Gemma Pauwels Illustrations

Journal time

Illustration and especially animation means a lot  of computer time, I love it, though I also try to keep in touch with real materials; collages, paint, ink, all kind of things I test, practice and play around with. Every monday I share my last works in a personal journal while using these analogue materials! :)

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Coloring Page

Fun assignment for The Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem. I made a few pages for the children’s workshop. And tried to capture his beautiful loose painterly brushwork into a coloring page

The officers of the St George Militia Compagny in 1639, Frans Hals

Me too

Last year I made a few illustrations concerning the # me too topic.

It's always relevant and so important to keep opening peoples eyes about the misuse of power, the sexual harassment and discrimination of women and man.

DNA Magazine, UMC Amsterdam

Ease Illustration

UMC Amsterdam is opening a new department for people under the age of 18 to find a place where they can find psychological support.

DNA Magazine

Call for action

Bahreinse vluchteling in gevaar na uitzetting door Nederland.
Lees artikel hier

Online illustration for campaign
Dutch Council for Refugees

Music video Cold Song

I made a new music video! For the amazing Nora Fischer en Marnix Dorrestein.

Check the video here!

D.R.E.A.M.

Poster illustration & design for a new and interesting series of programs with short films & talks on the future of living in cities, called D.R.E.A.M. (Data Rules Everything Around Me).

For Deep End Film
Check event here!

Newspaper Trouw

Illustration for an article about philosopher Timothy Morton in newspaper Trouw today * Morton claims climate change is a hyperobject, Morton uses the term to explain objects so massively distributed in time and space as to transcend localization (to big to handle for man).

Animated artwork for San Franscisco

Watch videoclip here!

<3 Music by  franc thomas timmerman
<3 Artwork by cliff van thillo 

And animated by me! :)
#aftereffects

Illustration Refugee Magazine

Refugee Camps
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Two years after the EU-Turkey deal the conditions are horrific at Greece’s ‘Island prisons’ for refugees and the European leaders turn their backs on them.

Organic vegetables

Bietenrood, the organic farm of my sister Suzette and boyfriend Yvo!

I made them a short promo-video, watch with sound here! :)

Couch surfing

Snippet - More images and info soon!

VIDEOCLIP!

I made my first ever videoclip! For the dutch band Second December, song 'Dear e'.

Watch the videoclip!

A satisfaction survey

For Alrijne (hospital) magazine

Online Panorama Painting

To end a year of a Luther 500 special
I drew a 3d version of Luther's room.
It's on newspaper Trouw's website.
Look around HERE!

Caregive or take

Caregivers are often overworked - They should take good care of themselves.

@ Newspaper Trouw

POSTER

Deep End Film - Little film festival Utrecht

Cold

Illustration for Hard/hoofd's illustrated news special: Putin's war talk / propaganda

Fake news

(Dutch) recipe for fake news

@ newspaper Trouw

LOST

Special newspaper Trouw about losing a loved one to depression.

Let's talk about sex

1 of the 9 b/w illustrations I made for a book called Sex op z'n Duits.

A collection of columns written by Linda Duits about sex, sexuality and student life.

Bookcover illustration & Design

llustration and design for a collection of short essays about dutch writers and their pets.
Compiled by Rutger Lemm, published by De Geus

STUFF

Little animation for a song about
a guy that just keeps buying stuff.

Music by Vic Willems for HardHoofd

Watch animation with sound here

TRANSPARENCY

Transparency human rights policy.
For Magazine Opzij about the dutch elections.

ELECTIONS GIF

Short animation about the Dutch elections 2017; the outcome in a nutshell.

For online magazine Hardhoofd.com 

Watch here the Animation with sound effects!

BOOKCOVER

My first bookcover! Made for the talented writer Lotte Lentes.
A reprint deluxe of De jongen, het stof.
Publisher Wintertuin

VPRO GIDS

I was asked to make an illustration for the tv guide of my fav broadcaster VPRO!
An editorial about the tv show Politicologica - The Dutch elections and how framing works.
This particular broadcast was about the political party PvdA.

Health care special newspaper Trouw

For one week I made every day an illustration
about  the upcoming Dutch elections & Health policy issues.

Have a look at my Behance account to see (almost) all of them.

