imaJunation

The New Kid - more concept art

2012-01-07T04:35:00.000-08:00

Still busy working on the New Kid! Honestly! Here's proof!

The New Kid - some new sketches

2011-12-05T04:41:00.000-08:00

We're still working on the story of 'The New Kid' but in the meantime, here are some new sketches:

Musicvideo Guus Meeuwis - Nergens Zonder Jou (Ft. Gers Pardoel)

2011-11-12T01:18:00.000-08:00

I just finished my first big assignment; a music video for Dutch artist Guus Meeuwis and rapper Gers Pardoel. I had 4 weeks, which isn't a lot of time for a 4 minute animated music video but thanks to some energydrinks I won't name here, I made it in time. Here is the video:

And here is some concept art:

And here is the cd cover:

Now buy the song!!!

The New Kid announcement

2011-10-12T04:12:00.001-07:00

Good news everyone! With the help of our friends at il Luster Productions and Anikey Studios, me and Zagbliblör buddy Davor Bujaković are working on a new animated short!

As you can see, it's called 'The New Kid' and features a round green swamp thingy.

The project is still in a very early stage but here are two concept art pieces:

24 Hour Comic Day - Ruimteshit en Dingen

2011-10-02T06:23:00.000-07:00

This one is Dutch only, sorry non-Dutch followers!

Ik heb dit jaar meegedaan aan 24 Hour Comic Day. Voor degene die niet op de hoogte zijn; op 24HCD is het de bedoeling dat je een strip maakt binnen 24 uur. oftewel dat is een heel heel HEEL moeizaam proces...

Ik heb iets gemaakt waarvan ik zelf nu nog sta te kijken hoe vreemd en bizar het allemaal is...

Veel plezier (of niet) met Ruimteshit en Dingen

Sheeped Away, now online!

2011-09-03T12:45:00.001-07:00

Well after 7 months it's finally done!
Watch it now! In HD on Vimeo!

Sheeped Away, the poster

2011-06-26T11:31:00.001-07:00

Sheeped Away, graduation

2011-06-23T11:16:00.000-07:00

Just wanted to say that I passed my final exam with a short version of Sheeped Away! So now I'm graduated! I will finish Sheeped Away this summer and hope to release it online somewhere in September.

Sheeped Away, preview

2011-05-10T14:47:00.000-07:00

Some more preview shots. These still have to go through the compositing phase in which the cool light and shadow effects will be added, so it's still nothing final!

Old Oiled Concept Art

2011-05-02T12:59:00.000-07:00

Some old character designs I did for the graduation short of Mark Sholtes and Muharrem Bayrak. As you may notice, it is not finished. Blah.

Sheeped Away, background previews

2011-04-14T04:30:00.000-07:00

I almost finished all the backgrounds, with the help of the colorboards made by the amazing Ben Vinkenburg. Here are some previews of the backgrounds:

Robin

2011-04-02T05:20:00.001-07:00

Sheeped Away, bedroom photo's

2011-03-27T12:04:00.001-07:00

These are two of the photos that'll hang in the bedroom (see work in progress in the previous post)

Sheeped Away, Animation work in progress

2011-03-20T03:34:00.000-07:00

So I'm now a few weeks into animating. It's a lot of work, more than I thought so I hope I'll get it finished in time...

Sheeped Away, final storyboard

2011-02-28T10:38:00.000-08:00

I almost finished the final moving storyboard for my graduation short; Sheeped Away.
Animation time!

Double Fine Action Comic FanArt

2011-02-10T14:46:00.001-08:00

It's been a while since I acted like a jumping fanboy, but today's the day!

I recently bought Volume 1 of Scott C's 'Double Fine Action Comic', which is a webcomic on the Double Fine site. And well, long story short; it's awesome. Buy it now.

When I was done reading, I immediately started drawing a grouppic of some of the characters

Gerard en Stipje door de tijd Trailer

2011-01-26T12:54:00.000-08:00

So I decided to start another small(ish) project to work on next to my graduation short, just to blow off some steam. It's called "Gerard en Stipje door de tijd" (or; Gerard and Stipje through time) and yes, it's Dutch only!

