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Published: 2009-05-20 12:25:01 +0000 UTC; Views: 5508; Favourites: 21; Downloads: 3255
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Yesterday VICE Magazine called me because they weren't satisfied with the latest work of their regular illustrator. They needed 5 illustrations today, for an article about weird festivals around the world. I was their savior
, but it was a long night of work, I'm ill and had to go to class this morning. Sometimes I wonder how I keep surviving...all for the passion of drawing.Anyway, it was a lot of fun and the festivals are:
upper left: Ness Creek Festival, Saskatchewan, Canada.
upper right: Celtic Midsummer Festival, Holland
middle left: Tractor Pulling Festival, Belgium
bottom left: Up your Alley, San Francisco gay Festival
right: RΓ©gatte de Baignores, Belgium, Bathtub-racing Festival
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Comments: 58
Thanks so much Monsieur F ! Glad you like my work and I'm even more honored to be inspiring to you ! creative drawing vibes to you !
grz,
Mister D
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Thanks Mister D, i appreciate it !!!
I will do it soon i think !
Mister F
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i like this...i also like how you made your new avatar.
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thanks so much, yeah, I prefer my new avatar, I didn't like the other one, it was old and I was just too lazy to change it
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haha, just great!
Very funny and expressive drawings
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candy for you !
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oh, oh i am liking the boob grope on the last one
they're all so wonderful! and for VICE as well; amazing!
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haha, you're the second
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Ness Creek Festival,that's my favorite one!
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Yeeha, eternal thanks, milady. It's one of the festivals I'd really like to go to, feeling all hippie and stuff
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wow you worked for VICE!!! thats huge news man congrats
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I make comics for their Belgian website, every week..
thanks so much ! it's getting tough, though, weekly full color comics..
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These are fantastic!
I'm amazed you're able to pull something so creative out so quickly and under pressure. Flabbergasted even. I love festivals, I don't go to anywhere near enough weird ones.
They're all ludicrously well composed too. They're begging and weeping for colour though.
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thanks a lot matey !
I was amazed myself it even worked out, because I had no idea how to start. But I've already done a few under pressure-works. You get better at it, but it's still pretty tough. There's no room for mistakes and you absolutely make a lot of them
I kind of thought a few more seconds about composition. At first I absolutely wanted to do them in color. I drew them that way, but there was no time. That would've taken me at least another day..so it was black instead. you can color them if you like, but I'm moving on
Festivals are awesome. Last year I went to quite a lot of them, luckily for free, because I worked there. That was total awesomeness. So many great bands I've seen, great experiences, huge places with cool things happening everywhere and I haven't been to weird festivals either, but every festival sure has it's certain dose of weirdness
yeehaa
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Haha, your life is so much more exciting than mine.
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well, not at the moment. I'm already pretty much at home for 2 weeks, being ill and all that. I'd like to go outside, get a drink with some friends or something.
But your life is as interesting as you make it of course
pimping things, playing some guitar, learning a new song, drawin fun stuff, drowning teabags, trying to find my way through the house with my eyes closed, sliding from the stairs..always keep the kid in you alive
haha !
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I shall take that advice to heart.
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More great work, I have to say, this is some of your tightest work yet. All the compositions are really solid, and flow together wonderfully.
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thanks a lot man, great compliments, yeah, I try to keep evolving, at least trying new things.
raspberries to you man ( I'm eating some
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This is awesome. Your stuff reminds me alot of what I would consider classic indie comic book style.
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that's one of the coolest things one has ever said to me, i think !
I should do some research in that field, classic indie comic books sound superb
thanks a lot man !
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Wow, I would attend any of these in a heartbeat. You made them all awesome!
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thanks a bunch man ! It's amazing how much one can produce when he has a clear objective, guidelines and an extremely fast deadline. Despite feeling all dizzy and sick. I value the research and thinking process of great illustrations and comics even more now.
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I love it with the woman in the picture is clueless about the guy cooping a feel on her breast and is that bear drunk?
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hee hee, thank you ! and yes, that bear is pretty drunk ^_^
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Your welcome and that bear is going to get one big hangover after this.
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He's already curing his hangover of today with more beer ^_^
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That's our silly bear.
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Love the expressions of the characters, they don't seem to mind too much that their idea of fun is seen as 'wierd'.
Also, great line-art, as always!
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thanks a bunch, lady J !
Unfortunately, no, haven't had the exquisite opportunity to race a bathtub. In fact, we don't and never had a bath at home. Now you'll think I'm filthy
Tractor pulling is also out of my league. I heard it's about pimped tractors pulling heavy metal waste or car wrecks, through mud...exactly the kind of inbred redneck-fest you want to be at.
