Art Grootfontein

FLANDOX apron

2012-01-06T15:46:00.002+01:00

Here is an new apron I designed.
This apron is available to buy at Monsieur Poulet, a sales website of Fairtrade certified clothes.

Small Chicken T-shirt

2011-12-13T21:06:00.000+01:00

My new t-shirt for kids.
Available to buy at Monsieur Poulet Store

33.3 art show contribution

2011-11-08T23:50:00.000+01:00

33.3 is an art show curated by Dana Lechtenberg, in which 33.3 artists rework music album covers.
This project was a way for me to pay tribute to Amy Winehouse, this great singer and song writer who disappeared all too soon.

The exhibition takes place at Schera’s Fine Art, in Elkader. The show will return to Cup of Joe in Cedar Falls, Iowa, for the second leg in early 2012.Don't forget to check out the other 32.3 covers right here.

Trees are my best friends t-shirt

2011-11-01T10:55:00.000+01:00

My brand new t-shirt in association with WWF available to buy at Monsieur Poulet.

Stop Death Penalty T-shirt

2011-09-28T21:12:00.000+02:00

My new t-shirt in association with Amnesty International is available to buy at Monsieur Poulet, a sales website of Fairtrade certified clothes.

Big Lebowski Art Show

2011-09-27T13:27:00.000+02:00

I did this non-official movie poster for the Big lebowski Art Show, curated by Dana Lechtenberg in Finder's Creepers gallery in Des Moines, Iowa.
The show is on display from the september 16 to october 16.

eCard animation for JibJab

2011-09-16T16:19:00.000+02:00

I'm pleased to announced that my first animation for JibJab is now online :

2011-09-05T21:19:00.001+02:00

Grootfontein is an art director, illustrator and animator. He lives in Paris and eats chocolate everyday because it is good for him. For the same reason he draws something daily. He works for children and adults in both publishing and press, and he is really thrilled about typography, T-shirt design and animation.

> Contact Art Grootfontein

Fresh 3 book

2011-08-27T11:32:00.000+02:00

I'm glad my work is featured in this really generous book about "cutting edge illustration" edited by Slanted.

You can take a look at the book here : Fresh 3

Godo project

2011-06-22T10:10:00.002+02:00

Here is a video I made for a french project called "Godo".

Adorable Grizzly t-shirt

2011-04-21T16:25:00.004+02:00

My first t-shirt for kids !
Available to buy at Monsieur Poulet.

Classic Gamer T-shirt

2011-04-10T11:59:00.000+02:00

Here is a new t-shirt I designed.
This tee is available to buy at Monsieur Poulet, a sales website of Fairtrade certified clothes.

Torso T-shirt book

2011-03-14T10:49:00.000+01:00

Torso is a new book by Gestalten about current t-shirt culture, featuring designs and quotes by the people behind the designs.
Seven of my t-shirt designs are featured in this book edited by Daniel Eckler (Format Mag)
For more info and a purchase link, go to Gestalten.

PetChemy

2011-01-31T22:10:00.001+01:00

PetChemy project to celebrate 100 years since Marie Curie received her Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

Grootfontein Demo Reel (2011)

2011-01-12T14:59:00.000+01:00

They died in 2010

2011-01-09T16:41:00.001+01:00

Illustration for El Rios Magazine.

Happy new year !

2011-01-03T09:07:00.002+01:00

Draw Serge!

2010-11-02T10:59:00.001+01:00

Draw Serge! is dedicated to the French singer, songwriter and enfant terrible, Serge Gainsbourg.
This site is curated and run by a the great illustrator Jonathan Edwards. This is a fake album cover I did for this really nice project. You can take a look at the site here.

Frigo Expo 2010

2010-10-20T15:03:00.005+02:00

I recently did a poster for the "When the Apes Met..." exhibition, curated by Frigo Fingers. This exhibition is taking place in both the Joker Gallery, Bilbao and the Vertigo Gallery, Mexico. The theme for the show was to take the apes and place them in unusual pop culture settings. I went for a Boris Karloff/Saul Bass homage as a vintage movie poster. It was fun.

You can see some pictures of the exhibition here. Or just take a look at the full catalog below :

Contact

2010-10-14T09:03:00.001+02:00

Mr. Yellow

2010-09-29T15:17:00.001+02:00

Crash plane of the polish president Lech Kaczynsk

2010-05-02T14:47:00.001+02:00

Polish President Lech Kaczynski dies in plane crash in Western Russia.
Illustration for El Rios Magazine.

