Although I have been a freelancer for many years (started in 2004, full time freelancer since 2010) this was a year of firsts. By the end of 2016 I wrote down some wishes for 2017, one of them being ‘illustrating a magazine cover’ and…
It might be hard to believe but the end of 2017 is in sight. It’s been a year where I’ve learned a lot and I would love to share my own little life lessons with you. It’s very personal so take from it whatever…
This is a DIY nativity set. Get crafty and create your own Christmas crib, or get crafty with your kids. You’ll receive 2 A4 pages per download, which you can print on your home printer. After that, cut out the figures and glue them…
What do you think of when you think of a successful person? What does success mean to you? In this blog post I will share my personal thoughts about success.…
If you’re a professional illustrator or designer, or have read one of my other posts, you know this: it’s not all just drawing and cutting and glueing. On average I spend 60-70% of my time on anything but illustrating. One of the tasks is…
We’ve all come across it one time or another: criticism. When it’s positive we can handle it fine, but when it’s negative we don’t always know how to deal with it. When I got negative comments on my work a few times in a…
Because of the internet everything seems to be free these days. It’s tricky because for your know it, you’ll be stealing someone else’s property. It’s a crime if you use an image that you randomly found on Google and use it for your blog/product/company.…
It’s been over four years already since I made a big change in my life. I am writing this because I have been making cut-out illustrations this past week and after posting it on Instagram, a friend commented with reminding me that I did…
This morning you woke up and you decided you want to be [insert dream-job]. Well, go to the shop and buy some instant-skill-pills and let’s get going! Order your new career and skills before 11 PM and get them delivered tomorrow. Uhm, right?!…
Like any freelancer I get occasionally asked (a few times per month) to work for free. In this blog post I will write about a few of my experiences as well as some experiences of other creatives.…