Stephen van Baalen /// Graphic designer /// Art director /// Illustrator
I'm a graphic designer from Holland. I've worked in the advertising business for almost 15 years now and in my free time I like to make artwork, illustrations and websites. I'm now currently working at a big cinema here in my hometown as graphic designer/art director/illustrator. Making artwork for up and comming bands/artists is my passion and I like to help people out who aren't so fortunate to have reached stardom yet. Ofcourse I would love to do artwork for one of my favorite bands someday (Dream Theater, Rush, Metallica, Porcupine Tree, etc). If you like my work and you need something (you don't have to be in a band or play guitar) just email me and I'll see what I can do for you.

Profile and core competencies:
I am a good listener and can pick up things very quickly. I can illustrate with pencils and markers but also digital on the computer.

My character features are:
Social, team player but also independent, curious and inquisitive.

Music:
Dream Theater, Marillion, Transatlantic, Fates Warning, Pink Floyd, Aryeon, Avenged Sevenfold, Journey, Tool, Opeth, Iron Maiden, Rush, Pendragon, Porcupine Tree, Queen, Anathema, Pain of Salvation, U2, Blue October, Kane, Blof, Metallica, Placebo, Pearl Jam, Snowpatrol, The Gathering, Kane, BLOF, Within Temptation, Bon Jovi, Creed, Helloween, Toto, Bush, Meat Loaf, Staind, Starsailor, The Prodigy, Ten Sharp, Armin van Buuren, Sasha, John Digweed, Sander Kleinenberg, Guns 'N Roses, Duran Duran, Aha, Van Halen, Extreme, Rammstein.

Films:
12 Monkeys, Aliens, Braveheart, Fight Club, Gladiator, Inception, Into the Wild, LOTR, Memento, Jaws, ET, King Kong, War of the World, Minority Report, The Three Amigo's, The Cell, Panic Room, The Game, The Edge, Twister, The Abyss, Predator, Highlander, The Crow, Pirates of the Caribbean, Saving Private Ryan, Schindler's List, Se7en, Snatch, The Green Mile, The Matrix, The Silence of the Lambs, The Sixth Sense, 300, Avatar, Jurassic Park, Terminator, Shawshank Redemption, Magnolia, Robin Hood, The Da Vinci Code , Inglourious Basterds, Saw, Loft.

Heroes:
Mike Portnoy, Dream Theater, Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Pink Floyd, Fish, Steve Wilson, Porcupine Tree, Bono, Hugh Syme, Dave Mckean, Storm Thorgerson, Thomas Ewerhard, Lasse Hoile, David Fincher, Steven Spielberg, Ridley Scott, Metallica, Clint Eastwood, Rush, Nick Barrett (Pendragon).

Interest:
Music, films, going out, biking, internet, adobe photoshop/illustrator/indesign CS5, drawing, graphic arts, going to concerts (rock/metal/pop/dance).

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