tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-197002502024-03-19T12:30:50.363+01:00DRAWING DONE HARDFrederik Jurkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07169551796458692670noreply@blogger.comBlogger244125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19700250.post-16586298157636652462010-09-16T19:45:00.000+02:002010-09-16T19:45:41.608+02:00This blog is extremely old by now<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhISvmkIAsym9tysZrquOhg0SOKbzREDBSGe68m8frEP1Z1d5Ywn1Ps35cnp9HCuwAip1yE7zDjSp96vteGGpbYwAjO2nZIqiQdpjVyKn1WF8TazCvsGZBcvUFUQ2eu7tOLud-6/s1600/Friends+by+Frederik+Jurk.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhISvmkIAsym9tysZrquOhg0SOKbzREDBSGe68m8frEP1Z1d5Ywn1Ps35cnp9HCuwAip1yE7zDjSp96vteGGpbYwAjO2nZIqiQdpjVyKn1WF8TazCvsGZBcvUFUQ2eu7tOLud-6/s400/Friends+by+Frederik+Jurk.jpg" width="290" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Hey there! What you´re looking at is my old</div><div style="text-align: center;">blog. Feel free to flip through it, but I just wanted</div><div style="text-align: center;">to let you know that this is where I put my</div><div style="text-align: center;">new stuff nowadays:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/frederikjurk/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/frederikjurk/</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">and also cross-posting here once in a while:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://frederikjurk.tumblr.com/">http://frederikjurk.tumblr.com/</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">and here is my "proper" domain, which</div><div style="text-align: center;">will most likely be finished somewhere around</div><div style="text-align: center;">2025:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.frederik-jurk.de/">http://www.frederik-jurk.de/</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thanks for visiting, enjoy! ♥</div>Frederik Jurkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07169551796458692670noreply@blogger.com43tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19700250.post-70157476410676051792008-12-04T00:14:00.007+01:002008-12-04T00:31:50.679+01:00Drawing fiercely, posting slowly<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqbWQJ6JOZchHxrEVIpq8aCLZUi6Q0ltHjT1UjktNNCDRcoAp9JVAIqZVzkjLbh_IseuekZkq9f6YCC64LI9_n-mBJl-Lphh3vM1bJjhyphenhyphenSHllByC5SNyTrMJvEZTHJNWCLvo-U/s1600-h/russian_by_frederik_jurk.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 283px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqbWQJ6JOZchHxrEVIpq8aCLZUi6Q0ltHjT1UjktNNCDRcoAp9JVAIqZVzkjLbh_IseuekZkq9f6YCC64LI9_n-mBJl-Lphh3vM1bJjhyphenhyphenSHllByC5SNyTrMJvEZTHJNWCLvo-U/s400/russian_by_frederik_jurk.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275707420152856034" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Actually, that´s not a lie!<br /><br />I´ve been busy with some "real life stuff"<br />(because blogging takes place in the internet<br />and therefore is part of a digital cyberverse<br />blogosphere cloud computing dreamland and doesn´t<br />count as "actually doing stuff"), building our<br />Poste Aérienne blog (link at the top right!)<br />and drawing submissions and posters<br />for various projects.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfQDOB9tEErSwHBMnwtsU8kMoSv07v8jDyhgS-hFzNDGeDMdoTAWHCzqKyJ5zH7vdVB2ndqm9BkMNFaDgaluE8dkLP_KoHeHRDNdB_ehZq7U55G4pQ3a9IIw5t6t6bT8ne6U0P/s1600-h/diplomfeier_by_frederik_jurk.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 283px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfQDOB9tEErSwHBMnwtsU8kMoSv07v8jDyhgS-hFzNDGeDMdoTAWHCzqKyJ5zH7vdVB2ndqm9BkMNFaDgaluE8dkLP_KoHeHRDNdB_ehZq7U55G4pQ3a9IIw5t6t6bT8ne6U0P/s400/diplomfeier_by_frederik_jurk.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275707338041194658" border="0" /></a><br />So right now I have my own website,<br />this blog, our groups blog, and a Flickr<br />account, all of which is quite a task to keep<br />updated simultaneously.<br /><br />As you can tell it doesn´t<br />work that well.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIwAVK-X4zqFaFuWtsiIzcJsz-nuyr-jycz1W5pefBk_4gz1NEnYt1ZdfgL2iGEOyXsb-G9P_nDwTWbjsykjE3Ob0SHMLvzLDKluJM83knijkVEa4i4UaqkrGdoG7Pb6ROVpyA/s1600-h/ente_by_frederik_jurk.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 283px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIwAVK-X4zqFaFuWtsiIzcJsz-nuyr-jycz1W5pefBk_4gz1NEnYt1ZdfgL2iGEOyXsb-G9P_nDwTWbjsykjE3Ob0SHMLvzLDKluJM83knijkVEa4i4UaqkrGdoG7Pb6ROVpyA/s400/ente_by_frederik_jurk.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275707229755859538" border="0" /></a>So yeah, this is some stuff I made.<br />I swore myself that I wouldn´t point people<br />to my Flickr account or our Poste Aérienne<br />blog, but nevertheless this is exactly what<br />I´m doing. I don´t really think copy/pasting<br />the same text on all three sites is very<br />entertaining to read, so I think that this will be my<br />intimate snotty homebase, and try to be more<br />professional on the other sites.<br /><br />In other news, I bought Matcha green tea powder<br />to make green tea icecream with. It´s one of the<br />most interesting sweets I´ve ever eaten, and this<br />is one of the rare cases where I really am ambitious<br />enough to actually go ahead an try to do it<br />from scratch. It´s that delicious!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Frederik Jurkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07169551796458692670noreply@blogger.com62tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19700250.post-8711004640888387802008-10-31T01:23:00.005+01:002008-11-01T01:34:42.961+01:00IF: Repair<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQXBYgc6bj_TzAVA1yWJoJT3G4PJ3Sq1t3Y3xUiUyGXCwR_yKICBw0cYVi1PhxS7TrvaVIyZdHyLDH9-IWGT1W4ZCQS8_FTVen-Axs3_rt0zq-ahugyFAO1VDoxoqgMIy3sTuh/s1600-h/jurk.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 170px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQXBYgc6bj_TzAVA1yWJoJT3G4PJ3Sq1t3Y3xUiUyGXCwR_yKICBw0cYVi1PhxS7TrvaVIyZdHyLDH9-IWGT1W4ZCQS8_FTVen-Axs3_rt0zq-ahugyFAO1VDoxoqgMIy3sTuh/s400/jurk.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263107377347065874" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >click to enlarge</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">. Trust me, it looks shitty that small.</span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />The winged monkey is beating up poor<br />Tin Woodman. Who´s going to repair<br />him afterwards?