Esther van de Bund

Some concept art for a D&D inspired comic I am working on! It will be called' 'Nailed it'. Last post I introduced pirate princes Opportunity, now meet Warrior princes Ursa von Agron.🛡️👸⚔️ The story will be about 3 kidnapped princesses that like to mess with expectations 👀👌 I really enjoy working on this and can't wait to show you more! Follow @not.a.mimic.zine for more D&D related art, the other participating artists and updates about the whole project 🤓✨ This is a older concept, she will be a tall, buff and musculair hottie! 💪🔥 #esthervandebund #conceptart #notamimiczine #warriorprincess #ursavonagron #characterdesign #princes #nailedit #girlswithswords https://www.instagram.com/p/CqBSUc-Kj-S/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Yarrrr! This one started out as a tieny tiny advertorial for the pirate edition of @grnn_stripblad and I ended up really liking her. Now that I am working on a cool D&D inspired comic for the wonderful @not.a.mimic.zine I want to use her design for one pf the 3 princesses. Meet pirate princes Opportunity! 👁️👄👁️ Looking forward to draw more of her, be it in a slightly different form. 🏴‍☠️☠️🏴‍☠️ I'll keep working on the comic and will show updates when I can. If you want more D&D relates art and comics be sure to check out and follow @not.a.mimic.zine 🤓✨🎲✨ #esthervandebund #pirate #rum #pirates #piratehat #pirategirl #apirateslifeforme #ladypirates #notamimic #notamimiczine https://www.instagram.com/p/CpuyjG-q_pr/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Had a good time at the @nieuwegardefestival in Zwolle! Signed lots of books, talked to old friends and met a lot of new people. Also made some buttons and one in particular was well received by the portrayed cat. Thanks for visiting and making this day a succes! 🥰💖 The cute cat and video belong to the wonderful @kleinetams ✨ #esthervandebund #nieuwegardefestival #nieuwegarde #zwolle #stripmarkt #strips #striptekenaar #comicartist #comicmarket #cat #petportraits #custombutton #catportrait https://www.instagram.com/p/Cps_hzzLLdn/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Saturday 11 march I'll be at the @nieuwegardefestival in Zwolle! I'll bring my comics books, Arcus / Acception stickers and more. Plus, me and @abe_borst will do button commissions again! See the next slides for some examples 😁✨ If you want a unique handmade button with your favorite anime character, beloved pet or pokemon, we can draw that for you. These made to order buttons are quite popular, last two times we did those we ran out of materials and time. So we can only take on a limited amount of these special buttons, order yours quickly if you don't wanna miss out. 😘💖 I am looking forward to it! It's gonna be fun and I am happy to see my friends and colleagues again. 🥰 Will I see you there? 😃 #esthervandebund #abeborst #nieuwegardefestival #zwolle #striptekenaar #strips #comicartist #comicbooks #buttons #arcus #acception #commission #custombutton #ripple #biwitched #smikkelenensmullen #gebundeldwerk #nieuwegarde #anthology #stripmarkt #comicmarket https://www.instagram.com/p/CpVRoCJKLQm/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Commission I made for @gdgreat92 as a birthday gift for @colourbee4 🥳 It's them as magic users and they are using these as matching couple phone backgrounds 🥺💖 Had fun with drawing this! 😁✨ I prefer illustrations over reels to appreciate details, haha. #esthervandebund #digitalart #mangaart #manga #magical #darkmagician #anime #animeart #mangaportrait #animeportrait #rats #transformation #magic #animeglasses #clipstudiopaint #ipadpro https://www.instagram.com/p/CpKuIskKVV4/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Last Saturday I was at the open day at @nsggroenewoud to draw manga. @thebigdrawnederland provides Manga and anime classes at NSG XTRA, a course you can do next to the regular lessons and I was asked do a comic art performance. I filled this big screen with a '4 page' manga style comic in 5 hours. Here are some photo's of me in action! 