This trailer (which is about 100 times more epic than the actual series) was made with the great help from the talented Robin Niekerk, who's blog can be found here

And for the music, Belgian über composer Joris Hermy helped me out, for the third time now.

My new site!

2011-01-20T14:02:00.000-08:00

W0000t! My new site is finally online!

www.imaJunation.com

Tell your friends!

Cats on balls

2011-01-14T10:33:00.000-08:00

So instead of working on my graduation short, school thought it was a good idea for me to make an animation about cats on balls.

Cats on balls.

There's this educative game for highschool students called "CarKit" and we had to search for more ways to brand the IP. I of course, went for a 2D animated short which you can see up there.

Balls.

Invaders Moving Storyboard

2010-12-24T01:43:00.000-08:00

This was the first storyboard for my graduation short. After I made this, I realised that it was way too long. After trying to make it shorter, I lost interest in the project so I decided to drop this whole idea and to start over with a new story.

Sheeped Away, MOAR FARMER and sheep

2010-12-04T13:05:00.001-08:00

Sheeped Away, more more farmer concept art!

2010-11-26T14:21:00.000-08:00

Getting closer, getting closer...

General Sunshine

2010-11-19T06:41:00.000-08:00

Sheeped Away, new concept thingy

2010-11-14T15:35:00.000-08:00

I just finished another concept piece. I think I'm getting closer to the style I want to use. This was mostly a background test.

Sheeped Away, dummy art

2010-11-01T12:29:00.000-07:00

Some concept sketches for my graduation short "Sheeped Away" I did last week.

Avonturen in Zagbliblör Titlesequence

2010-10-22T08:26:00.000-07:00

So after almost 2 years of saying I will finish this thing, I have decided not to. It's a shame because it's pretty close to completion but I just don't have the time to animate those last few bits. Nonetheless, I think it still contains some pretty cool animation.

It's the titlesequence for the musical I wrote with Dennis Impink two years ago. The musical was performed by our old highschool.

Speaking of animation, all the best bits are animated by Davor Bujakovic, someone who can animate faster than his own shadow (it's true, i've seen it!).

The amazing music is done by the Belgian Joris Hermy. It was a difficult task for him to time the drums to the storyboard, but he did it and it made the sequence ten times more epic.

Thanks guys!

Joscha

2010-10-12T06:45:00.000-07:00

Joscha

Sheeped Away, more farmer concept art

2010-10-03T13:01:00.000-07:00

I showed the first storyboard to my friends at Anikey Studios last week and got a lot of good feedback. One of the things they said, was that the design of the farmer could be more gross. So here are some gross-farmer sketches:

Clay with Kasper

2010-10-03T06:26:00.001-07:00

A few weeks ago, me and my classmate Kasper Werther worked on a few character concepts for a company. Unfortunately we didn't get the assignment, but it was fun to work with Kasper on these things anyway.

Kasper made the clay models and I colored them digitally.

Sheeped Away, first storyboard

2010-09-30T13:49:00.000-07:00

I just finished the first storyboard for my graduation short, Sheeped Away. Although it still needs some work, I'm pretty happy with this first version. Here are some random images from the storyboard, in random order:

Sheeped Away, farmer stuff

2010-09-19T13:46:00.000-07:00

Some more concepts for the farmer

Sheeped Away, first concept art

2010-09-11T10:02:00.000-07:00

So in a bold move, I decided to throw away all the ideas I had for my graduation short "invaders" and start all over with a brand new idea.

"Sheeped Away"
I know, clever.

Troopers

2010-08-22T11:43:00.000-07:00

More sprookjes

2010-08-19T08:24:00.000-07:00

Yes! After the huge succes of the first Sprookjesgrot, we made three more! They can be viewed on my YouTube account, but here are some direct links anyway:

Dutch only I'm afraid, so if you can't speak Dutch, you have dikke pech.

The Fairytale Cave

2010-08-03T15:04:00.000-07:00

Well actually it's called "De Sprookjesgrot" but what the hell...

