Kathi - Blog

Clouds

2012-01-29T15:58:00.000-08:00

(chronological)

Once these clouds really popped up as visual buildings in my head they got everywhere, my books notes are clouds because it's easier to leave space for different interpretations of the events, my to-do lists are clouds because each thing I do influences the will or the necessity to do another thing, my diary entries are presented in this form to stay open for interpretation. It gives the thinking more slack and tolerance to leave things vague and ambiguous, it doesn't support the need to have the insight in something that's maybe outside of reach of the mind.

The digital paintings are made in a sort of meditative process, thinking about one topic at a time and carefully chisseling away those constructs.

(Unimportant: There's a longer explanation why I did these and how they came to be but you can ignore it and just see those pictures as visual candy.)

ploing ploing

2011-12-24T03:50:00.000-08:00

What day is it? What day is it?

It's Saturday! Happy Saturday everyone!

2011-09-17T02:38:00.000-07:00

Additional cards for the stripbeurs Breda.
Fanart for:
Graf Schlafgemach (left), Manfred the serial killer from "Mrs. of Dreams" (middle) - both by Piers Goffart and the right side the witch from "Viy" by Rik Wielhessen.

2011-09-09T10:24:00.000-07:00

Wait what is this? What is this?
Oh, those are my remixed 1 minute photo-drawing sketches that I kept drawing during my thesis.

Along with these:

Reminder

2011-09-09T10:15:00.000-07:00

Don't forget!

The comic compilation Siroop will be available at Electron and at the Stripbeurs in the Chasse theater.
Piers and Rik will sell original pages and posters, I will sell original artwork.

Stripbeurs- Siroop comic

2011-09-01T07:09:00.000-07:00

Niet vergeten, stripbeurs Breda, 9 tot 11 September:
http://www.stripbeursbreda.nl/
Kom ook langs.

Here are the last 3 weeks in a nutshell:

Excerpt from the semi-autobiographical short comic "Leak" which will be published in "Siroop" - a horror-themed comic-compendium made by Rik , Piers and me.
We pourred a lot of love and brain into this 54 pages comic-child.
It will be published on the Stribeurs Breda, look out for it.

Cars

2011-08-31T03:58:00.000-07:00

After the "around the harbour" sketch series I went around and drew cars in my breaks.

Leg Leg Hammer

2011-08-22T08:14:00.000-07:00

Selfportrait speedpainting.
The red knees come from push ups on rough carpet, the bruises mysteriously appear and disappear again.
The hammer is part of my student's budget work-out equipment and safer to use then you would expect.

Around the harbour

2011-08-17T09:00:00.000-07:00

When I'm not working on the comic I walk around and do some sketchbooking.

The Ford Camper is beautiful, here's the inside:
On the dashboard were cassettes with bleached covers: Django Reinhardt and Greatest Hits of the 90s. Note on the sketchbook says something along the lines of: Once repaired I want to use this car as my mobile atelier. Drive around and make art.

Bonus pictures:

Ploing

2011-08-13T10:38:00.000-07:00

From January, I drew that as I was waiting for friends to come along.
Was the reference a Bob Dylan picture?

"In the meantime life goes on outside all around you"

Berlin: Schönhauser Allee

2011-06-27T02:49:00.001-07:00

-4 days of drawing -

The whole sketchbook project is now on my Flickr Set

So what is the special thing about these drawings?
Sketchbooks have that way of authenticity which you can't replicate in any other way. Sitting down and planning an illustration or drawing from photos will always lead to other results.
There's an interaction and a reaction to the things I draw and the places around me, people moving all the time, coffee spilling over, a good idea written down quickly before it vanishes.
You can be pretty much sure that there was a lot of spontanity involved, no planning, little polishing (the colors are just there for the online version), like a stream of consciousness for the period of those 4 days.

2011-05-06T03:12:00.000-07:00

Scraps from my two main-projects:

wonky people - my sb project

and everyone seems to like this chicken, it's a scrap from a comic about ~~bodybuilding for broilers- "how to get toned abs just by eating mealworms"~~.. I mean factory farming of meat chickens.