Drawing Inspiration: Visual Artists at Work

2010-03-28T11:41:00.003+02:00

The writer, artist and instructor Michael Fleishman just published his sixth book Drawing Inspiration: Visual Artists at Work.
This work is filled with truly inspiring illustrations from 188 artists around the world, and I'm really honored to be included in this project.
You can find this book online via Amazon.com and directly at the Publisher website.

We are all Haitian T-shirt

2010-03-12T15:07:00.004+01:00

New tee available at Monsieur Poulet. All proceeds from the sale of this T-shirt I designed will go to support the reconstruction of Haiti, through yéle Haiti, the foundation started by Grammy-Award winning musician, producer and social entrepreneur Wyclef Jean.

Flandox

2010-03-09T09:01:00.003+01:00

Jungle Pals t-shirt available

2010-03-07T18:29:00.010+01:00

The brand new "Jungle Pals" t-shirt is available now at the Artwork Junkies online Store.

Monstroville - first animated scenes

2010-02-19T13:44:00.005+01:00

I was asked to contribute to the terrific Viktor Von Kreep's project Monstroville.
So I'm glad to work as animation director on this really fun animated short with a lot of great people.
Here is one of the scenes I worked on :

Please also take a look at the production blog to learn a bit more about this really exciting project : http://monstroville.blogspot.com

Yppah New Year !

2010-01-11T17:43:00.003+01:00

Pinky Cat - Five Dollars Speech

2009-11-18T23:42:00.004+01:00

Just an animation test for my personal project.

Happy Birthday to Frederator

2009-11-15T20:42:00.003+01:00

A very little animation I made to celebrate the FredBot 4th birthday. It has been featured on Channel Frederator this week.

Super Flying Cat animation test

2009-10-16T17:27:00.006+02:00

What are you feeding your kids these days ?

2009-10-11T21:53:00.001+02:00

I'm happy to have made the design of this website. The concept of WhatAreYouFeedingYourKidsTheseDays.com – healthy food can be fun – suits me very well, that's why it was a thrill to work on it. So, if you want to enjoy easy-to-make, healthy, affordable, recipes and ideas to feed your kids (and the entire family), you know where to go !

Digital Artist Award

2009-10-05T10:02:00.002+02:00

My film 'Snap!shots of the Year' has been awarded third place in the Animation category at the Digital Artist Awards 2009.
All the work from every category continue to be on display as part of a Digital Artist exhibition, running at Blackall Studios, Shoreditch, London, from Friday 2^nd October to Saturday 10^th October.

I Love Paris Tee-shirt

2009-10-01T09:33:00.006+02:00

I designed this tee-shirt, using my LemonTwist font.
This tee is available to buy at Monsieur Poulet, a sales website of Fairtrade certified clothes.

My box

2009-09-24T21:16:00.006+02:00

Just a little doodle drawn using Odosketch

Tatoo Design

2009-09-03T23:20:00.009+02:00

I just designed a tatoo for Jodi Mathews, "the nice girl who plays the ukulele".

Hear her sing on her youTube page.

UkuleleHunt T-shirts

2009-08-08T16:24:00.003+02:00

Here are the t-shirts I designed for UkuleleHunt, the number one on the Top 50 Ukulele Sites :

Click here to read more about this.

LemonTwist in Digital Arts Magazine

2009-07-14T15:48:00.004+02:00

LemonTwist is being featured on Digital Arts Magazine

The font is available at myFonts.com

New font : lemonTwist

2009-06-06T16:41:00.018+02:00

lemonTwist is a new font I made.

Click on the picture to see high quality samples.

This font is available at MyFonts.com and costs only $20!

Snap dots intro

2009-03-30T09:47:00.003+02:00

Girls in Hawaii

2009-03-27T09:28:00.004+01:00

Illustration about the band Girls in Hawaii for the Belgian magazine Focus.

Text by Laurent Hoebrechts.

Dent May time-lapse drawing

2009-03-04T11:45:00.004+01:00

A tribute to one of my favorite singers...
Drawn on my iPod Touch using Brushes.

FredMobile

2009-02-25T14:53:00.004+01:00

Interview "The Art of Being Art"

2009-01-29T20:44:00.002+01:00

Here is a quick interview with Bailee DesRocher from Frederator.com

Snap!shots on Channel Frederator !

2009-01-26T22:26:00.003+01:00

I'm really thrilled my work is being featured on Frederator !
Click here to see "Snap!shots of the Year" and other great animation stuff in this weeks Frederator episode.