<br />---<br />This is also the submission for the recent contest<br />"Biester im Film" (Beasts in movies) that the new german<br />illustration magazine <a href="http://www.jitter-magazin.de/">Jitter</a> is holding. I was browsing<br />the net to get some other ideas than the obvious<br />Godzilla, Yeti, Dracula and whatnot, and stumbled<br />upon the winged monkeys from The Wizard Of Oz.<br />Man, what a cool concept - flying monkeys.<br />I mean, monkeys are already awesome<br />enough as it is.<br /><br />What´s next?<br />A T-Rex in a F-16 jet?<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Free imaginary cookie if you<br />catch this reference!)</span><br /></div>Frederik Jurkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07169551796458692670noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19700250.post-89394500358200259052008-10-10T19:57:00.003+02:002008-10-10T19:59:47.468+02:00Visit us!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglvfcQbHjUcjgXRwGbLJGFjS1mPIbDohLfK9yGYdSbFXXdIoEsk1cR5SoAozKW_GFA7Uo2Yv4S7KrcPGswjVTFB6l0mHD7g2CuSrzKSoeSJPRBRNrxFcG0iOy33t2cvyYslts0/s1600-h/plan1.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglvfcQbHjUcjgXRwGbLJGFjS1mPIbDohLfK9yGYdSbFXXdIoEsk1cR5SoAozKW_GFA7Uo2Yv4S7KrcPGswjVTFB6l0mHD7g2CuSrzKSoeSJPRBRNrxFcG0iOy33t2cvyYslts0/s400/plan1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255585912282608162" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">If you´re at the Frankfurt book fair,<br />why don´t you drop by and buy a<br />little truckload of our stuff?<br />Inside sources told me that you´ll<br />get a discount if you buy all 5<br />Poste Aérienne books. AND you´ll<br />be able to score my new postcard<br />and my fancy business card!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2xNxouxcJarlgdj0KQAcF2y32FLIEQ6ViEhQA_2ASe5RZ3tbI4wisdMYdTIWuC8FlMmymnLx5dJkKssY0Oj2zunW2eQh64ZgCj0_wuvPiLxIhzfFb42QsFgIUl0JjWSy9eokx/s1600-h/plan2.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2xNxouxcJarlgdj0KQAcF2y32FLIEQ6ViEhQA_2ASe5RZ3tbI4wisdMYdTIWuC8FlMmymnLx5dJkKssY0Oj2zunW2eQh64ZgCj0_wuvPiLxIhzfFb42QsFgIUl0JjWSy9eokx/s400/plan2.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255586456477913186" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div>Frederik Jurkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07169551796458692670noreply@blogger.com103tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19700250.post-77409660623723310702008-10-09T11:08:00.005+02:002008-10-09T18:00:05.566+02:00Poste Aérienne Flyer<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxq1J1hsWoB6-ZDYyCJLssf1fpFNCtzbltOayeNrkLcXlW4vz6PX_Y-s7qj83z0zv1Yo-KNK98gqPNBZVqOZANPMwaF2-Vnd8YWKw-3BYUJcgBGB428UKAwsVNK_8ASFMZX72v/s1600-h/flyer.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxq1J1hsWoB6-ZDYyCJLssf1fpFNCtzbltOayeNrkLcXlW4vz6PX_Y-s7qj83z0zv1Yo-KNK98gqPNBZVqOZANPMwaF2-Vnd8YWKw-3BYUJcgBGB428UKAwsVNK_8ASFMZX72v/s400/flyer.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255079058696246722" border="0" /></a><br />You can see my stuff in four seperate spots here.<br />Can you find them all?<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Frederik Jurkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07169551796458692670noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19700250.post-13142974795872889132008-10-09T10:11:00.009+02:002008-10-09T10:27:56.260+02:00What I´ve been up to<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9q5yBa3i82S5rHcQ47hKxk1_4z25JWRxyoOhgJUSAkQg7ednnwCXd-bksBNOs-MvkjwWeDmrD95P0oO-qJdnqun3xkLv6peewtMhq5hyphenhyphenivUunGK0Eql37IEO-4qCT2tm82z2h/s1600-h/robofuchs.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9q5yBa3i82S5rHcQ47hKxk1_4z25JWRxyoOhgJUSAkQg7ednnwCXd-bksBNOs-MvkjwWeDmrD95P0oO-qJdnqun3xkLv6peewtMhq5hyphenhyphenivUunGK0Eql37IEO-4qCT2tm82z2h/s400/robofuchs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255063998889563378" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Quite a few people remarked that they<br />miss my blog entries, and to be quite honest I<br />started to miss them myself. So I will keep both<br />the Blog and my Flickr account up to date at roughly<br />the same time; maybe use Flickr for smaller stuff and<br />the blog for the "big" new illustrations.<br /><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBviW4HNjckPhvrP_RfHPiXZSyQ6vQxJ_j2ln8Re92bw3-fluaR4_uJAnDXIY7exlSVpneLc4-NOeMZ6OQSAH-78nySEzUVAflscXobTxriG2SrCegld8mKSwtjL6WAgmhoSma/s1600-h/robofuchshinten.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBviW4HNjckPhvrP_RfHPiXZSyQ6vQxJ_j2ln8Re92bw3-fluaR4_uJAnDXIY7exlSVpneLc4-NOeMZ6OQSAH-78nySEzUVAflscXobTxriG2SrCegld8mKSwtjL6WAgmhoSma/s400/robofuchshinten.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255064130033419218" border="0" /></a><br />These two pictures are the front and the<br />back of the promo postcard I´m going to<br />sell at the Frankfurt book fair, along with my<br />book. I´m going to be there all five days<br />along with <a href="http://www.boris-servais.com/Deutsch/zeichnungen.php">Boris</a>, and I´m wondering<br />what it´s going to be like.<br /><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiggdmSuCFPkCm5vSvH0hiCyB0te46kVOEe98GBSoWR2rCUrsSbDMs2qEAIVxg1HJyK-3LvUcsZZRComRpOE4Ax0rrkNKe1oJWNAlTlI-0shmPm2MvaMhouV-a5kzno8ji7riJb/s1600-h/motor.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiggdmSuCFPkCm5vSvH0hiCyB0te46kVOEe98GBSoWR2rCUrsSbDMs2qEAIVxg1HJyK-3LvUcsZZRComRpOE4Ax0rrkNKe1oJWNAlTlI-0shmPm2MvaMhouV-a5kzno8ji7riJb/s400/motor.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255065947960132162" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The original drawing for my books cover.<br />Unlike the inside, this has an added blue color, and<br />I used black color pencil for this soft look. I had to<br />make a few cosmetic changes in order to fit in<br />with the typography, though. I´ll post some<br />pictures when I´ve got my hands on the complete<br />book. I really, really wonder how it will feel to<br />finally hold it in my hands completely finished<br />after all these weeks I´ve worked on it, and the rather<br />big gap between working on the last picture and<br />the finished book.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0fRiL25gS8xdByPgke4wiwsUC8iPxDktez_fs1K73MMrIb-Kl5-9kQAY9hFwaEsf0KXLhO6w6NJtsbAZkNQK0tdsPU-eorrswhamz4EciXHcYMe21SA9ynpwZn1TwzVXBFhQi/s1600-h/2859616407_afae2d09f6_o.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0fRiL25gS8xdByPgke4wiwsUC8iPxDktez_fs1K73MMrIb-Kl5-9kQAY9hFwaEsf0KXLhO6w6NJtsbAZkNQK0tdsPU-eorrswhamz4EciXHcYMe21SA9ynpwZn1TwzVXBFhQi/s400/2859616407_afae2d09f6_o.