Thesis- fin

2011-01-21T04:11:00.000-08:00

So the last few weeks were focused on that thesis paper, I wrote about dynamic picture composition.
For three weeks I was snowed in and mainly did this:
And then wrote about and drew over other people's work:
Composition, form and design, the really juicy things in art. Picture is by Mike Mignola.

So there isn't much art. A lot of writing but not much art.

These were done for an art collab on the side with the idea "arctic soccer team - north vs. south". Then my collab partner disappeared from the surface of the earth.

books and written stuff

2010-11-18T09:35:00.000-08:00

Thesis paper time.
My subject is something along the lines of "Dynamic picture composition" - that's easy.
The books in the picture range from good to excellent, everyone of those is recommended

On the road again

2010-10-29T12:58:00.001-07:00

Ref images from google streetview.

Aufräumen im Hieronymous Bosch Hotel.

2010-10-18T14:24:00.001-07:00

A supersimple project just about movement and having fun while drawing.
Still I put a surprising ammount of research in this one, and very little in the actuall end result -
these were done 3 days prior to deadline so you can feel the rush.

Thanks to my housemates for the patience and thanks to Los for the photo.

Also this:

Illustration class 4 has it's classroom on the in the mezzanine of the windowless, cold, dark chappel and so Wim gave his classes in the pub. Awesome? Awesome.

slight sadness

2010-10-16T04:41:00.001-07:00

size context, hey Fred
Thanks to Los for some of the photos and the cam.

There are endless ammounts of energy and time put into these.
Let me take a nap for... oh wait. No. School goes on.

In the end, I hope the pictures can stand on their own even when the photos do what they always do: flatten things.

Beeld Injectie - tentoonstelling illustratie

2010-10-09T05:18:00.000-07:00

Verget niet jouw jaarlijks beeldinjectie te haalen - deze keer met extra veel beeld.

Hier nog een keer de groote versie om alle details te bekijken, van Volbeda en mij met heel veel liefde gedaan.

drawings now for real - oh wait, not really

2010-10-02T12:08:00.001-07:00

On the phone with my parents, here's their advice how to get successfully through art school and life in general:
Dad: If they are against you.. PUNCH THEM IN THE FACE!
Mom: Don't listen to your father my beloved child.

Make sure to come back to earth on time.

The drawing was done on a copy of the lid of the printer, a slightly greyish copy.. my scanner picks it up like this:

I've read this book and recommend it to everyone who is slightly interested in media or entertainment or art. The content is mostly about games but can be applied to everything.

Thanks to Marco.

*my parents are actually quite nice people with a strange sense of humor

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2010-09-30T03:11:00.000-07:00

fun time..

also this accident..

Poser you are so rude

Dachbodengeschichten

2010-09-03T12:39:00.000-07:00

Dieser Comic wurde in 4 Tagen ohne Feedback gemacht, also bitte ein bisschen Verständnis für eventuelle Fehler. Ich glaube man kann den ein bisschen leichter auf comicstars lesen:

Dachbodengeschichten

Super qucik vacation project, done within 4 days.

- away-

2010-08-06T02:24:00.000-07:00

11 pages down on the comic, but I have to wait till I get my paws on the school scanner again
.. untill then I'm on vacation for the next 2 or 3 weeks so no updates...

this screams for a crossover comic with Ludwig

cool weather, more art

2010-07-30T10:24:00.000-07:00

okok, back on track with Baba Jaga..

What is Sasha doing?
- Feeding the piranhas
- cutting the toenails of the elephantfoot stools (I didn't invent them, they actually exist)
- answering Babas mails (even the spam mails)
- combing the roof

What is Baba doing?
- reading fanfictions
"Draco in Leatherpants *yearn*"

Sketchbook summer

2010-07-23T01:55:00.000-07:00

This is how it's like here.
This sketchbook is a lot more casual than a year ago, huh?

cool down

2010-07-16T06:36:00.001-07:00

Having a cold and a painful heatwave don't go well together: Pickachu in a pond?

