CMYK dots

I'm currently trying to figure out how to translate photographs into hand-dotted images. The original picture that is worked from for first two samples is already quite abstract. That makes it hard to tell wether it works or not. The two samples you see below have different pre-press input. (See my portfolio for the end result.)

Photograph dotted with a 0.4 mm Stabilo fineliner, dotted in two densities.

Simplified photograph dotted with a 0.4 mm Stabilo fineliner, doted in two densities.


First test converting a full color image into a dotted drawing: Tijl in CMY. Nine layers of drawing in three different pen-types: 0.4 mm Stabilo, 68 Pen Stabilo and Bic Marking 2000.

I just realized that the step to make these drawings are directly inspired on a drawing by my father I recently saw on his blog. Sorry Pim and thanks!

Marker Dots

Hype Foundry

After playing around with handwritings for a while, I was taken by the fact that type can be easy and quick. I started printing outlines of existing typefaces, tracing them with markers or fineliners, scanned it and traced it. A nice trick for that time. I used it for the titles Reader Magazine (2002) and even other people started using these fun fonts.


I called the collection of typefaces 'The Hype Foundry' and also made a booklet with the font collection.

One of these typefaces was used Reader Magazine (2002, project by Michiel Schuurman and Hansje van Halem)