Cliff van Thillo
@cliffvanthillo.bsky.social
Illustrator from Utrecht (Netherlands)
The developing of so called “AI-agents”, AI-bots who do your groceries, reservations, fill in forms and agendas, comes with problems. The technology isn’t trustworthy in terms of understanding, and you don’t know where your personal data ends up. For @trouw.nl Image editor: Liselore Kamping 🙏
January 12, 2026 at 10:05 AM
The developing of so called “AI-agents”, AI-bots who do your groceries, reservations, fill in forms and agendas, comes with problems. The technology isn’t trustworthy in terms of understanding, and you don’t know where your personal data ends up. For @trouw.nl Image editor: Liselore Kamping 🙏
Daily sketches, exploring figures and poses.
January 9, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Daily sketches, exploring figures and poses.
Daily sketches, exploring figures and poses.
January 8, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Daily sketches, exploring figures and poses.
A look back at Kunstmarkt Noord from november. Had a great time, together with my love Arnout Lems, presenting and selling my prints and art!
January 7, 2026 at 3:20 PM
A look back at Kunstmarkt Noord from november. Had a great time, together with my love Arnout Lems, presenting and selling my prints and art!
To break up squares and rectangles on the wall, I like to create something more organic shaped. This figure I made from lasered mdf, and is available in different colours.
January 6, 2026 at 3:40 PM
To break up squares and rectangles on the wall, I like to create something more organic shaped. This figure I made from lasered mdf, and is available in different colours.
There we go, have a good one!
January 5, 2026 at 10:22 PM
There we go, have a good one!
The Dutch key industry asks a lot of the Netherlands. A lot of natural resources, a lot of nature and a lot of money. We have to ask ourselves if we should continue this industry at all. For @vpro.nl gids, image editor: @bramdirven.bsky.social 🙏 Also: have a look at the detail in the corner ❤️
December 18, 2025 at 2:22 PM
The Dutch key industry asks a lot of the Netherlands. A lot of natural resources, a lot of nature and a lot of money. We have to ask ourselves if we should continue this industry at all. For @vpro.nl gids, image editor: @bramdirven.bsky.social 🙏 Also: have a look at the detail in the corner ❤️
Trumps “peace plan” for Ukraine is mainly a prelude to new war. For @decorrespondent.nl Image editor: @bebeblanco.bsky.social 🙏
December 17, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Trumps “peace plan” for Ukraine is mainly a prelude to new war. For @decorrespondent.nl Image editor: @bebeblanco.bsky.social 🙏
Some of the sketches from the last couple of assignments. Sometimes I start out with red to ‘search’ and then blue to ‘define’. Not all of them turn out to be the final illustration, by my or the clients choice. But an idea is never thrown away. :)
December 16, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Some of the sketches from the last couple of assignments. Sometimes I start out with red to ‘search’ and then blue to ‘define’. Not all of them turn out to be the final illustration, by my or the clients choice. But an idea is never thrown away. :)
It will be a difficult task to form a new government with progressive aspects, as most votes went to right wing or far right wing parties. @simonvanteutem.bsky.social reflects on the possibilities for a more trustworthy Dutch government. For @decorrespondent.nl Image editor: Bebe Blanco Agterberg
December 9, 2025 at 10:06 AM
It will be a difficult task to form a new government with progressive aspects, as most votes went to right wing or far right wing parties. @simonvanteutem.bsky.social reflects on the possibilities for a more trustworthy Dutch government. For @decorrespondent.nl Image editor: Bebe Blanco Agterberg
Daily sketches, exploring figures and poses.
December 8, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Daily sketches, exploring figures and poses.
The joke of ridiculing non-cis white men or trans people by using a high pitched voice to implicate the one being not the norm to be less male. The phone horn being a phallic symbol in this context, as a call to what we perceive as being manhood and the silly hanging sack being tickled.
December 5, 2025 at 1:07 PM
The joke of ridiculing non-cis white men or trans people by using a high pitched voice to implicate the one being not the norm to be less male. The phone horn being a phallic symbol in this context, as a call to what we perceive as being manhood and the silly hanging sack being tickled.
To break up squares and rectangles on the wall, I like to create something more organic shaped. This creature I made from lasered mdf.
November 25, 2025 at 4:12 PM
To break up squares and rectangles on the wall, I like to create something more organic shaped. This creature I made from lasered mdf.
