I am on holiday in Vietnam from:

June 25

until

August 21.

Hi,

Welcome on my Deviantart account.
Just go and look @ my gallery.

So yeah, I uploaded again!

I made a lot of stuff, but somehow I don't really care to upload it.

With manips I often forgot what stock I used, and stock-people kill other people if they don't get the credit they want. So.
It's annoying to look everything up, and trace back your sources.

Now I just any stock I download, so I can keep track of the pictures I used (or almost used, or am planning to use).


I did some nice things for school too, like 3D and drawings. One day I will upload that. First I have to make pictures and scans...


I got a camera for my birthday, so expect some submissions in the photograpy section!


See you.

I got tagged by: So here we go:

1) Full Name: Joël and something.
2) Male/Female: Male
3) Were you named after anyone?: Yeah, a prophet in the Old Testament. He has his own "book", in which he tells about doom and destruction... ^_^
4) Does your name mean anything?: From the Hebrew name יוֹאֵל (Yo'el) meaning "YAHWEH is God".
5) Nick Name(s): Salvor, -Salvor-, Yo-L, Yowl, White-Heart
6) What do you think you look like..name wise?: I don't get that one either.
7) Date Of Birth: 16 October 1987
8) Place of Birth and Current Location: Gorinchem, Netherlands (it's somewhere in the middle). Current location: Eindhoven, Netherlands. That's more south-east.
9) Nationality: Dutch
10) Astrology Sign: Libra.
11) Chinese Astrology Sign: I do not know. I'll look it up. It seems to be Rabbit, but the description doesn't really fit me.
12) Religion: Raised in a Christian way, but I have found my own path now in spiritual and mental uuh, stuff. More of a practical Buddhist now-a-days.
13) Whats your favorite smell?: Recently I just thought: I love the smell of nature, when it rains.
14) Political Position?: Social. There's enough for everyone, so let's share it.
15) What do you prefer to drink in the morning?: Coffee would be nice, but I don't take the effort in making it. It's mostly water now, or some juice. Orange juice is nice too.
16) Hair + Eye color: Blond and grey.
17) Do you look like anyone famous?: No, not really. One day I will be my own famous look-a-like.
18) What do you look like?: Like some boy from the city, that doesn't sleep enough and doesn't get a lot of sunlight because he doesn't own a garden . . .
19) Any unusual talents?: Pretty good at human beat-boxing, and making weird noises and sounds with throat and tongue. And I'm very good at avoiding my homework. Yes, that includes this very moment.
20) Righty, Lefty, or Ambidextrous?: Righty
21) Straight, Bi, Gay or Other?: Straight
22) What do you do for a living?: Nuthing, just being a lazy student and receiving money from the government, because of that.
23) What do you do for fun?: Watching series, movies, and occasionally doing something really productive and creative.
24) What are your favorite art materials to work with?: I like clay, although I don't use it a lot. And (real life)paint, and Photoshop (+ tablet)
25) What kind of materials would you like to work with?: I would like to get better with normal grey pencils. And sculpture stuff, like stone.
26) Have you met your grandparents?: All but one grandfather. he died of a heart attack before my birth.
27) Boyfriend/Girlfriend: No, desperately single.
28) Crush: Uhm, a bit.
29) What celebrity would you date if you could?: I would choose Elisha Cuthbert, although she's five years older than me.
30) Current worries?: yes. Mainly? Schoolwork + stress.
31) Favorite online Guy/Girl(s): Not really, my online life isn't very vivid and personal.
32) Favorite place to be?: On a sailing boat somewhere between some Greek Islands. Or in Africa, in the middle of nowhere surrounded by nature.
33) Least favorite place to be?: I don't know. Hell?
34) Do you burn or tan?: Both. I have to use suncream, or how's that called...
35) Ever break a bone?: Nope.
36) What is your favorite cereal?: Crunchy / Cruesli.
37) Person you cry with: Me myself and I. I'm not that much of a crying-in-groups person.
Do You Have...
38) Any sisters: no
39) Any brothers: yes, one. Older than me.
40) Any pets: No
41) An Illness: Yes. Asthma, and a few allergies.
42) A Pager: No
43) A Personal phone line: No, not even a normal phone number for this house...
44) A Cell phone: Yes
45) A visible birthmark: Not that I know of. I do have a few little scars that I don't know the cause of.
46) A Pool or hot tub: No. Just a shower. That's cool too, right?
47) A Car: Nope.