2010-07-09T12:13:00.000-07:00

2010-07-02T13:00:00.000-07:00

Fanart von der herzallerliebsten Dämonika: http://daemonika.blog.de/
bzw. http://weissblechcomics.com/weissblech/helden/daemonika

2010-06-25T10:50:00.000-07:00

School's almost over.. it's almost .. sketchbook summer :)

color splotches

2010-06-04T13:10:00.000-07:00

uploadin' friday

2010-05-28T05:51:00.000-07:00

What time is it?

What time is it?
oh yeah

TIME TO UPLOAD PICTURES

2010-05-21T00:51:00.001-07:00

Ik wilde eigenlijk mijn strip vandaag af maaken, maar t'is terugkomdaag... in Den Bosch.
That means: Comic shall be on next friday.

2010-05-14T09:17:00.000-07:00

Mini-update - Piers says this looks like fanartof some anime series but it's a picture from my Baba Jaga comic

überschrift

2010-05-07T14:01:00.000-07:00

wip - I don't see this one as finished yet, maybe I go back and change expressions or pannels.
But untill then, the first 10 pages..
Just in case you wonder, Baba Yaga origins from slavic mythology and not from Hellboy.

not finished of course, translation and another ten pages to come

werkpleken- workplace

2010-05-07T05:28:00.000-07:00

I like to photograph workplaces, I like chaos.

Here's the workplace of Rob, interactiev ontwerp/interactive design

Sabrinas workplace, she studies illustration. Robs desk is behind her desk.. he has a Pc, she a Mac.

My own workspace during the fine arts minor, 3rd year.
The pictures on the left were kitschy crying children, a naked woman, sad kitties with giant eyes. Those headphpones were super cheap and only one side works.

From my own workspace at home, the bird was found dead and it was frozen

Esther, illustration, most likley studying books about birds in the fine arts minor

Anne from illustratin

Myrthe, illustration, has always my favorite workplaces

The illustration class before summer vacation, the messy table and the head are from Bart

A first year illustration students place, seems to be working on a story from Kafka

Piers creative room- the orange stickers are glowing in blacklight

fine art workspaces are even more absurd:

A fine arts workspace, the green board reads "Het is mijn eigen schuld" = "It's my own fault"

There's a dog cage under the table, it isn't that unusual to bring pets to school.
Most of the time the animals are small, like mouse, frogs or bees (beehives).

Same workspace some time later.
On the ground but not in the picture is a huge, sawed off streetlight that is decorated with colorfull ribbons.

Gollums small pond, from Rik

"Rotzooi" is one of my favorite Dutch word and describes this:

Found on the ground of the fine arts rooms, the paper reads "The racist smurf in the steppe"

2010-05-05T13:37:00.000-07:00

an illustration from this weekend:

and some sketches from yesterdays sketch session

the last one is inspired by a technique that Piers did... his picture: http://www.flickr.com/photos/saimiri/4425043783/

2010-04-30T04:22:00.001-07:00

I'm really really busy with the comic, so not much time for little illustrations

Have a Naoki Urasawa (Monster, 20th century boys, Pluto) interview instead

2010-04-23T02:46:00.000-07:00

being busy with the comic, editorial illustration and a cold

mini-update

2010-04-16T13:35:00.000-07:00

illustrations and page 3:
still have to do lettering and some minor correction on the pages till.. uh.. tomorrow

I want to have some pages ready before the stripbeurs in Arnhem. I will be there on sunday - are you coming too?

-random SB scans-

2010-04-09T01:05:00.000-07:00

-done all in one night-

finished comic pages coming this week

progressing along

2010-04-02T00:20:00.000-07:00

Going further with that comic that I just called "Baba Jaga".
The story is completed and two pages are finished.. it took less time than expected.. still have to scan them.

