Illustration by Enkeling

Enkeling is het alias van Symen Veenstra. Hij is illustrator en werkt vanuit Haarlem. Zijn werk vond o.a. zijn weg naar kranten, tijdschriften, websites, jaarverslagen en folders. Hij maakte illustraties voor o.a. Actimel, Adobe, Blaadje, BNO, Bright, Cast Iron, COC, Custo Barcelona, Defiant.tv, Geldgids, Havana, ING, Vara’s Kassa, Kop of Munt, La Vie en Rose, Maandag, NRC Handelsbald, nrc.next, Noordkaap, OOM, het Parool, Seat, Shell, Sprout, T-mobile, TNT, en YouTube. Daarnaast maakt hij vrij werk. Een gedeelte van zijn typografisch werk heeft hij inmiddels geëxposeerd.
Enkeling is the AKA of Symen Veenstra. He is an illustrator who works in Haarlem. His work appears in papers, magazines, websites, annual reports and folders. He made illustrations for a diverse range of clients.

Going Nowhere Fast

self portrait, Symen Veenstra, Enkeling, 2007, Adobe, Creative Cloud, New Creative

This older self portrait is currently being used in the new Adobe Creative Cloud campaign “I am the new creative”!

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461 drawings,portraits | Fri 20 Sep 2013 10:00

Nick Cave

Nick Cave, portrait, typography, Enkeling, 2013

1819 drawings,portraits,typography | Wed 29 May 2013 17:51

Huge Willem Alexander Portrait

Willem Alexander, portrait, Dremel, multiplex, woodcut, Breda, Enkeling, 2013

Willem Alexander, portrait, huge, boat, Spinola, Enkeling, 2013

Willem Alexander, portrait, Erik olde Hanhof, Superrebel, Enkeling, 2013

Willem Alexander, portrait, Dremel, original drawing, Enkeling, 2013

This week I spent three days making a portrait of Dutch prince, soon to be king, Willem Alexander. This took place in the old inner city of Breda.
The portrait was made using only Dremels, resulting in what you could call the world’s largest woodcut [maybe], at 4 x 4,5 meters.
In the execution I got help from Erik olde Hanhof.
Images taken from a timelapse movie made by KJ van Gorkom.

Some selected press for this project here and here.

1785 commissions,drawings,portraits,typography | Fri 26 Apr 2013 11:38

Thomas Bayes Portrait

Thomas, Bayes, portrait, Research World, drawing, portret, tekening, Enkeling, 2013

portrait of Thomas Bayes (1701 – 1761) for Research World magazine

1771 commissions,drawings,portraits | Sun 7 Apr 2013 12:26

Tim Dog

Tim Dog, I Get Wrecked, KRS-One, lettering, typography, illustration, lyrics cover version, Enkeling, 2010

Tim Dog R.I.P.

I published this drawing on 27 october 2010 originally.

Based on some words of wisdom spoken by Tim Dog on the track I Get Wrecked, featuring KRS-One.

1173 drawings,portraits,typography | Fri 15 Feb 2013 22:20

Self Portrait 2013

self portrait, Symen Veenstra, drawing, lines, layers, bwadie bwadie, Enkeling, 2013

1728 drawings,portraits | Tue 29 Jan 2013 17:50

John Lydon

John Lydon, Johnny Rotten, Sex Pistols, PiL, portrait, Enkeling, 2013

1717 drawings,portraits | Wed 16 Jan 2013 16:37

Ricky Gervais

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1712 drawings,portraits | Wed 9 Jan 2013 17:54

Manu en Jona

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1697 commissions,portraits | Mon 3 Dec 2012 12:27

Poster Kristien Hemmerechts VU

Kristien Hemmerechts, poster, verbeelding gezocht, typography, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Enkeling, 2012
Kristien Hemmerechts, portret, portrait, poster, Schrijver op locatie, verbeelding gezocht, Enkeling, 2012
Kristien Hemmerechts, griffioen, griffin, poster, Schrijver op locatie, verbeelding gezocht, Enkeling, 2012

Poster I made to raise attention to Kristien Hemmerechts’ stint as VUsionary and “schrijver op locatie” at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam.
Unfortunately my work got changed without consulting me while I was on holiday. So this is how it was supposed to be, not the version you can see hanging at the VU.

1668 commissions,drawings,portraits,typography | Tue 2 Oct 2012 10:49