Schiphol Airport - user experience de luxe.

This Airport is in a league of its own when it comes to customer care/user centered design. Above are, hopefully in order:
1. one unit of the "Baby Center" where you can put your baby in the crib, while hanging out on the couches surrounding it. This room also had a baby bath, changing stations and a microwave.
2. the massage area.
3. a walk way lined with comfortable chairs.
4. another relaxing area with places to sit or lay down for a nap.
5. the Library (!) that has stationary iPads by the seats for browsing.

There is also a "Children's Forrest", ie a playground with slide structures. Go Dutch people!

Braille label

Braille on the label. Great and obvious seeming, but I haven't seen it before.

Sketchbook exercises.

It was a while since I posted anything here, but here are some sketchbook things with some afterwards added color.

Sketch mix.

A mix of sketches.

Sometime soon.

Not quite walking yet, but sometime soon. Times two!

Full of life.

Got a new tablet at work and got a little to into trying it out.

Movie characters.

As I was watching "The Making Of" part of a movie last night, all these cartoon-like characters kept popping up one after the other. I had to constantly pause the DVD to get a good look.

Flying home.

Oy vey for plane rides sometimes.

Pirate garage sale.

An illustration I made for a book recently. I guess pirates need to weed out their stuff now and then too.

Reading lady.

Riffing on a quick sketch of a lady in an Oakland cafe this morning.

Mixed styles.

Mixed styles art and fun with layers.

Night time.

Sometimes your wake up in the middle of the night and start thinking.

Here-here's a kick in the pants.

Moments: My doctors office charged $20 for writing a short letter/comment on my behalf! I feel so cared for.

Couple.

I thought this couple would make a good drawing.

Hm, I listened to a dramatic music piece called Davy Jones, and it made me draw a picture of Davy Crocket.

A wee bit early.

One of those mornings when things just are the way they are, but you are still SO tired...

Chopping onions.

What is it in onions that makes our eyes water and run?
The first one is my original, the second one is my talented, old colleague Sam Hood's development of it. Super-cool!

On the phone

Part of office life, right?
(Laurie, if you ever see this it's not supposed to be you. It's just a general fun comment)

Some faces.

Some faces I drew the other day with some newspaper reference.

Getting healthy.

I had to spend a couple of days in the hospital recently, and while my girlfriend was there visiting, one of my roomates (Mr Jackson) had his TV set on a station with shows about grim, stomach-turning things that happened to humans. Not the greatest thing to listen to when you're trying to envision and healthy future.