Animated logo

A logo I designed and animated for
a new coaching and consultancy company Press Start.

Exhibition from now till the 4th of March!

I'm exhibiting in the nicest place of Utrecht! :)

DB's Studio's: CAB-Rondom 100 (near Zuilen station)

Have a look!

Little Strollers

Little Strollers is personal project
exploring the strange and the unknown.
Tiny scenes painted on wood (10x10 cm).

Have a look at the strollers on Etsy !

Wartburg

The luther serie for newspaper Trouw continues.
Now at the Wartburg in Eisenach.

Special for Trouw

The Next 12 months(!) I'll be illustrating every 2 weeks for Newspaper Trouw.

It's a yearlong special about Martin Luther' s 500th anniversary, nailing his 95 theses to the door of the castle church of Wittenberg on October 31, 1517, officially launching the Protestant Reformation.

Journalist Gerrit-Jan KleinJan will travel around the world to research Luther's influence.

Read the first article at Trouw.nl (in Dutch)

Elusive expo on tour

The exhibition with drawings en illustration has now moved to Amsterdam!
It's at the beautifull co-working space The Thinking Hut near Oosterpark. Until the beginning of December.

EXPO PUHA - ELUSIVE

This month (oktober) I'm exhibiting in the design clothing store Puha in Utrecht.

I'm showing some illustrations and some personal drawings. Come and have a look at the Voorstraat 48!

PUHA facebook

Open Studio

This sunday the 18th of september!

From 11:00 till 18:00 O'clock.

Vlampijpateliers - Vlampijpstraat 50 in Utrecht

Stateless

Illustration for newspaper Trouw.
Article about how stateless people have no rights and struggle to survive

Worldproblems

illustration about how theater directors use current world problems on stage

For dutch performance art magazine De Theatermaker

LOWLANDS FESTIVAL

Small selection of the animations I made for a book presentation at Lowlands!

Pictures from the event here

Summer!

Little animation test.

Le Bazarre market Utrecht

This Saturday (june 25) I'll be selling some cards and other stuff at the lovely Le Bazarre market in Utrecht!

You'll find all the details here

The Scariest

Article about the psyche of a lone wolf in newspaper Trouw.

Article in dutch here

Passive Spectator

Illustration for dutch performance art magazine de Theatermaker.

New studio!

Superhappy with my new studio which I moved in last April.

There's enough space to mess around and I 
finally start working on some personal projects again.

For more recent works check out my instagram

Illustration for AMC / VUmc

Plans for one big heart centre in Amsterdam

The bank as a climate saver

Illustration for newspaper Trouw.

Performing arts / Theatermaker

Illustration for a Dutch theater magazine.
About how performing artists try to stay afloat.

Mapping

The Netherlands will hold the Presidency of the Council of the European Union beginning this year and I was asked to make a small map of the highlights in the area where it all takes place.

Bluebird

A logo I made for a client. Inspired by a Poem of Charles Bukowski called 'Bluebird'.

Manja Kamman helps people to overcome their addictions and bad habits.

Spectators

Speaking about watercolor. This one I painted last week. I'm planning to make a small collection of people watching. Stay tuned!

Dark Net

Journalist and tech blogger Jamie Bartlett wrote a book about the dark side of the internet.
Newspaper Trouw interviewed him and I made this watercolor illustration for it.

Mayors get a lot on their plate these days...

Illustrations for newspaper Trouw

Animation / GIF

I really enjoy making little animations these days!

This is a GIF-animation I made for the online magazine De Optimist to accompany a (dutch) poem of Ezra Hakze.

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I'm still quite new to the whole animation/gif technique, so if you'd like to see me practicing, take a look at my online sketchbook: Instagram

Newsview

Gun debate America - After yet another school shooting.

Hard/hoofd

De kampioen / ANWB

A nice project of the ANWB (the dutch Automobile Association). Hand in an old children's bike, it will be refurbished and given to a child without a bike.

Waiting

Today in newspaper Trouw: A story about young boys trying to take care of their family. Surviving in tent camps hoping for a safer and better life.

Illucation

Illustration about education

Lose way

Getting Lost in Joshua Tree park. For online magazine Hard/hoofd.com

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