I am an art student at the Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht in the Netherlands. Besides that I am also very confused by all the things that inspire me. This is my way of finding my own way. Please also visit my blog to see more of my personal work: http://gabiberkers.blogspot.nl/Tumblr (3.0; @gabibirch)http://gabibirch.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/805cfcdb401166b85b97980a456e4df5/tumblr_mh6lx2uQA71qcgwn4o1_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d2264e61ca3653f86b759614ab41f1c0/tumblr_mh6lx2uQA71qcgwn4o2_r1_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d8dcd0a1808bcd8c70335fed6ef175d1/tumblr_mh6lx2uQA71qcgwn4o6_r1_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/397fc6e6b0fc158d88daafbe83c7c548/tumblr_mh6lx2uQA71qcgwn4o5_r1_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/44eae60c2b0259828b0d6791ae79cacf/tumblr_mh6lx2uQA71qcgwn4o8_r1_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/588104d340c3cf02fd2578d411ae7ecf/tumblr_mh6lx2uQA71qcgwn4o7_r2_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><blockquote> <div> <div> <p><small><strong>Esther Williams</strong> in <em>A Water Ballet</em> - Zeigfeld Follies (1946)</small></p> </div> </div> </blockquote>http://gabibirch.tumblr.com/post/51059334075http://gabibirch.tumblr.com/post/51059334075Wed, 22 May 2013 11:08:21 +0200Zeigfeld FolliesA Water BalletEsther Williams<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ec03cf1b0b04f2ffb502260bc184b787/tumblr_mmxjmzHs7G1qzdv4po1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://liveandletlive.tumblr.com/post/50637932745" target="_blank">liveandletlive</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span class="Apple-style-span">Rennie Ellis</span></p> </blockquote>http://gabibirch.tumblr.com/post/50991403773http://gabibirch.tumblr.com/post/50991403773Tue, 21 May 2013 16:54:28 +0200<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ab50b15513adf8931dd54fb706ea6ea3/tumblr_mn3d4gYO691qguy2ko1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/5a10b01edbb1c2d0de0d8b3bc5a22b41/tumblr_mn3d4gYO691qguy2ko2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>.. And some more!</p>http://gabibirch.tumblr.com/post/50897612607http://gabibirch.tumblr.com/post/50897612607Mon, 20 May 2013 12:00:16 +0200sempésempejean-jacques sempéillustration<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2a9d1b0cb8b4a41695275f34cce3cdff/tumblr_mn3d02q4e41qguy2ko1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/00a8e92454902b6fa493501b49dbdd04/tumblr_mn3d02q4e41qguy2ko2_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>I’ve come to love his illustrations in the last 3 days.</p>http://gabibirch.tumblr.com/post/50897533914http://gabibirch.tumblr.com/post/50897533914Mon, 20 May 2013 11:57:38 +0200jean-jacques sempésempesempéillustration<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c8fad3eefa999f5908808b0de21bf6f6/tumblr_ml07hyvaX51rouwdqo5_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/538c846ac8dfd6d30b9880c51bc6159f/tumblr_ml07hyvaX51rouwdqo6_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4cb83016012004fb333f860b8372039a/tumblr_ml07hyvaX51rouwdqo1_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6e2aebea7bd769e4a1860645372ef9cb/tumblr_ml07hyvaX51rouwdqo2_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8fed2ec0f23da1d5edf0347d43207769/tumblr_ml07hyvaX51rouwdqo3_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/346539e792b1c9a129d22ccb4ad186a3/tumblr_ml07hyvaX51rouwdqo4_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://vintagemickeymouse.tumblr.com/post/47558830578/the-multi-plane-camera-had-levels-and-on-each-of" target="_blank">vintagemickeymouse</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><small><em>“The multi-plane camera had levels and on each of these levels we put a big glass on it. We’d paint the foreground trees on the top one, the background, the house that you’re photographing, the characters come out and on the fourth level would be the sun and the sky. When the camera panned down through these levels, you got a third dimension effect.”</em> </small></p> <p><small>- <strong>Bob Broughton</strong>, Camera Effects Artist for Walt Disney Productions</small></p> </blockquote>http://gabibirch.tumblr.com/post/50897258335http://gabibirch.tumblr.com/post/50897258335Mon, 20 May 2013 11:48:34 +0200animationdisney<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a0bf4a1e89cfa278fd481157ee924d51/tumblr_mn2gbylZbm1rxs49wo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://phoebe-bird.tumblr.com/post/50856121243/animating-my-homesickness" target="_blank">phoebe-bird</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Animating my homesickness</p> </blockquote>http://gabibirch.tumblr.com/post/50863643823http://gabibirch.tumblr.com/post/50863643823Mon, 20 May 2013 01:52:15 +0200<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcof3lmCaC1qmy4tbo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcof3lmCaC1qmy4tbo2_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/>http://gabibirch.tumblr.com/post/50863531855http://gabibirch.tumblr.com/post/50863531855Mon, 20 May 2013 01:50:44 +0200sleeping together<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcn4ca7wEI1r6ja9oo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://rhade-zapan.tumblr.com/post/36317217665/up-all-night-by-sempe" target="_blank">rhade-zapan</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em>Up All Night</em> by Sempe</p> </blockquote>http://gabibirch.tumblr.com/post/50860354256http://gabibirch.tumblr.com/post/50860354256Mon, 20 May 2013 01:08:07 +0200Jean-Jacques SempéUp all nightSempeillustration<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m17432vVr01qgn7e1o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://gabibirch.tumblr.com/post/50860224966http://gabibirch.tumblr.com/post/50860224966Mon, 20 May 2013 01:06:19 +0200Jean-Jacques SempéspringNew YorkerThe New