Race on the Edge

 

3 Murderers

'3 Murderers'. After a drawing by Hans Bellmer, after an illustration to Césare Lombroso. (meaning that HB had a bit of fun with pseudoscience there)

 

Colour test

Test for silkscreen printing. Composition after Edward Thöny.

 

The Prince of Frogs

The Prince of thinkers and frogs, pays a visit to the capital. For those aware of Patafysica, this will be familiar territory. JP Brisset is not an invention of mine, he was a Frenchman who claimed that the french language was proof of his theory that humans had evolved from frogs. In all seriousness. He can be taken as the classic example of the morosophical thinker, who is not quite mad, as he (usually a he) can hold down a normal job and be functional in society, yet beyond eccentric. 

This was done after a photo. I don't think I can 'adopt' him for a future story, but this works as an exercise in composition, I suppose.
 

School of Unusual Children

 

Dance marathon

 

Shoot out action

Somehow, 'tits, fries and shooting' does not have just the right ring to it. English is not always the better option. Anyway, between a good friend and me it refers to the unpretentious action movie genre. 
 

Random page

Like it says on the label: a random post of a random page.

 

Sketchbook time = dream time

A new sketchbook cover. (number 95) Mostly white paint on black canvas, as usual. Based on a very weird find on Pinterest: 

 

Cafe Bipkop 2

 

Streetview

 

Swimming in sketches

 

Hûh? Eh...

Into unknown territory.

 

Richard Gerstl

From my current sketchbook. Probing new ideas for a future story. Perhaps some of them will eventually hatch. Also, a caricature of Richard Gerstl appeared. A tragic Viennese painter who committed suicide after a failed affair with Mathilde Schoenberg, wife of the famous avantgarde composer Arnold Schoenberg (whom he has been giving painting lessons). Good painter, btw, and I feel a little bit guilty of making fun of him.  Interestingly, he had been taught by the very conservative Christian Griepenkerl (a delightful name) who had also been giving Egon Schiele a similarly hard time - and who rejected Adolf Hitler from entering art school. That is three strikes!

 

Sketchbook #90

Started a new sketchbook. Number 90. 'Argh! Just when we were winning!'

 

Hotel Blanc

From my sketchbook. When i was thinking about what to give this post as a title, I thought of the song 'Hotel Blanc' by Edward Ka-Spel, which is one of the most surreal pieces in my collection.
 

Everything Hangs Together - the cover design

The cover design for my upcoming book. Again, it will be in Dutch only (sob). It is sceduled for the spring of 2025. The title translates as Everything Hangs together. The story is quite complex and I won't go deep into that, but basicly it deals with the tension between random chance and interconnectedness. IRL you do not want to accept much of the latter, bc that's paranoid. On the other hand, in narratives, random chance is perceived as weak.

 

Live music in The Golden Glove

Page from my upcoming book. I could not resist the reference to The Golden Glove by Fatih Akin. (If you haven't seen it, it's about the grimiest bar in post-war West-Germany)

 

From sketchbook 89

 

After Tardi, after Frémiet

Emmanuel Frémiet was a sculptor from the 19th century who did work often depicting wild animals. Gorillas were only discovered in 1901. He did one piece which was most likely the direct inspiration for King Kong. Jacques Tardi used it as reference and now I do the same.