Invitation with illustration for fashionshow in Qatar

First thumbnail sketches. Graphite and felt tip on paper. 21,0 x 29,7 cm. 

A friend who lives in Qatar asked me to make an invitation for a fashionshow in Qatar with Dior, Love Moschino, Fornarina etc. First, I wanted to have a girl with casual clothes, but it it didn't felt right, so I changed the outfit. The combination of the man and the child in the middle looked like a 'boring family', so I changed the composition as you can see on the right.

I love the maxi dresses from the D&G woman fashion show summer 2011, so inspired by that I made the dress.
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Graphite on paper. 3 cm x 5 cm.

This is a really rough sketch, as you can see. It's actually a little thumbnail sketch, but i've made it bigger. 

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 Moschino platform sandals.

I chose these cute heels, because I needed some reference for the girl. 

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Clean sketch, graphite on heavy paper. 29,7 x 42 cm. 

The woman is getting the most attention now and I like the way the little girl is looking behind the dress. The wind is blowing off the roses of the dress, so that gives it a little bit of fantasy.

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 Graphite on heavy paper and Photoshop. First color combination. 

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Graphite and Photoshop. 

Second color combination. I really love it when everything has similar colors, combined with one color that really stands out. 

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I needed a nice artcase that I can carry around with me, because I do that everyday.  Then I realised that my friend (http://www.rozemary.web-log.nl/)gave me a very very supercute iron case a LONG time ago. It was always a decorative thing in my room but i've put the shoe stuff out and now it's ready to be my cute artbox!

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My favorite art supplies inside my artcase: 

#1: Mechanical pencils. I have 2 from Graphgear 1000 Pentel, I love them. 

#2: Pentel refills, 2B is my favorite. And refills from steadler! They come in different colors and I just want to buy every color now because they are so nice! (watch out: they break easily)

#3: Caran d'Ache 4B 7B 9B for shadows.

#4 Eraser. Right on the top I have a little heartshaped box where I keep my eraser safe. Because it's a sticky one (like clay). If you know the english word, please tell me!

#5: Smudgetool. I just love this tool because you can make very nice shadows with this! It's made of a roll of paper. I've put some tape around it otherwise my eraser is sticking to it.

#6: Ballpoints  in other colors, like red and pink because it gives nice effects to change from time to time. For my black ballpoints Bic is really nice.

#7: Black fineliner from On the run, 0,9, waterproof. It's good to fill larger spaces that needs to be really black and combine it with other material.

Fashion illustration Stylescrapbook

Stylescrapbook.Graphite. 21,0 x 29,7 cm, 300dpi. 
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Stylescrapbook. Graphite & Photoshop. 21,0 x 29,7 cm, 300dpi.

Andy is a fashionista who owns the blog www.stylescrapbook.com. 
She had a nice pink/red pants on her Facebookprofile picture which I used in this illustration.

Sketching & Painting

Close-up Birdcages. 70 cm x 100 cm. Acrylics and oilpaint on canvas.

This is a painting where I'm working on right now. The skelleton kings (that's how I name them) were were painted 2 or 3 years ago, but I didn't know what to do with the background...

I'm learning every day how to solve the background-problems. So I want to make a forest (or something floral) in the background. They hold a keychain full of keys and release all kind of birds from the white birdcages.

Although I have little time for it, I want to paint one hour a day on it!

Oilpaint. Old (Winstor & Newton) versus new (Old Hollandsch). The oilpaint I've got for my 12th birthday I still have! This is a bad sign because I really have to paint more paintings!
I love it.
It gives me a happy feeling and I can paint really quick.

But somehow I always have to find time for this. That's why I have a lot of sketches and drawings.

Flowerqueen. Pencil and red pencil on heavy paper. 21 cm x 29,7 cm.
Maybe this is nice for a big painting later on!

New sketchbook

 

Birdnests. Red pencil and bows on paper. 

 

Close-up.

 

Flamingo's. Red pencil and graphite on paper.

Close-up.

 

Chinese. Red pencil and chinese sweets packages on paper. 

 

Close-up. 

Moleskine Sketchbook. The paper is so fine, top quality heavy acid-free paper, 13 x 21 cm - 5 x 8 1/4".

I really recommend it.

My intern gave me at the end of the internship these sweet gifts. 

Left: A notebook with a very nice illustration on top. 

Right: Color pencils in a cute can box with original packing.

Check her blog here: janiquegorter.blogspot.com

Fashion illustration inspired by Bjorn Borg underwear show

Fashion illustration Bjorn Borg by Marjolein Caljouw from Roland Pupupin on Vimeo.
In the short movie you can see how i make an illustration with Photoshop with the Cintiq 21 UX.
The fashion illustration is inspired by Bjorn Borg underwear fashionshow, February 4th 2011.
The model is Truus Hooiveld, she started the show with a dress made of underwear.
Styling by Marije Goekoop.

 Left: Rough sketch with blue pencil and graphite Right: Clean sketch with graphite.
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Bjorn Borg fashion illustration. 

Graphite and Photoshop. 

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 Close-up face.
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BACKSTAGE @ BJORN BORG INTERNATIONAL UNDERWEAR CATWALKSHOW 2011 from Roland Pupupin on Vimeo.
Here you can see the backstage movie with models getting ready for the show, made by Roland Pupupin.

Features and February targets

Last month i:
- finished my moleskine for The Sketchbook Project.
- Made a movie with Roland Pupupin about the sketchbook
- We also took shots outside of a chair i painted.
- I made some little illustrations for frankwatching.nl and some other little illustrations for a webapplication.

