Sebastiaan Van Doninck

Biennale illustration Bratislava, Slovenia.

2011-06-14T00:21:00.000-07:00

A selection of my illustrtations for the book 'Goodnight everybody' was selected for the BIB 2011.

Groot van Liefde, Korean style! :-)

2011-06-14T00:04:00.001-07:00

Frankenstein in stores now!

2011-06-14T00:03:00.000-07:00

House finished, relationship also?

2011-03-21T14:50:00.001-07:00

Brand new illustration agency.

2011-03-15T07:39:00.000-07:00

May I present: my brand new illustration agency. Pazuzu!

How to say no!

2011-02-08T08:37:00.001-08:00

Mr. Proper Revisited.

2011-01-23T12:26:00.001-08:00

Tour de France.

2011-01-19T04:11:00.000-08:00

"Life is Golden", said Goldfinger.

2010-12-25T04:37:00.001-08:00

The new Enlightenment.

2010-12-13T12:45:00.001-08:00

I think I'm turning Japanese... :-D

2010-12-13T02:30:00.001-08:00

Merchandise @ Artflakes

2010-12-09T07:28:00.000-08:00

From now on, it is possible to buy merchandise from my work trough Artflakes, it's very easy. Try it! :-)

Interview and logo (dutch)

2010-12-06T23:57:00.001-08:00

http://www.pluizer.be/

Cover new book 'Frankenstein'

2010-11-18T00:42:00.000-08:00

Relations and money.

2010-11-15T05:20:00.001-08:00

Secretly in love.

2010-08-25T01:58:00.001-07:00

The circus series for Göoo Magazine, Argentine.

2010-07-28T11:39:00.001-07:00

Korean translation for 'Groot van Liefde'.

2010-07-02T00:14:00.000-07:00

The korean publisher 'Korea Schweitzer' has decided to translate my picturebook 'Groot van Liefde'. Seoul, here I come! :-)

Princesse Europe.

2010-06-02T02:23:00.001-07:00

New site online!

2010-05-25T00:37:00.001-07:00

http://www.sebastiaanvandoninck.be/

Dangerous optimism.

2010-05-24T12:35:00.000-07:00

Querido Poetry.

2010-04-12T03:39:00.000-07:00

Psychology of the young!

2010-04-09T06:20:00.001-07:00

Bookfinder.

2010-03-09T03:58:00.001-08:00

Bluebeard & little red riding hood.

2010-03-09T03:54:00.001-08:00

Old Fangs

2010-02-16T03:03:00.001-08:00

The Word

2009-12-11T00:21:00.001-08:00

The Word is a Belgian magazine in english with an international feel. I've met the editor in chief, Hettie Judah, on a publisher's party and it was clear that we were thinking in the same direction about illustration for the magazine. As an introduction to the magazine, she asked me to make a personal guide to superstition.

Cover of a magazine.

2009-12-11T00:10:00.000-08:00

this is the current cover of Boekieboekie, a dutch, cultural magazine for children. This issue is all about Zorro. The cover is printed on high gloss paper, love it! :-)

No Brow issue 2 : The Jungle out now!

2009-11-28T06:12:00.000-08:00

With an amazing all-star line up including the likes of Marc Boutavant, Henning Wagenbreth, Blexbolex, Pietari Posti and Paul Blow, and the emerging talents of Eda Akaltun, Jon Boam, Jack Teagle and Sroop Sunar, Issue 2 is shaping up to be a real collectors item! No Brow is a pantone-printed, dazzlingly beautiful, London-based magazine. I'm really proud to be part of it. There's a fantastic contribution by Isabelle Vandenabeele as well (also a belgian illustrator).

Groot van Liefde.

2009-11-28T05:24:00.000-08:00

A new children's book to be published this spring.
It's the final part of the trilogy by ianka Fleerackers.
The previous books were 'Uil plus Leeuwerik' and 'Zwaan'.
It's about Owl, the main character, who's struggling with his feelings.
He really misses Leeuwerik, his friend. But Owl lives in the night and Leeuwerik loves to sing at daytime. Together with moon, they come to a solution.

Frankenstein

2009-11-28T05:14:00.001-08:00

This Spring, the Spectra Ensemble (classic orchestra) is touring around Belgium with 'Frankenstein'. Pieter Embrechts sings little children rhymes and my illustrations will be projected on a big screen. It's going to be an allround experience for children, a dark, humoristic and playfull orchestra.

Prins

2009-11-28T05:10:00.000-08:00

Tati Love!

2009-10-27T23:55:00.000-07:00

Ink! Colour!

2009-09-11T10:07:00.001-07:00

Ink!

2009-09-10T06:43:00.000-07:00

Finissage Expo

2009-09-10T01:40:00.001-07:00

My exhibition at the printgallery is coming to an end. At the last day of the show there's a closure party. Date: Sunday september 27th. Location: Printgallery, muntstraat 8, Antwerp. Time: from 14h till 18h. Be there!

Welterusten iedereen in stores now!

