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](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5f22827a70d6ccaf834185d700b876fd4527fb58be99f4d237dde4b59ac9abaa/Tsjisse-Talsma---VPRO-cover---Classical-music.jpg)
![Personal Work | Earth](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8132d0ede03eb631e6eeb6699e132131dcdbe4c95a00e7d0bef933cefe809f9e/Tsjisse-Talsma---Earth---Personal-work.jpg)
![Boston Children's Hospital | Rewriting children's mental health crisis](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f40d6d1bc493aa3dffa193c831ee6c7c3c9cc4f80efc121e8dc1b54632201d2d/Tsjisse-Talsma---New-York-Times-Brand-Studio-and-Boston-Children-s-hospital---Rewriting-children-s-mental-health-crisis.jpg)
![Alberta University | Harnessing the Power of Quantum](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b5b9713b7435231b3cf9afb1f808cdb1b8085acd1178ff425ceb7257cff8165f/Tsjisse-Talsma-Quantum-Alberta-Uni.jpg)
![Coal Harbour | Feedforward](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3f1c16de0e4ae69c07157a61395b7f4c8602c5905d126187354376f24fa596a8/Tsjisse-Talsma---Coal-harbour---Feedforward.jpg)
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](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/df9bb3e1cb54a76c355a11df161cef401589c0ca6a8812fd4da150b361480b2a/Tsjisse-Talsma---Volkskrant---Vrede-met-geweld.jpg)
![Etsy | Bookkeeping](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/728c072e9a75f4732ed42a18b9aa79f197a8a8c57bc1c1905958a7ae60b67e89/Tsjisse-Talsma-Etsy-bookkeeping-.gif)
![De Volkskrant | Cosmic interest](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/533199be0c6f83247a424798b51598264c9d2b4ef9ffd8406d3d5610c831b3bd/Tsjisse-Talsma---Volkskrant---Kosmisch-belang.jpg)
![Marketing Groningen | Student culture](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c178f75bef5bd99bb309a93cb5403194ad241ca901e8f997848c90fafd03b853/Tsjisse-Talsma---Marketing-Groningen---Student-Culture.jpg)
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](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8c65f50138385ce78ed2e88cb9a1ff58e71e2dc62e7c2225d1e781da6dd981a5/Tsjisse-Talsma---NPR---Open-ears-podcast.jpg)
![Personal Work | In het bosch](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bf878917f259bfb1af1f7ff84f2df30d68bfe32bd43a941e8cf0eeb47e272c76/Tsjisse-Talsma---In-het-bosch---personal-work.jpg)
![Paradiso Amsterdam | London Calling](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f873e5f79df1183ad251e24c5a07641efbee3f6c8cc0d90ec7ae8be4ccabea43/Tsjisse-Talsma---Paradiso---London-Calling.jpg)
![PHD thesis | Planting Possibilites](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/115ec6adfb4311eaad29007856be62067ec49170f56c4348e38fdbad006a2056/Tsjisse-Talsma---Planting-Possibilities.jpg)
![Poster Scouts | Kabooom!](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/14a321aa21832e57e26d49de4366dc31c67b9669c5036f71b0ff39a68cadfcf7/The-Posterscouts---Kabooom.jpg)
![The New York Times | We chose our child](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/910ee41ab4a2f61c717cf154ea90c180469f6856d0cabef150aad1bc23c6bfa0/Tsjisse-Talsma---New-York-Times---We-chose-our-child.jpg)
![Forum Groningen | Let's Gro Campaign](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9d123b7e2dc40c081914a7d3afe5adac3ddfa107f2c1464c5f18330ea8a118e5/Tsjisse-Talsma-Let-s-Gro-campaign.jpg)