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On top of the Olympus, the highest mountain in all of Greece, all the Gods had assembled. Trouble was brewing. The God Peleus was hosting a grand marriage party with his bride Thetis. Every God and Goddess was invited to this feast, and brought a gift for the couple. Only one had been left out - Eris, goddess of conflict. Furious to have been excluded, she crashed the party and threw a golden apple amidst the crowd. On it the words 'For the most beautiful' were written. Three of the most alluring goddesses, Hera, Athena and Aphrodite, sprang to their feet to grab the apple, feeling entitled to own those words. Laughing, Eris left as soon as she'd appeared, whilst the three goddesses began to fight over the apple. When it became clear no one was going to give up, they turned to Zeus the mightiest of all gods. Knowing very well he'd have to feel the fury of the two others if he'd make choice, Zeus instead pointed them to Paris, a young shepard living on the mountain of Ida. He, perhaps, could make a choice for them. The three left for Ida immediately.

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Hey guys!

I’d like to present you today with my latest project - a triptych of children’s book illustrations, based on the story of the Paris Judgment, the events leading up to the Trojan war as was written down in the Iliad by Homer. I decided to start this threefold piece when I saw that Lemniscaat, a Dutch publishing company, was hosting an illustration competition. The idea of being a children’s book illustrator is just... magical. Imagine - you get paid to let your fantasy go wild on a heartwarming story. How wonderful is that? It seems like a thousand dimensions away from reality, but when I saw this competition, I was reminded of something Neil Gaiman said in his Make Good Art speech. “If you don’t know how to do something - pretend to be someone who does, and then just go out and do it!” So indeed, I sat down in my little dorm, shoved my study books aside for a week, and pretended to be doing this for my job. How would I go about this if I was indeed a children’s book illustrator? What is needed of one? ‘Colours!’ was the first thing I thought. Then - ‘something to look at for a long time. Many things interlocking into each other. Eyecandy.’ And so I set about trying to create exactly that. It’s been a wonderful experience to pretend to be an book illustrator. Now it’s time to go back to reality though, and be a student again. My room’s a mess. My books are staring at me judgingly. The illustrations, with accompanying text, have been sent to Lemniscaat. Now all I can do is hope they like it.

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On top of the Olympus, the highest mountain in all of Greece, all the Gods had assembled. Trouble was brewing. The God Peleus was hosting a grand marriage party with his bride Thetis. Every God and Goddess was invited to this feast, and brought a gift for the couple. Only one had been left out - Eris, goddess of conflict. Furious to have been excluded, she crashed the party and threw a golden apple amidst the crowd. On it the words 'For the most beautiful' were written. Three of the most alluring goddesses, Hera, Athena and Aphrodite, sprang to their feet to grab the apple, feeling entitled to own those words. Laughing, Eris left as soon as she'd appeared, whilst the three goddesses began to fight over the apple. When it became clear no one was going to give up, they turned to Zeus the mightiest of all gods. Knowing very well he'd have to feel the fury of the two others if he'd make choice, Zeus instead pointed them to Paris, a young shepard living on the mountain of Ida. He, perhaps, could make a choice for them. The three left for Ida immediately.

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Hey guys!

I’d like to present you today with my latest project - a triptych of children’s book illustrations, based on the story of the Paris Judgment, the events leading up to the Trojan war as was written down in the Iliad by Homer. I decided to start this threefold piece when I saw that Lemniscaat, a Dutch publishing company, was hosting an illustration competition. The idea of being a children’s book illustrator is just... magical. Imagine - you get paid to let your fantasy go wild on a heartwarming story. How wonderful is that? It seems like a thousand dimensions away from reality, but when I saw this competition, I was reminded of something Neil Gaiman said in his Make Good Art speech. “If you don’t know how to do something - pretend to be someone who does, and then just go out and do it!” So indeed, I sat down in my little dorm, shoved my study books aside for a week, and pretended to be doing this for my job. How would I go about this if I was indeed a children’s book illustrator? What is needed of one? ‘Colours!’ was the first thing I thought. Then - ‘something to look at for a long time. Many things interlocking into each other. Eyecandy.’ And so I set about trying to create exactly that. It’s been a wonderful experience to pretend to be an book illustrator. Now it’s time to go back to reality though, and be a student again. My room’s a mess. My books are staring at me judgingly. The illustrations, with accompanying text, have been sent to Lemniscaat. Now all I can do is hope they like it.