Tsjisse Talsma
Tsjisse creates his illustrations with analogue imagery, mainly ink, combined with digital techniques. Layering the pieces together and giving them a vivid colour palette, he creates a collage of figurative and abstract elements. Building scenes out of simple shapes and swishes he coaches the viewer through a mix of disorientation and recognition. Tsjisse mainly does editorial work for publications, physical and digital, and illustrations for brands and advertising campaigns.
Selection of clients
The New York Times | The New Yorker | Penguin Random House | The Guardian | Wetransfer Etsy | New York Public Radio | Boston Children’s Hospital | De Volkskrant | Paradiso Amsterdam
VPRO-Gids | Classical Music
Personal Work | Earth
Boston Children's Hospital | Rewriting children's mental health crisis
Alberta University | Harnessing the Power of Quantum
Coal Harbour | Feedforward
Coal Harbour | Feedforward, excerpt of animated visual
Feedforward
Album artwork for Feedforward, the latest project from Rotterdam jazz collective Coal Harbour. The album is a modern fairytale that examines the consequences of endlessly pursuing growth. Tsjisse created artwork for the album cover and booklet as well as animated visuals for their Dutch tour.
De Volkskrant | Peace with violence
Etsy | Bookkeeping
De Volkskrant | Cosmic interest
Marketing Groningen | Student culture
Open ears podcast
Tsjisse created a series of 31 illustrations for NPR’s podcast Open Ears. Part mixtape, part sonic love-letter, the project is a place where celebrity guests, including Tom Hiddleston and Eddie Izzard, are asked to share a classical track that is meaningful to them and why.
National Public Radio | Open Ears Podcast
National Public Radio | Open Ears Podcast
Personal Work | In het bosch
Paradiso Amsterdam | London Calling
PHD thesis | Planting Possibilites
Poster Scouts | Kabooom!
The New York Times | We chose our child
Forum Groningen | Let's Gro Campaign
Knetterijs is a group of illustrators sharing a collective studio in Groningen. Each member is active as a freelance illustrator, spending most of their time working on individual commissions, but we also take on projects as a group. Knetterijs works on commissions for clients at home and abroad, for a wide variety of media.
Animation | Books | Commercial | Editorial | Graphic Design | Interior Illustration | Music | Packaging | Posters