Editing is time consuming so time needs to be reservated. The updates about these projects will come!

This month i want to focus on:
- my new painting
- another wedding card design
- logodesign
- and i want to make some new illustrations/paintings!

I am featured on Juxtapoz! I really like the book of Juxtapoz i've got from a friend last year. They publish great art. www.juxtapoz.com

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I am featured on Illustration Age. http://illustrationage.com/ Every day Thomas James from www.escapefromillustrationisland.com posts new artists. Tip of the day! This website is great because i always listen to podcasts of interviews with other illustrators there.

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I'm also featured on Kinki design Platform. It is a cool hairdresser shop in the Netherlands. They cut your hair in an unique creative way and the shops also look really different than what you are used to. www.kinki.nl
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Cupcakes. So sweet it hurts!

Logo designs for cupcake company

Made in Illustrator. Really loved it. Which one do you prefer?

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Very cute websites about cupcakes, if you want to see more:

Pie left under: www.pinkcakebox.com

Rose and cookies right under: www.cakejournal.com

Other nice blog: www.cakeryblog.blogspot.com

I've got some lipgloss from my friend. The one under, on the right. Buy here: www.npw.co.ukwww.npw.co.uk

Weddingcard

Pencil and Photoshop.11,5 cm by 18 cm.

Translation dutch: Stefan & Rosa are getting married.
I made this for a friend who is getting married. She wanted a heart with a couple on the front.
It's really "sweet" and normally i would bring some edgyness to it, but for a weddingcard, that's hard.

Sketch with blue and graphite pencil on paper. 21 cm x 29,7 cm.

Bracelet

My little HD movie is finished, made by Roland Pupupin!
Select the highest quality on the bottem of the page.
I painted a bracelet for a client in France.
The bracelet is painted with acrylic on wood.

More videos of Roland Pupupin on http://www.vimeo.com/pupupinvideo

2011, yes!

Painted bracelet. Acrylic on wood, finished with a varnish.  For a 13 years old girl in France. I will update a little movie about the bracelet soon.
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 A little swan stamp i made out of a gum.

2011 makes me think about my illustration business. I made some goals for myself because i feel like i could finish more paintings and drawings than last year. I listened to a lot of podcasts about marketing, which was very helpful: www.marketing-mentor.com and i love to listen to other illustrators: http://escapefromillustrationisland.com/podcast/

Byebye dummy! My Moleskine sketchbook is on her way to the U.S.A. I send it by UPS...
I have to edit my text here. Don't send anything with UPS. They have a really bad service! It was there one week later. I called like a million times with the client-service... They don't give you back your money and they also won't call you back, even when they say they will. UPS is a bad company. Now you know!

Together with Roland Pupupin i made a little movie about the sketchbook. I will update it later.

Final pages for the Sketchbook Project!

Finally, the pages for The Sketchbook Project  are finished! (read more about the project here)
The book has to be postmarked by January 15th, so I have 9 days to send it to the US!
The postoffice said that if the book weight less than 500 gram it can be send by airplane, which will take a week.  If it weight more than 500grams it has to go by boat, because there are new safety rules, which will take a month and it will cost €85,-.

I'm happy to say that my book is 450 gram, so i can send it tomorrow,  after I made a little movie and some photo's with a better camera.

Spread 22. This was a sketch for a christmas card, but i was too busy with other projects to work it out...Too bad because i liked the sketch. Maybe next year!
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 Spread 23: Beds. Poscamarker, white fineliner, black ballpoint and acrylic on paper. I still love my white fineliner. You can use it on different backgrounds.
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 Spread 24: Dress up. Black ballpoint, acrylic and collage on paper.  The cute package-paper is from Hongkong. I put my website on the little label.
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Spread 25: Ring. Colored pencil, wallpaper, ballpoint on paper. I never color a face with green/blue, so it was nice to play around with it. The cat-etui you see on the left i gave to my friend last year.
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 Spread 27: Black & White. Ballpoint and collage on paper. I tried something new, cutting clothes from magazines and created my own girls around it. I like it!
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 Spread 28: Red girls. Refreshing try-out. With white fineliner, black ballpoint and pencil on colored paper.
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 Spread 29: Shopping. Black pencil on colored paper. I like Numph and my favorite shop where i buy it : the Revenge.
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 Spread 30. Bubbles. Print and acrylic on colored damaged paper.
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 Spread 31: Timesystem. Acrylic, pencil, ballpoint, photo and plants on paper.
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 Spread 32: Gloves. Black ballpoint and white fineliner on colored paper. The gloves are photo's.
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Spread 33. Transparent paper, acrylic, marker, ballpoint on paper.
The balloons are a bit weird, I know. 
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 Spread 35: Wallpaper, ballpoint, acrylic and collage on paper. You see the Pig image on the right? Pip is a dutch studio and makes loverly things. www.pipstudio.com It's a dutch site but you can look.
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 Spread 35: Swans dress. I made a little stamp with an eraser. So cute, i want to make more.
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 Spread 37: Fashion Zen. I used an photo from Iris of http://fashionzen.blogspot.com/. She has some very nice photo's and lovely style. I put a print in the Sketchbook, because i want to make a painting later and needed the original.
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 Spread 38. Print on paper. I made this dessin for Oilily but another dessin was chosen. I reflect the elements in Photoshop and it's an easy way to make an illustration.
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Spread 39: Stylescrapbook. Acrylic, fabric, ballpoint on old paper with oldfashion dutch.
I used an image from this fashion girl: http://www.stylescrapbook.com/ She is a famous dutch blogger and i used a couple of dutch brands, companies and girls in my book