Describe Your...
48) Personality: Laid back, not stressed out quick, emotionally stable, not really depending on other people. I'm happy when I'm on my own too. Positive mind. Always trying to think in a different direction, wanna-be poet. There's more.
49) Driving: Not that confident, maybe a bit chaotic, tends to drive faster than the speed limit.
50) Your clothing style: Blouse with long or short sleeves, T-Shirt, no jeans but some other fabrics.
51) Room: Temporary in my brothers room: pretty big, almost always messy with school stuff. Right now: A big piece of paper ( 1,5 x 2 m) on the wall with some flowers on it, that I have to continue painting.
52) What’s missing: order, tidy-ness.
53) School: First year Design Academy, study: industrial design. But not necessarily industrial...
54) Bed: black, metal. old-fashioned looking.
55) Relationship with your parent(s): Very good.
56) Do You believe in yourself: Not as much as I used to. But overall it's positive.
57) Do you believe in love at first sight?: no
58) Consider yourself a good listener: Yes
59) Future dream that you would like to share: Better the world.
60) Get Along with your parents: Yeas
61) Save your e-mail conversations: yes, not all of them though.
62) Pray: Nope.
63) Believe in reincarnation: Nope
64) Brush your teeth twice a day?: Mostly not.
65) Like to talk on the phone: Nah, it's not that special. It's better than IM-ing, though.
66) Like to eat?: Yeah, i guess.
67) Like to exercise?: not really. I've become a lazy person over the years.
68) Like to watch sports?: No, except for boxing
69) Sing in the car?: sometimes
70) What is a dream that you have all the time?: I tend to have nightmares where I'm running away all the time. From people that chase me.
71) Dream in color: Yes.
72) Do you have nightmares?: Yes
73) Sleep with a stuffed animal: No
74) Right next to you: Some sound-mixing thing of my brother, and a big lime-green Fatboy.
75) On your favorite coffee cup?: Don't have one.
76) On your mouse pad: Don't have one.
77) Your favorite flavor of gum?: hot mint kind
78) Your brand of deodorant?: Sanex
79) Your dream honeymoon spot: Iceland or Tibet.
80) Your dream husband/wife: That would be a story too long for this place.
81) Hiding in your closet?: My stuff.
82) Under your bed: some pillows and all the drawings I made at school, and paper.
83) The name of one of your closest/best friends?: Frederik.
84) Your bad time of the day: Getting up
85) Your worst fear(s): Becoming very lonely.
86) What's the weather like: Cloudy, almost raining.
87) Your favorite time of year?: somewhere between spring and summer
88) Your favorite holiday?: Summer vacation!
89) A material weakness?: not that I know of.
90) The weirdest food or drink that you like: combining strawberrie-jelly with cucumber. It's tasty!
91) At the top of your "to-do list"?: That flower painting. Since it's cloudy (see above) I have to finish it before the daylight is gone... Are we almost done with this list? I kind of hae things to do, so...
92) The hardest thing about growing up: taking Responsibility. I'm not very good at that.
93) A pet peeve?: a what?
94) Your scariest moment: Can't think of something right now.
95) Your attitude about love?: It's great. But it takes up too much of your life, there's more to life than love people! I think it's overrated in society.
96) The funniest or most desperate thing you've done to get the attention of the opposite sex?: Take pictures of me naked, and posting them on the internet? No. I haven't done that.
97) The worst feeling in the world: dispair, lonelyness, failure.
98) The best feeling in the world: being totally happy with yourself, the moment and the world.

Now, on to the painting... Goodbye!

So, I guess it's time for an update...

First of all, I got through the selection procedure at the Design Academy, so from 1 September I'm officially an art school student, sort of. It's a school for every kind of applied design ( is that good English?). Some examples of the possible directions: interior + exterior architecture, designing bicycles, fashion, graphic design (posters, websites) and so on... I have no idea about which direction I'll take, I like it all.

Their website: [link]

For this audition, I've made a pretty nice port-folio, a big map of paperboard with photo's, prints and paintings. Maybe I'll scan and photograph some things and upload them. Some day.


Right now it's summer vacation, for about three months, 'cause I graduated from High school . I worked at a theme park for about 7 weeks. It's called "The Land of Ever", and is primarily focused on kids from 4-12. With actors in nice suits (ballroom dresses and such), without rollercoasters. It actually was my first job ever, and I really liked it!