2009-09-10T01:34:00.000-07:00

My newest children's book, Welterusten iedereen (Goodnight everybody) has been published and spotted at the bookstore (Belgium and Holland)! It's a big book packed with characters who are dreaming (sometimes about each other) by nighttime... For little children from the age of three, it's a look and search book where they can start dreaming along with the characters in the book.
Goodnight and sweet dreams! :-)

Storybird online!

2009-09-10T01:31:00.000-07:00

Storybird, Collaborative storytelling for families and friends, is a service that makes it simple for everybody to create short, visual stories together that they can share and print. For artists and writers, Storybird is next-generation publishing: global, viral, and instantaneous.

So visit they're site by clicking the banner and make your own story with my artwork!
Have fun...

Opening new exhibition tonight!

2009-08-08T00:27:00.000-07:00

Autisme voor Knack Weekend

2009-08-04T03:44:00.000-07:00

Hysteric Rabbitspider.

2009-07-15T00:15:00.001-07:00

Vlag en Wimpel

2009-06-30T05:43:00.000-07:00

My illustrations for the book 'Mijn eerste dierengroeiboek, ik lees het zelf, Kriebeldieren' has won an award in the Netherlands. The 'penseeljury' has decided to award me a 'Vlag en Wimpel', a price to encourage children's book illustrators. It came as a complete suprise! Hooray!

'Google earth' illustration revisited.

2009-06-16T05:11:00.000-07:00

Logo for 'Pluizer'.

2009-06-15T05:53:00.000-07:00

Google earth.

2009-06-15T04:55:00.001-07:00

Working again.

2009-06-13T04:22:00.000-07:00

I took a short break from work, with a fresh view and energy I started working again!
I will be posting again from now on, I promise!

This is a piece for an exposition this summer (opening on august the 8th, closure on September the 13 th, with finissage) in the Print Galery, Antwerp. More on this later!

Goodnight Everybody.

2009-04-06T00:48:00.000-07:00

New book coming up! 'Goodnight everybody' or in dutch 'Welterusten iedereen'.
It's a picturebook for children from the age of 3 and it's about 20 different characters, animals and children who are all dreaming.
The little, poetic and humorous rhymes are written by the fantastic Edward van de Vendel and the stunning graphic design by Paul Boudens.
It was big fun illustrating the surreal dreams in much detail.
My publisher 'De Eenhoorn' has planned the publication by fall.
Still a few summer dreams to go!

Migrate, the EGO edition.

2009-03-30T08:05:00.000-07:00

my contribution to Migrate Magazine, South Africa.
This edition's theme is ego.

More on www.theloerieawards.co.za

Old Skool.

2009-03-19T02:18:00.000-07:00

I'm cleaning up my studio and I bumped into this old drawing from 2003.
I almost forgot about this creature, I've created it during my brief visit to the animation studies at KASK in Gent.
They're called Sputnik and Laïka, based on the sad story of Laika, the first dog in space who never returned to earth.
It has potential to create a comic book or children's book with these characters, don't you think?

Sneak Peek.

2009-03-10T10:48:00.000-07:00

I'm currently working on a big children's book 'Goodnight Everybody'.
This is one of the illustrations.

Loosen up!

2009-03-08T01:27:00.000-08:00

sometimes I'm fed up with my dear old friend, the computer.
Then I take a big brush and some good old fashion ink and just play around.
This is one of those.

Hotel d'Ursel

2009-03-05T07:03:00.000-08:00

Big Animal heart.

2009-02-09T08:08:00.001-08:00

Candy Park

2009-02-09T03:33:00.000-08:00

Hospital.

2009-02-02T08:00:00.001-08:00

Anorexia Nervosa

2009-01-26T11:05:00.000-08:00

Cherry Blossom.

2009-01-26T09:02:00.001-08:00

Rainy.

2008-12-09T08:03:00.001-08:00

Nostalgic.

2008-12-02T12:26:00.000-08:00

I'm getting really nostalgic when I see this.
And still I think it's really pretty.

The Ark Project.

2008-12-01T12:52:00.000-08:00

I was asked to make an illustration for 'The Ark', a collaborative illustration project with artists from all over the world. Just like Noe saved the animal species in his ark, this project will try to rescue and portray the creatures sorrounding us today, through the eyes of designers, illustrators and contemporary designers.
The idea is to generate an animal bible showing the species around the globe.
I was asked to choose an animal from my country, Belgium. I choose the lovely little Robin.
The benefit of the project goes to a Wildlife saving program.
More on The Ark Project.

This makes me smile

2008-11-19T23:27:00.001-08:00

it reminds me of the chewing hedgehog I posted earlier.

Sarah Magazine

2008-11-14T05:09:00.000-08:00

I made this black and White illustration for an auction.
The profit of the auction is going to the operation of a girl who has difficulties with her ears.
More of this on www.myspace.com/sarah_magazine

A poisoned gift.

2008-11-13T08:21:00.000-08:00

Selling puppy

2008-10-29T05:22:00.000-07:00

recently I found out that this children's book is the bestselling hardcover children's book of all time! I expected something really different...
This is something I would love to have to!

Van Wolf tot Watje in stores now!

2008-10-20T08:32:00.001-07:00

Illustration for alfabet.

2008-10-17T06:29:00.000-07:00

Partyposter!!!

