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Hi and welcome! My name is Aafke - I’m a freelance illustrator, risograpH owner & dog friend.

 
 
 

I love to work with bright colours, paint with watercolours and make comics.
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View fullsize Markers ✨ one of the first art materials you get as a child (for some reason) but you never really learn how to use them 🤷🏽‍♀️ This last few weeks I unpacked my markers again and had some fun! I normally use them during my live visualization j
View fullsize I’m officially on my Staycation 😬 my original plans of traveling have been changed and cancelled multiple times. So home it is, and a small getaway to the south of the country 🤷🏽‍♀️ But the good thing is I have time to just sit down and
View fullsize My Patreon page finally launched today! ✨🙌🏽 Its been quite a ride to get everything ready but I’m happy it’s up & running and I already have some people pledging as patrons 😭💜✨ (Sorry if I keep repeating myself, but many have ask
View fullsize From watercolor paper to actual prints that you can hang! 🎉💪🏽 So happy to get these illustrations in print (no riso this time but high q digital prints) I decided to finally sit down and do it, after I got a few messages of people wanting to buy
View fullsize The GOLDEN Sketchbook ✨🔥 this is final tier on my upcoming Patreon (15 sept guys! 💪🏽). When supporting me on this level (€10) you will join me on my most personal project yet - a graphic novel about my quest to finding about my mother’s
View fullsize Kanoet or Red Knot ~ shored bird that arrives in The Netherlands wadden area between August and May. They eat little clams and small insects. Working on a little series of local birds to print as a zine 😊 #kanoet #redknot #illustration #birdillus
View fullsize Sketchbook Buddies ~ Tier 2 (€5) on Patreon! 🎉 become my sketchbook buddy! Not only do you get all the benefits of Tier 1 (see precious Patreon post) but you also get: • process videos and/or how-to tutorials! • Full sketchbook yours
View fullsize The Queen of the North Sea ~ a watercolor painting trying out again this thick watercolor paper. 🐠 and also a different way of approaching characters- a bit less cartoony I guess 🤔 I decided to do a live video as I was feeling a bit restless and i
View fullsize Drumroll Please! ✨ my Patreon page is *almost* done! 💪🏽 some of you have been asking about it and I have fantastic news: I will be officially launching the 15th of September 🎉 with a special offer! (More on that soon!) Before that date arrives I
View fullsize Good morning everyone! Yesterday we did a little spontaneous trip to ‘Kop van Noord-Holland’ which is the northern part of the province where Amsterdam is part of 😊 mostly known for the wadden 🌊 sea. It was actually quite refreshing t