2009 Paris Chic

2009-01-26T20:41:00.012+01:00

Snap!shots featured on Drawn!

2009-01-14T10:38:00.005+01:00

I'm really glad my video is being featured on Drawn! one of my everyday favorite source of inspiration.

Snap!shots of the Year on Drawn!

Snap!shots featured on Cartoon Brew

2009-01-13T12:28:00.011+01:00


Snap!shots of the Year on Cartoon Brew

Snap!shots of the year

2009-01-09T20:47:00.016+01:00

Stanley Portobello, the famous but discreet spyparazzi is back !
Although he had a lot of hard work to do, he never lost his artistic sense of espionage...
Happy animated year !

Making-of Snap!shots of the Year

2009-01-07T16:36:00.001+01:00

I published the making of Snap!shots of the Year on my BehanceNetwork Portfolio.

>Click here to take a look !

Animation backgrounds

2009-01-05T09:58:00.005+01:00

A few backgrounds from my 2009 animated greeting card.

I have to finish this stuff before the end of the month !...

ColorScript

2008-12-15T10:36:00.002+01:00

This is the color script for my new year animated card :

Winter sucks Drawn/MySoti Contest

2008-11-26T22:44:00.007+01:00

T-shirt available here.

The Vormator book is released

2008-11-04T22:38:00.009+01:00

Finally, the book is now available for purchase !
I entered this contest about two years ago, and my typeface work was chosen to be included in the collection, among 80 other contestants.

"Artists are provided with eight vector shapes, called the Elements, which they are allowed to use within a given set of rules. The goal of the project is to show the importance of limitations on creativity. The results of the contest prove that even with a large number of limitations, a surprising variation of outstanding graphics is possible."

If you're interested in buying the book, you can do so at the Vormator website, or from the publisher, Bis publisher.

New font : grootFont_1

2008-09-11T15:14:00.033+02:00

Here's a new pixel font i made based on Geneva 10.

Enjoy !

Hairdresser Project

2008-08-27T16:22:00.006+02:00

Drawn news

2008-06-20T16:16:00.004+02:00

Here are a few drawn news (in french) for the el Rios team :

Back in 3D !

2008-04-16T21:35:00.003+02:00

myToons bumper : the final animation

2008-02-17T16:35:00.010+01:00

So, here it is !

myToons WIP - 4

2008-02-12T13:53:00.004+01:00

Today, I can proudly show you the incredible background !
(smells like Miyazaki, huh ?!?)
:)

myToons WIP - 3

2008-02-03T14:50:00.004+01:00

And here is Kaalila, the little Hawaiian Doll !

myToons WIP - 2

2008-01-31T09:18:00.005+01:00

So, here is our man !
I'm glad to introduce you my new friend : Phil !

myToons WIP - 1

2008-01-28T09:36:00.004+01:00

Hi there !
I'm on a new animation : a short animated commercial for myToons.
Everything begins with this doodle :

I'll post more images/animations as soon as I have something interesting...

see you !

Happy New Year

2007-12-27T14:47:00.008+01:00

Yes, I know, it's been a while...
Here is my best wishes card for 2008.

Cheers !

Just in time !

2007-03-07T16:27:00.001+01:00

Imagine

2007-03-04T20:18:00.001+01:00

Kitchen Fun !

2007-02-06T13:57:00.001+01:00

Thanx a lot to Amid Amidi, and his great Bible !

Las Vegas Chronicles

2007-01-25T14:54:00.002+01:00

Snap !

2007-01-10T15:55:00.001+01:00

Vormator contest

2006-11-27T15:29:00.004+01:00

I'm currently working on a typeface for the Vormator contest

This is my work in progress :

My name is Earl

2006-10-03T17:56:00.001+02:00

Halloween is comeen !

2006-09-26T10:39:00.001+02:00

Tribute to Ed Benedict...

2006-09-21T14:49:00.001+02:00

... who passed away 3 weeks ago...

Thanx to pidgeonblog

Incredible Snake Joe is in town !

2006-08-31T17:18:00.001+02:00

Torturers

2006-08-02T17:08:00.001+02:00

Cafe situation

2006-07-31T17:19:00.001+02:00

Novel cover

2006-07-27T17:17:00.002+02:00

Bowling

2006-07-23T16:29:00.001+02:00

Mozart

2006-07-20T16:27:00.001+02:00

Let's blog !

2006-07-15T21:49:00.000+02:00

Here we are !
So, this is my work.

Please, enjoy, and don't hesitate to add some comments !