Poetry Collaboration

08 May 2011 2 Comments

by ellenin digital media, illustration, mixed media, pencil Tags: collaboration, creaturemag, crimescene, drama, grim, icebear, illustration, pink, poem, poetry, red, tent, theovangogh, thriller

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It’s been a little while ago, but I wouldn’t want you to miss out on this fascinating collaboration. In february, together with the amazing Gilly Rochester and Daria Hlazato I was featured on the Creaure Mag blog with an illustration accompanying a grim poem by Ben Macnair.

The image of a crime scene immediately made me think of an infamous, brutal murder in the Netherlands. On the 2nd of november, 2004, filmmaker Theo van Gogh was murdered by an extremist, because of his controversial opinions. The illustration I made was inspired by one of the most well known pictures from this time. The ice bears are a reference to the snow in Bens poem and to the white suits, worn by the crime scene investigators.

Bens poem and my illustration:

Crime Scene
Don’t follow the red snow,
it is a warning,
that around here are
Grim fairy tales
with an eighteen certificate.

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Portrait of self-employment

19 Dec 2010 3 Comments

by ellenin illustration, pencil Tags: beard, drama, glasses, illustration, macbook, people

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Portrait I made that was used for a sort of charity-poster. The portrait shows a friend of mine that just started out in self-employment and got his laptop stolen in a very rude way. Through this poster we raised some money for him to buy a new one (and restore his faith in mankind).

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