I worked for several years at Trias (Antwerp) as an airbrush illustrator and photo retoucher. This was all done by hand with the airbrush, paintbrushes in watercolour, acryl, gouache,...
This was before the computer era and I did quite complicated realistic illustrations in those days. Even airbrushing a gradiënt in 3 pantone colours could take a few hours to do it perfect, something that is now done in seconds on the computer...
Photo-retouching was done through etching, airbrushing, painting with photo inks and gouache.
A lot of this work has now moved from traditional illustration to the computer. Some of the illustrations you will see in the portfolio would now be done by 3D artists...
Although I did dozens of illustrations over that period, I have not much left to show. Very often there were tight deadlines and the painting was rushed to the client as soon as it was dry, without even having the time to take a good picture of it.
On this page you can see examples of:
- realistic commercial illustration
- character art creation
- graphic and logo design
- product design
- packaging design
Some of the work has been done traditionally, but nowadays all is done digitally, except for early sketches which I still prefer to do with pencil and paper.
It contains also some of the artwork I did when I worked at the Trias Studio.
Choco Choco!
digital illustration
client: Mediamind bvba
Chocolate
digital illustration
client: Studio 100
Wheat
digital illustration
client: Studio 100
Minimax
digital illustration
client: Tupperware nv
Minimax
digital illustration
client: Tupperware nv
Coca-Cola Beachball
digital illustration
client: Bandwitch
Coca-Cola
digital illustration
client: Bandwitch
Fridgesmart Sticker
digital illustration
client: Tupperware nv
Clover
digital illustration
client: Mediamind bvba
Rollo Bollo marble game
character art creation and illustration
traditional illustration
client: Jumbo
Character design for babyware
digital illustration
available for licensing
Character design for babyware
digital illustration
available for licensing
Character design for babyware
digital illustration
available for licensing
Partyware
digital illustration
Partyware
digital illustration
Partyware
digital illustration
8 Ball
traditional illustration
Trias
Port
traditional illustration
Trias
Choc•o•fruits
traditional illustration
Trias
Frangipane
traditional illustration
Grapes
traditional illustration
Magazine advertisement illustration
traditional illustration
Trias
Ice-Tea
traditional illustration
Trias
Orange
traditional illustration
Safety Lights
traditional illustration
Trias
Safety Lights
traditional illustration
Trias
Safety Lights
traditional illustration
Trias
Business Software cover
traditional illustration
Logo Design
digital illustration
client: 2-Original bvba
De Paarse Peper
digital illustration
client: De Paarse Peper
V-lounge
digital illustration
client: V-lounge
HyperCover
packaging design
client: Scala Plastics
BerryGrow
packaging design & photography
client: Scala Plastics
Koperbandage
packaging design & illustration
client: 2-Original
Koperbandage
packaging design & illustration
client: 2-Original
Photo Frame
packaging design
client: 2-Original
Photo Frame
packaging design
client: 2-Original
Fluffy Cat (this is my cat!)
stationery design & photography
client: Frajodis nv
Fluffy Cat (this is my cat!)
stationery design & photography
client: Frajodis nv
Puppy Love
stationery design
client: Frajodis nv
Dolphin
stationery design
client: Frajodis nv
Dolphin
stationery design
client: Frajodis nv
Dolphin
stationery design
client: Frajodis nv
Hair Accessories
product design
client: 2-Original
Hair Accessories
product design
client: 2-Original
Hair Accessories
product design
client: 2-Original
Candico
packaging illustration
Trias
Napolitana
packaging illustration
Trias
Oyster
airbrush illustration
(image scanned from printed material, I don't have the original anymore)
Trias
Annik, my former colleague at Trias taught me the fine art of photo retouching...
You can see the airbrush painting I made of her in the "fine art" section.
