Published!

I saw a lot of my work in print today! Firstly this book arrived! It's the thesis of Jasmijn Rana
who did research about kickboxing Moroccan girls. It turned into a big project under the name
of Chicks, Kicks & Glory, with a comic exhibition, dance performances* and now a book!

I drew a story about Nadia, who dreams of ballet but finally founds out that kickboxing has
that girly pink side as well. I enjoyed working in a more realistic and collage style.

Then I got these papers from my publisher, who promoted my books on a book fair in China!
So is this how my name is written in Chinese??!

Then I went to the supermarket and bumped into this big display with my illustration on it!

My boyfriend's hand was so proud to see the result of his first model job! ;-)


*) The Chicks, Kicks & Glory exhibition and dance performance can be seen on De Parade
in Amsterdam from August 5th to 9th.

Chicks, kicks and glory

I participated in Chicks Kicks and Glory; a comic project based on the stories of kickboxing
Maroccan girls. I drew the story of Nadia, a girl who dreamed of becoming a ballet dancer
but settled for kickboxing.

All comics will be exhibited in the Imagine IC exhibition space in Amsterdam. The opening
is this Thursday and you're all invited. Entrance is free!

Later the exhibition will travel to Rotterdam and the comics will also be published in
the report Jasmijn Rana wrote about the girls (she started this project).

Kickbox girl

For a project I'm now working on a 6 page story about a kickboxing girl
who likes to dance.
I'm still searching for the right drawing style. This is one of the first finished
drawings, a combination of pencils, ink and Photoshop.