So, last week, me and a couple of my friends were brainstorming for a new sketch type thing. We thought; "what if a psycho killer escaped convict person wrote fairytales which were then made into an semi-animated kids show?"

Below is the result, Dutch only I'm afraid. But maybe that's for the better.

Robots!

2010-07-27T04:27:00.001-07:00

Invaders Storyboard 1.0

2010-07-04T06:41:00.001-07:00

So I just finished the first version of the storyboard for my graduation short; Invaders. Of course it's way too long and there's still a lot that has to change. Anyway, here are some pics from the storyboard:

Yes, I know it kinda looks like a sandcrawler

2010-06-07T11:55:00.003-07:00

But hell, this thing flies

Space underpants

2010-06-04T08:39:00.001-07:00

Crappy spaceships are awesome

2010-06-02T13:30:00.001-07:00

Yes, more one-eyed stuff

2010-06-01T13:02:00.000-07:00

Check out my pink one eyed monster in a spaceship

2010-05-28T14:41:00.001-07:00

Check out my pink one eyed monster

2010-05-25T03:10:00.001-07:00

At the movies

2010-05-05T14:22:00.001-07:00

Senior Mario Bros.

2010-04-22T12:03:00.000-07:00

And another one for Monkeybrain...

Showreel 2010

2010-04-12T11:11:00.000-07:00

Yeah well... showreel 2010. Can't say anything more than that!

CLICK ME, I'M A SEXY LINK

Milkman on a Monkeybrain

2010-04-03T15:20:00.000-07:00

I kicked off the new theme on Monkeybrain with this friendly milkman

And below is a little making-of. The style of Gorillaz was the main inspiration for this one.

One big ice-cream fest!

2010-03-08T12:01:00.000-08:00

This week, I started a biweekly blog for the students of my school, Monkeybrain Sunday. Every two weeks the theme changes so you can expect a lot of original work from the talented people that contribute :)

The first theme I chose was "Ice-cream". Why? I have no idea, I was under the influence of voodoo last week. Anyway, I made this weird piece. I really like it because of the truck. I usually suck at cars and other things on wheels but this came out pretty well.

Kids and monsters and stuff

2010-02-19T05:51:00.000-08:00

Blaaargh!

Valentine cards for my big love

2010-02-06T12:16:00.000-08:00

Back in the days, we sure had a great time. Going on all sorts of adventures, talking all night and of course the hot steamy item combinations...

But then came the break-up.

For almost ten years you left me alone to drown in my tears. I really had a hard time and almost did the unthinkable... but then you came back...

Tales of Monkey Island was announced and I was reunited with my good old pirate love!

Anyway, I did these Monkey Island and Sam & Max related valentine cards for a contest on the Telltale forums. I like how they turned out so when I have the time (haha yeah right) maybe I'll do some more.

Do you fearrrr death!?

2010-01-26T11:51:00.000-08:00

An oldie this time. I made this the day after seeing Dead Man's Chest for the first time. He's still a great character, both visually and storywise.

Demonic sketches from the Demonic Book of Sketches

2009-12-21T14:29:00.000-08:00

I didn't have the time to upload some new stuff due to the work I'm doing at Anikey, so I collected some sketches I did in the last two years and stuck them together on this demonic piece:

And speaking about Anikey, check out this blog we made for the feature film we're working on; Trippel Trappel.

Crows

2009-12-01T07:51:00.000-08:00

Some very quick sketches of a crow, because crows are cool and crow-like.

Internship @ Anikey

2009-09-17T06:46:00.000-07:00

So I've been an intern at Anikey for almost two weeks now and so far it's been great! They are really cool and awesome! And they read my blog, so I can't say anything negative otherwise they will keelhaul me...

Anyway here's a little concept piece from the TOP SECRET project I'm working on over there...

"What goes up..." selected for Holland Animation Film Festival!