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255066761132829538" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I also finished the "Anansi" illustrations but<br />didn´t get into the Figures Futures contest<br />catalogue. What´s a bit annoying is that you never<br />know how things went when you don´t get<br />anywhere in such a contest - did I get thrown<br />out at the first round? Did I ALMOST get in there?<br />What did the jury think of it? It´s really a weird<br />feeling not getting any feedback. But anyways,<br />I´m left with two illustrations I´m pretty satisfied<br />with, so there ;)<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKLraGDqIxJx8i52kpAca80owq3YcIRPC4k1CQNabHNMFRjkt-qzOyZhugTIdlVoLzLyDOXK60AOaddgdWSnM0uA1MxlTzfUiVal4PKc8fGGv4Gal5a3WL5sVBYEzxYXG5dyP5/s1600-h/2860442714_0c8b5c41b5_o.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKLraGDqIxJx8i52kpAca80owq3YcIRPC4k1CQNabHNMFRjkt-qzOyZhugTIdlVoLzLyDOXK60AOaddgdWSnM0uA1MxlTzfUiVal4PKc8fGGv4Gal5a3WL5sVBYEzxYXG5dyP5/s400/2860442714_0c8b5c41b5_o.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255067430161254082" border="0" /></a><br />...and finally another illo from<br />my book, this is the inside of the cover -<br />fictional sponsors for a fictional race.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXvts22oobo-yiG3HO-9EJ7mj74jDWHEZAhdOiWOurhmjuz1-dq7uM6tu-QSz5CA7Y4dETHG3Tch5n0Z8x2qkowmFBmdRL4ejCpLOh15CoZnwcadRtKI5dgoJBAx8qAajP6wtG/s1600-h/2800628922_8e8ba14fd8_o.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXvts22oobo-yiG3HO-9EJ7mj74jDWHEZAhdOiWOurhmjuz1-dq7uM6tu-QSz5CA7Y4dETHG3Tch5n0Z8x2qkowmFBmdRL4ejCpLOh15CoZnwcadRtKI5dgoJBAx8qAajP6wtG/s400/2800628922_8e8ba14fd8_o.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255067644755266258" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /></div>Frederik Jurkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07169551796458692670noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19700250.post-77430759620970024372008-08-20T19:17:00.003+02:002008-08-20T19:22:06.096+02:00IF: Detach (2)<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-kAgcHmd5jN7ivN5zhyphenhyphenH6dUyiETGwwAk3_Vt2tAKWgC1P_jX4J9n5LKn2rCm96u0l0T98eIX5J_QLsXK_hkdG42F0PzbX6D-_gQvf9wIuAYUkKvbuEAbOLvOa2aKuaqde_U7Y/s1600-h/anansi_zwei.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-kAgcHmd5jN7ivN5zhyphenhyphenH6dUyiETGwwAk3_Vt2tAKWgC1P_jX4J9n5LKn2rCm96u0l0T98eIX5J_QLsXK_hkdG42F0PzbX6D-_gQvf9wIuAYUkKvbuEAbOLvOa2aKuaqde_U7Y/s400/anansi_zwei.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236650353389103426" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />click to enlarge</span><br /><br />"Anansi detaches the wisdom he<br />collected."<br /><br />This is an illustration of an african folkore<br />figure, Anansi the Spider. In this particular<br />story he collects the wisdom of the world in<br />a calabash (a container), then tries to hide<br />it on top of a large tree. He binds the<br />calabash to his stomach, but he keeps getting<br />stuck in the tree. When his son points out<br />that he needs to put the calabash on<br />his back to get to the top, he realizes<br />that the wisdom he collected did not<br />make him wise, so he releases the wisdom<br />back into the world.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />You can see older versions of this<br />one on my Flickr account if you like<br />(link to the right). Hope y0u like it ;)<br /></div>Frederik Jurkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07169551796458692670noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19700250.post-6512008594525052442008-08-16T01:59:00.005+02:002008-08-16T02:19:39.361+02:00IF: Detach<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDDEL5v4UepFR-MjlgNCplfUpvUVZnPwshmOBnXwJqyCLkkxqi_LSCIif9gr6JvR0wkcxii7ng7ChAVc_htYl-V_oj9jkWcPLnSP5RCdlV0lWGJCFTG8hFqqyeBvl1_UCAQkwr/s1600-h/hempel.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDDEL5v4UepFR-MjlgNCplfUpvUVZnPwshmOBnXwJqyCLkkxqi_LSCIif9gr6JvR0wkcxii7ng7ChAVc_htYl-V_oj9jkWcPLnSP5RCdlV0lWGJCFTG8hFqqyeBvl1_UCAQkwr/s400/hempel.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234898706974679234" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">click to enlarge</span><br /><br />"Plane detached! Mission to sun commencing!"<br /><br />This is inspired a lot by the works of<br />Martin Tom Dieck and Markus Huber. This is<br />my usual Uniball Eye finelines, but the grey<br />shades are made with a Faber Castell<br />Polychromos black color pen.<br />I like the more chunky and slightly<br />metallic feel it gives the drawing.<br /><a href="http://frederikjurk.blogspot.com/2006/11/weird-sheep.html">(I used a slighty similar ink<br />wash technique some time ago.</a>)<br /><br />Hope you like it ;)<br /><br />Oh, and from now on I´ll posting<br />mostly <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27834891@N02/">on Flickr</a> since it´s a lot easier and<br />more comfortable for viewers. I´ll keep posting<br />my IF submissions here, though.<br /></div>Frederik Jurkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07169551796458692670noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19700250.post-68398718739604484172008-07-22T02:48:00.004+02:002008-12-11T15:52:26.065+01:00IF: Enough<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh24MmIEaq06A4nWQTJIgscxndVpqg36SuPLdvanwEjoi0QglwdvQcSqtWDoMuc1IPu_Nc3l2SwMnM03RJK9WVerQEOQXg1-gCfQB-i087zebI1xCFUxcircoKeh3sQUcr9E5e/s1600-h/enough_frederik_jurk.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh24MmIEaq06A4nWQTJIgscxndVpqg36SuPLdvanwEjoi0QglwdvQcSqtWDoMuc1IPu_Nc3l2SwMnM03RJK9WVerQEOQXg1-gCfQB-i087zebI1xCFUxcircoKeh3sQUcr9E5e/s400/enough_frederik_jurk.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5225644269380366290" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Please click to enlarge</span><br /><br />"Enough of that terrible noise!"<br /><br />---<br /><br />Also:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27834891@N02/">I´m on Flickr now!</a><br /><br /></div>Frederik Jurkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07169551796458692670noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19700250.post-60456144587910865622008-06-29T22:47:00.014+02:002008-12-11T15:52:27.242+01:00IF: Fierce<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_RHRqEi7gUW2vmBX5-kj1Tfe3kmx9HuxcgfI74KB2CF2jGyMFxJahpflSO6DsyVFTWesBc1moxP738I6OCv6jof8EMSh9aB8QhUAlEXhjDIoxf89sY1CYIDhvmCJlZO-5HYGB/s1600-h/plakat-buchillu08.