On background art 1

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Background design / Concept Art / Environment / Illustration / Urban Sketching / Visual Research

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If you’re new to this site: Hi! I’m a Dutch art director and concept artist and I spend most of my time working on a variety of creative projects in animation, education and business. It’s really interesting stuff I would love to share with the world all the time, but unfortunately a lot of what I make involves information my clients consider pretty sensitive, so I usually can’t. Still, I’d love to share some of my insights and fascinations with you – my dear readers (hopefully there’s more than one of you). I plan to blog whenever I find the... Read more »

Pictoplasma 2015

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Animation / Design / Environment / Illustration

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Pictoplasma is a fantastic multidisciplinary festival celebrating the ‘character’ in illustration, animation and design. I try to attend if I see the change – it’s always a great boost for inspiration and to find creative focus.

It entails 3 days of lectures by a great variation of speakers, an exhibition and aligned events. And what’s more, it’s held in Berlin, one of the most inspiring cities I know. In between lectures I took the opportunity to sketch my surroundings.