There's also a Miss Tractor Pulling
thanks for the support again, I did my best to make the expressions fun to look at. And absolutely they're not weird or wierd, the funniest thing is that the people who visit these festivals are everyday people. I think I saw you at the Celtic festival, stealing Jaffa's ?
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Hell yeah, showers all the way! Got a bathtub but since we all use the shower the most it tends to house the occasional spider instead. Shame it's actually attached to the house, could've had some fun races down the big hill nearby ^_^ Always wanted one of those freestanding tubs with the dinky little legs.
Well gosh, tractors pulling big chunks of metal through mud... and there's a version for us girlies? 
No problem, always fun to see what you come up with next
Dammit, yeh caught me! Thought my disguise as a 7ft tall bearded Druid playing the fiddle (standing strategically close to the Jaffa stall, of course) was quite convincing, even if my fiddle-playing sucks a bit. My costume department (ie, the ninjas who survived your last attempt to thwart me) will be hearing about this.
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argh, spiders. I love spiderman, and despite having seen movies like arachnophobia, kingdom of the spiders, attack of the giant spider, etc I still don't like these little critters
ow, about the tractor thingie, no there's no girlie version, unfortunately. It's a typical sexist farmer festival, but there's an contest for "Miss Tractor Pulling". You know, a bunch of intellectual ladies get rated on their physical capabilities and get a crown if they win. and some flowers ( perhaps a bag of potatoes here, I'm not sure ). so, you're not gonna drive a tractor, I'm sorry. It's not fair, indeed.
Thanks a lot for making me spill tea on my keyboard from laughing, miss J ! that fiddling was pretty sweet "fiddle fiddle" and it was convincing, but that chocolate and orange layer around your mouth and in your beard kind of gave it away.
You might want to rethink your plans, like a good chess player, I'm always one step ahead ! muhahaha ( falls of stairs ) aaaaarrghh..crap ! my legs were already one step ahead. you'll..argh..be...hearing...from..me
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I mean, you can program them to do almost anything! (*inserts computer chip*)
Really, it's all about BECOMING the spider. (*adjusts SuperDuper spider helmet thingy on head*).
Becoming one with your fears, to RULE the fear rather than let it rule YOU. (*climbs into cockpit, fastens seatbelt*)
All done! (*presses big red ignition button*)
Now I suggest you start running, cos WE'RE COMING TO GET YOU! 
(Important Note To Remember No. 119: Never trust anyone who works with ninjas. It's all about the 'Unagi' [link] :ninjaplots: )
No girlie tractors?! Dammit... 
Incidentally, the ninja-Igors (they mutated at some point in the past week so I keep them locked in my new lab. Not fair to scare all those civilians 
Also, an ambulance is on its way for you. (Don't let them steal your kidneys. I suggest an iron-plated man-corset
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ow, how kind of you, but mind that not everything is always what it seems ! ( reveals iron-plated man-corset and me in full and great shape )
spider robots are awesome, and so is dr octopus ! oh..wait..yeah, he's an octopus.
but spider robots are awesome. also the little ones. i loved those critters in Minority Report. awesome scene with the spiders.
(*looks at clock patiently*)
hahahah, the unagi is hilarious. loved that part ! and still love it. (gonna watch it again and again)
(*still looking at clock patiently while you are coming* )
talking about gaps again, there IS indeed a big one in the market. that would be pretty cool. I suggest you take the lead and show them who's the boss of girlie tractors ! You can girlify your tractor though.
Yes, I heard about those ninja-igors in the newspaper. too bad. my gypsies ran off too. and even my evil tapdancing vampires are on strike now. what is it with bad guys these days? can't we have a decent battle anymore ? come ooooon
(*you are 4 seconds away from me and...*pushes the REVERSE EARTH 180 DEGREES BUTTON ONLY FOR THE ONE WHO PUSHES IT - BUTTON * ) muhahahaha
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*sulks* Ah, poopies... Tricked me again!
Haha spiders, octopii, what's the difference? Same number of legs, so close enough
*activates hover function and revvs engine*
Ooh I remember the little spiders! I was imagining little legs scampering up and down my back for hours after seeing that!
(Although that may have been those pesky leprachauns who occasionally snip locks of my hair off with teeny little scissors and sell them on the black market *sadly pats nearly-bald head*)
*sees Channel Tunnel below, zooms steadily on*
Haha the unagi episode IS hilarious, although I had my sister and brothers (all younger and far more evil
*passes by the Louvre, blows kiss to a frenchman on a bicycle*
*sees Dimitri, grins evilly*
That agency I hired the ninjas from have a lot to answer for. I want a refund! They weren't supposed to mutate like that
*activates Giant Squisher-of-people Thingy* I can see youuuu!