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_RHRqEi7gUW2vmBX5-kj1Tfe3kmx9HuxcgfI74KB2CF2jGyMFxJahpflSO6DsyVFTWesBc1moxP738I6OCv6jof8EMSh9aB8QhUAlEXhjDIoxf89sY1CYIDhvmCJlZO-5HYGB/s400/plakat-buchillu08.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217408205870937826" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">click for large version</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">(Please do, it looks pretty crummy in</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">such a miniscule resolution...)</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Drawing fiercely! Too bad one of<br />the light bulbs is broken...<br /><br />My schools annual exhibition is approaching,<br />and I´ve been asked to make one of the posters<br />for our classes rooms. I did this one in a larger<br />format than usual, and it shows in how much more<br />detail than usual I crammed in there. And somehow drawing<br />animals heads is much more fun than human faces to me...<br />I think I find the shapes involved more interesting.<br /><br />I also did some work-in-progress shots<br />of it, to give you a little peek into<br />my work routine (Haha, "routine"...)<br />(You can enlarge each of these as well.)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdZJD4GAVdBuUXmFezBN2xd3WUP7bdRseNdjHNHbY6s5OlRjiltE_3ljY_F-U6jDymkwAfR4eIPZrN7CJ7FwK-QRcOMp8PrV8sMrZgxXMal0p5D_42gdI08xknJFsoxQASlNXF/s1600-h/1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdZJD4GAVdBuUXmFezBN2xd3WUP7bdRseNdjHNHbY6s5OlRjiltE_3ljY_F-U6jDymkwAfR4eIPZrN7CJ7FwK-QRcOMp8PrV8sMrZgxXMal0p5D_42gdI08xknJFsoxQASlNXF/s400/1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217412154524671682" border="0" /></a><br />I actually did the head first the day before.<br />I usually do the heads and faces on a separate sheet<br />and then cut-and-paste them.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv5I4Eqj0_C2U6h7yvgO1ZdM3kDwqvamU5txF3a1rScj9f-LadRhDja7x1N3E0MSpkjrYR0iKvvfZcJy5gDjFB37-4Cuziw7aBVOBEWUY796kIr7L7eLG2dWrLQQr7DyuuuvhX/s1600-h/2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv5I4Eqj0_C2U6h7yvgO1ZdM3kDwqvamU5txF3a1rScj9f-LadRhDja7x1N3E0MSpkjrYR0iKvvfZcJy5gDjFB37-4Cuziw7aBVOBEWUY796kIr7L7eLG2dWrLQQr7DyuuuvhX/s400/2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217412352563191442" border="0" /></a><br />I did this piece on two seperate sheets<br />because it´s easier to scan it this way.<br />There is also very little penciling involved,<br />just a few vague orientation lines.<br />This way I stay more flexible and<br />I improvise A LOT to keep things<br />exciting, and also because I am lazy.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY7wwowYr_iG8Q3S2tbwbET_zEkdwxrztdoZoORnsZkVT8mg7LgjWXss9y7hgeLbu_lTjet0t5Y3NSo5VgfVdcCgXlHPKjQz0np4AiLqBihF7Gt5zcwcm5FlOLYCtavdS6LLoY/s1600-h/3.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY7wwowYr_iG8Q3S2tbwbET_zEkdwxrztdoZoORnsZkVT8mg7LgjWXss9y7hgeLbu_lTjet0t5Y3NSo5VgfVdcCgXlHPKjQz0np4AiLqBihF7Gt5zcwcm5FlOLYCtavdS6LLoY/s400/3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217412620172375650" border="0" /></a><br />Skribble, skribble, doodle, doodle.<br />This is my favourite part because<br />at this point I usually can see whether or not<br />it´s going to be any good, and I can lose<br />myself in the details. Very relaxing.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdAD65Kz82cLVcRQSLADbHRf9tD8Pd5f-Wu4MnFTkArD8SDXmNHL31fFHGvASRJgnaXACdu1WUfPeoWHtwx8-02zgY3afRmFGq8Dalf2Ybq-hnVvftPMlLjMDfK_ZIcT-6i6cn/s1600-h/4.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdAD65Kz82cLVcRQSLADbHRf9tD8Pd5f-Wu4MnFTkArD8SDXmNHL31fFHGvASRJgnaXACdu1WUfPeoWHtwx8-02zgY3afRmFGq8Dalf2Ybq-hnVvftPMlLjMDfK_ZIcT-6i6cn/s400/4.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217412845224341298" border="0" /></a><br />Here you can see White-Out (called Tipp-Ex in Germany, though<br />in this case it´s actually a Pentel correction pen, very handy!)<br />and the cut-and-paste marks. Things can get pretty messy<br />after some time because I started to cut and paste<br />a lot more ever since I make more complex drawings.<br /><br />After I finished drawing by hand I scan it all<br />in, clean it up in GIMP (a free Photoshop clone, I can´t<br />be bothered to spend truckloads of money for software<br />I just use for basic coloring and editing), add some<br />simple color and draw in the white parts,<br />the letters in this case. A very efficient and<br />timesaving work routine; I did this piece in half<br />day while catching up with the Euro cup soccer final on<br />the radio. Getting a proper idea, however, takes<br />a lot more time, and I guess I got lucky in this case ;)<br /><br />Hope you enjoyed my little tour!<br /><br /></div>Frederik Jurkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07169551796458692670noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19700250.post-33457299051256493792008-06-14T23:05:00.005+02:002008-12-11T15:52:27.545+01:00IF: Punchline<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6N7sXM47jymczHZSkPimjHHAJcskNK8Vo6hWVv79pNWwiXVaUlwqTf-LspMuUw4cmNjX1C7_4auSSyeZRGpJBRS6n4vxMTilq3lBiEGUvWrBtZ333m04BQiNFWrY46IkaJq2d/s1600-h/dog1_frederik_jurk.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6N7sXM47jymczHZSkPimjHHAJcskNK8Vo6hWVv79pNWwiXVaUlwqTf-LspMuUw4cmNjX1C7_4auSSyeZRGpJBRS6n4vxMTilq3lBiEGUvWrBtZ333m04BQiNFWrY46IkaJq2d/s400/dog1_frederik_jurk.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5211846887411847794" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">click each to enlarge. Please, I encourage you.</span></span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">Punchline, eh? Here´s my punchline for this<br />weeks Illustration Friday:<br /><br />"Who let the dogs out?"<br /></span><br />And what dogs they are.<br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXpcZsXmMzzuQxmuHFtSGVuZqbOQTz7AfLnspOGDcdNArnUU9hUHTEZ2e7kjtL6AiQDSRQP-v_UHXMkAvMC5-qIeuy3r4vC1f79rcEqg7NJ3Y4ot_gwmHEIDtodOffWa5Mt-z4/s1600-h/dog2_frederik_jurk.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXpcZsXmMzzuQxmuHFtSGVuZqbOQTz7AfLnspOGDcdNArnUU9hUHTEZ2e7kjtL6AiQDSRQP-v_UHXMkAvMC5-qIeuy3r4vC1f79rcEqg7NJ3Y4ot_gwmHEIDtodOffWa5Mt-z4/s400/dog2_frederik_jurk.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5211846680394022546" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I like the first one better, but overall<br />all these black elements were a lot of<br />fun to do. I tend to do a lot of scribbling<br />and adding details, so putting in more<br />solid black parts adds to the overall<br />contrast. I only did that once before,<br /><a href="http://frederikjurk.blogspot.com/2008/03/if-leap.html">here.