Live, draw, collect, die.

What's going on?

2010-03-04T09:12:00.003+01:00

Work on the comic is stopped for now. I want to finish those toy cars first. So contest deadline will most probably be missed, but the comic will be finished!
The cars are almost done. Painting, weathering and decals have been applied. Small work on the interior, sealing the whole bunch and they're ready to put back together again. Pics soon.

My wife re-installed my PC (I have a legal XP now) and we got a new router, so we've spend quite some time behind the screen doing mindless cleanups and installs.
She's next getting W7, fingers crossed.
Blogger stopped supporting FTP stuff, so I want to switch to Wordpress. No idea when it will happen.

Ow, I'm going to a gym twice a week. Life is getting more crazy every minute...

Some comic sketches

2010-02-17T17:32:00.002+01:00

These are rough sketches for the comic I'm making.

The things I do....

2010-02-14T19:54:00.002+01:00

Comics! Arris wrote a 2 page script for me and together we're taking a shot at a comic contest. Main character is done, page layout is ready and I'm ready to go! I really want to do this again after... 10 years? And yes, I like Tezuka and Ashley Wood.

And then there are these 4 Willys Coupe's being customised for a Hot Wheels meeting.
Yes, I've turned into a 30something that relives his childhood with other 30somethings by getting together and buying way to expensive toy cars.

Take a leak

2010-02-05T22:06:00.001+01:00

I designed this lady for the toilets at work. See the fellow overhere.

Looky booky

2010-02-01T21:20:00.002+01:00

You can pre-order the Papertoy Monsters book I'm in overhere.
Yes, I am to lazy to search for a bigger image.
On a finer note: in 1 second I screwed up a custom I've been working on for three years. Gave it a nice coat of clear paint, moved the box and the figure tipped over into the dust and got covered in it. So great....

Gotta love Lili

2010-01-22T08:19:00.000+01:00

And this is Pauly's big sister: Lili.

Don't call her Pauly...

2010-01-19T23:22:00.003+01:00

One of 2 sisters for an upcoming paper toy book.
And IE users: sorry about the crappy looks! While I try to fix it, you may try using a browser.

Testing 1, 2, 3.

2010-01-15T10:26:00.003+01:00

Here is a MiniBrick I've made for an upcoming book by Monsa.
It also serves as a test for a new blog lay-out. Multi functional!

Rebuilding

2010-01-13T23:23:00.001+01:00

I'm making some small changes to the website. I my case that means it will look like a total mess every now and them. Hold tight!

Happy 2010!

2010-01-01T10:29:00.001+01:00

I bought toys, cars, saw great images and some day I may post them here. For now, hello to 2010 and goodbye to Brickboy. It has been a great ride my paper friend.

Reunited

2009-11-02T07:41:00.004+01:00

This Friday I will be vj-ing again after 5 years. I'm not sure if I know all the controls of the mixer but staying up to 2'o clock will be the hardest part. Come by and say hi!
More info here.

Green machine

2009-10-28T22:26:00.000+01:00

My colorway of a commissioned '69 Dodge Charger.
I think I should be drawing some more cars...

2009-10-22T16:52:00.000+02:00

Sometimes you make something, that is good, you like it and it makes you happy. You feel in every vein that is is good and hope others will see that to. And then they do.
My week is made, my confidence in my skills as cartoonist has grown and you will have to wait time to see it. Sign up at whatthegregg.com not to miss it and judge for your self.

Kaas & Kiwi

2009-10-14T21:08:00.005+02:00

This is the comic I did yesterday at a nice 'How to draw comics' workshop.

I did 2 for the price of one, let's say it's to survive the crisis.
Click for bigger versions.

Another brick in the wall

2009-10-14T13:03:00.002+02:00

I finally finished a drawing for Qreativ Studio. It took way to long, but I'm happy with the result. It did show me that I shouldn't do any freelance work, there is just no time at the moment.

There's an interview with me in Compress magazine. Read it here.
I did some work on the Trapir (project is entering it's 3th year of lazyness) and I'm drawing a '69 Dodge Charger for someone. It's fun to do something you are quite certain of you can do but never did. Needless to say, I'm happy with the results so far.
I should be working on 2 papertoys for an upcoming book but I can't seem to push myself. Of course the deadline is approaching fast.
And there are some Hot Wheels I'm customzing, a Halloween Buzz Lightyear and other projects. Sigh...