🤓 This was a really cool job to do and had lots of nice conversations with lots people stopping by to look at me and the drawing workshop by the wonderful @morixanne 😁💖 #esthervandebund #comic #comicartist #manga #mangaartist #thebigdrawnederland #nsggroenewoud #livedrawing #mangadrawing #artist https://www.instagram.com/p/ComuvoyqB81/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Yesterday I had the honor to draw manga on this huge screen at @nsggroenewoud 👩‍🎨 NSG is a highschool that offers manga and anime drawing classes as extra courses you can do in addition to the regular classes, a program called NSG XTRA. Sooo cool that this is an option now, wish I had this when I was on high school! 🤓 I was asked by @thebigdrawnederland to do a live manga performance here. In five hours I filled this screen with a manga style story about bullying, being different and how this non-binary character reacts to bullies. It was quite a challenge to finish this in time, but I had a lot of fun with it and I talked to so many lovely people! Thanks for having me @waltmananita and Michelle! 🥰💖 #esthervandebund #comicartist #comic #manga #mangaartist #livedrawing #thebigdrawnederland #nsggroenewoud #bullying #nonbinary #lgbtq🌈 #beingdifferent https://www.instagram.com/p/Coj89IWqjic/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

I was challenged to draw @instamashab for @teken_de_tekenaar by @dmtrdotnl 👩‍🎨 We never met in person, but I hope you like it Mas! It took me a while while being super busy, but I had fun with this. 💖 I challenge @instamashab to draw @abe_borst 😁✨ #esthervandebund #comicartist #striptekenaar #tekendetekenaar #mashab #portait #portret #portrettekening https://www.instagram.com/p/CoNQfN5KfNU/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Comic! Swipe to read ---> Fantom Toothache part 12 🦷👻🦷 There was not a lot of space to comfortably put a translation in the slides, so I'll do it here. These are pictures of what they gave me. hydrogen peroxide in a plastic cup, with two plastic gloves and a extra ziplock bag. It didn't leak on my way back home. I draw and think of many crazy things but this really happened. Disclaimer! I took some liberties in storytelling to make this work as a comic. I do like my dentist and this series is not meant as a bad review or anything! The pain and inflammation were gone after s week of brushing and rinsing with the hydrogen peroxide. 😃 The toothbrush dragon asks: Did you brush your teeth well today? 👀 I started this series in 2021 and ended them with this page in my small press book 'Gebundeld Werk'. #esthervandebund #comicartist #comic #striptekenaar #strip #dentist #tandarts #tandenpoetsdraak #gebundeldwerk #fantoomkiespijn #fietsen #bicycle #laughteristhebestmedicine #lachenishetbestemedicijn #autobiocomics https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn5KmzxooZD/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Comic! Swipe to read ---> Fantom Toothache part 11 🦷👻🦷 This whole thing felt like a rollercoaster, but I still look back on it laughing. Glad I could turn a weird experience into these comics. There will be a short epilogue tomorrow that I used as an ending to this dentist series in the book. I started this series in 2021 and bundled them in my small press book 'Gebundeld Werk'. I am surprised and happy to see that the big pile of this book is growing smaller and smaller. 🤯💖💖💖 #esthervandebund #comicartist #comic #striptekenaar #strip #dentist #tandarts #tandenpoetsdraak #gebundeldwerk #fantoomkiespijn #fietsen #bicycle #laughteristhebestmedicine #lachenishetbestemedicijn #autobiocomics https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn2JaB0q_hd/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Comic! Swipe to read ---> The phantom toothache part 10.3 🦷👻🦷 How would you react? 👀 Part of the dentist series that I started back in 2021. They were published in my small press book 'Gebundeld Werk'. #esthervandebund #comicartist #comic #strip #striptekenaar #dentist #tandarts #fantoomkiespijn #gebundeldwerk #digitalart https://www.instagram.com/p/Cnz9c_NrhZi/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Comic! Swipe to read ---> The phantom toothache part 10.2 🦷👻🦷 I am still amazed. Much wow! Endless possibilities! 🤯 Part of the dentist series that I started back in 2021. These comics were published in my small press book 'Gebundeld Werk'. New update tomorrow! 