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.

Big and Red

Enkeling expo in de Plantage Etalage

My contribution to Anneloes van Galen’s new book at BIS Publishers: Ridiculous Design Rules.
My design rule was If you don’t know what to do… Just do it big and red.

For some more information, look here.

839 commissions,typography | Fri 27 Mar 2009 18:16

Character Design Rule

character design rule, eyes should be wide apart

840 drawings,typography | Sat 21 Mar 2009 16:04

Unnamed, Still

acrylic paint and posca painting

841 expo | Fri 13 Mar 2009 12:42

Background For an Unknown Foreground

background for a painting that’s yet to be made

842 Uncategorized | Mon 9 Mar 2009 16:11

Kredietcrisis in de metaal

Kredietcrisis in de metaal, queue, illustration for Metaaljournaal, detail

Kredietcrisis in de metaal, queue, illustration for Metaaljournaal

Ilustration for Metaaljournaal.

759 commissions,drawings | Tue 3 Mar 2009 17:01

An Order To Dance

pattern based on the name Enkeling

A quote from the “Done By The Forces Of Nature” album by the Jungle Brothers that popped into my head.
More JB’s inspired typography here and here.

755 drawings | Mon 2 Mar 2009 12:05

Pattern

pattern based on the name Enkeling

752 typography | Thu 26 Feb 2009 18:03

Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Putin, portrait in acrylic paint

749 portraits | Wed 25 Feb 2009 13:26

Obama

Barack Obama portrait in acrylic paint

I painted this over this one. Note to self: buy some new canvases.

743 drawings,portraits | Wed 18 Feb 2009 13:21

Energy

stop stealing my energy, you vampire!

722 typography | Tue 10 Feb 2009 15:57

Plantage Etalage

Enkeling expo in de Plantage Etalage

This month I’m showing some of my typographic work in Puntspatie’s Plantage Etalage here in Amsterdam. So if you’re going to Artis look across the street for some funky lettering!
For some more information, there’s a pdf at Puntspatie’s site [in dutch only].

Original photo by Kjeld de Ruyter.

713 miscellaneous | Fri 6 Feb 2009 18:04

Groningen gegoogled

Groningen gegoogled, illustratie met typografie gebaseerd op een uitspraak van Jacques Wallage, voor tijdschrift Dust

Beeldcolumn for Dust, a new magazine from and about Groningen. The concept is me surfing the net looking for quotes concerning Groningen and adding my interpretation of those.

691 cartoons,commissions,drawings,typography | Mon 2 Feb 2009 16:07