</a><br /><br />I´m thinking of picking up regular<br />posting again from now on, the deadline<br />for my book project is somewhere end<br />of July or August, so I have still<br />a lot of time to finish that AND draw<br />some other things on the side. I just<br />needed to do something with a little<br />color again. Hope you like it.<br /><br /></div>Frederik Jurkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07169551796458692670noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19700250.post-64891663165611224452008-05-27T18:26:00.004+02:002008-12-11T15:52:27.716+01:00Instant gratification<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUlfVO0EBImQD-0GieG7R4JpqYq0N738W2vGy4TC-zwjAUolDYDgjX84BLwP0dmwcsm6bxYZJDt4sZf4zQNtJGUyYPWKoDDjWmfH_x2rOXBX_sMfieXVPPYyBotRLhr8xy0ndO/s1600-h/paradies.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUlfVO0EBImQD-0GieG7R4JpqYq0N738W2vGy4TC-zwjAUolDYDgjX84BLwP0dmwcsm6bxYZJDt4sZf4zQNtJGUyYPWKoDDjWmfH_x2rOXBX_sMfieXVPPYyBotRLhr8xy0ndO/s400/paradies.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205095273686879186" border="0" /></a><br />A little illustration I did for the creative<br />writing class project long-term readers might remember.<br />It´s going to be made into an audiobook, and there<br />were some texts without illustrations. The one I<br />received was about a man writing his wife<br />about live in Paradise, and the part that<br />stuck most in my head was that everybody<br />has a little button on his or her nose, that upon<br />pushing creates a wonderful orgasm.<br /><br />So, yeah, this is what you see.<br />The rest of the text is pretty earnest,<br />but really, you can´t have something like<br />an orgasm trigger on YOUR NOSE in a text<br /> and NOT illustrate that, right?<br /><br />By the way, the book is progressing pretty<br />well, I´ll see if I post some more samples<br />later on. Until then, posts here continue<br />to trickle rather than flow ;)<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Frederik Jurkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07169551796458692670noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19700250.post-39108488443571481072008-05-11T01:33:00.005+02:002008-12-11T15:52:28.186+01:00IF: Electricity // WIP<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEhZ3OZFF76HSFhFFqBHj7HBJMkjgFi4-LR7xnXeHl6sktQ1vEj6KYgxrIaPds1kL1lF7L84Aii8H5Uk7bK8TzD3SlSL8xBAMd0FOck67CmEGhYmEbFNcn5_lgOvoOAnnNuGad/s1600-h/wheel.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEhZ3OZFF76HSFhFFqBHj7HBJMkjgFi4-LR7xnXeHl6sktQ1vEj6KYgxrIaPds1kL1lF7L84Aii8H5Uk7bK8TzD3SlSL8xBAMd0FOck67CmEGhYmEbFNcn5_lgOvoOAnnNuGad/s400/wheel.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5198896789698144978" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">click to enlarge! </span><br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Hi-tech racing steering wheel,<br />consuming tons of electricity.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvjRvWxr-8AObadA3ApsmAQJ1JardZ3IVgV0dQUhfx6pE4b9vHL0Dt8u1hlfapc5YXyxLeHDXeEAt00Mwh-jjnu6-SE6tmYzlmMG7sEwhPN6E-jeyb-HQNjrnDc-XCCMvkiiaV/s1600-h/driver.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvjRvWxr-8AObadA3ApsmAQJ1JardZ3IVgV0dQUhfx6pE4b9vHL0Dt8u1hlfapc5YXyxLeHDXeEAt00Mwh-jjnu6-SE6tmYzlmMG7sEwhPN6E-jeyb-HQNjrnDc-XCCMvkiiaV/s400/driver.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5198898469030357746" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Guess what? This one will enlarge upon</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">clicking it, too!</span><br /><br /><br />I promised myself to not post any new<br />pieces from my upcoming book, but I thought<br />I could at least show some updated material.<br />(These engines below are new, actually, but I<br />just couldn´t resist.)<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSQlVU2lPNldbETO_IOEm5PFUsDmBdQlcUDIT6DD-S4UjXN2muUBIiYeSc_254tQt_BqLV9FLwzitePkGpSsYjidF7l_-ViEJsEPaM5i8cOglZmmDv2rTYVv2YXGgUyo5DEzUs/s1600-h/engines.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSQlVU2lPNldbETO_IOEm5PFUsDmBdQlcUDIT6DD-S4UjXN2muUBIiYeSc_254tQt_BqLV9FLwzitePkGpSsYjidF7l_-ViEJsEPaM5i8cOglZmmDv2rTYVv2YXGgUyo5DEzUs/s400/engines.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5198898146907810530" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Click this image for free health insurance!</span>*<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">(*Does not have to be true)</span><br /><br /><br />So after I noticed that the most recent<br />pieces had a lot more black parts in them and<br />were much tighter in general, I decided to do<br />something I NEVER did before: Modifying drawings<br />that I thought were "finished". Going over them a<br />second time had pretty interesting results, as you<br />can see if you compare them to the last post.<br />It´s much darker now, with more cross hatching,<br />and the steering wheel got a huge redesign.<br /><br /><a href="http://somethingwhenever.blogspot.com/">Maarit</a> gave me a very valuable constructive<br />criticism on my pieces in progress -<br />just had to mention that. She just updated<br />her blog after weeks and weeks of silence,<br />so go check it out!<br /><br /><br /><br /></div>Frederik Jurkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07169551796458692670noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19700250.post-78787631578891886912008-04-27T03:52:00.009+02:002008-12-11T15:52:28.598+01:00IF: Wrinkles // Intermission<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVuw71BCNtceNs73P7DaJBUK-8GxIAyubnnjIsK8hfToC0W9IT6KE5mOqnCjP8FOlpgWREhM49FGPmuF8Qmqo6PkGpJ5zryR0r7j576ON3gQ6pYq0dW_bYEmqzuJtnhuGArKZT/s1600-h/fahrer_by_frederik_jurk.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVuw71BCNtceNs73P7DaJBUK-8GxIAyubnnjIsK8hfToC0W9IT6KE5mOqnCjP8FOlpgWREhM49FGPmuF8Qmqo6PkGpJ5zryR0r7j576ON3gQ6pYq0dW_bYEmqzuJtnhuGArKZT/s400/fahrer_by_frederik_jurk.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5193741180564521090" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">click to enlarge<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">(Trust me - it sucks at this size)<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;">"Racing at top speed will get your</div><div style="text-align: center;">suit all wrinkled and sweaty."