The Ephemerist

Frank Daenen has designed a couple of new year’s cards and they are cute ! I’m sorry to say that the best version, in my opinion, wasn’t used, but nevertheless, I love them.

Check out Frank’s blog for some preliminary sketches, and also for some previews from his upcoming book (now that he’s no longer bound and tied by office work, this should get along nicely) !

One thing, though, Frank - the new version of your logo : it looks as if the bear’s on something else than too much sugar !

When I was very, very little, Nutricia coffee milk came with vouchers that could be traded in for a series of booklets for children. These booklets were written an dillustrated by Yvonne Perrin and never stray far from traditional, safe kiddie fare, with lovely animals and a fair but stern lesson at the end. They would be considered very old-fashioned if they were published today, but I simply adore Perrin’s illustrations. After reading these books time and time again, they are simply branded into my subconscious, I guess.

Starting this week, I will present one book every week. There’s supposed to be a total of 15 out there, of which I managed to collect 11.

Have fun with today’s book, as we present…

“Timmie The Tiger”

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