😘 #esthervandebund #comicartist #comic #strip #striptekenaar #dentist #tandarts #fantoomkiespijn #gebundeldwerk #digitalart https://www.instagram.com/p/CnwllZFKAQB/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Comic! Swipe to read ---> The phantom toothache part 10.1 🦷👻🦷 The situation was awkward to be in, but the dynamics between my dentist and this intern ... I can't stop being intrigued 🙈😂😅 I had a lot of fun with drawing the expressions! Part of the dentist series that I started back in 2021. They were published in my small press book 'Gebundeld Werk'. #esthervandebund #comicartist #comic #strip #striptekenaar #dentist #tandarts #fantoomkiespijn #gebundeldwerk #digitalart https://www.instagram.com/p/CnpLtnoqLyJ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Comic! Swipe to read ---> The phantom toothache part 9.2 🦷👻🦷a This is the part where I had a lot of fun with drawing the expressions! Part of the dentist series that I started back in 2021. They were published in my small press book 'Gebundeld Werk'. #esthervandebund #comicartist #comic #strip #striptekenaar #dentist #tandarts #fantoomkiespijn #gebundeldwerk #digitalart https://www.instagram.com/p/Cnm5r0Pre97/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Comic! Swipe to read ---> The Fantom Toothache part 9.1 🦷👻🦷 For you who have been following me for a while, these comics might be new! The next pages have only been published in my small press book 'Gebundeld Werk'. I finished these pages in 2022 because I wanted to wrap up the story and put this in the book. Had a bit of a writers block in between this page and the previous ones from 2021. When I finally came back to the project, I wanted to tell sooo much in one page, it got kinda crowded? 🙈 So I've decided to split page 9 into two parts. Turns out there might be more to this story, so yesterday I finished writing out the next pages. Back to the drawing table. Haha. 🤓 New update tomorrow ‼️ #esthervandebund #comicartist #comic #strip #striptekenaar #dentist #tandarts #fantoomkiespijn #gebundeldwerk https://www.instagram.com/p/CnkSLF8rL2P/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Comic! Swipe to read ---> The phantom toothache part 8 🦷👻🦷 Thanks for all the (personal) messages and tips to ask if I am okay, tips and advice! I am doing well! This all happened a while back and I just want to share this experience. Really happy with all your responses and reactions to my comics! People actually read this, yay! 😭🙏💖💖💖 To give a lil context about this one, I usually don't take painkillers and try to ignore pain and discomforts by working and distracting myself. My general practitioner and dentist already called me out on this, multiple times. I know now that it's okay to take painkillers for situations like these. But I keep finding it a weird question, rather than temporarily keeping the pain at bay I want to know what's causing it. New update tomorrow ‼️ This comic is part of the dentist series I started in 2021 and was published in my small press bundle 'Gebundeld Werk'. I edited and translated the pages as per request. #esthervandebund #comic #comicartist #striptekenaar #strip #dentist #tandarts #gebundeldwerk #fantoomkiespijn https://www.instagram.com/p/CnhHHqxIxId/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Comic! Swipe to read ---> Fantom toothache part 7 🦷👻🦷 Taking X-ray pictures is an experience too. So interesting to see the inside of your skull and teeth like that. My dentist suspected that a lil piece of the wisdom tooth that was pulled a year prior stayed behind and was the cause of it all. But it wasn't. As someone who has a history of bad teeth and caveties, hearing that there was nothing wrong was new. But the pain and anxiety took away most of that joy. Because, if it's not that? Then what is causing this? Is the spirit of my pulled wisdom tooth haunting me? Can you have pain for a molar that's no longer there? Is this... A fantom toothache? 😳🦷💀🦷 New update tomorrow‼️ This comic is part of the dentist series I started in 2021. I published this in my small press book 'Gebundeld Werk' and edited and translated this as per request. #esthervandebund #art #artist #comic #comicartist #strip #striptekenaar #tandarts #dentist #fantoomkiespijn #gebundeldwerk #digitalart https://www.instagram.com/p/CnerLr2K7Kd/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=