</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">--------</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;">I am a bit sad to say that this will be the</div><div style="text-align: center;">last post for the next few weeks as I am working on</div><div style="text-align: center;">my first book that is going to be self- published with </div><div style="text-align: center;">other books by a small group of like-minded people. </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;">The working title</div><div style="text-align: center;">is "Velo City" and it´s a no-text, 16 pages story</div><div style="text-align: center;">roughly about high-speed racing, full of exaggeration</div><div style="text-align: center;">and stylization. I am still not sure how it will turn out</div><div style="text-align: center;">or what exactly will happen, I´ll rather let the</div><div style="text-align: center;">ideas grow while developing scenery and<br />characters for it.<br /><br />These two samples are a little peek of what</div><div style="text-align: center;">it MIGHT look like in the end; I´m quite</div><div style="text-align: center;">satisfied with the stylistic approach - still pretty<div style="text-align: center;"> </div></div><div style="text-align: center;">rough and sometimes wonky lines, but overall</div><div style="text-align: center;">a bit slicker and more details than usual.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"> <div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrsjDJ6zRz53T-Svam0deobQb8K3kvhlNMhlrCcwYGnMVQvDCIh6QhD0rk_xTbxDOuc54fnyP9vCjpCopM0mNnTpT3nzqm3T_bpiky98lfaIqAiJKbB5H8NlocI7Whcl6EeITI/s1600-h/wheel-by-frederik-jurk.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrsjDJ6zRz53T-Svam0deobQb8K3kvhlNMhlrCcwYGnMVQvDCIh6QhD0rk_xTbxDOuc54fnyP9vCjpCopM0mNnTpT3nzqm3T_bpiky98lfaIqAiJKbB5H8NlocI7Whcl6EeITI/s400/wheel-by-frederik-jurk.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5193741275053801618" border="0" /></a></div> </div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">By the way, all of the sponsor companies are</div><div style="text-align: center;">made up, and it´s highly unlikely you´ll get</div><div style="text-align: center;">every one of my little references ;)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Anyways, so long for now, maybe I´ll throw in</div><div style="text-align: center;">some little progress shots, but don´t expect anything</div><div style="text-align: center;">big in the next few weeks. Yeah, I know, millions</div><div style="text-align: center;">of devoted hardcore readers crying out all at once.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div></div>Frederik Jurkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07169551796458692670noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19700250.post-66502043370033810482008-04-19T02:30:00.001+02:002008-12-11T15:52:28.851+01:00Colorful theft<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUQzC_9Jfxw_-wAgcatdf0MbE5TKlGVAeUteYv-9TRN0OB8TtUw4GivNfaUMIsO2L9_QOGEhkEYeMR31DQXkNR59zogC0jxEINosMiNb_AqZcn_oE8dj1eyHCsoVn7odTwUqaV/s1600-h/tmpe.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUQzC_9Jfxw_-wAgcatdf0MbE5TKlGVAeUteYv-9TRN0OB8TtUw4GivNfaUMIsO2L9_QOGEhkEYeMR31DQXkNR59zogC0jxEINosMiNb_AqZcn_oE8dj1eyHCsoVn7odTwUqaV/s400/tmpe.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5190747694543430002" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Do not buy this book.<br /><br /><a href="http://apefluff.com/colorful-illustrations-93c-please-do-not-buy-this-book/">click here</a><br /><br /></div>Frederik Jurkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07169551796458692670noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19700250.post-43271344275337725502008-04-10T00:48:00.006+02:002008-12-11T15:52:29.670+01:00IF:Fail // Bologna Fiere 2008<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHfSeo0elNxK513RL5KzEQTYbHg68l6-cbmdou9REaweeEEN-88_sKURsIqhZ5hFUKN6TbIIAEY_UXMZ7uTfrp2QKOrjGgvyRca3xwH6e6YUgZJwpuD7rgXXzuQiUIphy1KI_i/s1600-h/fail.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHfSeo0elNxK513RL5KzEQTYbHg68l6-cbmdou9REaweeEEN-88_sKURsIqhZ5hFUKN6TbIIAEY_UXMZ7uTfrp2QKOrjGgvyRca3xwH6e6YUgZJwpuD7rgXXzuQiUIphy1KI_i/s400/fail.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5188070580272280370" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">click to enlarge</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />"I will never fail."<br /><br />This is a character I plan on using in a small<br />book I am working on, it´s going to be self-published<br />as part of the edition <span style="font-style: italic;">Poste Aérienne </span>that<br />my fellow artist buddy <a href="http://www.boris-servais.com/Deutsch/zeichnungen.php">Boris</a> is starting together<br />with a friend of him. It´s going to be a roughly<br />half-letter sized booklet, with a the only<br />colour being bright blue on the outside.<br />I am not 100% sure yet but I plan on making<br />a series of drawings roughly centering around the<br />topic "Velocity". I´ll keep you updated on<br />the progress!<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjhCHAMfWGnfQu3Mbfj_MIqlQrQftJZBN_W74wZh5WxP88UpYTQA_dyUoaeIlVS7Cn5sajAsaTAglTm6yKFgae1ENG0m8Ms4UXGHdo5Lce1vevs82R9I-4MyflDn2wJREyKe_O/s1600-h/burro.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjhCHAMfWGnfQu3Mbfj_MIqlQrQftJZBN_W74wZh5WxP88UpYTQA_dyUoaeIlVS7Cn5sajAsaTAglTm6yKFgae1ENG0m8Ms4UXGHdo5Lce1vevs82R9I-4MyflDn2wJREyKe_O/s400/burro.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187381461359571682" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />WELL! BUTTER!</span><br /><br /><br />I also just retured from the Bologna Childrens<br />Book Fair in Italy. Huge fun, a great group, haven´t<br />been on the actual fair not even nearly enough<br />to call this a "business trip", but had a lot<br />of fun with all these great people and made<br />some new friends along the way.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1SXv41nYGMp35iPn8g0HI3x8R4xB3vvENRuVtvImaRXQ62PxOZ62NJw3ckF39drgZsywf55TFjMnUFdx8Opr5xoClYbBaTZZhDXxdQb67v4mhl_8ISiDpRNPjHw17ZWpNui75/s1600-h/IMG_1524.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1SXv41nYGMp35iPn8g0HI3x8R4xB3vvENRuVtvImaRXQ62PxOZ62NJw3ckF39drgZsywf55TFjMnUFdx8Opr5xoClYbBaTZZhDXxdQb67v4mhl_8ISiDpRNPjHw17ZWpNui75/s400/IMG_1524.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187384416297071362" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">VOTE FOR ME AND GET PUNCHED</span><br /><br /><br />Also, please check out the work of<br /><a href="http://www.juliagruner.com/">Julia Gruner.