*doesn't see Dimitri*
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"sulk" is one of my other favourite english verbs
*opens package with eyes of wonder*
talking about spiders. I found one cruising my keyboard today and it "unfortunately" ended up inspecting the other side of the keyboard. gah gah (evil) - seriously I don't like it when they cruise my keyboard. it crossed the uncomfortably close-zone
ow no way, that's your hair I'm stuffing my pillows with ! superior English quality they said, those little ones guarding their little pots o gold, and I have to say I sleep like a baby. but not when it's a bad hair day, though.
*unzipping secret thingie*
I envy you, living the ultimate unagi experience. I'm sure you cursed the writers of Friends many times
and another friend of mine I made believe that the song "sweet home Alabama" actually goes like "sweet home Abalama". She still sings it like that. She was the one that thought..here it comes..that the famous quote "Houston, we have a problem", actually went like "Justin, we have a problem", referring to some guy at the space center named Justin. I say no more
or wait, I say more. Pimp my tractor !
*the irony of it all: I just pimped myself*
hΓ haa, evil grinning eyy ? I see you, but you don't see me indeed. For I have made me, *zips up* the cloak of invisibility ! It's very difficult typing blind on my keyboard, though, but try to find me !
Indeed, these are hard times for us world dominators, if we can't even rely on evil agencies anymore. I could sell you some of my library nerds, they are of few use to me anyway. Unlike the hidden army of infected prostitutes..
watermelons !
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Heehee... 'sulk' IS a mighty fun word... along with 'defenestrate', 'hypotenuse', '
You squished my eight-legged minion with your keyboard?! Damn, I thought I trained my army of sentient Spy-ders (*nudge-nudge* see what I did there?
Hmm interesting... You shall be receiving a visit from one of my Ninj-ors (cross between a ninja and an Igor) shortly to reclaim the contents of your pillow.
Suprised you found it even remotely comfortable though, every day is a bad hairday for me! (D'you remember the Friends episode when they go to the Bahamas and Monica gets poodle hair cos of the humidity? Well, that's me, except I rarely need humidity to create the afro-head effect 
Those darn leprachauns are on my 'List of People to Thwart', Kill Bill style ^_^ (I think you'd be honoured to hear that you top the list
Yes indeedy, I am now a master (mistress?) in the honourable practices of Unagi. All those times I had to evade having the bejeesus scared out of me by ruthlessly cruel siblings has paid off. 
Haha naive people are so fun! Endless hours of cruel satisfaction can be gained from convincing people that John Lennon, Johnny Cash and Elvis formed a jazz band and now play 20's swing tunes for little old ladies in Connecticut..
There's this brilliant book by a guy called Andy Riley, 'Great Lies to Tell Small Kids'... It's shocking how many of those actually work on grown-ups! "MILK FEELS PAIN.." => [link] OOOoooh and 'Bunny Suicides' is A-frickin'-MAZING ^_^ [link] 
:jawdrops: You got an INVISIBILITY CLOAK?!! Wow... I am both impressed and slightly bemused as to why this floating gloved hand is repeatedly poking me in the head.. What the hell is up with that?!
*hears shrieking, peers out of window* And why is there a large group of rather ill-looking women wearing skimpy clothes eating my neighbours?!
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supercool for a nightshift! i wanna have calls from vice too! miami vice
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woop woop, thanks a lot master Bruno ! YOU should get calls from vice magazine
And it's easy, just contact them:
[link]
miami vice is out of my league unfortunately
I once came by the office of Vice Magazine and asked for the VICE CITY office.
They laughed so hard and I didn't understand, to realize only hours later that I was referring to Grand Theft Auto
godspeed !
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amai amai onzen dimi word ware illustrator, go dude! XD
ziet er echt goed uit zeker die rechts onder van battub racing festival, schitternd!
waaayy tooo gooooooo!!!
(ben mij ook net gana inschrijven voor de academie, heb al stress voor die toelatingsproef XD >< )
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hehe, merci ! ja toen ik er aan begon moest ik wel ff slikken, ik had nogal snel ja gezegd en dacht daarna, crap, kan ik wel deftige illustraties maken ? het is toch nog een stiel apart. In stripkes kunt ge u er vaak uitlullen, hier moet het duidelijk zijn en ge moet nog rekening houden met compositie. goei oefening wel..
en haha, talisa, gij schrik voor toelatingsproef op academie !
kunst is altijd kak als richting omdat het mega-subjectief is, maar daar zult ge al wel ervaring mee hebben
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jah idd, artoons zijn idd hard. da had ge die ene gast ook nog hore vertelle zo in de workshop! ma zijn ze der wa content mee?
mjah is echt kei graaf da ge da moocht doen!
