Joscha van Deijk
@aapstra.bsky.social
Amsterdam based story artist.
https://storystruggles.blogspot.com
https://storystruggles.blogspot.com
Define “Perfect Ending”?
October 18, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Define “Perfect Ending”?
This week was the Dutch Week of Children’s Books. At my daughter’s school there was market where kids could trade their books and we found this gem. The illustrations are delightful!
October 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
This week was the Dutch Week of Children’s Books. At my daughter’s school there was market where kids could trade their books and we found this gem. The illustrations are delightful!
Children’s book illustrations by Dutch artist and writer Annet Schaap.
October 11, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Children’s book illustrations by Dutch artist and writer Annet Schaap.
Lions escape in Amsterdam Stripclub: Yesterday the Amsterdam newspaper Het Parool shared this story from 1967. Amsterdam in the 60's was a pretty wild place!
September 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Lions escape in Amsterdam Stripclub: Yesterday the Amsterdam newspaper Het Parool shared this story from 1967. Amsterdam in the 60's was a pretty wild place!
So cool to see @patrickhwillems.bsky.social play my Name That Movie film quiz! And of course he's absolutely smashing it, casually naming some of the most challenging films in the deck: youtu.be/a7EEjVPXif0?...
September 8, 2025 at 2:38 PM
So cool to see @patrickhwillems.bsky.social play my Name That Movie film quiz! And of course he's absolutely smashing it, casually naming some of the most challenging films in the deck: youtu.be/a7EEjVPXif0?...
For some reason the actor playing Major Toht wasn't available when they did this shot, so they ended up just replacing him with his signature hat and coat! And if you don't know it, you don't see it--
August 28, 2025 at 11:33 AM
For some reason the actor playing Major Toht wasn't available when they did this shot, so they ended up just replacing him with his signature hat and coat! And if you don't know it, you don't see it--
Yesterday's page of my daily Raiders of the Lost Ark film studies. I'm almost at the end of the Truck chase! (just one more shot of the crowd cheering) This page features one of my all-time favorite bits of movie trivia--
August 28, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Yesterday's page of my daily Raiders of the Lost Ark film studies. I'm almost at the end of the Truck chase! (just one more shot of the crowd cheering) This page features one of my all-time favorite bits of movie trivia--
A few sketches from my recent trip to Italy.
August 18, 2025 at 4:36 PM
A few sketches from my recent trip to Italy.
During the Disney Story Presentation at this year's Annecy Animation Festival, attendees got a cool storyboard sketchpad that has this very useful storyboard checklist on the back:
August 14, 2025 at 10:10 AM
During the Disney Story Presentation at this year's Annecy Animation Festival, attendees got a cool storyboard sketchpad that has this very useful storyboard checklist on the back:
I'll be at the Annecy Animation Festival next week, hope to see you there!
June 3, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I'll be at the Annecy Animation Festival next week, hope to see you there!
If you suffer from amnesia and run into him, you are probably a government trained assassin.
June 1, 2025 at 7:36 PM
If you suffer from amnesia and run into him, you are probably a government trained assassin.
Felt that my home studio wasn’t nerdy enough yet, so I added this red guy. He’s awesome.
May 15, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Felt that my home studio wasn’t nerdy enough yet, so I added this red guy. He’s awesome.
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and A Very Long Engagement both have thrilling archive research sequences:
April 8, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and A Very Long Engagement both have thrilling archive research sequences:
Yesterday I was in a toy store and learned that there is a toy of a flamingo pooping on a toilet.
April 5, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Yesterday I was in a toy store and learned that there is a toy of a flamingo pooping on a toilet.
Another 'Name that movie!' quiz question. Fun fact: this movie has been the most common incorrect answer. So I finally had to draw it.
April 1, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Another 'Name that movie!' quiz question. Fun fact: this movie has been the most common incorrect answer. So I finally had to draw it.
Another great mail day! Got the wonderful self published sketchbook Croquis du Soir by @thierrymartin.bsky.social with a beautiful original sketch in it!
March 28, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Another great mail day! Got the wonderful self published sketchbook Croquis du Soir by @thierrymartin.bsky.social with a beautiful original sketch in it!
Over on insta I've been having a little filmquiz with my followers for a few years now. Can they guess the movie I drew? I want to bring a little collection of these with me to Annecy in June, and am reworking some of the entries I'm less satisfied with. so can you name these movies...?
March 26, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Over on insta I've been having a little filmquiz with my followers for a few years now. Can they guess the movie I drew? I want to bring a little collection of these with me to Annecy in June, and am reworking some of the entries I'm less satisfied with. so can you name these movies...?
So cool to be forced to use different shapes than I would start with. And so fun to tell her ‘look what you drew!’
March 16, 2025 at 10:02 AM
So cool to be forced to use different shapes than I would start with. And so fun to tell her ‘look what you drew!’
Drawing with my 4yo daughter. We’re playing the old game where she does a quick scribble and I have to make it into something. So much fun!
March 16, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Drawing with my 4yo daughter. We’re playing the old game where she does a quick scribble and I have to make it into something. So much fun!
Great mail day! Found another book illustrated by the amazing George’s Beuville. I love his work so much.
March 14, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Great mail day! Found another book illustrated by the amazing George’s Beuville. I love his work so much.
In fact they don’t care about him crossing the fence: they need his rope to dislodge one of their vehicles that got stuck. When we cut back to Sallah you can see htem using his rope in the BG. That’s why Sallah needs to improvise a new rope for Indy to climb out! (2/)
February 16, 2025 at 3:59 PM
In fact they don’t care about him crossing the fence: they need his rope to dislodge one of their vehicles that got stuck. When we cut back to Sallah you can see htem using his rope in the BG. That’s why Sallah needs to improvise a new rope for Indy to climb out! (2/)
Breaking down a film into a reverse storyboard, you see details you never noticed before. For example in Raiders, when Indy is down in the map room, soldiers come and shout at Sallah. I always thought they were shouting because he was trespassing. But that’s actually not what is happening-- (1/2)
February 16, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Breaking down a film into a reverse storyboard, you see details you never noticed before. For example in Raiders, when Indy is down in the map room, soldiers come and shout at Sallah. I always thought they were shouting because he was trespassing. But that’s actually not what is happening-- (1/2)