</a> Aside from making great<br />paintings and even better photography she´s<br />a lovely person and usually supported me when it<br />came to sleeping on park benches in various<br />italian cities. It´s nice to have vacation buddies<br />that are equally lazy as me.<br /><br />BONUS: An arrow made of cold cuts.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisKzj7FOnTw4Gqvs9wMUuptbmE5qncGPQZdIYLMBLfWx9XYU824xW3gpg6T3TiFB713X69av4BluZrVTvKHpHHVQN54BHgNV6imtvMj0bKX6QNaw_L-b-d6wwwUHvAhOMm2QEy/s1600-h/IMG_1533.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisKzj7FOnTw4Gqvs9wMUuptbmE5qncGPQZdIYLMBLfWx9XYU824xW3gpg6T3TiFB713X69av4BluZrVTvKHpHHVQN54BHgNV6imtvMj0bKX6QNaw_L-b-d6wwwUHvAhOMm2QEy/s400/IMG_1533.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187383699037532914" border="0" /></a><br /><br />...and the mandatory "Dear god,<br />how can this place be so beautiful" photo.<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdGc4UOM3uEA_ROtUedjvuh5gScYtZFJSoAnOGi-AxWtv-z8hJh6USYwtRlUhGSZgu6yxNX_uEhpLlF7XAEMIgt9M45t8HuheWJkRoqYodcRT907-GbxusrofP6T6r1RFUyUn_/s1600-h/IMG_1463.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdGc4UOM3uEA_ROtUedjvuh5gScYtZFJSoAnOGi-AxWtv-z8hJh6USYwtRlUhGSZgu6yxNX_uEhpLlF7XAEMIgt9M45t8HuheWJkRoqYodcRT907-GbxusrofP6T6r1RFUyUn_/s400/IMG_1463.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187387272450323234" border="0" /></a><br /></div>Frederik Jurkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07169551796458692670noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19700250.post-26426515520603349732008-03-18T17:56:00.005+01:002008-12-11T15:52:29.817+01:00IF: Heavy (2)<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeUMIXx6xrgOiUS39sqN8UHUFZEuoYhENOVRwht2AZj4RNYU2i5KOFZUCBvticFhceDtRpV3a72hp6JC01qimz0Eerv3lxT_e1sqcrSs60GxizWKOm5f06Cp1NcmlRd4svP_05/s1600-h/heavymetal-frederik-jurk.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeUMIXx6xrgOiUS39sqN8UHUFZEuoYhENOVRwht2AZj4RNYU2i5KOFZUCBvticFhceDtRpV3a72hp6JC01qimz0Eerv3lxT_e1sqcrSs60GxizWKOm5f06Cp1NcmlRd4svP_05/s400/heavymetal-frederik-jurk.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179126699098823298" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">click to enlarge</span><br /><br />Heavy music, heavy speakers!<br /><br />You know what´s also heavy?<br />Having a stye above your left eye.<br />It´s not as painful as it´s annoying,<br />and I look like I had a stroke, with one eye<br />just a little bit more closed than the other.<br />Alternatively, I look like somebody had<br />punched me in the face, but very tenderly.<br /><br />Thinking about it, having a stye isn´t<br />that heavy, it´s merely a little inconvenience.<br /><br /></div>Frederik Jurkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07169551796458692670noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19700250.post-31451017473130740632008-03-16T20:39:00.001+01:002008-12-11T15:52:30.222+01:00IF: Heavy<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXS0GCotn1PUSia_7yw4dqR_P3jrtm0vlKbRHxWM4yuYh5DPVJLFE9x4CMattdZSPiS-bHe248FPAUXBcmaKIft1z2ibYhDsXwqactFBTVtzPGEk43iXBN4vRu94ym1v7cVebz/s1600-h/heavy-frederik-jurk.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXS0GCotn1PUSia_7yw4dqR_P3jrtm0vlKbRHxWM4yuYh5DPVJLFE9x4CMattdZSPiS-bHe248FPAUXBcmaKIft1z2ibYhDsXwqactFBTVtzPGEk43iXBN4vRu94ym1v7cVebz/s400/heavy-frederik-jurk.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178426748278594162" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">click to enlarge</span><br /><br />Kraftwerk on heavy rotation!<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Frederik Jurkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07169551796458692670noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19700250.post-87954545187314398472008-03-12T17:50:00.002+01:002008-12-11T15:52:30.382+01:00IF: Garden<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg07UsA-JFvU6mJX7hlx2PEysrriHJ76v6NiLBAsNifm7ydM3cpbw4Opd_zmLMDanTwP2D_l_875-XZLxB4zKgSUe3t3ZvacMxomXDd7EHWQjy3DQieS8fM_Oj8g_CnenGoeMC4/s1600-h/frederik-jurk-garden.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg07UsA-JFvU6mJX7hlx2PEysrriHJ76v6NiLBAsNifm7ydM3cpbw4Opd_zmLMDanTwP2D_l_875-XZLxB4zKgSUe3t3ZvacMxomXDd7EHWQjy3DQieS8fM_Oj8g_CnenGoeMC4/s400/frederik-jurk-garden.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5176899062771145314" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">click to enlarge<br /><br /></span>My little garden.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Frederik Jurkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07169551796458692670noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19700250.post-77974760546920884172008-03-03T02:31:00.003+01:002008-12-11T15:52:30.806+01:00IF: Leap<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtcL6xewEznvDXsnFKsXLSjHF7ZvvVTyybgKRQBvnmrw6gMsNWKRIaiTpaxD-yi3QrLbbaNJl2MTLUuyiT_Gp4kTKyvjwCJceyv_YLkN3O06-Fzh97hd0kK8GOnY-IbuRmQ2B2/s1600-h/frederik-jurk-leap1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtcL6xewEznvDXsnFKsXLSjHF7ZvvVTyybgKRQBvnmrw6gMsNWKRIaiTpaxD-yi3QrLbbaNJl2MTLUuyiT_Gp4kTKyvjwCJceyv_YLkN3O06-Fzh97hd0kK8GOnY-IbuRmQ2B2/s400/frederik-jurk-leap1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173321997496505778" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">click to enlarge</span><br /><br />First being leaped over,<br />then leaping himself.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzzn4JL119k7xd52-F40fiPy4W7O-WIDGNWfQcG0DbSZDmOH5U0X2s0Euqm6Qtrr7CgztVXq54zPaawxLzhPHfWWvhhMmCOEROfp40ojCxFQF0Z9LQdGuQrf9A7466W8hNkoLZ/s1600-h/frederik-jurk-leap2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzzn4JL119k7xd52-F40fiPy4W7O-WIDGNWfQcG0DbSZDmOH5U0X2s0Euqm6Qtrr7CgztVXq54zPaawxLzhPHfWWvhhMmCOEROfp40ojCxFQF0Z9LQdGuQrf9A7466W8hNkoLZ/s400/frederik-jurk-leap2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173322091985786306" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Frederik Jurkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07169551796458692670noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19700250.post-28778086988344734342008-02-23T14:40:00.004+01:002008-12-11T15:52:30.974+01:00IF: Multiple<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSX3iUzHzj4rrlhhoWk-sBt7IyGq_0q1bMuyzN_dg46pEEqYkC0yyzzQuaYVXxcsUVO1HZpHSmYMAYWhVsf6kPGvBZ-4XOB82xA_pTE7a5jwmYRwimIV269EPdDwxQ6DsZu_zG/s1600-h/multiple_robot-frederik-jurk.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSX3iUzHzj4rrlhhoWk-sBt7IyGq_0q1bMuyzN_dg46pEEqYkC0yyzzQuaYVXxcsUVO1HZpHSmYMAYWhVsf6kPGvBZ-4XOB82xA_pTE7a5jwmYRwimIV269EPdDwxQ6DsZu_zG/s400/multiple_robot-frederik-jurk.