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.

Puntje, puntje, puntje…

Spuiten en Slikken, doe-boek, puzzle, connect the dots, Frederike Boomars, Martine Eelman, BNN, Enkeling, 2011

Connect the dots puzzle for BNN’s Spuiten en Slikken Zomervakantie-doe-boek

1359 commissions,drawings,typography | Fri 22 Jul 2011 13:19

Spraypainting Poems on a Square

westerdoksplein, gedichten, Tsead Bruinja, Paul Rood, typografie, spuitbus, voetleespad, Enkeling, 2011

Click on the photo to read the article. Published in Het Parool, june the 16th. By Corrie Verkerk, photo by Dingema Mol.

I spent the best part of today wearing sweat filled rubber handshoes spraypainting poems on the Westerdoksplein in Amsterdam. I’m quite pleased with the endresult but I got burnt by the sun like an idiot.
The gentlemen delivering the poems are Paul Rood and Tsead Bruinja. Pictures by Tsead & Margje Muusse.
More on this project [and more pictures] on Tsead’s Facebook here.

1348 commissions,typography | Fri 15 Jul 2011 23:00

from the Swizzle back in the drizzle

switzerland, rocks, typography, Enkeling, 2011
switzerland, drawing, castle, Enkeling, 2011

Hello everybody, just got back from holiday in Switzerland. Expect to see some new work posted in the near future.

1345 miscellaneous | Wed 13 Jul 2011 12:39

Cash Grab

Cash Grab, drawing, euros, Enkeling, 2011

Drew this in the train back from Leeuwarden, colored it this morning

1342 drawings | Mon 20 Jun 2011 15:03

Noordkaap Times: Populism

Illustration for international art paper the Noordkaap Times.
Click on the image to enlarge.

1339 cartoons,commissions,drawings | Fri 10 Jun 2011 16:21

Rotate Counter Clockwise

Rotate Counter Clockwise, typography, Enkeling, freaking out with colors, Enkeling, 2011

might have gone a bit overboard with the coloring. or maybe not.

1336 typography | Tue 7 Jun 2011 19:01

Silver at the European Design Awards

european, design, awards, silver, calendar, zwaan, rockalender, prize, joechei, Enkeling, 2011

I won a silver award for my Zwaan Rockalender at the European Design Awards 2011, so yay!
[Enkeling not pictured]

1331 miscellaneous | Fri 27 May 2011 14:33

een twee brie vier

een, twee, brie, vier, typografie, lettering, spaghetti, Enkeling, 2011

1328 typography | Tue 24 May 2011 16:18

Sex

Sex, book, illustration, unused, Enkeling, 2011

1324 drawings | Fri 20 May 2011 11:34

Studio Buffalogo

studio, buffalo, armijn, woudman, beeldmerk, logo, cowboy, buffel, Enkeling, 2011

Logo for Studio Buffalo

update: Studio Buffalo had some wooden [!] business cards made with this logo burned on them:

studio, buffalo, armijn, woudman, business card, branded, wood, Enkeling, 2011

1318 commissions,drawings | Mon 9 May 2011 12:47

Ceci n’est pas un Louis Vuitton

Louis Vuitton, bag, Magritte, pastiche, ceci, n’est, pas, un, Nadine Plesner, beeldcolumn, rechtzaak, Enkeling, 2011

Inspired by the court case that artist Nadia Plesner won from Louis Vuitton.

1313 drawings | Thu 5 May 2011 14:10

Dzone

Dzone, versch, graphic designs, magazine, work, illustration, Enkeling, 2011

I was asked to show some of my work in Dzone, a nice magazine for graphic designers. Fresh issue out now.
Photo by Armijn Woudman

1310 miscellaneous | Fri 29 Apr 2011 18:42

Dust To Dust

Groningen gegoogled, beeldcolumn, alien, Merit Buitenhuis, Dust, 2008

Beeldcolumn from 2008 for Dust, a magazine from and about Groningen that sadly ceased to exist. The concept was me surfing the net looking for quotes concerning Groningen and adding my interpretation of those.

1304 commissions,drawings | Tue 26 Apr 2011 11:22