2008-10-10T09:18:00.001-07:00

A good day...

2008-09-30T01:39:00.000-07:00

Yesterday I received three of my new books by mail.
I proudly present you Vergif, Kwilniet! and Metromonsters...

Yesterday was a good day!

Dahlia

2008-09-09T04:05:00.001-07:00

Hipster dog.

2008-08-28T04:03:00.001-07:00

Jazzing birds

2008-08-27T00:31:00.001-07:00

Nicolas Provost.

2008-08-18T09:23:00.000-07:00

Brad Holland.

2008-08-18T05:43:00.000-07:00

Recently I've discovered Varoom magazine, the journal of illustration and made images.
Brad Holland made the cover of the current issue. Not only the illustration of Brad is eyecatching, the text he scribbled on the side is really accurate and stands for a major frustration every illustrator has to deal with. The fact that illustration is no art for some people.

Here's the text:
"That's not Art, that's illustration"
Everybody is an artist these days.
Rock and Roll singers are artists.
So are movie directors, performance artists, make-up artists, tattoo artists, con artists and rap artists.
Madonna is an artist because she explores her own sexuality.
Snoop Doggy Dogg is an artist because he explores other people's sexuality.
Victims who express their pain are artists.
So are guys in prison who express themselves on shirt cardboard.
Even consumers are artists when they express themselves in their selection of commodities.
The only people left who seem not to be artists are illustrators.

Jazz Middelheim

2008-08-18T02:28:00.000-07:00

I've sprayed some T's on this year's edition of the Antwerp Jazz festival "Jazz Middelheim" for the belgian radio station Klara.
Here are some pictures.
The first picture was made by Eddy Westveer.

Rock a Fire MGMT

2008-08-14T01:02:00.001-07:00

Old versus New world

2008-08-14T00:43:00.000-07:00

This magnificent picture (Edward Steichen) shows one of the first skyscrapers in the world, the flat iron building in New York city.
It was build in 1902, what a vision!
It looks like an arrow that shows the way to the sky, an omen for the future.

Little dead Rose.

2008-07-28T05:52:00.000-07:00

Interview voor Bladwijzer.

2008-07-24T00:50:00.000-07:00

Dit is een interview van vorig jaar, ik heb het nog gevonden op you tube!
Klik hier.

Teenage witch

2008-07-23T11:42:00.001-07:00

Catlady

2008-07-22T11:12:00.000-07:00

I'm a lady!

Boekenzoeker update

2008-07-18T00:43:00.001-07:00

Dit is een nieuw logo voor de boekenzoeker, nu de rest van de site nog in een nieuw kleedje steken.

Jazz

2008-07-16T07:23:00.000-07:00

Klara op Jazz Middelheim

2008-07-15T09:48:00.000-07:00

ik ben gevraagd door Klara om live T-shirts te maken op Jazz Middelheim in Antwerpen.
Bij de ingang van het festival krijgt elke bezoeker een voucher van Klara met een code, je kunt met deze code naar de Klara stand komen en als jou code een winnende code is krijg je een versgemaakt T-shirt van mijn hand.
Allen daarheen dus!
Het festival loopt van 14 t/m 17 augustus.

the cat and the mouse

2008-07-07T06:26:00.001-07:00

Illustrations for children's university

2008-07-03T00:47:00.001-07:00

Smilex

2008-06-25T08:43:00.001-07:00

Bottles of poison

2008-06-24T10:36:00.001-07:00

New cover "Kwilniet"

2008-06-24T01:30:00.001-07:00

The bear and the poison frog.

2008-06-23T04:36:00.001-07:00

art in nature.

2008-06-16T00:32:00.001-07:00

Prachtig...

Een opfrisser...

2008-06-13T05:18:00.005-07:00

actueler dan ooit en dit uit de mond van een kind in 1992...
Helaas geldt deze boodschap nog steeds.

In the spotlight on illustration Mundo.

2008-06-12T06:29:00.001-07:00

Nate Williams has posted an article about my illustrations and some personal things.
If you want to know the story of my life,
go see here!

De held, versie 2

2008-06-09T08:32:00.000-07:00

Lima

2008-06-05T07:46:00.001-07:00

KLJ

2008-06-05T07:44:00.000-07:00

New cover "Kwilniet"

2008-06-02T09:16:00.001-07:00

I LOVE Illustration mundo

2008-06-02T09:05:00.000-07:00

Today I was selected by Nate Williams, the editor of illustration Mundo, a site about and for illustrators. I'm really proud to be one of his favorites!
Cheers N8!

Visit Illustration Mundo:

http://www.illustrationmundo.com/

vleermuishand.

2008-05-30T06:37:00.001-07:00

Covertje knuffel

2008-05-30T02:04:00.000-07:00

Gemenigheid

Lekker schoppen, lekker schelden.
Lekker bijten, lekker slaan.
Aan mijn zusjes haren trekken.
Op mijn zusjes tenen staan.

Lekker vieze vlekken maken
op haar nieuwe nachtjapon.
Lekker even heel gemeen zijn
en dan roepen: zij begon!

...nog eentje!

2008-05-29T23:12:00.001-07:00