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5170170163897418514" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">click to make it REAL BIG!<br />(Because it looks a bit crap this small)<br /><br /></span>7427 giant work unit with multiple<br />heads. Those heads are a weak point,<br />but thankfully it can repair itself.</div>Frederik Jurkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07169551796458692670noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19700250.post-88608223896336829822008-02-19T22:51:00.004+01:002008-12-11T15:52:31.401+01:00IF: Theory (4)<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixWcjR5DJR7NYP2SbJC-D5axyIu_J9-kkQo-sH_3uykzlizO91biIyzn59GnjoCW5d-6mRzuMtnHZ3QOL-oFBCFFush-BkdadRhAIJbI1CZkOV4dO4uUyKnPJdEeRDTm-A1eMO/s1600-h/theory-drawing-frederik-jurk.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixWcjR5DJR7NYP2SbJC-D5axyIu_J9-kkQo-sH_3uykzlizO91biIyzn59GnjoCW5d-6mRzuMtnHZ3QOL-oFBCFFush-BkdadRhAIJbI1CZkOV4dO4uUyKnPJdEeRDTm-A1eMO/s400/theory-drawing-frederik-jurk.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168812314281755394" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">click to enlarge them all</span><br /><br />Basic drawing 101.<br />If you still have any questions,<br />contact me via the comment section.<br />Please recap after use.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Frederik Jurkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07169551796458692670noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19700250.post-67586545385390110832008-02-19T20:01:00.005+01:002008-12-11T15:52:31.549+01:00IF: Theory (3)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfNQJGasp1qDyS8RRsURH-hCe1QX9nICwYUSztT8_bmvPAPBWLbxOyLTgG2C09phyphenhyphenDXJjF2CFWlCqW5sIvoriJl23pGricdocnFtMcHlTKY7zZ7Oamk8EKQwrVT-ECQJmaFU3n/s1600-h/theory-earth-frederik-jurk.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfNQJGasp1qDyS8RRsURH-hCe1QX9nICwYUSztT8_bmvPAPBWLbxOyLTgG2C09phyphenhyphenDXJjF2CFWlCqW5sIvoriJl23pGricdocnFtMcHlTKY7zZ7Oamk8EKQwrVT-ECQJmaFU3n/s400/theory-earth-frederik-jurk.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168770592969442034" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">click to enlarge<br /></span><span><br /><br />...but is this all just a theory?<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Frederik Jurkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07169551796458692670noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19700250.post-35063814248636585262008-02-16T20:56:00.005+01:002008-12-11T15:52:31.723+01:00IF: Theory (2)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH3tsSKgfLtRx9CnUkbvLKOs-abVUF1J1amKwAm9fVQO4nYBVSrHnnDKSTAoGczSIniyg9FpuTJzSnu7-BKX9Cc9DRY_eSQr0fPkyqQTxKuTzrrHNcncP8f8jYewb60eZ9Q9TY/s1600-h/theory-puppe-frederik-jurk.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH3tsSKgfLtRx9CnUkbvLKOs-abVUF1J1amKwAm9fVQO4nYBVSrHnnDKSTAoGczSIniyg9FpuTJzSnu7-BKX9Cc9DRY_eSQr0fPkyqQTxKuTzrrHNcncP8f8jYewb60eZ9Q9TY/s400/theory-puppe-frederik-jurk.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5167671042686960338" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">click to enlarge<br /><br /></span>A german proverb says<br />"Grau ist alle Theorie", which means<br />"All theory is grey", saying that only<br />putting things into practice creates something<br />worthwile. I thought that those posing dolls<br />always had something very theoretical<br />about them.<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Frederik Jurkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07169551796458692670noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19700250.post-77941813154305596732008-02-15T17:02:00.003+01:002008-12-11T15:52:32.126+01:00IF: Theory<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLuQakqHyXpx2ObDM4JFoqZYAKdY4_6AOCxnLNbCtJ_bsVkcsK2UhU-eWAXj0sALgtTq8gZJd2zDyaOfUcfdhk3iZTdkbWcf-64Vl-XFSOwUqJMcRUXmHJfnuKM9C66rLgJmLj/s1600-h/theory-frederik-jurk.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLuQakqHyXpx2ObDM4JFoqZYAKdY4_6AOCxnLNbCtJ_bsVkcsK2UhU-eWAXj0sALgtTq8gZJd2zDyaOfUcfdhk3iZTdkbWcf-64Vl-XFSOwUqJMcRUXmHJfnuKM9C66rLgJmLj/s400/theory-frederik-jurk.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5167238999041753746" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">click to, you know...</span><br /><br />I have no idea what is happening here.<br />Nope. Not even a <span style="font-weight: bold;">theory</span>.<br /><br />This is a t-shirt design I made<br />for my girlfriend for our anniversary,<br />which also happens to be Valentines<br />Day (aaaaw!). It´s the first time I ever<br />printed a shirt and I am quite happy with<br />the outcome.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL3ll_da5ELT9qk1ruL5xIaZSriKc_lFA88hlUdT5-d9i5s_mK9SDlCs9SB7wQBKUBdjYb0c5r4n-K7ayZkgitJ7_BDuMoAvWNv84HquMsU4dGMsQMHNh0qeQEQ3fIjpDH1YxD/s1600-h/shirts.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL3ll_da5ELT9qk1ruL5xIaZSriKc_lFA88hlUdT5-d9i5s_mK9SDlCs9SB7wQBKUBdjYb0c5r4n-K7ayZkgitJ7_BDuMoAvWNv84HquMsU4dGMsQMHNh0qeQEQ3fIjpDH1YxD/s400/shirts.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5167239651876782754" border="0" /></a><br />The only problem I have with it is that the<br />shirt themselves are a bit transparent, and the print<br />film around the drawing makes these parts whiter<br />than the rest of the shirt. Ah, anyways.<br />If you read this and you happen to be living<br />in Hamburg, they were made by <a href="http://www.eindruck-hh.de/">Eindruck,</a><br />a very nice little shop with friendly guys<br />working there.<br /><br />Also, please notice that this drawing is<br />done in my one style, it´s called "effort".<br />Where most people use pencil tracings, I<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">just drew and cut and pasted a lot of times.<br />I even manipulated many thing after scanning<br />it, including completely drawing the tail in GIMP,<br />but to my surprise you can´t see all the surgery.<br /><br />I really have to invest more time into<br />my drawings before I consider them "finished".<br />This also means not being as lazy as I used<br />to be, but on the other hand, doctoring on work<br />in progress is a lot easier than actually STARTING<br />a new drawing. Also, using glue and scissors is<br />a lot of fun. Digital and analogue - best of both<br />worlds!<br /><br /></div>Frederik Jurkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07169551796458692670noreply@blogger.com13