Anyways, colored sketchbook doodle

and a wallpaper (1680 x 1050)

the raindrops are inspired by an overpaint Fred did for me:
his version
my version
speedpainting, less than 2 hours

2010-03-26T07:41:00.000-07:00

a bit older, I'm still working on the story and not concentrating on art as much

Comic- designs

2010-03-23T09:00:00.000-07:00

temporary characterdesigns for the internship-project.
Comic-project will be updated every friday.

Stripbeurs Breda

2010-03-08T13:03:00.001-08:00

Like expected..

there were..

Stormtroopers ..

and furries..
The kids loved them, they had force-battles with the Star Wars characters and dragged the poor wolves and foxes with them all over the hall, the costumed guys playing along perfectly.. it was so funny and cute.

St Joost had a table there. My portfolio was lying there too if you saw it
(yeah, I have to buy new clear plastic sheets after the con C:).
It was a success, I even got some wonderful books..

One is Zonderling by Marissa Delbressine which she made on the 24 hour comic day. The drawing style is eye-candy, the work is fresh and interesting and I'll make sure to follow her work.
There were some other manga-artists too, a whole armyof them..

Another nice book is from the publisher Xtra.
They have that seriously cool book Shuffle out, it's that catalogue-like book full of sketches of French, Belgian and Dutch artists which you can see me carrying around with me all day since two weeks..
We had a chat with the publisher.. turns out that they have a good comic magazine going on and a big section of their catalogue are serious war-related books which are all good.
My favorite is by now "barefoot gen"/"Barrevoets in Hiroshima"

On monday.. I accidentally came to school and bumped into some friends who took me to a lesson with Mark Schultz (and his colorist/wife, publisher and that guy from the local comic shop) - what a nice surprise.
Look at his work for comic covers:
(we saw the original inks for this, I couldn't find the other pictures)
He has an that oldschool inking style with tastefully designed compositons and dynamic movement.. there were general tips for artists which were worth a lot*, critique for the Barcelona comic project and some technical advice about inking with original drawings, a life demo and a lot of love for the local school-ink.
The publisher John Flesk had also a lot of good things to say (because our teacher has greedily hidden Johns business cards in a treasure chest in his bureau, here's the link to Johns site: http://www.fleskpublications.com/).

*really, a lot. I guess I will be taking motivation from this for the next weeks.

Ps.: I found a Tintin/Kuivje/Tim Card in my sketchbook. It's not mine, whose is it?
Ps2.: Don't worry about your sketchbook Pim.

2010-03-05T10:15:00.000-08:00

Stripbeurs Breda: http://www.stripbeursbreda.nl/
komt komt! Mike Mignola en zo!

there's not just Mike Mignola but some other fun things:
http://www.stripbeursbreda.nl/nieuws_2010.html

2010-02-28T03:54:00.000-08:00

all sketches from a trip to the Naturalis together with..
Esther
Fred
and
Kai

2010-02-16T04:10:00.000-08:00

Reference photo by Armand Serrano, check his blog http://armandserrano.blogspot.com/

more landscape for Beeldene Kunst - they base on childhood feelings.

Did you know that Sigmund Freud writes that the feeling of uncanny is just a familiar feeling that has been suppressed?
(Freud : Das Unheimliche)

2010-02-02T09:34:00.000-08:00

Some people have asked me what brushes I used for these.. they are a mix of self-made and downloaded brushes.
If you want them, either drop me a mail (Kierach(at)gmx.net) or a note or just ask me when you see me around.

2010-01-24T04:17:00.000-08:00

speedpaint from yesterday

(edit, 2 years later: this picture was actually based on a quote about good luck and good opportunities but it also applies to subconcious thoughts that surface now and then)

2010-01-20T08:25:00.001-08:00

Zum Gedenken and Janinas Katze Lissy.
Am meisten werde ich ihr sanftes miauen vermissen ("äh", "ääh", "ÄH")

In memory of Janinas sweet cat Lissy.
We will miss her soft voice. "eh.. eh... .... .... EH!"

visionary cities

2010-01-14T14:18:00.000-08:00

School project, had fun with relaxed puppet building and learning about typogrpahy. I had to experiment a lot with material, gravitiy and some special effects.