The next step Geert Wilders (the big far right party in the Netherlands) is following from the Fascism guide book: spreading confusion about the voting results from the last elections. For @decorrespondent.nl
November 24, 2025 at 2:19 PM
The next step Geert Wilders (the big far right party in the Netherlands) is following from the Fascism guide book: spreading confusion about the voting results from the last elections. For @decorrespondent.nl
The difference between progressive and conservative parties in the Netherlands, regarding art and culture. Where the left wing wants to make room for reflection, reality and painful facts in history regarding kolonialism and equal rights, the right wing wants to focus on nationalism. For @trouw.nl
October 28, 2025 at 10:30 AM
The difference between progressive and conservative parties in the Netherlands, regarding art and culture. Where the left wing wants to make room for reflection, reality and painful facts in history regarding kolonialism and equal rights, the right wing wants to focus on nationalism. For @trouw.nl
Spicing up the research for the possibilities of a new youth art centre at Vleuten, Utrecht.
October 26, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Spicing up the research for the possibilities of a new youth art centre at Vleuten, Utrecht.
For the SOS-question at @klasse_be , about external influences (light, air, sound) on focusing in class.
October 23, 2025 at 10:35 AM
For the SOS-question at @klasse_be , about external influences (light, air, sound) on focusing in class.
Stijn Voogt wrote about consuming the hatred for rich, with the footnote that the riches themselves are profiting as well from that hatred. For Hard//Hoofd.
October 21, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Stijn Voogt wrote about consuming the hatred for rich, with the footnote that the riches themselves are profiting as well from that hatred. For Hard//Hoofd.
Cart board creature made from old packaging, for the Huis van Betekenis exhibit last summer at Podium Hoge Woerd . Photo by Saskia Janssen, legs by Gemma Pauwels
October 9, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Cart board creature made from old packaging, for the Huis van Betekenis exhibit last summer at Podium Hoge Woerd . Photo by Saskia Janssen, legs by Gemma Pauwels
One of the things I always wanted to do is making a cover for VPROgids . And here it is! I am so happy 🤩 This time VPROgids is turned into VPROkids, with content made for the younger ones. Image editor: Bram van Dirven and Carla van Thijn 🙏
October 1, 2025 at 8:48 AM
One of the things I always wanted to do is making a cover for VPROgids . And here it is! I am so happy 🤩 This time VPROgids is turned into VPROkids, with content made for the younger ones. Image editor: Bram van Dirven and Carla van Thijn 🙏
New in my webshop: “Frolic”, a riso print on 200 grand biotop- paper, on A3 format. To purchase, go to cliffvanthillo.com/shop , ór visit me at the upcoming Illustratiemarket: this sunday at Vogelfrei Playground, Utrecht.
September 27, 2025 at 8:06 AM
New in my webshop: “Frolic”, a riso print on 200 grand biotop- paper, on A3 format. To purchase, go to cliffvanthillo.com/shop , ór visit me at the upcoming Illustratiemarket: this sunday at Vogelfrei Playground, Utrecht.
New: “Petal Dance”, a high quality print on 250 gram Tintoretto Gesso- paper, on A3 format. To purchase, visit my webshop ( cliffvanthillo.com/shop ). Ór visit me at one of the upcoming two markets: this sunday at Volkshotel, Amsterdam or september 28th at Vogelfrei Playground, Utrecht.
September 19, 2025 at 9:49 AM
New: “Petal Dance”, a high quality print on 250 gram Tintoretto Gesso- paper, on A3 format. To purchase, visit my webshop ( cliffvanthillo.com/shop ). Ór visit me at one of the upcoming two markets: this sunday at Volkshotel, Amsterdam or september 28th at Vogelfrei Playground, Utrecht.
New: “Porcelain Whispers”, a high quality print on 250 gram Tintoretto Gesso- paper, on A3 format. To purchase you can go to cliffvanthillo.com/shop, ór visit me at one of the two markets I’ll be joining this month: this sunday at Volkshotel (Amsterdam) or 28th at Vogelfrei (Utrecht).
September 17, 2025 at 7:39 AM
New: “Porcelain Whispers”, a high quality print on 250 gram Tintoretto Gesso- paper, on A3 format. To purchase you can go to cliffvanthillo.com/shop, ór visit me at one of the two markets I’ll be joining this month: this sunday at Volkshotel (Amsterdam) or 28th at Vogelfrei (Utrecht).
Daily sketches, exploring figures and poses.
September 11, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Daily sketches, exploring figures and poses.