Another drawing in my portal series is finished!
“A Gentle Greeting at Portal 5”
Digital pen drawing with Procreate
Drawing time:103h
Size 47 x 77 cm

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Last weekend was BorgerhArt, a yearly event in my hometown where artists open their studios and take part in a group exhibition. This year, 48 artists participated.
It was my third time joining.
To show how I create digital drawings on the iPad, I worked on this self-portrait.
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Portal 9 - Showing Respect to Time on Its Side

Digital drawing with Procreate on the iPad.

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Portal 8: The Weight of Balance

A quiet place, but not a place of rest.
Balance is not a pause—it's a choice.

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My son and daughter, Sam and Lin both with the hat of The Traveler.

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Unlike some of the other drawings in this series, the portal here is deliberately minimal—just a structure that resembles a lift door. I kept it simple so it wouldn’t distract from the strange interaction unfolding at the shoreline. This scene is more about the meeting than the passage.

Portal 11: Sunset Negotiations
Digital drawing · 2025 · 110 hours · 372,922 strokes

This is the eleventh drawing in my portal series—this time, the number and the title finally align.

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Staying in the comic style for a while...
This is my daughter Lin, dressed as The Traveller

Digital watercolor on nthe iPad with Procreate.

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Great! I'm a SF fan from my teenage years.
Still reading.
Just finished Ghostdrift by Suzanne Palmer. Space adventure but really original and with some surprises.

She's called Nanny.
We met on the 19th of December 1985...
and were living together before New Years day.
Married in 1990. 35 years and counting ;-)

If you ever write that story I would love to read it.
SF?

No, thank you! You're too kind ;-)

It's funny but I've been bitten now and working on a similar comic style portrait of my daughter (about the same age as my wife was in the picture).
And that probably won't be the last I'll do.

So come back later for more!

“A stylized digital portrait in comic-book style depicting a young woman with a warm smile and expressive eyes. She wears glasses and has wavy hair partially held back, with strands framing her face.The coloring is vibrant but gentle, enhancing the nostalgic and affectionate tone of the artwork.”

Comic-style drawing of my wife, based on an old photo taken 40 years ago.
These days you can ask ChatGPT for something like this, it will take only a minute.
I needed a day.

She's still the girl of my dreams.

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Another exercise in colour.
Digital painting on the iPad.

Another drawing finished—another homage, or perhaps more of a eulogy.
For the full story behind this drawing visit my page on Cara.

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Thinking about going far away...

Back to B&W. Here is drawing Nr. 10 in the Portal Series.

“The Warning Sign (at Portal 13)”

If you want to know what the warning sign says,
you can copy/paste:
横型入口
and drop it in an online translator.
I hope it makes sense.😅

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The magnolia is starting to blossom!
Spring is in the air!

Aglais io, the European peacock, or the peacock butterfly.
In Flemish: Dagpauwoog
2025
Digital painting on iPad with Procreate
Size: 24 x24 cm
750 dpi
Max print size 60 x 60 cm

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This is the last finished drawing I can post here daily.
From now the frequency will drop to one or two a month.
Number 4 for 2025 is coming along nicely but will take probably more than a week to finish.

The 9th drawing in the Portal Series. At one point I couldn’t stop drawing faces: I had a…

Severe Case of Pareidolia
2025

And since I was practicing working with color...

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Thanks!

Second piece of 2025, also an exercise in applying color in Procreate on the iPadPro.
Proving not so easy, even with a lot of digital brushes available, the Apple Pencil is not a brush.

Me and My Shadow
2025

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New Years resolution this year: work more in color!
So the first piece of 2025 is in color:

Yellow Orchid
2025

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Still one more from last year: the Christmas card.

The last drawing of 2024!

Another large landscape drawing, this time a homage to Louise Bourgeois (1911 - 2010)
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Title: "Dificult Exit"

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some details.

Boabab
2024

Nr. 7 in the Portal Series

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(At Portal 15 there is always someone) Looking Over My Shoulder
2024

Nr. 6 in the Portal Series

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This one deserves some close-ups for detail.

Drawing nr 5 in the Portal series:

The Citadel
2024

Digital drawing.

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