The past several months have been leaner than usual. I set up a Ko-Fi account, etc. but it's difficult for me to share that. I'd rather people get prints but I understand too well the $$ issue there. That was what led me do something small specifically for mobile wallpaper - a win-win if you like this, you can get something and support what I do.
More of my rainbow mermaids for #mermay
2 out of 6.
The orange mermaid.
Inspired by koi fish.
They are very friendly and social beings. Their fangs are for devouring smaller fish and aquatic greens.
Always spotted in groups exploring their surroundings.
Remember at the beginning of June, the whole set will be available as prints from my Etsy:
Etsy.com/shop/larsmerch
My brother told me once that if you're capable of creating new things, you have a moral obligation to do so. That not everyone had the time/skills/resources to create, and the world needed your creations. It needed you to create them.
The context was writing stories, but it was the first time I'd ever heard a moral defense of art.
I think about that moment a lot. It happened 14 years ago, it set me on the path I'm still on today, and it only gets more true.
From the mid-2000s to the mid-2010s, I was a daily and weekly news cartoonist for the Dutch NU.nl site and the Dutch NRC(.next) newspaper.
I chose 3D graphics as the medium, because it was novel for news cartoons, and it allowed me to build a library of reusable characters, props and decors.
Back then I worked with 3ds Max, and rendered with V-Ray.
I'm not sure if this is my birthday or Christmas gift to myself, but I decided to splurge on a large canvas print of my own work which landed on my doorstep today.
3D illustration for a 2006 issue of the Dutch ComputerTotaal magazine, about parental supervision regarding MSN Messenger, which was a popular messaging application at the time.
I made the characters in the style of the MSN icons.