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.

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

Swedish Puzzle 3 [final]

Swedish Puzzle with funky typography, third and final version

681 cover versions, typography | Wed 28 Jan 2009 5:17 pm

Swedish Puzzle 2

Swedish Puzzle with funky typography, second version

Can you say “overcooked”?

673 cover versions, typography | Fri 23 Jan 2009 7:25 pm

Swedish Puzzle

Swedish Puzzle with funky typography

668 cover versions, typography | Thu 22 Jan 2009 11:54 am

Chemistry

Fucked Up, The Chemistry Of Common Life, alternative cover

An alternative cover for the album The Chemistry Of Common Life by Fucked Up [There goes the Family Safeness of my site...] I made for kindamusik.net. To see it in its original context click here.
I did one too last year, for by Justice.
The year before I made a cover for Human Animal by Wolf Eyes. Click here to see that one.

618 commissions, cover versions, drawings, typography | Thu 18 Dec 2008 4:17 pm

Spam Exhibition in France

SPAME-MOI, typography, spam series, france, exhibition, La Motte-Servolex

I’m participating in an exhibition called SPAME-MOI in France at the moment. Since the theme of this exhibition is spam I’m showing some works of my Spam Series. For more information check the SPAME-MOI site here.

604 Spam Series, miscellaneous | Wed 22 Oct 2008 1:36 pm

Dodendans

typography based on a lyric by dutch rapper Reggy Lines

Based on a lyric by dutch rapper Reggy Lines.

595 cover versions, typography | Tue 9 Sep 2008 6:03 pm

Les Limites

Les Limites, typography, Based on a quote by Julien Doré, illustration by EnkelingBased on a lyric from the song Les Limites by French singer Julien Doré. Soundtrack to my holiday. Check the clip on YouTube, I think it’s awesome.

591 cover versions, typography | Fri 29 Aug 2008 11:37 am

yggwygtgwyw

yggwygtgwyw, typography Based on a quote by James Brown, illustration by EnkelingBased on a quote by Mr. Please Please himself, James Brown

590 cover versions, typography | Wed 27 Aug 2008 12:18 pm

Halben Sportverein

Halben Sportverein, typography based on a lyric by Curse from the song Lass uns doch Freunde sein, illustration by EnkelingBased on a lyric by German rapper Curse. That man can flow.

589 cover versions, typography | Thu 21 Aug 2008 2:28 pm

A Horse

you can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink, typography, illustration by Enkeling

Can’t make him drunk too.

you can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink, typography, detail, illustration by Enkeling

Detail.

584 cover versions, typography | Fri 18 Jul 2008 11:14 pm

Houten Speelgoed Tempel

houten speelgoed tempel, typography, illustration by Enkeling

581 cover versions, typography | Tue 1 Jul 2008 12:31 pm

Mr. Tal

Mr. Tal, typography

Click on the image to enlarge.

579 cover versions, typography | Fri 27 Jun 2008 5:32 pm

Make Your Own Kind Of Music

Make Your Own Kind Of Music, typography by Enkeling

Based on a lyric from “Make Your Own Kind of Music” by “Mama” Cass Elliot.

575 cover versions, typography | Sat 21 Jun 2008 1:12 pm

Festival der Rock ‘n Roll Fans

cover version of an old rock 'n roll poster

Based on an old german poster from the early 60’s. Nice to see the Beatles as a support act huh?
I decided to leave in the typos in the text.

549 cover versions, drawings, typography | Tue 18 Mar 2008 12:33 am

Britney Spears

Britney Spears typography, spam series

533 Spam Series, cover versions, typography | Sat 23 Feb 2008 4:23 pm

Oude geschiedenis van Pa

Oude geschiedenis van Pa, die leefde als een dier want hij schaamde zich nergens voor en hij was erg practisch

Oude geschiedenis van Pa, die leefde als een dier want hij schaamde zich nergens voor en hij was erg practisch, the title of a book by J.M.A. Biesheuvel, brought to my attention by Wim Wepster.

522 cover versions, typography | Sat 9 Feb 2008 10:00 pm

Haste Makes Waste

Best wishes from Enkeling

Based on a lyric by the Jungle Brothers from their still extra fresh Done By the Forces of Nature.

“treble, bass, haste makes waste
nature puts things in the right place
hot baked carrot cake
in life there’s many things at stake”

I can’t really explain why but I just love these lyrics. Maybe because they’re from a time when hip hop was a bit more playful and I don’t know, goofy.

513 cover versions, typography | Wed 30 Jan 2008 12:33 am

Artificials, Manmades

Best wishes from Enkeling

Based on a lyric by the Jungle Brothers from their still extra fresh Done By the Forces of Nature.

“artificials, manmades / they don’t use lemons to make lemonades
everything i see is half real / zipped-locked, rapped up signed and sealed”

512 cover versions, typography | Tue 29 Jan 2008 12:33 am

Justice - †

Wolf Eyes Human Animal alternative cover

An alternative cover for the album by Justice I made for kindamusik.net. To see it in its original context click here.
I did one too last year, for Human Animal by Wolf Eyes. Click here to see that one.

492 commissions, cover versions, drawings, typography | Thu 13 Dec 2007 1:16 pm

Celio and Fufu

celio and fufu, typography based on a note I got in my mailbox. cover version

Based on a little note I got in my mailbox.

celio and fufu, typography based on a note I got in my mailbox. cover version

Detail.

476 cover versions, typography | Fri 19 Oct 2007 5:38 pm

Painting at a Party

murals at a form party in Delft

part of a Spam Series painting I did at a party in Delft.

murals at form party in Delft

The whole thing the day after. It was a collaboration beween different artists. Photos by Micha de Bie.

472 cover versions, drawings, typography | Wed 3 Oct 2007 11:59 am

Es wär nicht so wie es ist… [version 3]

Es wär nicht so wie es ist war es damals nie gewesen wie es wahr

471 cover versions, drawings, typography | Sun 30 Sep 2007 10:04 am

Es wär nicht so wie es ist… [version 2]

Es wär nicht so wie es ist war es damals nie gewesen wie es wahr

470 cover versions, typography | Fri 28 Sep 2007 12:00 am

Es wär nicht so wie es ist… [version 1]

Es wär nicht so wie es ist war es damals nie gewesen wie es wahr

I was reading Juice Magazine while in Germany. In it a rapper called Bass Sultan Hengzt [really] quoted a song by a femcee called Cora E which went Es wär nicht so wie es ist wär es damals nie gewesen wie es war which translates as ”Things wouldn’t have been what they are now if they wouldn’t have been like they were then”.
I did three versions of it, this is the first one.

469 cover versions, typography | Wed 26 Sep 2007 2:24 pm


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