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Joscha van Deijk @aapstra.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Mignola used that cover as inspiration for this comic cover that can be seen in the first Hellboy movie.

Hellboy comic cover that is seen in Guillermo del Toro's first Hellboy movie. Scan from 'Hellboy the art of the movie'

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Joscha van Deijk @aapstra.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Some photos I took during a two week vacation in Italy.

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Joscha van Deijk @aapstra.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Some sketchbook drawings I did in the Natural History Museum in Karlsruhe. A great place to go sketching. I was with my 6 yo daughter so I didn’t get the time to sketch as much as I’d have liked, hope to go back there sometime!

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Joscha van Deijk @aapstra.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

A few more illustrations from the book.

Illustrated page from Musique a travers chants,’ a book of sheet music illustrated by Georges Beuville

End page from Musique a travers chants,’ a book of sheet music illustrated by Georges Beuville

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Joscha van Deijk @aapstra.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Found another book illustrated by Georges Beuville! An illustrated book of sheet music, published in 1969.

Cover of ‘Musique a travers chants,’ a book of sheet music illustrated by Georges Beuville

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Joscha van Deijk @aapstra.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Spotted this cool train in Armentières, France. Absolutely no idea what it’s for. Can’t look at stuff like this without thinking of an @ianmcque.bsky.social drawing

Photo of some kind of diesel powered maintenance train, very dusty and weathered.

Detail of cables and working parts of maintenance train

Another angle of the working parts of the maintenance train, no idea what they’re for

Side view of the control cabin (front) of that maintenance train

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Joscha van Deijk @aapstra.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Hey, it’s #PortfolioDay again! I’m Joscha, story artist. Available starting next month. joschavandeijk.blogspot.com

story drawing of a princess being kidnapped by bandits on horseback, done as development work for a cancelled feature project

a storyboard drawing of a wolf frying vegetables in a pan. done for intermarché's mal aimé /the unloved christmas commercial

Fight me! storyboard panel from a personal samurai project

storyboard panel of a knight on horseback being attacked by evil gnomes, personal Next 5 storyboard

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Joscha van Deijk @aapstra.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

A few more pages, the book has some wonderful large spreads like these.

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Joscha van Deijk @aapstra.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Great mail day! Added another book to my Georges Beuville collection and it’s a real beauty. Much larger than I expected too.

Book cover for Contes de Provence illustrated by Beuville

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Joscha van Deijk @aapstra.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Back in March I worked with Illogic Studios on the storyboards for an animated Christmas commercial for the French supermarket Intermarché. The film is out now and it is such a joy to see all the great reactions! 🎄

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Joscha van Deijk @aapstra.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Have been going on something of a Beuville buying streak recently. I absolutely love the work of Georges Beuville but his books can be hard to come by, so I’m really happy that I was able to find all these!

A selection of books illustrated by Georges Beuville

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Joscha van Deijk @aapstra.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

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!

Cover of a Dutch book written by Mieke van Hooft and illustrated by Annet Schaap. Published in 2009.

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Joscha van Deijk @aapstra.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Children’s book illustrations by Dutch artist and writer Annet Schaap.

Book illustration by Dutch artist Annet Schaap

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Joscha van Deijk @aapstra.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

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!

On Friday, November 24, 1967, Theo de Vlieger, head zookeeper at the Amsterdam Zoo Artis, visited Kees Manders’s nightclub in the former Chez Gaston restaurant on Thorbeckeplein. He was accompanied by a police officer to review the permit application of striptease dancer Eja “Cleopatra” Kruiswegt, whose act involved two full-grown lionesses.
As De Vlieger approached the cage, one of the lionesses lunged, seized him and dragged him toward the bars. Club owner Manders didn’t hesitate: he rushed forward, opened the enclosure, and drove the animal back with a stick and loud shouting. The attack stopped, allowing everyone to run for safety. In the ensuing panic the cage was left open, allowing the lionesses to wander into the nightclub. Austrian lion tamer Alwin Frans Burghardt was quickly summoned and managed to force the animals back inside. De Vlieger was taken to the hospital
with serious wounds to his right hand and left arm. He later admitted he had misjudged both the lionesses’ speed and the strength of the cage.
It was not the first time the animals caused a stir that week. Days earlier, police had found the same two lionesses left unattended in a parked car on the corner of Thorbeckeplein and Herengracht, after receiving a tip from a local resident. When an officer opened a hatch to check, a claw lashed out, nearly catching him. The car was impounded at police headquarters, where it was found to have defective brakes and a broken handbrake. Cleopatra was later allowed to retrieve the lionesses and kept them temporarily behind the Carré Theatre.

A photo of exotic dancer Eja “Cleopatra” Kruiswegt and her two lionesses

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Joscha van Deijk @aapstra.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

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?...

