willborough

ROARRR!

2012-02-09T14:07:00.000-08:00

I'm supposed to write something here along the lines of 'hulk smash!'

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fjord

2012-01-25T14:18:00.000-08:00

Enprove

2012-01-18T14:33:00.000-08:00

I got a job recently drawing some cartoons for Enprove, a company that does energy managing for other companies. The gags were already thought out, so i was there for visualizing. All went smoothly and i enjoyed working on it (thanks Filip!).

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dump

2012-01-17T16:03:00.000-08:00

a filmstill and two excercises.

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happy 2012!

2012-01-04T01:06:00.000-08:00

A great new year for everybody!
Here's to loads of cool projects and a good health!

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20 minutes compositional sketches

2011-12-01T13:03:00.000-08:00

and four more. Trying out some PS techniques and the like...

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20 minutes mayhem

2011-11-17T12:07:00.000-08:00

these all started as 20minute sketches at work with some added fiddling at home. The themes were beach, headhunters and minivan.

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Rider

2011-11-10T08:45:00.000-08:00

This one actually finished within the 20 minutes mark.

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cityscape

2011-11-02T06:02:00.000-07:00

And a fast one, as i've no work to do at the office. Better than counting your toes...

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forest nimph

2011-11-02T06:00:00.000-07:00

Here's a another one. This one evolved from a 20 min sketch thing we did at work. Here's some of my collegues' work on the same theme. Ems, Liana

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new post

2011-10-30T11:53:00.000-07:00

This one evolved from a quick sketch i made in march this year... i tend to overwork these a bit. :) I should have of gotten some reference for her pose and start over, but i didn't feel like it.

The lack of posts this year will be remedied in the following weeks. I'm working hard and there's not much time for idle doodling. But i have some stuff which may be worthwhile sharing, so you can expect some more things this month.

greetings!

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Matt Jackson line-up

2011-05-26T07:10:00.000-07:00

Hello everybody. This is a character line-up for a comic i'm working on. All the preliminary work is done, so i'm going to start rough penciling it. Exciting! Here's the blog.

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rework of the harbour house

2011-04-18T06:45:00.000-07:00

I reworked this somewhat

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cornflakes bowl speedpaint

2011-04-12T15:40:00.000-07:00

my favourite one as a matter of fact :)

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and another BG

2011-04-12T10:39:00.000-07:00

speedpaint

2011-04-09T08:40:00.000-07:00

a possible portfolio BG

2011-04-08T15:59:00.001-07:00

bear to the rescue

2011-03-29T10:59:00.000-07:00

sketch

2011-03-25T05:21:00.000-07:00

It started as a doodle and i don't know what to do with it anymore :)

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hall done

2011-03-25T04:41:00.000-07:00

done!

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BGs

2011-02-13T08:53:00.000-08:00

Two unfinished Bgs. I'll keep working on these on and off

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speedpaint

2011-01-26T14:29:00.000-08:00

two speedpaints from a while back

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2011-01-07T23:13:00.000-08:00

I'll be gone for a month - not that that makes any difference posting-wise. :) I'll be back with more work on Matt Jackson (check the blogroll) and lots of other stuff!

bye!

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another

2010-11-10T13:01:00.000-08:00

lunchtime sketch

2010-11-09T04:27:00.000-08:00

And who the hell are you?!

2010-11-02T15:03:00.000-07:00

hello!

2010-09-23T14:12:00.000-07:00

I should do something with that thumb... moving on...
if you like this guy check out my comic development blog

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lazy bum

2010-09-14T14:12:00.001-07:00

After a day of drawing and painting tight, something quick and dirty. (and yes, i do know he's on the verge of falling :))

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a dress with a woman in it

2010-08-18T14:07:00.000-07:00

2010-08-17T12:27:00.000-07:00

two painting tests

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speedpaint

2010-08-13T05:35:00.001-07:00

It was a speedpaint, but it became a long struggle :) I did try some new techniques.

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speedpaint

2010-07-22T15:06:00.000-07:00

done while vacationing. I should of figured the guy out before painting him though. I never do that...just draw the guy first for god's sake!

