How long have you been drawing? When I was four years old I was already drawing steam boats on the new living room chairs. I always enjoyed drawing but I don't think I drew more than other children. When did you realize that you wanted to become an illustrator? When I was 20 years old. Have you studied formally? What? LOI courses in illustration. And I read all sorts of books about drawing, art, design etc. Also I make drawing- and idea books in which I do a lot of sketching. Every so often I evaluate my ideas and development. I have now started with book number 29. Who are your clients and how did they find you? I get most of my work by word of mouth and through my website. How do you start a job and where do you seek inspiration? I talk things through in detail with the client to learn exactly what he or she wants. Then I make a number of rough sketches. As soon as I have final approval, I make the final artwork. I am inspired by all sorts of things, usually an idea manifests itself spontaneously in my head.		In what media do you prefer to work? Pen and ink and the computer (Photoshop, illustrator) When is a drawing finished? When I have finished the final artwork and both myself and the client are satisfied. What work have you been most satisfied with? At this moment I am most satisfied with the web site I made: www.tinker-bell.nl. Generally speaking I am not completely satisfied with anything, but if I am, it is usually the last thing that I have made. What kind of project would you still like to tackle? Illustrations for educational material, children's books, great web sites and much more.
		sources of inspiration: I get inspired by many things, too many to name. For example, Escher inspired me to start drawing seriously. I love Michael Sowa's nicely painted humor, Lorenzo Mattoti for his use of color and strange stories and Francois Chalet for his simple humor. 1] Escher 2] Sowa 3] Mattotti 4] Chalet portrait: selfportrait