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dirkvds58.bsky.social
@dirkvds58.bsky.social
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60+ digital Artist. Using Procreate on the iPad.
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At Portal 23, One Look Was Enough
Digital drawing 2025

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January 13, 2026 at 2:40 PM
dirkvds58.bsky.social
At Portal 23, One Look Was Enough
Digital drawing
2025

#ipadart #ipaddrawing #Procreate #ipadproart #blackandwhite #pen #penart #pencildrawing #pencilart #pendrawing #pencil
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January 13, 2026 at 2:03 PM
dirkvds58.bsky.social
At Portal 23, One Look Was Enough
Digital drawing 2025

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January 13, 2026 at 2:01 PM
dirkvds58.bsky.social
Drawing I made in 2023. Now found some time to add some color.
November 18, 2025 at 4:14 PM
dirkvds58.bsky.social
Another drawing in my portal series is finished!
“A Gentle Greeting at Portal 5”
Digital pen drawing with Procreate
Drawing time:103h
Size 47 x 77 cm

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#inkdrawing
#lineart
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#surrealportals
#thetraveler
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October 15, 2025 at 9:19 AM
dirkvds58.bsky.social
Last weekend was BorgerhArt, a yearly event in my hometown where artists open their studios and take part in a group exhibition. This year, 48 artists participated.
It was my third time joining.
To show how I create digital drawings on the iPad, I worked on this self-portrait.
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October 4, 2025 at 2:15 PM
dirkvds58.bsky.social
Portal 9 - Showing Respect to Time on Its Side

Digital drawing with Procreate on the iPad.

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August 27, 2025 at 1:31 PM
dirkvds58.bsky.social
Portal 8: The Weight of Balance

A quiet place, but not a place of rest.
Balance is not a pause—it's a choice.

#surrealart #digitaldrawing #portalseries #yinandyang #visualstorytelling #floatinglandscape #equilibrium
July 21, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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My son and daughter, Sam and Lin both with the hat of The Traveler.

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#portrait
#CharacterArt
June 21, 2025 at 11:33 AM
dirkvds58.bsky.social
Portal 11: Sunset Negotiations
Digital drawing · 2025 · 110 hours · 372,922 strokes

This is the eleventh drawing in my portal series—this time, the number and the title finally align.

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June 6, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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Staying in the comic style for a while...
This is my daughter Lin, dressed as The Traveller

Digital watercolor on nthe iPad with Procreate.

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May 15, 2025 at 12:45 PM
dirkvds58.bsky.social
Comic-style drawing of my wife, based on an old photo taken 40 years ago.
These days you can ask ChatGPT for something like this, it will take only a minute.
I needed a day.

She's still the girl of my dreams.

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“A stylized digital portrait in comic-book style depicting a young woman with a warm smile and expressive eyes. She wears glasses and has wavy hair partially held back, with strands framing her face.The coloring is vibrant but gentle, enhancing the nostalgic and affectionate tone of the artwork.”
May 10, 2025 at 9:08 PM
dirkvds58.bsky.social
Another exercise in colour.
Digital painting on the iPad.
May 7, 2025 at 3:42 PM
dirkvds58.bsky.social
Another drawing finished—another homage, or perhaps more of a eulogy.
For the full story behind this drawing visit my page on Cara.

cara.app/post/ff3ef30...
April 26, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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Thinking about going far away...
April 4, 2025 at 4:20 PM
dirkvds58.bsky.social
Back to B&W. Here is drawing Nr. 10 in the Portal Series.

“The Warning Sign (at Portal 13)”

If you want to know what the warning sign says,
you can copy/paste:
横型入口
and drop it in an online translator.
I hope it makes sense.😅

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March 19, 2025 at 3:48 PM
dirkvds58.bsky.social
The magnolia is starting to blossom!
Spring is in the air!
March 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM
dirkvds58.bsky.social
Aglais io, the European peacock, or the peacock butterfly.
In Flemish: Dagpauwoog
2025
Digital painting on iPad with Procreate
Size: 24 x24 cm
750 dpi
Max print size 60 x 60 cm

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March 8, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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The 9th drawing in the Portal Series. At one point I couldn’t stop drawing faces: I had a…

Severe Case of Pareidolia
2025

And since I was practicing working with color...

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March 2, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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Second piece of 2025, also an exercise in applying color in Procreate on the iPadPro.
Proving not so easy, even with a lot of digital brushes available, the Apple Pencil is not a brush.

Me and My Shadow
2025

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March 1, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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New Years resolution this year: work more in color!
So the first piece of 2025 is in color:

Yellow Orchid
2025

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February 28, 2025 at 12:09 PM
dirkvds58.bsky.social
Still one more from last year: the Christmas card.
February 27, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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The last drawing of 2024!

Another large landscape drawing, this time a homage to Louise Bourgeois (1911 - 2010)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_B...

Title: "Dificult Exit"

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February 26, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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Boabab
2024

Nr. 7 in the Portal Series

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February 25, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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(At Portal 15 there is always someone) Looking Over My Shoulder
2024

Nr. 6 in the Portal Series

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February 24, 2025 at 12:14 PM