If you are looking for somebody to make art or illustrations for your project, game, book etc: I'm open for commissions and projects!
Please read everything below before contacting me!⬇️
What kind of work am I open for / interested in? ✅
I'm open for
- Illustrated stories or short 'comics' about interesting topics.
- Game art. Either 2D for digital games or table top/card games.
- Illustrations for all kinds of things -no kids' picture books atm-
- VR Art (Open Brush)
- Surface pattern design/products (such as fabrics/wallpaper)
- Fine art
- Character/mascot/creature design(s)
- Designs for stickers/cards/posters etc
Something else in mind? You can always ask me!
If you want a list of my experience/clients until now,
check my about page here.
Ko-Fi
I also sometimes open limited slots of smaller commissions through my Ko-Fi page. these are cheaper because I offer them in a style that is simple and with less changes, thus take less time. They also have no commercial license/use to it so I treat that differently.
Clients & Published work
♥ Books and magazines:
- Illustrations for children's books ‘Boom en Kraai’ & ‘De Dolfijnenheks’ by Susanne van der Wouden
- Illustrations for children's books ‘Pigy and Porcy go to London’ by Anna Golden Miller
- Illustration for the well-known Alice in Wonderland, for the 150-Alice project
- Cover for science-fiction book Kolonie by Simon van Eik
- Illustrations for Resource Magazine (Wageningen University & Research)
- Illustrations for booklet by IVN (institute for nature education in The Netherlands)
♥ Games:
- Boardgame art for Expeditie Robinson by Just2play
- Boardgame art for Cave Pilot by Kwatta Games
- Boardgame art for Frogs! by Woodbine Street Games
- 2D & concept art for game development by Gamefoqus
- 2D isometric buildings for a game by Binary Polar Studios
♥ Other illustration and design:
- Kawaii illustrations and sticker designs for The Sushi Times
- Illustrations for children’s memorial cards , for lichtmetbericht.nl
- Illustrations for research (with children) by Jacolien van Rij, University of Groningen
- Greeting card designs for Kaartje2go (until 2018)
- Festival banner for Friespop, visualisation of a song
- Birth announcement card designs for personal commissions
- Manga drawing workshop for BAGGER (anime club Groningen)
- Manga portraits (live) for SONY launchparty for Gravity Rush 2
- Logo design for De Lichtdichter, Sanne Hoeve, Starsprinkles and several other small businesses
- Poster for AniWay magazine
- Poster for APIH Bridge club
- Poster, flyer and illustrations for GSp (Student group for spiritual/philisophical development)
- Poster for symposium for the AI studies of University of Groningen
- Poster in manga/anime style for BAGGER (anime club Groningen)
Not everything is featured in my portfolio. For old work you can check my Flickr account or my old Tumblr or even older blogspot blog.
What will I NOT do? ❌
> I don't work for free (obviously) and I don't give discounts.
Don't ask me to do work for free, I need to pay a house and food with it.
And I'm asking a fair price for someone who has more than 15 years of professional experience.
>Not just for royalties afterwards
I've had requests in the past if I would work for free upfront and share the royalties together. But I had no part in the whole idea of the product at all. So no, I won't work for free upfront and take the risk of not getting enough royalties later on. Royalties-based work is okay (like with books) with an initial up-front payment.
> No children's picture books unless I have a lot of freedom and it's topic-wise a match.
In the past I made work for kids more often, but I found that it did not interest me as much anymore after a while. So if it's about childrens books, it would really depend on the artistic freedom I would get and if the topic is something I'm interested in.
> No Birth announcement cards
In the past I've worked on several birth announcement cards, but in general working with individuals on something very personal cost me too much time to make it feasible for a decent price. And often they would also ask me to help with printing, so I've decided not to do it anymore.
>No 18+ NSFW things. Sorry, not my cup of tea.
> No tight deadlines
I have limited time on my hands, say 1,5 day in a week max for it, because I have another job as well. Meaning that if you have a tight deadline that is like within a week or two, I'm not sure if I can help. Bigger projects with 10+ pieces or something is also something that could only happen if I have longer timeslot for it. If your deadline isn't too close, you can always ask.
> Not for those looking for a publisher
If you are planning on writing a book and hoping to get chosen by publishers, then it is good to know that in general the publisher will look for an illustrator themself, so it's only extra work if you ask someone else beforehand. I had to share this very often in the past so for now I'm already putting this here. If you are really serious about self-publishing through another way or you're the publisher itself, then feel free to mail me.
> No graphic design / dtp work
With that I mean I also won't manage the printing process or anything like that, if it's meant for physical/printed products. You can either do that yourself or ask someone to do it. I just work on illustrations/art. Making things print-ready takes extra time and is also not my expertise.
The process
So how does it work when you want to hire me?
- Please mail me with your question/idea and I will reply if that fits my schedule/interest/style. If yes, then I might also give you a rough estimation of the price and planning.
- You can agree with the price/plan or think about alternatives (if you work with a certain budget). If we both agree in the end, I'll send you an official price contract that you can 'sign' officially. I usually ask 30-50% of the price upfront.
I will also need some additional information about the kind of print/size etc before I start. - I will start working following the plan and give you updates accordingly per e-mail. Usually I work with two phases and thus two revision rounds, one during sketching and one after the first worked out (rendered) version.
- If it's done I will send you the final flat files and you can use it for the agreed license/use. I will send you the invoice. If you need more revisions/changes, I will ask for an additional price (don't do it yourself..it wil be part of general conditions in the contract).
- You keep to the agreement by not using it for something different than agreed. If you have other plans, you can ask for an additional price.
How does pricing work?
My price is based in general on this calculation:
( ( Hourly rate of €70 x hours of work) + license/usage fee) + VAT = price
I will always ask a price for the kind of use/license for the illustration too. If it is for a product that will be used or sold a lot, that license fee will be bigger. If it's just for personal use and not sold at all, that will be low.
Sometimes companies work with a general budget, if that is in the same pricerange as I would ask myself then I'm possibly willing to work with that.
Usually the agreed end product is a flat image (jpg/png) or pdf. If you need something in .psd format, or even layered, the price will in general go up.
In the general conditions it will also be mentioned that you are not allowed to change the illustration in any way without permission, this is because my name will be linked to it. When you change things yourself it isn't (fully) mine anymore. Although this is an obvious thing (and an actual law) for a lot of artists, I'm explicitily mentioning this because it got ignored before.
Any other questions? Just ask me!