The jobs of a Zoolands keeper

So what else did I do at Zoolands? I decorated animal hats!

Here are some of the hats I made with spraypaint and textile markers.
And that's me and my friend and comic-colleague Flo wearing our hats.
(They all sold!)

And we had a penguin rock! Visitors could 'feed' (knock over) the penguins with
fishes. But all that fish throwing made the paint come off, and they were red
underneath.... Bloody penguin massacre!

So one of the odd jobs I did as a Zoolands keeper, was... repairing the penguins!

And the penguins were so loved that visitors secretly took them home.
So we quickly turned some Coke bottles into penguins.
(idea from Shamrock and Borinka)

Monkeys in the zoo!

Last weekend I was at Lowlands, at the Zoolands stand!

The stand was set up by the wonderful Mr.Motley crew (an art magazine)
in collaboration with comicartist group Lamelos and their comicartist friends.

This year's theme was 'zoo'. My Wonderfrog stands in front of a sign
that I made.

We made special colouring pictures that festival visitors could colour.
As you can see some took this very seriously!
I made the picture at the left, and people could draw their own animal
in it and fill in the balloons. *Click here for a few results*

And yes.... they DID put me in a monkey suit!

This is the 'drawing monkey', made by Jeroen Funke from Lamelos.
The monkey took drawing requests from the audience and drew with ALL his legs!
I also got the honour of being his lower legs.
And yeah, that pink thing there below is what you think it is. ;-)

*More pics coming*

Zoolands!

If you're going to Lowlands music festival, come visit me and my comic colleagues
at ZOOLANDS! The crazy zoo for creative people! There will be drawings and animals
and comics and weird things! Watch the creativeness and join in if you like! (They might
put me in a monkey suit but I'm not sure about it yet.) See you there this weekend!

*Logo (left) designed by Shamrock*

Kawaii ne?

While I was ill I've been filling my sketchbook with manga inspiration.
In the back my Yoshitomo Nara cookie jar is watching.

It was a lot of work to drag it home from Tokyo but it was worth it....
It's glow in the dark!

And something else:

Forget Lowlands... Here is ZOOLANDS!
I don't know yet what exactly is going to happen but there will be
animals and drawings, so stop by if you're at Lowlands this weekend!
(logo designed by Shamrock)