Jah ik heb mij dan daarnet gaan inschrijven en kreeg dan ook papier mee mee hoe en wat de toelateingsproef en moet zo een CV, motivatie en portfolio meepakken. In mijn portfolio hebbeke igelijk el redelijk wa shit on in te steken, daar daar maak ik mij ni zo veel zorgen over.
Maar de toelatatings prof bestaat uit 4 opdrachten:
- een waarnemingsopdracht naar voorwerpe
- een creatieve opdracht naar waarnemeningstekenen
- vormgevingsopdracht naar opgelegd thema
en ene illustratieve opdracht naar tekstgegeven
Moet ook zo veel mogelijk tekenmateriaal mee sleure naar daar haha, ik heb zo'n brooddoos vanuit de mekanik waar zo al mij "knutsel"gerief zowa in zit sleur da zo echt overal meenaartoe kei grappig
ma ja dan nog, of ge der dan nog doorzijt is ni altijd een kwestie va hoe goe ge zij,t ma ook hoe goed de rest is he
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Hehe, tzijn geen cartoons, maar humoristische illustraties. Er is geen pointe of duidelijke grap hier
amai damn, toch moeilijkere proef dan ik dacht. waarnemingstekenen, ik krijg al schrik
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ah ok sorry meneer de humoristische illustrator
jah waarnemingstekenen is echt ni simpel, ge moet op zoveel verschillende dinges tegelijk letten ni normaal, ma kdoenet wel graag. Ik weet eigelijk ni of da ze der teveel aanneme of ni, majah, academie ze moette vooral zien da ge kunt prestere enzo denk ik ze, want jah kdenk da van die schole zowieso ni graga investeren in ni echt potentieel goede artiesten, ale ja denk ik eh ... ma jah we zullen wel zien, pff blijft spannend. Keb alleen ni echt een plan B moestek er ni door zijn ...
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jamaar jamaar, en gij wilt slagen voor ingangsexamen van de academie ? 
met zo'n attitude dan nog wel...mor koppigheid is positief bij artiesten he. altijd den betweter uithangen, da hebben ze graag, anders doen dan de rest.
ma Talisa, gij kunt veel beter tekenen dan ik, ik zit altijd met open mond te staren naar uw skills, ik ben al nen ouwe zak in vergelijking me u ook he
kwil u wel als tip geven da ge best zo snel mogelijk weet welke richting ge uit wilt. wat wilt ge doen, bereiken, maken,..? kben daar zelf nog ni helemaal uit en das ni goe. hoe sneller ge da weet hoe beter, das minder tijdverspilling.
da ga wel lukke, don't worry, uw skills zijn heel goe en ze zien ook, hoeveel kan die persoon hier bijleren, dus toon dat ge extreem gemotiveerd zijt en wilt evolueren. dat hebben ze graag denk ik. zeg ni, dees is mijn enige optie, kheb geen plan b als ik hier ni door ben, dus pleeeeaaaase laat mij erbij. don't say that he
good luck !
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ja oke das waar, zo beetje zielenpoot uithangen da werkt langs geen kanten. Ma no worries da doenek ni zenne, khad ni voor nisk vorige week nog boel me mijn leerkacht, omda madam beke zotjes ant doen was en ik daar ni mee akkoord was XD
ma jah, idd wij maken totaal verschillende dingen haha, wel zalig hoe da mensen in hun skillzz zo van elkaar kunnen verschillen. jah en zo die ene artiest die zo beweerde dak haar nadeed, is al wa gekalmeerd ma blijft zo subtiel van die mega achterlijke dinge zegge ni normaal.
Zo echt subtiel blijve volhoude eh, dak denk van djeesh klein kind. Is dan 4 jaar ouders alse kik ofzo. Zij baseerd zich op mucha, ik baseer mij is 1 of 2 kee rop uch aen ik doen haar na wtf ... a ge mucha intyt op deiantart search bar valde achterover van de resultate maja.
ze is laatsten tijd nogal populair p deviantart en kdenk da d abeke naar haar kopke is gestege, artistieke paranoia bestaat ook al heb ik bij velen gemerkt 
bwah opt moment willek mss al wel wabrieken, ma langst den ene kant hebbek daar ook ni echt veel tijd voor ofzo dus
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