Text is taken from a pamphlet called "Visionary Cities" by The Why factory, it's a collection of possible conflicts that can come up in architecture and city building.

Proof-reading kindly done by the ever sharp-eyed Mr. Comelab

The booklet was printed with the school printer from hell, hooray darker and reddish colors and mystery stripes, It's fun to print in YMCK

and out of nowhere...

Extra Super Special Edit:
Losanne put all her love in a mug that perfectly represents my sophisticated sense of humor.
Look at that beautiful owl she painted, everytime my lips touch the head I feel a little bit dirty C:.

ja schatje, ik ben nogwel an het lachen :D

2009-12-25T10:25:00.000-08:00

Frohe Weihnachen und einen guten Rutsch ihr Schönen, lasst es euch gut gehen
Merry Christmas and a happy new year to everyone.. or just a happy vacation :)

(first animation from somewhere summer this year, everyone has to start somewhere)

2009-12-16T15:49:00.000-08:00

for 'visonary cities' - I quite liked the outcome without text , calm.

Ich nerve euch jetzt alle hiermit weil ich selbst keine Zeit finde das zu lesen!
Unter den ganzen Eingeweiden und dem Blut ist eine gute Story versteckt.

2009-11-29T13:42:00.000-08:00

original sketch:

2009-11-21T09:46:00.000-08:00

oh, I found Gandhi behind my bed

Teee~d -

2009-11-19T03:40:00.000-08:00

NRC über die Möglichkeiten Fleischessen zu verhindern um die Umwelt zu schonen
Editorial illustration for NRC about mean eating and the ecological consequences

that comic..

2009-11-14T04:54:00.001-08:00

Mini Comic, done in a week for that graphic novel project

Random other sketches of Moma cooking

2009-11-11T12:45:00.000-08:00

2009-11-08T12:04:00.000-08:00

Farbtest - sieht ok aus, oder?

2009-10-22T07:44:00.000-07:00

Das Groteske als Bannfigur für das Unerträgliche und das Mechanische als Auslöser des Komische. (ich hatte gestern einfach Bock dumme Tiere zu zeichnen)

2009-10-19T06:25:00.000-07:00

Conceptart for a friend's animation,
the story wasn't set at that point and the picture are drawn loosley on the story Yi had in mind and which Fred told in a very confused way

I've also made a simple After Effects layer animation of the above picture in half an hour.. but then I fumbled around 2 hours with the help of Piers en Michel to get the movie rendered in a satisfying quality and we just couldn't make it. So the short clip will never be published.

Filmidee 2: hier komm ich auf keinen grünen Zweig, ob jetzt Rauch, Insektenschwärme oder Scherben, alles sind nur Symbole für eine Sache, bilden aber keinen guten Storyansatz

und gegen Stress:

2009-09-10T09:02:00.000-07:00

8+9 Oktober, playgrounds festival, muss ich hin

zwischendrinn

2009-09-09T10:45:00.000-07:00

Fingerübung - the city.
This technique could be easily used for a layer animation.

Quick Sketches for school
Imaginary hotel with imaginary story.

Nebenbei:

Fold it together, send it per mail. For a friend.

done quickly at a friend's computer

Zodiaaaargh

2009-08-21T08:29:00.000-07:00

Horrorskop - 6 horror-themed zodiac signs, done in my freetime

2009-08-17T02:51:00.000-07:00

Uzumaki movie poster

2009-08-09T08:45:00.000-07:00

movie poster project, more on my flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/39794925@N03/

dawaj dawaj

2009-07-24T04:43:00.000-07:00

Infographic about assassination of Gandhi

movie poster project

quick personal doodle

Post-Optionen

2009-06-27T03:21:00.000-07:00

my new love: acrylic paint
first picture is school work, the other two are sketchbook doodles

Edit 2 years later: hahahaha, hey Ludwig!

2009-06-26T03:05:00.000-07:00

personal

first

2009-06-24T10:11:00.000-07:00

a beautiful self-portrait