A still image from Patrick H Willems's video Patrick Replies – The Vitos & Post-Credits Scenes in which Patrick is playing my Name That Movie card game

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Joscha van Deijk @aapstra.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

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--

a still from raiders of the lost ark where one of the actors isn't there instead being replaced by only his hat and coat

a still from raiders of the lost ark where one of the actors isn't there instead being replaced by only his hat and coat, with this detail highlighted

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Joscha van Deijk @aapstra.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

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 page of reverse-storyboard-style film studies showing the ending of the truck chase from raiders of the lost ark

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Joscha van Deijk @aapstra.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

A few sketches from my recent trip to Italy.

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Joscha van Deijk @aapstra.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

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:

Close up of the checklist: In a portfolio showcase your voice!
what is the big moment in the scene?
Draw inspiration form people you know.
Give emotional moments room to breathe.
There are no bad ideas in brainstorming!
Only draw what’s needed to communicate an idea.
Take breaks, stretch your hands out!
Clarity: One idea per sketch.
Think of each scene in relation to the whole story.
The camera is the audience’s point of view.
Conflict = Entertainment!
Characters are defined by the choices they make.
Eye direction is the first thing you notice in a shot.
Clear drawings are better than beautiful drawings.
Show, don’t tell.

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Joscha van Deijk @aapstra.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

I'll be at the Annecy Animation Festival next week, hope to see you there!

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Joscha van Deijk @aapstra.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

If you suffer from amnesia and run into him, you are probably a government trained assassin.

A still of Brian Cox as Ward Abbot in The Bourne Supremacy

A still of Brian Cox as Nathan in The Long Kiss Good Night

A still of Brian Cox as William Stryker in X2

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Joscha van Deijk @aapstra.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Felt that my home studio wasn’t nerdy enough yet, so I added this red guy. He’s awesome.

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Joscha van Deijk @aapstra.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and A Very Long Engagement both have thrilling archive research sequences:

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Joscha van Deijk @aapstra.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Yesterday I was in a toy store and learned that there is a toy of a flamingo pooping on a toilet.

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Joscha van Deijk @aapstra.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Another 'Name that movie!' quiz question. Fun fact: this movie has been the most common incorrect answer. So I finally had to draw it.

A drawing showing two men and a woman in 1940's clothing, they are at an airport in the rain. The man closest to the camera is a French police captain, the other man is a broken hearted American nightclub owner and the woman is a Norwegian beauty in love with the American but married to a Hungarian resistance fighter.

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Joscha van Deijk @aapstra.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Another great mail day! Got the wonderful self published sketchbook Croquis du Soir by @thierrymartin.bsky.social with a beautiful original sketch in it!

The cover of Thierry Martin’s self published sketch collection ‘croquis du soir #1’

Detail of a ballpoint drawing by Thierry Martin

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Joscha van Deijk @aapstra.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

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...?

A drawing of a man with a goatee looking at five men through a telephoto lens.

A drawing of two men hugging on a cliff by the ocean, a big coffee canister stands a few steps away from them.

A drawing of two men in a forrest. One man is on his knees pleading for his life as the other, wearing a dark coat and hat, stands over him holding a gun.

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Joscha van Deijk @aapstra.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

So cool to be forced to use different shapes than I would start with. And so fun to tell her ‘look what you drew!’

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Joscha van Deijk @aapstra.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

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!

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Joscha van Deijk @aapstra.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Great mail day! Found another book illustrated by the amazing George’s Beuville. I love his work so much.

Photo of the French book ‘Nez au Vent’ with a full color illustration of a hunter against the sky by Georges Beuville

Illustration by Beuville showing a hunter aiming his rifle, looking surprised when a pheasant lands on the barrels

Illustration by Beuville showing three hunters shooting

Illustration by Beuville of an old hunting rifle

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Joscha van Deijk @aapstra.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

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/)

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Joscha van Deijk @aapstra.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

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)

Still from Raiders of the lost Ark: German soldiers approach Sallah as he waits outside as Indy is in the map room.

Still from Raiders of the lost Ark: The soldiers lead Sallah down the hill, away from the map room. At the bottom of the hill there are two military vehicles.

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Joscha van Deijk @aapstra.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Some details from my daily film studies, currently making my way through Raiders of the Lost Ark. #storyboard #filmstudies

Detail of film studies (reversed storyboards) from Raiders of the Lost Ark. (1)

Detail of film studies (reversed storyboards) from Raiders of the Lost Ark. (2)

Detail of film studies (reversed storyboards) from Raiders of the Lost Ark. (3)

Detail of film studies (reversed storyboards) from Raiders of the Lost Ark. (4)

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Joscha van Deijk @aapstra.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Yesterday I learned that there's a sport called Buhurt which basically is people in medieval armor beating each other to mush with swords, sticks and hammers.

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Joscha van Deijk @aapstra.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Hey Bluesky, how's it going! I’m Joscha, a storyboard artist from Amsterdam. I specialize in feature animation but have also worked in live-action and TV animation. I'll be sharing my work here and talk about film and visual storytelling.

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