Papercraft

2009-09-27T19:35:00.002+02:00

I'm in this book by Gestalten:
Get yours here.

BTW: the jinx worked.

Shin Tanaka X Sjors Trimbach: The Last Brickboy on Earth!

2009-09-06T21:06:00.003+02:00

2009 marks the 5th birthday of the Brickboy paper toy, one of the very first platform paper toys online.
The other platform paper toy was T-Boy by Shin Tanaka and in 2006 he created this Brickboy version. For various reasons it was never released, until now...

This release is the 30th design, but also the LAST Brickboy design that will be published. After this one, no new designs will be released by me. Actually the whole Brickboy project will be closed.
On January 1st 2010 ALL Brickboy designs will be taken OFFLINE and will not be offered again by me.

"I haven't worked on Brickboy for a long time and don't feel any urge to do it. I have been making loads of other toys (like the Thought Processor with Phoneticontrol) and have plans for many more. I feel I need to close this chapter for good and move on. I would like to give my thanks to each and everyone who has contributed designs and supported me all these years."

There is also some good news, the Brickboy template, which was only available on request, will be RELEASED on www.nicepapertoys.com. It will be freely available for non commercial use.

So, go ahead, download all the designs while you can and have as much fun with the template as I had.

The last Brickboy by Shin Tanaka can be downloaded as PDF here:
http://www.sjorstrimbach.com/brickboy/files/030_shin.pdf

The Brickboy template (ZIP file with EPS and PDF) can be downloaded here:
http://www.nicepapertoys.com/group/templatedepot

All 29 previously released Brickboys can be downloaded until January 1st 2010 here:
http://www.sjorstrimbach.com/brickboy

Big TP

2009-09-06T09:19:00.003+02:00

TP designed by EnicOne. Photo stolen from Michael C. Hsiung.
This is from the LA series show at Munky King.

Let's jinx it.

2009-09-03T10:08:00.003+02:00

If this gets build it will be big. Big is in huge. Huge like gigantic. A 5 meter giant. And they need 4 of them.
But then again, maybe the client chooses something else and this is all you'll ever see.

Learn from the best....

2009-08-17T23:00:00.003+02:00

...well... me. This Friday I'll talk about my work, paper toys and if you ask, why I like Tapirs.

Location is Subwalk in Arnhem, it starts at 20:00, 5 euro fee plus free paper toy. See you there!

You may hate your job...

2009-07-24T16:34:00.003+02:00

...but I sure as hell don't. This is what I have been paid to draw:

For the last 4 weeks illustration work has been 60% of my time. Some of it you will see, some won't. Drawing directly with a Wacom in Illustrator can be hard, but I'm learning every day. All I can say that I'm having a good time and I like the results.
Now let's finish the last bits for the Urban Paper show.

SPKR183

2009-07-08T20:38:00.002+02:00

New paper model for the Heavy Hitterz show in Maryland USA. 20 signed and numbered prints are available at the show.

Heavy Hitterz show

2009-07-07T08:46:00.001+02:00

If you're around, go see it. A small number of SPKR 183 paper toys will be for sale.

Busy with things

2009-06-15T22:55:00.002+02:00

Just finished a first draft for a logo for a friend, there's a baby Qee turning into Captain America, painted wooden train tracks for Luuk and I finally started on a paper toy for the upcoming Heavy Hitterz show in Maryland, USA. In between I customise a USB tank, have idea's for a Paper Totem, need to build the second Bootpeg and organise the Urban Paper show slated for August.

I believe my wife and son are still happy with me... better check now.

Introducing the miniBrick

2009-06-01T20:41:00.003+02:00

With death knocking on Brickboys door it's time for some fun. 10 of these 'Death by Powerpoint' miniBricks will be available for €2,00 at my presentation this Wednesday. They're printed on 160 grams paper with an layer of metallic varnish that make it look like a disco inferno. Yes, it doesn't show on the image...
Also 5 blankBricks are available.
What's not sold will be in the shop on Thursday.