2009-09-03T12:17:00.000-07:00

Aaaaw yeah! "What goes up..." has been selected for the Holland Animation Film Festival (or; HAFF)

It's the first time for me to have one of my films on a festival so it's all very exciting and new, like the cookie in the store you've always wanted to steal but couldn't. You know what, that isn't really the greatest symbolic but what the hell! HAFF, here I come!

Rangerrrific!

2009-08-30T14:01:00.000-07:00

Just finished a very very short absurd animation thingy. The background was a fun expiriment to work on, I like how it turned out. Animation can be found here.

Satanic things

2009-08-21T11:57:00.000-07:00

I'm thinking about working on a new comic again. I dug up a story concept I had some years ago and revisited some of the sketches...
I'm not sure yet but I like the setting and I'm in the mood for some satanic storytelling so maybe I'll start writing a outline one of these days...

How appropriate... ahh you know the rest!

2009-08-08T16:47:00.000-07:00

Oh man, I'm so happy that we finally have a new monkey island game after almost ten years. I also like the fact that it's episodic. That way I have something to look forward to every month! Anyway, so far I'm really liking the story and the new desings, so like in the old days... it's fanart time!

What Goes Up

2009-08-04T07:32:00.000-07:00

It's done! Hallelujah it's done!

(if your browser cuts off the right part of the YouTube embed, click the damn thing and watch it on YouTube... in HDish!)

"What goes up..." preview

2009-07-25T13:51:00.001-07:00

So I'm almost done with my animation "What goes up...", I've got about six shots left, including only one long difficult one so I hope to have it done somewhere next week. Here are four smashing preview pics:

Things in space

2009-07-18T01:38:00.000-07:00

Here are some old concepts for a comic I wanted to do a couple of years ago. Maybe I'll do something with this idea in the future...

And yes Joscha, the Rambo piece will come... some day...

Random cowboy

2009-07-14T08:26:00.001-07:00

But pirates are still way cooler.

c'mon a

2009-06-26T04:13:00.000-07:00

...and then you make their heads explode?

2009-05-30T16:12:00.000-07:00

I've been replaying the most excellent game Psychonauts again these days. If you haven't played it yet, stop whatever your doing right now and go play it. And if you don't have it, buy it. And if you don't have any money, rob a bank. And if you don't know how to rob a bank, watch the first episode of Prison Break. Although that isn't exactly a good idea because the protagonist of that show is planning to get himself thrown in jail to break out his brother who is framed for a murder he didn't commit. Eventually they break out but they get involved with a gigantic evil company called... the Company. Anyway, it all ends pretty mediocre...

But Psychonauts is really cool!

Cheap, lazy and weird

2009-05-17T13:54:00.001-07:00

The following animation can be confusing, mostly because of the use of two languages in a new, fresh and creative way... or because of the images... so without further ado, I present my latest animation (which is not the final animation of the schoolyear by the way, that one will have a wee bit more actual animation to it...)

Dieter Ullrich

2009-04-27T15:32:00.000-07:00

Well the musical turned out to be pretty cool after all!
Especially the character of Dieter Ullrich became quite populair so I decided to do a digital painting of him.

Naked people and more!

2009-04-08T10:35:00.000-07:00

Hooray for naked people!

And what would a good post be without pirates?! Hooray for pirates!

(sigh) I wish I had a pirate...

The last poster

2009-04-07T22:09:00.000-07:00

The last poster for Zagbliblor... only two more weeks, then it's finally over...

Betere kids from tegenwoordig

2009-03-31T10:11:00.001-07:00

Sorry for not updating in a while, I've been busy like a kangaroo (I know that's not an expression, but hey... who cares...)

Anyway, today started the last part of my 2nd year of animation and I'm finally starting the production of my animation which is now called "What goes up...". I've posted the new updated character designs below, which are far more dynamic than the previous few.

I'm planning to post some more old(ish) work later this week!

The kids from tegenwoordig

2009-03-05T02:14:00.000-08:00

More concept art from my final animation. The idea changed a bit, instead of a little hyperactive baby, the girl is now an annoying little... girl-like thing.

