Ditte Winkelman

About 1,5 years ago I was strolling around at Hit the Books in Antwerp, and among all the cool stuff I bought was a nice little zine called ‘I Am Hating This’ by Julia Pott. I’ve been a huge fan of her drawings ever since, I love the way she uses her pens and pencils and the little stories that seem to be in her illustrations.

On top of the wonderful drawing, Julia also is an animator. Here is my favorite film by her, a story about first crushes.

You can check out her website through the link above, read her blog here, or visit her Etsy shop to buy yourself some pretty cool stuff!

I am not a huge fan of webcomics. But recently I stumbled upon the Abominable Charles Christopher by Karl Kerschl, and I was completely blown away!
The story is exquisitely drawn, and isn’t so much of a comic as more of a graphic novel in short episodes. It has an epic feel to it, and rapidly exchanges funny scenes with heartbreaking storylines.
I also like it very much because it reminds me of Miyazaki movies and some of the books I liked to read in my childhood.

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The first page of the story is right here. Give it a try, you won’t be sorry you did.

In this part of the site I want to post about.. you guessed it: things I like! In here this will however mostly refer to other artists whose work I love, and not to things like: hot cocoa, hiking through the forest, or the color green.

I hope you guys like whatever I like as well, enjoy!

This is a free work for the Sanumaya expo at the Bootleg DJ café this month. It’s a benefit sale, and all proceeds will go to the Karuna school in Nepal.

If you are interested in buying and/or want to help out the kids in Nepal, you can make a bid on the work (or any other) at the expo website. Bidding ends on december 4th.

Probably not But it was big!

Twenty artists created the cover for the 10 year anniversary edition of Publish magazine. Zeptonn organised and directed it all.

Here is (part of..) my part, and a little detail of the illustration:

Find the whole cover in the Work section or go directly to the post!

Participants:
Carrie & Stephan
Eva Lindeman
Farb
Leendert Masselink
Lennard Schuurmans
LouLou & Tummie
MAKI
Mark Verhaagen
Nick Deakin
Sauerkids
Skaffa
Tan Nuyen
Zeptonn
and me ofcourse.

You can see the whole process at the Publish site.

I think I fabricated a nice little pattern for the site’s background:

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Free work for a beneficial sale at the Sanumaya expo.

A collaboration of 20 artists, for the 10 year anniversary of Publish magazine.
The whole process of the work can be seen here.

Christmas card design for Hema.
(my preferred design differs a little from the design they eventually went for,
I chose to display the original versions here)

I made them almost a year ago, but had to keep them a secret until now. But the year has passed, and my cards hit the stores! You can buy them in sets of ten at a Hema store near you.

You can view the original designs in my Work section. To be specific, the designs for the first set are here, and for the second here. I preferred my original color-schemes and typography for the second set, so these are what I am showing on top of the printed cards. Merry christmas!