Veerle's blog: Veerle's art

Illustration for Espresso application startscreen

2009-04-16T12:52:45+00:00

Some of my doodles and sketches for the Espresso illustration.

My initial idea was to create an illustration around coffee and caffeine, using a dark brown background with a jute fiber structure in combination with some bright colors.

The final illustration.

Read the full story about the process behind the Espresso illustration on the Duoh! blog.

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Illustration for Devia.be

2009-03-06T16:53:07+00:00

Illustration used for the Devia website. Read about the process behind devia.be.

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Duoh! dot com illustrations

2008-11-09T14:09:34+00:00

Here are some of the illustrations I created for the Duoh! dot com website transformed into iPhone desktops. They are all downloadable further below.

All of them are available for you to download :

Desktops for the iPhone

Desktops for your electronic computer ;) (2560 x 1600 pixels)

Since this is a huge job to do all resolutions, I decided to go for the highest resolution, so you can scale it down to match your screen resolution.

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Pattern Maniac

2008-05-20T16:25:00+00:00

Lately I have a fascination of geometric patterns. This creation is based on my Moleskin pattern sketch from before.

My alternate version

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Moleskin “pattern freaky”

2008-03-29T16:38:00+00:00

These 2 pages came alive after a long period of time. Most of my Moleskin creations are created like that. They involve tens or more phases of 15 minutes of sketching time. I never have the outcome of how the page will look in my head while I sketch. It just grows in phases. For the pattern on the left, I knew after I drew the top part that I would create a whole page filled with patterns, but I had no idea what the patterns should look like. It just transformed over days. The coloring phase goes pretty fast though. Then I just want to finish it off and it also takes less time than the actual sketch. I have several pages in my Moleskin that only has a start of something, waiting for me to complete bit by bit. Whenever I have an idea to build the page up further I sketch a bit, just for 15 minutes. It's my way of having some creative fun. I love it :)

View my other Moleskin creation here on my blog or view more on sketches and drawings on Flickr.

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Geeky Dog Xmas illustration

2007-12-25T19:28:00+00:00

Trying out different situations and poses where the dog has fun in the snow:

Making a selection and creating the background scene in Illustrator:

Merry Chirstmas and a Very Happy 2008!

I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a very Happy 2008!

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Gravatastic desktop

2007-08-13T09:15:00+00:00

Learn how to create these realistic looking pins in Adobe Illustrator.

Gravatastic desktop in different resolutions

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Moleskin Geekstock

2007-06-25T12:25:00+00:00

Wasn't sure whether to publish this since I don't think this looks great or anything. Moleskins are there just to have fun doing something creative, doodling sketching, pasting etc. So that's exactly what I did here.

On the left page you see the result of me being in the wrong session at SXSWi this year. I thought it would be wise to join a session about AJAX, but it wasn't aimed to beginners or designers. I couldn't follow really and I started to doodle a bit instead. I was thinking about SXSWi, to me this is like Geekstock :) Later on I colored it like a kid would with crayons and pencils and I added tons of Letraset transfer letters.

The right page shows a collage of teared paper and some doodling on top and on the open spots. I doodle while waiting, while on the phone etc. This is the result. One confession though: I decided to go for a paper collage, because I messed up the sketch on that page.

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Beauty

2007-04-24T15:28:00+00:00

Any excuse to spend time in my favorite application is a good excuse. A girl is allowed to have some fun from time to time and then this happens, and you benefit from that :)

Download "Beauty" desktop in different resolutions:

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Geeky Dog 2nd edition

2007-03-04T19:01:01+00:00

This dog was waving its tail at me too long, and look... oh now he wants to lick me! :) I first had some fun sketching some different positions of the dog on paper while thinking about some idea.

Geeky Dog "can I lick you?" desktop in different resolutions:

This dog is not a normal or real dog. I'm trying to keep it fun here. Please don't be offended by the text, he's a dog and he likes some serious licking :P

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