Bob

2009-02-18T02:23:00.000-08:00

I call it Bob

Balls

2009-02-08T11:50:00.000-08:00

I have to start on my end-of-the-second-year-animation soon, here's a concept piece

Brawn, blood & beasts

2009-02-02T09:31:00.000-08:00

Here's a little preview from the animation me and Davor are still working on. There is still a lot of work that needs to be done but the few shots that are finished are looking pretty cool.

Über-sketch-action-post 4000 XP PRO!!!

2009-01-31T02:01:00.000-08:00

Well, time for some sketches...
Two weeks ago, I had a quicksketch seminar which was really fun to do. Here are some of the sketches from that week...

The first day was people drawing day:

The second day we went to the zoo in Rotterdam, were the infamous Bokito resides. This was the first time I tried sketching animals, which turned out to be pretty hard because they can't stay still, especially the monkeys (which were awesome, by the way)

The third day we went to Haarlem were we spended most of the time walking in and around the giant church. It was very cold that day so I didn't do much...

These last three pieces have nothing to do with the seminar, just something I was doodling last night in the train.

Singing barbarians

2009-01-24T05:37:00.000-08:00

Well, these are five teaser posters I had to make for the school so they can use it for promotion

Singing pirates

2009-01-17T13:03:00.000-08:00

Here is some old concept art and a few posters from the musical I worked on a few years ago.

Woohoo!

2009-01-13T19:19:00.000-08:00

Aww yeah

More pirates!

2009-01-09T14:04:00.000-08:00

Because more pirates will make the world a better place.

Dirty clay hands

2009-01-08T11:06:00.000-08:00

Well this week we had a sculpture seminar on school and because I'm such a fan of classmate Davor's work (see previous post), I decided to make a sculpture of him! I think it went pretty well, considering this is the first time I tried something like this. I'll try to expiriment with it some more if I can find the time.

Je Suis Casanova

2008-12-19T01:27:00.000-08:00

This is an animation I made for a Dutch tv show. I made it together with a talented classmate (check out his work here: http://www.youtube.com/user/davoranimator)

Trogdor!

2008-12-15T13:40:00.000-08:00

Here are Strong Bad and Trogdor from Homestar Runner... only in a somewhat different light... I made this for a contest. Next week some more original work.

Still Monday

2008-12-01T14:48:00.001-08:00

Well it's still monday...
Anyway, I spend the last hour doing some caricature tests because it's something I always try to improve. Luckily, I'm blessed with a weird cartoonish shaped head, so it's fun experimenting in different styles on that gigantic thing on my neck

Because it's Monday

2008-12-01T03:03:00.000-08:00

And I hate Mondays, a fact that has nothing to do with this next piece:

Dude, visitors!

2008-11-30T14:52:00.000-08:00

I have to come up with an idea for my final animation of this schoolyear soon... and made this while brainstorming

I think I overdid it...

2008-11-20T09:41:00.000-08:00

Well today was costume try-outs day (see previous post) and I have no idea why but I had the urge to draw the main character in a weird "Look at me, I know how to Photoshop!"-kinda way...

Adventures in [difficult name here]

2008-11-19T07:15:00.000-08:00

This is the moving storyboard for an animated credit sequence for the musical I co-wrote.
Deadline is April 2009.... so I better get started...

Pirates...

2008-11-07T12:21:00.000-08:00

Well these are the first two pictures of an upcoming pirate project. Just for the record, I have something with pirates. Sometimes it even scares me... So expect a lot more pirates in the future...

Following the herd

2008-10-16T04:25:00.000-07:00

Well, well.... Everyone who calls himself an artist these days has a blog so I can't stay far behind can I? I already have my own site (www.imaJunation.com) where all kinds of artwork can be found so I'll save this blog for sketches and other stuff I guess...

Anyway, time to post some completely random art now....

This is a quick character thingy for one of my twisted comic (I'll probably never make) concepts. Some of them look allright, some of them don't. A certain German dictator for example, looks far too young (and nothing like his real life counterpart, although his real life counterpart can't quite be 'real life' since he's dead)

The leadsinger of a band who happens to be a good friend of mine.