Last year, I was invited to design a third Brabantsedag poster. The previous two, like most of my work over the past 13 years, had been co-created through collaboration. But this time, due to circumstances, I found myself flying solo. Those same circumstances also left me feeling completely lost. I was still working my way […]
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Never underestimate your smallest animations! ‘Halloween Candy’, a 15 second gag cartoon co-created with MimiChair as a promo for ‘Matte! Nande?’ back when the old studio was still around, is playing in LA at Hot 30 Microshorts tonight. Thanks for having us! CREDITS‘Halloween Candy’Co-written & backgrounds painted by MimiChairStarring Koyuki as the voice of Cute
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I thought the most moving theatrical parade in the world deserved a moving poster, so I created one. Check out the animated poster for the 66th Brabantsedag here: With many thanks to:🖤 The Brabantsedag marketing & PR team: Christa van den Broek, Boukje van Ettro and Mark Damen🖤 Composer Robert Jung (Dreikelvin) for the music
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Creating a little animated visual using elements inked by hand is something I had wanted to try. The music video “Johnny and the Devil” we made with WanQing Wang at Matte! Nande? being selected for a film festival called “Spookfest” seemed like a good reason to play around with ink and brush for a bit.
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For many years I’ve loved telling stories in quirky funny touching ways as part of ‘Matte! Nande?’ while working passionately to build its name. Unfortunately, I’ve come to a crossroads where I had to decide to leave ‘Matte! Nande?’ behind. Not necessarily the path I envisioned, but it’s become clear a new direction is necessary.
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Oh yeah Oh yeah Oh yeah The moon This is another little animated gag I directed as a promo for my old animation studio ‘Matte! Nande?’. Introducing the voice talents of Koyuki as Astronaut #1 Co-Written, Co-Animated and Backgrounded by Nicole Ten Cate Co-animated, Directed and Alien Voiced by Matty Jorissen
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💚❤️ Happy Holidays, everybody ❤️💚 Have yourself a merry little bonus cartoon. I originally created it as a Christmas greeting for my previous animation studio ‘Matte! Nande?’. MimiChair co-wrote and backgrounded this cartoon, check her YouTube channel at @mimichair • https://www.instagram.com/mimichair.art/ • https://www.twitch.tv/mimichair Starring Koyuki as the voice of Little Girl and Santa as the
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Happy Holidays, everybody ❤️💚🤍 In 2022, DAF Trucks NV commissioned my previous co-owned studio ‘Matte! Nande?’ to create this Christmas short. They sent it as a holiday greeting to all their relationships. The challenge for this one was to combine the adventurous, nomadic lifestyle of a truck driver with the emotions of being far from
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‘From The Snow-Covered Hill’ is a 2D animated short film I co-write and co-directed. A little more serious, dark and dramatic story, which made it an interesting experience to execute in animation. On the film, I worked as a writer, director, animator, character designer, clean up artist and editor. This is the short’s teaser trailer,
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Enjoy some biting satire on smartphone consumption! People liked the upload of the previous short gag promo cartoon I directed at my old animation studio Matte! Nande?, so I thought I’d add another one as I build my portfolio on my own site. If you’d like to see all six cartoon in this littles series
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