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Slideshow of character designs for an animated instruction film, about safety procedures at Schiphol Airport. Next time you fly from there, have a look at the big screens above the gates to see the result. Enjoy, and have a safe trip!

Artist: Arjan Wilschut | Art director Martijn Winkler

Client: Schiphol Airport | Agent: Comic House

AW designed these Avatars for the Rabobank website. Friendly, helpful characters, each with their own specialty. Left to right: mortgages, starting business, sport clubs, mobile banking, private banking. Click to enlarge and see more sketches and techniques.

Artist: Arjan Wilschut | Art Director: Martijn Winkler

Client: Rabobank | Agent: Comic House

Sketches and character designs by AW, for a short comic strip in Groeneveld magazine.

Artist: Arjan Wilschut

Agent: Comic House  | Publisher: GRNVLD

Sequential drawings of a skater, part of of a pitch for a commercial with a sporty, urban feel.

Artist: Arjan Wilschut

Designs for a pitch about Free Running and other city Sports, made with ballpoint and brushpen.

Artist: Arjan Wilschut

Storyboard slides by AW for a short ad, promoting the Coachr: a running device for mobile phones. The Coachr is a concept by Harmen de Jong, now in development.

Storyboard by Arjan Wilschut

Director: Ferdinand van Dam | Client: FlinQ TV

Pencil/ marker sketches by AW, as part of a pitch for an underwater racing game Frutti Di Mare, by Jochem van der Spek.

Artist: Arjan Wilschut

Concept: Jochem van der Spek

Various characters by AW.

Artist: Arjan Wilschut

Various silhouette designs by AW, for different pitches: Mobi, Schiphol and others.

Artist: Arjan Wilschut

Slideshow with designs for our new film Farmer Jack/ Boer Jansen. The simple, almost geometrical shapes are relatively easy to animate, and fit the poster-style of our film, about a good-natured farmer, who is slowly dragged into the money-making machine of modern farming.

Designs by Arjan Wilschut & Animation Works

Written and directed by Arjan Wilschut

Produced by il Luster Productions

Hommage to Fiep Westendorp. Not only is she the best illustrator in Dutch history, she also has the coolest name ever. Pronounce: feep!

Artist: Arjan Wilschut

Inspired by the work of Fiep Westendorp

Poses of the Malmberg characters, for tekenclub.nl, a website where kids can learn to draw!

Tekenclub was initiated and designed by Jelle Gijsberts for the Fiep Westendorp foundation. The site was built by BNB multimedia, with music by Dick Wilschut.

Artist: Arjan Wilschut

Character designs for a sci-fi film concept by AW, about an intergalactic battle between the twin sisters Sola and Luna. Story outline and concept art available on request.

Artrist: Arjan Wilschut | ©  2010 Animation Works

After Penguin’s Christmas AW developed another Christmas idea: the Santa Story. The designs have a contemporary feel, but they are rendered with a classical illustration look, creating a colourful mix of characters from all eras and places: a mythological Nordic King, an ancient pharaoh, life-size toy soldiers and of course, a penguin …

Designs by Jelle Gijsberts

Story and concept by Arjan Wilschut

© Animation Works

Four character designs for a Calvé web campaign, promoting 4 new BBQ sauces: Hollandaise, Moroccan shaslik, Jamaican fish sauce and Argentinian steak sauce. AW also provided Flash animations and banners.

Designs: Arjan Wilschut, Jelle Gijsberts

Client: Calvé | Agent: Comic House

Sketches for a feature film project with working title Golden Age.

Artist: Arjan Wilschut | Concept: il Luster Productions

Trying out a more vector-inspired design.

Artist: Arjan Wilschut

Character sketches by AW, trying out more realistic shading and texturing.

Artist: Arjan Wilschut