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Oswald Plato Comorant

2010-05-31T09:37:00.000-07:00

I inkted this in GIMP. It gave me better lines than PS for sure and it's absolutely free!

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It's a giant chicken!

2010-05-07T00:46:00.000-07:00

The second one in the series. I might have overdone it with the texture. I'm happy i decided against using a lensflare :)

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edit: A new less scaly version of the chicken-feathers added

nilly nelly

2010-04-23T09:18:00.000-07:00

dilly dally

2010-04-09T10:42:00.000-07:00

see if this comes out right

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matt jackson project

2010-03-22T13:13:00.000-07:00

I've made a new blog documenting the start of a comic project i've been working on for some time now. It's about a street-kid called Matt Jackson of which an incarnation already appeared on this blog. I'll be posting all of my sketches - and i mean all of them- based on the project over there, so if you're interested, check out the following link;

Matt Jackson!

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Some eastern european guy

2010-03-07T09:27:00.002-08:00

Finally something i can post.

I could go a lot further with it but i'll start a new one. the middle one was the original image.
The others were made with liquify and retouching. It was done in PS. great fun!

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my animation movies

2009-12-14T12:27:00.000-08:00

As you can see on your right, I uploaded some of the films i made these past years during my animation studies. All of them have their flaws and merits - mostly flaws ofcourse :) - but all of them were fun to work on. As a matter of fact i'm still fiddling with the last one, Walter St-George Esquire. I'll update the link if needed.

If you feel like watching them, please do and tell me what you think of them!

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halleluja!

2009-11-27T16:29:00.000-08:00

Joy to the world, dieu is working on a new series!

(the picture is just here to make this info-post legit)

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sketchcrawl 25

2009-11-24T08:28:00.000-08:00

Here's my stuff from the recent sketchcrawl. Brussels is always fun to draw especially when its such a nice day as past saterday was.

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announcing Kato

2009-11-19T10:16:00.000-08:00

Here are some designs and the final card (the top one) for Kato, Bert and Isabelle's lovely babygirl.

welcome!

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What we have here , gentlemen, is a clear example of...

2009-10-26T03:48:00.000-07:00

Finally finished this one. For ye old illustration portfolio...

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rebel girl

2009-10-25T17:09:00.000-07:00

She reminds me of Star Wars. it must be the gun and the desert BG...

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Watch out, Matt Jackson!!

2009-09-30T09:06:00.000-07:00

Matt jackson!!

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he falls!

2009-09-22T06:09:00.000-07:00

He slips!

2009-09-16T02:13:00.001-07:00

I get the impression inkwork comes over a lot better in black and white. Or maybe i should really go for flat color...

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Oh Billy!

2009-09-10T13:00:00.000-07:00

Here's the precursor of the previous Billy stowes post. I'm going for a little scene...

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late night inks

2009-09-08T16:32:00.001-07:00

top left is from a great Belgium artist called Bodart.

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Billy stowes loves kittens

2009-09-02T10:35:00.000-07:00

Who doesn't?

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technicalities!

2009-08-24T13:30:00.000-07:00

I thought i lost this one due to a computer crash, but i found it in some forgotten back-up! It was done to promote technical careers to kids. The shadow is botched up.

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noutar the monkeygod!

2009-08-17T13:02:00.000-07:00

very life-like in all aspects...

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a quick concept sketch for an animation thingie

2009-08-05T04:47:00.001-07:00

I'm gonna start posting agian. i haven't been slacking off, really i haven't. I'm working on a comic for the moment but i'll post some other stuff in the coming days/weeks.

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another late night sketch

2009-03-25T17:52:00.001-07:00

B&W

2009-03-21T17:41:00.001-07:00

2009-03-20T17:06:00.001-07:00

Wedding invitation

2009-03-08T17:23:00.000-07:00

Finally another post. I can't seem to find the time to draw just for fun anymore, except on the train from or to Brussels. This wedding invitation was a very challenging, but it was done with great pleasure.

