‘De Fabeltjeskrant’. He is a somewhat long-winded and forgetful owl who often interrupts his sentences with “Eh…” and ends with “Jawel!”. Well-known sayings: “Dag, lieve kijkbuiskinderen” and “Oogjes dicht en snaveltjes toe”. In 2022, this permanent farewell greeting was included in the Dutch Dikke Van Dale [dictionary].
I’ve drawn this pixel character for my family social media group [named ‘From the archive’] and as an icon for my digital archive [extended hard disk].
Everybody happy
2024/12/26 15:44 Filed in: Product Design
The smiley icon has been around since 1972 and remains relevant and inspiring. This bright light serves as a gentle and joyful reminder. Switch the led light on for 15 minutes at a time. Just enough to give the little moments in life that extra shine! A gift from ‘Schoonmoedertje’ for X-mas.
TTYL ;)
2024/12/26 13:07 Filed in: Illustration
Since their international roll-out by Apple in 2011, little colorful icons known as ‘emoji’ have unstoppably infiltrated our (digital) communication. I draw and animated this one for my Divoom device (divoom.com). Reaction to tasty food (or person)—sometimes misunderstood as teasing.
Curiosity is the life force in all of us
2024/09/26 20:44 Filed in: Product Design
When imagination, creativity and play are your fuel, your limitless potential can take you anywhere you imagine. This remarkable LEGO® set—created in collaboration with visionary designer Pharrell Williams—reflects his unbridled creative optimism + undeniable creative influence.
This exclusive set [a pre-order] is a special gift for my boys Niels and Sjoerd, as a sort of ‘old-age reserve’. ;)
“Hulk SMASH!“
2024/05/12 17:16 Filed in: Digital
In this game, the player controls the Incredible Hulk through the four arrow keys. He must get 20 eggs from the dragon’s lair to win. Each dragon sleeps, but wakes up at different times. If the Hulk is near an awake dragon, he loses a life. The game ends when the player runs out of lives or collects enough eggs. This simple game is written in Python to sharpen my programming skills.
Dienstfiets [part II]
2022/05/26 18:36 Filed in: Illustration
In the past 10 years I’ve travelled roughly 24,000 miles between Utrecht and Zeist on my MTB!
[Compare: a ride around the equator = 26,000 miles]