Yorkerillustration<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f3f2c03ca74b3d93d5cff9891a86ee10/tumblr_mfly8jLCLe1qa6dd6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://ripetomatoes.tumblr.com/post/38817608884" target="_blank">ripetomatoes</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em>Le chat dans la grande bibliothèque (The cat in the large library)</em><br/>By Jean-Jacques Sempé</p> </blockquote>http://gabibirch.tumblr.com/post/50860143120http://gabibirch.tumblr.com/post/50860143120Mon, 20 May 2013 01:05:12 +0200Jean-Jacques Sempé<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b467e27a11ba75024eda58d018e7cc62/tumblr_mmtj8muWue1qinh1vo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://1000drawings.tumblr.com/post/50522059936/by-marykatemcdevitt" target="_blank">1000drawings</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>by <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/64342110/arrows" target="_blank">MaryKateMcDevitt</a></p> </blockquote>http://gabibirch.tumblr.com/post/50567970706http://gabibirch.tumblr.com/post/50567970706Thu, 16 May 2013 12:01:46 +0200<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/eb91120829a5533bfc0175b7b8730491/tumblr_mmvd89o4Zl1qinh1vo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://1000drawings.tumblr.com/post/50547244937/sigrid-r-dli" target="_blank">1000drawings</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://cargocollective.com/sigridrodli/Legendary-Monsters" target="_blank">Sigrid Rødli</a></p> </blockquote>http://gabibirch.tumblr.com/post/50567916980http://gabibirch.tumblr.com/post/50567916980Thu, 16 May 2013 12:00:08 +0200<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbpr2rxgk21qj6juso3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbpr2rxgk21qj6juso2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbpr2rxgk21qj6juso4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbpr2rxgk21qj6juso1_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><blockquote> <p><br/>Woodcut prints by <a href="http://www.bryannashgill.com/" target="_blank">Bryan Nash Gill</a></p> </blockquote>http://gabibirch.tumblr.com/post/50567910409http://gabibirch.tumblr.com/post/50567910409Thu, 16 May 2013 11:59:54 +0200<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a50611a225ae16bb0be8f86f86681e77/tumblr_mhdjnfTtlk1qd6yzro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://gabibirch.tumblr.com/post/50567807561http://gabibirch.tumblr.com/post/50567807561Thu, 16 May 2013 11:55:54 +0200<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxlztgPZMy1qij7c9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://gabibirch.tumblr.com/post/50567802502http://gabibirch.tumblr.com/post/50567802502Thu, 16 May 2013 11:55:42 +0200<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md36pkEy8u1r2zu7yo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://gabibirch.tumblr.com/post/50522366927http://gabibirch.tumblr.com/post/50522366927Wed, 15 May 2013 23:40:21 +0200<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/95c740184d0ab003626b97e627c4817c/tumblr_mg1128e4cD1r25ltqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://samwolfeconnelly.tumblr.com/post/40183370490/i-recently-did-a-save-the-date-for-my-cousins" target="_blank">samwolfeconnelly</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>I recently did a ‘Save The Date’ for my cousin’s upcoming wedding.</p> </blockquote>http://gabibirch.tumblr.com/post/50494581956http://gabibirch.tumblr.com/post/50494581956Wed, 15 May 2013 15:28:59 +0200<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/08484dde7062c401ea1940c3849fe4ae/tumblr_mggg7pEi3K1r79ua2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://samanthamackphotography.tumblr.com/post/40246207752" target="_blank">samanthamackphotography</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Digging.</p> <p>Aleutian Islands, Alaska</p> <p>Winter 2012</p> </blockquote>http://gabibirch.tumblr.com/post/49859697506http://gabibirch.tumblr.com/post/49859697506Tue, 07 May 2013 17:56:21 +0200<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwfddnRzCf1qdbhwwo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwfddnRzCf1qdbhwwo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwfddnRzCf1qdbhwwo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwfddnRzCf1qdbhwwo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwfddnRzCf1qdbhwwo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwfddnRzCf1qdbhwwo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwfddnRzCf1qdbhwwo7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://animationtidbits.tumblr.com/post/14429422547/the-secret-of-kells-brendan-more-at-living" target="_blank">animationtidbits</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em>The Secret of Kells</em> - Brendan (More at <a href="http://livlily.blogspot.com/2011/12/secret-of-kells-2009-character-design.html" target="_blank">Living Lines</a>)</p> </blockquote>http://gabibirch.tumblr.com/post/49846370856http://gabibirch.tumblr.com/post/49846370856Tue, 07 May 2013 12:14:04 +0200The Secret of Kells<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3c79ec2a0799be59a774282167dc4c49/tumblr_mme44kej0e1qhttpto1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e658c08ef228ac01b4131a5f5ce41c68/tumblr_mme44kej0e1qhttpto2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/9ae5f180c9a7ddced80c45fb54e49c16/tumblr_mme44kej0e1qhttpto3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/763bab4571998dc5720cfa2b5f95fb65/tumblr_mme44kej0e1qhttpto4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/31db5f27a159d4c3ff5814dde6361b22/tumblr_mme44kej0e1qhttpto5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://theartofanimation.tumblr.com/post/49788793312/cluzel-marion" target="_blank">theartofanimation</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://marfigram.deviantart.com/" target="_blank">Cluzel Marion</a></p> </blockquote>http://gabibirch.tumblr.com/post/49793439565http://gabibirch.tumblr.com/post/49793439565Mon, 06 May 2013 21:57:07 +0200Cluzel MarionIllustration