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and another one - David

2008-11-26T10:05:00.000-08:00

and another one

2008-11-25T15:32:00.000-08:00

It's not the greatest caricature but still it was enjoyable.

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drawing board caricature

2008-11-22T03:52:00.000-08:00

this is for the caricature thread on drawingboard.org

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little walkcycle

2008-11-16T16:23:00.000-08:00

I made this entirely in toonboom to see if i could get to a finished product out of the program. It's animated on 3s, which might declare the choppiness. The walk is also a bit too frantic to animate on such a low count of frames and would probably benifit from more time.

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waffles!

2008-11-16T14:50:00.001-08:00

Waffles who doesn't love them!

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inspirationals

2008-11-04T13:28:00.000-08:00

These are some inspirationals for my movie this year. It's about a guy who's in debt and decides to kill of his family to get to the inheritance of his grandfather. It's going to be the black-and white style with the lines. Working on the animatic and character designs now.

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Marcello Murru

2008-10-10T12:09:00.001-07:00

Go check out fellow sketchcrawler Marcello Murru's blog. Nice clear ink drawings and fun watercolors. And a very nice guy to boot!

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another go at that BG

2008-10-05T13:32:00.000-07:00

I wanted to go for something with more color. It is supposed to be a room in a brothel. So i wanted more red in it.

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BG tests

2008-10-04T07:58:00.001-07:00

The color doesn't work well on the black&white stippel one. Hmm... When i reduced the size of the pattern it worked better

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Some Victorian punk

2008-10-03T15:11:00.000-07:00

Just a little test...I don't know how to draw on top of a layer in toonboom, so this is it. Maybe i'll add color later. I finally have my project on the way, so now it's just a matter of working hard. Easy!

edit: I added some stuff to make it a bit more interesting to look at. It's very windy...

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Dickins, Dickins, Dickins

2008-09-17T13:09:00.001-07:00

Here's a pic I've been working on for a while now. Not getting any further with it. Maybe I should of thought of a composition before getting busy with the painting. Same old story... I am happy with the brush i created for it though. Very natural to work with.

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PS: sorry for the absence of posts. I've had a holiday job draining all my energy. It should get better from now on.

A man in my position cannot afford to be made to look ridiculous!

2008-08-07T14:12:00.000-07:00

here's Mathieu's version:

Check out his blog

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Alphabet E

2008-08-05T13:44:00.000-07:00

Elf Ambush

2008-07-31T06:21:00.000-07:00

This began as a part of the alphabet but it soon spiralled out of control. I mean who would pick out 'elf' as the term i was illustrating when you see this picture. I'll do something different for the ABC.

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45 sec posemaniacs 03

2008-07-12T15:45:00.001-07:00

45 sec posemaniacs 02

2008-07-08T03:23:00.000-07:00

90 sec posemaniacs 02

2008-07-07T05:12:00.001-07:00

here's the link to posemaniacs

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90 sec posemaniacs

2008-07-04T03:10:00.000-07:00

not that much better than 45 seconds...

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45 seconds posemaniacs

2008-07-03T02:34:00.001-07:00

trying to get some sort of shorthand in these quick poses

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Alphabet D

2008-07-02T04:45:00.001-07:00

Alphabet C

2008-06-30T03:09:00.001-07:00

frogman

2008-06-12T13:17:00.000-07:00

A sketch that got out of hand. I hope you like flashy colors ;)

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Alphabet B

2008-06-10T04:50:00.001-07:00

some stuff from the illustration folder

2008-06-05T16:37:00.000-07:00

Alphabet A

2008-06-05T16:34:00.000-07:00

I was gonna wait with the alphabet until i had some more. Because these things tend to fade. but why not start now. I feel like posting something.

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50s fashion lady

2008-04-06T15:43:00.000-07:00

sketchcrawl 18 - 29 march 2008

2008-04-01T09:37:00.000-07:00

Fun for the entire family!

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late night photoshop

2008-03-29T16:59:00.001-07:00

These are referenced ofcourse...

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akira!

