Hi buddies,

made a small illustration this weekend for my good Berlin based Belgian screenwriting pal Bert Vandecasteele. I have been working closely together with Bert these last couple of months, writing on the script of my new animated short, with the VAF Wildcard. It’s great sharing insights with him, brainstorming together, listening to him analyzing my script and picking each other’s brain. Makes writing so much more fun, compared to when I was writing alone on Mouse for sale. Here’s a picture of Bert and I next to the Berlin wall, when was in Berlin with my girlfriend for a week.

Here’s his website: http://web-epos.be/  and the reviews and analyses he makes: http://web-epos.be/reviews/

Bert submitted an exposé for a screenwriting contest and I made an illustration for the front page. It’s an adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tail ”The Tinderbox”. I have also been involved in the development of the writing for a small part, which was great to get the feel for the atmosphere I had to create in the drawing. The man who owns the tinderbox sees a woman in the flame and finds her.

Here it is. Drew it first on paper and painted it in Photoshop. I am finally experimenting more with brushes, trying to get a more tactile painting.

And here’s a real old one. I made this in my first year after high school, just after quitting the university which I started. I was at home, not knowing what to do with my life and started drawing a lot. My mom suggested I should go to the local art high school and ask if I could join their drawing and painting classes, which I did. For a couple of months I hung around there, being a big tall old guy in a class of 17 year olds. I didn’t really know why I was there but it felt right and I ended up studying animation,  being where I am now. It was a great time for me to explore and experience all these things that were new to me. Like the different kinds of paint, pastel, pencil, ink, clay, … I am still very grateful to the school that they let me in.

This was painted with acrylic paint and was one of the first real finished things I made over there. It may feel a bit cliché or naive, but it has the heart in it, for me. And that’s what I still always go for. I thought of this because I was painting the flames for the Tinderbox illustration.

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