COFFEE AND DINOSAURS ( DESK FUN )

Perfect autumn day for coffee and dinosaurs. And pineapples of course.

SUBBACULTCHA MURAL INTERVIEW

Because of the Diego Rivera inspired mural for Mestizo Arts Festival I recently worked on with 4 great illustrators, I was interviewed by Subbacultcha, an independent arts and music magazine. They wanted to know about our favorite murals in Antwerp. I talk about the one designed by comic strip artist Brecht Evens. ( click image to go to the site)

DE MUUR (TIMELAPSE VIDEO)

Cool TIMELAPSE VIDEO by Natche Fractal about DE MUUR, a mural I helped co-create in blue pants inspired by Mexican artist Diego Rivera in Antwerp, Belgium last summer for Mestizo Arts Festival. - gasp that was a long sentence - Looooooaaaddssss of fun !

co creators are amazing illustrators: El Neoray, Vagabundos, Charlotte Dumortier, Jos Verwer and many thx to Kop VZW, Daniela, etc. !


DE MUUR from KOP on Vimeo.

AB HOSTEL ANTWERP (MURAL)

Making of the mural I did for AB Hostel in Antwerp. It used to be a chocolate factory, so I added some references to that, Belgian foods, the city and harbor of Antwerp and of course travelling. Great fun !
The mural was part of “Discover Antwerp Through Experience”-project where 12 international creatives were led through Antwerp for a week. In the animated gif for a few frames in the Light Blue shirt you can spot Paris-based Reynald Feracci helping me out, who has a fashion label called http://mamama-paris.com/.

ANTWERP (ANIMATION)

Made an animated gif to show my love for my hometown, Antwerp. An inspiring, artistic cosmopolitan city with a rich medieval history and big harbor.
The hand is a reference to the origin folk tale of the city where a Roman soldier called Brabo chopped off the hand of an evil giant that controlled the city and threw it in the river.

MAOW EXPO & LIVE DRAWING

I took part in the group exhibition Maow at La Vallée, St-Jans-Molenbeek (Brussels). Great collection of international artists in a cool old warehouse turned creative space. Did some live drawing and met some great people. You can watch a video of the event here.

translation:
- Hello Lion Viking?
- You don't have a smartphone yet?

CHARLEROI, PAYS NOIR - (ILLUSTRATION POSTER)

For the creative market event "6001 is the new 1060" in Charleroi, Belgium I made this poster.

"Le Pays Noir" is French for "The Black Country" which is a reference to the coal industry that made the region very successful in the 19th and 20th century before its downfall. Nowadays there are almost only abandoned factories. It is now a very poor place and even voted "Ugliest City in the World". A group of artists sees huge potential and organises a creative market once or twice a year. For the second time I took part in it and had a blast. So much energy, so many cool artists and wonderful people.