Enkeling is het alias van Symen Veenstra. Hij is illustrator en werkt vanuit Amsterdam. Zijn werk vond o.a. zijn weg naar kranten, tijdschriften, websites, jaarverslagen en folders. Hij maakte illustraties voor o.a. Blaadje, Bright, COC, Defiant.tv, Geldgids, Vara’s Kassa, Kop of Munt, La Vie en Rose, Maandag, OOM, het Parool en Shell. Daarnaast maakt hij vrij werk. Een gedeelte van zijn typografisch werk heeft hij inmiddels geëxposeerd. Enkeling streeft ernaar elke dag een verse illustratie of tekening op enkeling.nl te plaatsen.
Enkeling is the AKA of Symen Veenstra. He is an illustrator who works in Amsterdam. His work appears in papers, magazines, websites, annual reports and folders. He made illustrations for a diverse range of clients. It’s Enkeling’s aim to put a new illustration or drawing on his site every day.

Kalenderwedstrijd 2010

Kalenderwedstrijd, 2010, Zwaan Kalender, winnaar, wandkalender, Ulft, Enkeling, 2010

Yesterday Marco and Maxim from Zwaan printmedia and me went to the Kalenderwedstrijd in the lovely Drufabriek in Ulft. There we picked up the prize for the best wall calendar of 2010 for our Rockalender. So Yay!

1033 commissions, texts | Wed 10 Mar 2010 11:35 am

CI Centaur

Cast Iron, print centaur, knight, typography, Enkeling, 2010

1029 commissions, drawings, typography | Tue 9 Mar 2010 1:15 pm

Sytze Sechtig!

Sytze Sechtig, van Koningsveld, jidje, birthday, typography, hurray, hoera, Enkeling, 2010

My uncle Sytze turned sixty today. Hurray!

1025 typography | Mon 1 Mar 2010 1:17 pm

Birth School Work Death

When I graduated from Groningens art academy Minerva in 2000 I made this movie. Something to cheer you up when you’re feeling down. Tell me what you think!

1020 miscellaneous | Fri 26 Feb 2010 2:03 pm

Design Rocks

Design Rocks, seminar, BNO, music industry, calendar, Enkeling, 2010

Dutch design organisation BNO held a seminar last week about designing for the music industry.
My calendar for Zwaan Printmedia was exhibited there and also given away to winners of a design competition.

Original photo by Pieter Crucq Fotografie.

1016 expo | Mon 22 Feb 2010 2:02 pm

My Promise Is Real

My Promise Is Real, gespleten tong, bla bla bla, Enkeling, 2010

1013 drawings | Thu 11 Feb 2010 3:33 pm

Februari Nirvana

Kurt Cobain, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic, Nirvana, portraits, typography, calendar, Zwaan, Enkeling, 2010

1010 commissions, drawings, portraits, typography | Tue 9 Feb 2010 12:40 pm

Synths Melodies Rhythms

Bass Tandem, Synths Melodies Rhythms, alternative cover, typografie, typografia, dubstep, album, Enkeling, 2010

Alternative cover I did for the album Synths Melodies Rhythms by Bass Tandem. Great freethinking dubstep, which you can download for free. Check!

1004 cover versions, typography | Tue 2 Feb 2010 6:15 pm

Beach Hotel

Beach Hotel, Bergen aan Zee, drawing, Enkeling, 2010

1001 drawings | Tue 26 Jan 2010 8:47 pm

Liam Gallagher

Liam Gallagher, Oasis, portrait, woodcut?, illustration, would be cut, Enkeling, 2010

I call this style ‘would-be woodcut’

996 drawings, portraits | Tue 19 Jan 2010 3:32 pm

Commitment

commitment, tattoo, heart, Enkeling, 2010

Idea by Giuseppe du Crocq

992 drawings | Fri 15 Jan 2010 5:46 pm

I Hate War

I hate war, typography, typografie, slogan, competition, handmade, Nevelsektor, Enkeling, 2010

989 typography | Thu 14 Jan 2010 10:00 pm

Skating Away

skating away, skater, schaatser, Enkeling, 2010

983 drawings | Tue 12 Jan 2010 6:19 pm

Myfonts / my lettering

Myfonts, Facebook, blog, Dawn, lettering, typography, Enkeling, 2010

Myfonts Facebook blog kindly mentioned my work for Dawn’s site. Thanks for that!

978 miscellaneous | Tue 12 Jan 2010 6:16 pm

Snowface

snowface, glasbak, sneeuw, Terschelling, Enkeling, 2010

975 photos | Thu 7 Jan 2010 7:37 pm

I Heart Snow

I Heart Snow, hart, sneeuw, Terschelling, Enkeling, 2009

971 photos | Mon 4 Jan 2010 10:57 pm

Januari Bowie

David Bowie, Rockalender, portrait, Zwaan, plastic, Enkeling, 2009

968 commissions, drawings, portraits, typography | Fri 1 Jan 2010 12:00 am

Best Wishes

Best Wishes, beste wensen, 2010, logo, Enkeling, 2009

Best wishes for 2010 to everyone who follows my site!

960 typography | Tue 29 Dec 2009 12:33 am

Wine Labels

wijnkaartje, wine card, wine label, red, rode wijn, Zwaan, Enkeling, 2009
wijnkaartje, wine card, wine label, white, witte wijn, Zwaan, Enkeling, 2009

964 commissions, drawings, typography | Thu 24 Dec 2009 5:05 pm

Frontispiece Zwaan Kalender

frontispiece, voorkant, Zwaan kalender 2010, Enkeling, 2009

957 commissions, drawings, typography | Fri 18 Dec 2009 5:33 pm

Love Will Tear Us Apart

Love Will Tear Us Apart, sticker, sealed, Zwaan kalender 2010, Enkeling, 2009

Love Will Tear Us Apart, sticker, sealed, ripped, fingers, Zwaan kalender 2010, Enkeling, 2009

Sticker that seals the wrapping paper in which the Zwaan calendar 2010 is presented.

950 commissions, drawings | Tue 15 Dec 2009 3:41 pm

Zwaan kalender box

Zwaan kalender, Rockalender 2010, doos, rock ’n roll, quiff, typography, painting, Enkeling, 2009

I made the 2010 calendar for Zwaan Printmedia. It’s billed as “Holland’s longest calendar”.
To the right is the box that holds the Rockalender2010. To the left is the original painting I made for it. I used the box for the 2009 calendar, designed by Suzanne Hertogs.
More to come.

941 commissions, paintings, typography | Thu 10 Dec 2009 1:11 pm

Boreout

Moe van het nietsdoen, bore-out, illustratie, illustration, Switch Magazine, Enkeling, 2009

Illustration for Switch magazine about a phenomenon called boreout.

936 commissions, drawings | Mon 7 Dec 2009 1:08 pm

Kootsj

coach, Jol, portrait, Enkeling, 2009

933 portraits | Sun 6 Dec 2009 12:33 am

We Had A Movement [update]

We Had A Movement But It Stopped Moving, typography, layers, Enkeling, 2009

928 typography | Tue 1 Dec 2009 11:53 pm
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