2008-03-17T16:59:00.001-07:00

I've been reading Otomo's akira comics and his storytelling is brilliant. Fast-paced and action-packed he never gives you the time to catch your breath. How fitting these are in the hyperkinetic world of Akira, these same aspects seem out of place in Steamboy (kind of stealing its own thunder). But the guy's obviously a very talented comic-artist. He really does make you want to draw young punks on motorbikes. So i did. I wonder what he's up to now...

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Tintin

2008-03-10T15:41:00.000-07:00

Here's Tintin together with one of the coolest characters in the history of comics, the great captain Haddock!

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party-invitation

2008-02-28T11:29:00.000-08:00

I was asked to make an invitation for a house-warming party last week. I took the job as an oportunity to try a fully colored style and see what i could do with it. It is heavily influenced by the work of Tadahiro Uesugi. The customer wanted an element of her new place and herself in the picture. Luckily her apartment was in a beautiful city-house so there were a lot of nice architectural details. I'll describe how i went to work, more for myself then anything else.

I had first made some colorstudies from the first things i came up with. The customer liked the first one alot, especially the silhouette and the warm colors. I told her i would get back to her with some more ideas so i started sketching.

We met again and she picked the view from the terrace looking into the house (bottom left of the second page of sketches), but instead of a girl sitting she wanted a party in the apartment. I made some more sketches looking for a more exciting composition working with the perspective. Eventually i picked a view from below which would give me some nice lines in the ironwork on the terrace and which would also limit the amount of people i had to draw in as time was very short. I made a (crappy) definite sketch and devised the colorscheme.

Then all i had to do was add the details. :) Seven and half hours later i came out with this. As it was 4 o'clock at night, i was pretty happy with it. I tried to work with textures and strong colors. The silhouettes of the other guests in the background is kind of flat and not really in a correct perspective, but in the foreground this gives the woman a more appealing silhouette. In retrospect I should have weakened the green on the horizontal groves in the stones on the left, but it's not too bad. I should have indicated her other arm more, but that notion escaped me at the time. The victim of a tight schedule.

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tineke's birthdaycard

2008-01-28T09:12:00.000-08:00

It's her birthday and she's gonna buy a bicycle. :)

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william powell

2008-01-19T13:59:00.000-08:00

Another 1-hour Cain vs Abel, this time featuring the great William Powell, the thin man himself! I might work on this one a bit longer later...inbetween the lay-outs and keys for my animation movie. He doesn't really look like him. Watch this space!

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joan crawford

2008-01-19T04:37:00.000-08:00

Here a caricature picture of this ruthless alcoholic child-abusing beauty!

check out my brothers version

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Edward G Robinson

2008-01-10T17:06:00.000-08:00

another brother-against-brother 1 hour painting caricature challenge. Great fun!

Check out my brother's one on his blog:

wskibski

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dance sequens

2008-01-10T08:01:00.000-08:00

This could be a frame from my movie. I was thinking about using a plain white background instead of a darker red-toned background.

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spencer tracy challenge

2008-01-09T17:09:00.000-08:00

A one-hour caricature painting challenge against my brother

check out his entry

wskibski

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backgrounds anim

2008-01-02T04:39:00.001-08:00

Two views of the same situation in different styles. I'll try to go for the sketchier lay-out with the more basic color-palette.

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new year 2008

2007-12-27T13:39:00.001-08:00

there is was something screwy about the shadow of 2007, so i corrected it after i send it out. The stupidity! Oh well...it doesn't make that much of a difference.

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kiddie card

2007-12-23T06:10:00.000-08:00

Here's a card i made for the grandparents of this lovable little thing. I had to make some compromises, but i'm kind of pleased with it :)

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mob monkey

2007-12-07T06:21:00.000-08:00

I just imagined this entire world and atmosphere from a picture i saw of a chimp in edwardian clothes, I had to do someting with it...

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lucas

2007-11-27T03:22:00.000-08:00

the main character from my movie in a way to painterly fashion.

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artist guy

2007-11-27T02:15:00.001-08:00

this happy fellow was too big and detailed for the RITS website.

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