It came from Outer Space !

Insects for Dopido children's magazine

This is an illustration I made a few weeks ago for Dopido children's magazine, published by Averbode. Have a closer look on Flickr.

iPhoneclub X-Mas card

X-Mas and New Year's card for the iPhoneclub, iPadclub en AndroidPlanet websites.

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Wishing you a Wikileaking 2011

News cartoon for the Nu.nl website and also New Year's greeting, with WikiLeaks as the theme.

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Recent work

A selection from recent works ...


Visual comment upon the Dutch news of 2010, about the inglorious downfall of Jan Peter Balkenende and his CDA party.



Range of clarifying infographics illustrations for an online insurance service.



Visual comment about the perils surrounding the Wikileaks initiative, and the arrest of frontman Julian Assange.

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Sketches from a new picturebook

These are the first two sketches for the first scene of a new picture book I'm making. Text is written by Riet Wille, a fantastic Belgian writer. The book will be published next summer by de Eenhoorn Publishers. Watch them in detail on Flickr or at www.frankdaenen.be.

iPhone app icon

Icon design for the iTypeFastR iPhone app.

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KPN Human Resources

Stylized, isolated cover illustration about the HR policy of the Dutch KPN company.

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Fried PVV bird

Satire for the Nu.nl news website, about consecutive scandals that damaged the reputation of the Dutch PVV party. The image is a wink to the bird-logo of the PVV.

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iPhone game graphics

Game graphics for an iPhone racing game.

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iPhone racing game designs

Four car and character designs in a 3D pixel art style for an iPhone game project.

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New toddler book: 'Beertje Vaart'

Last week my latest toddlerbook, 'Beertje Vaart' ('Little bear and his boats'), hit the stores. Have a look at the drawings on Flickr or Issuu.

btw. I updated my website. Have a look at www.frankdaenen.be.

Bar chart

Illustration in a 3D pixel style, for a magazine article about audience buying: trading data about the internetting public.

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Squirrel

Hello! I'm happy to be able to post at Clogwork as a 'new member' :)
This one is just for fun, a slender elegant bird may have been better considering the exotic background, but I do so like rodents... I couldn't resist .. :P

Hope you like it!

-Sjan

Druglord of the rings

Satire for the Nu.nl news website, about the Dutch gymnast Yuri van Gelder who turned out to have used cocaine again, after a previous scandal.

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Patient and Doctors

Illustration in a 3D pixel style, for an article named The Makeable Human, about the rise of electronic implants in medical science.

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Sola Powers!

I've wanted to make this for a long time: my own sixties B-movie sci-fi poster! With beautiful women, deadly droids and, of course, flying saucers. I quite like the end result, it has even got that faded look of the posters I flipped through in the Silver Screen, a movie memorabilia shop in Amsterdam. The only thing I regret is not starting by blocking out the composition first ... a bit messy. But I was enjoying it so much, it sort of grew by itself.

Facebook leak

Satire for the Nu.nl news website, about a leak in the social medium Facebook.

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Steve Wozniak bust

3D design of a tangible bust of the Apple co-founder and tech wiz Steve 'Woz' Wozniak, in a retro 3D pixel style. The busts of Woz and Steve Jobs can be ordered from the Sevensheaven 3D Print Store.

Android poster design

Illustration for a roll banner of an Android event.

The image was rendered in 9600 x 24000 pixels (about 80 x 200 cm in 300 DPI).

Steve Jobs bust

Realistic 3D renders of my Steve Jobs bust, available as a real little statue at the Sevensheaven 3D Print Store.

Personality test

These are a few characters I designed for a test for kids. By answering some questions they find out wether they're a fierce tigre, a lazy sloth, a fussy sheep or a vainglorious bird of paradise.....all in good fun ofcourse.

Service Design

Illustration in 3D pixel style, for an article about Service Design - manufacturers who design products according to the wishes of their potential customers.

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iPad finger drawing

My first finger-drawn iPad portrait, created using the simple free Adobe Ideas app.

The subject is my brother, I created the portrait for his birthday.

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Please don't post!

I might be the only one that posts in august!
It'll be shamrock month!

More Shamrock

Finally I find myself uploading again! Again some illustrations for that trucker magazine.
I like doing it. They have become a good client, with mutual trust. That really helps making a good illustration because there is hardly any doubt about wether they wil accept the illustration. If you have to show sketches first, it sometimes holds you back a little, playing it safe.
Talking about clients: Unga from Amsterdam >> blacklisted.

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I have a new website, blog style: shamsterdam , please visit!
Next time I'll post something about the fonts I make. I'm working on a book and finishing the website: shamfonts, you're welcome for some virtual coffee!

BP oil spill

Satire for the Nu.nl news website, about an undersea oil spill of BP that took months to fix.

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Fun in the photo booth

I saw some kids do this the other day. Funny, even now mobile phones have cameras, there's still something hilarious about huddling together in a photo booth, make stupid faces, and wait for the light to flash. I would know, spent many a coin myself there!
Coloured version on my blog

Steve Jobs portrait

Cover illustration for MacFan magazine, featuring a voxel portrait of the enigmatic Apple CEO Steve Jobs, who is also a shareholder of Pixar.

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DE PAGINA MONOLOGEN

Na mijn vakantie moet 'ie er dan eindelijk komen, een simpel A5 boekje met 22 Pagina Monologen met teksten van Freek de Jonge, Martin Heynen en Johan de Rooij.

C-sectio

Excerpt from a serie illustrations about C-sectio. Patient information leaflet.

The Limit

iPhone 4 antenna

Satire for the Nu.nl news website, about reception problems of the Apple iPhone 4 due to a metal frame in the design.

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New toddler's books

These are coverdesigns for my latest toddler's books called 'Little Bear Drives a Boat' and 'Little Bear flies'. They will be in store in August (Little Bear Drives a Boat') and November (Little Bear flies). Have a closer look on Flickr.