About us

ABOUT US

Who the f-¶k are the creative bastards?

Well, that's us. A friendly club of 9 professionals with expertise from strategy to concept and from design to layout.

But... a company with so many areas of expertise,
that's just not possible, is it? Well, it is.

Because we all bring our own experiences and talents, we are good at a lot of things. It is precisely this variety that we enjoy so much. One day working on a stand, the next on
a website, the next on a logo...

Fun facts

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This website is so new, you should take your shoes off...

It took 5 years or so, but now he/she/it can be there too. All feedback is welcome! But preferably good ones.

We do EVERYTHING!

From strategic concepts to corporate identities and from app design to 2D and 3D animation. Okay, fair enough, we don't really do everything, we don't make tables, for example. Or camels.

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We are allergic to bad ideas.

That's why we always have an Epi-pen® at hand, in case someone suggests using Comic Sans "because it's such a cheerful font"...

Chicken sandwich!

Actually, it has little to do with us, but we are in the fan club. For those who are not (yet) initiated: number 16.

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We have been around for 15 years!

A few more years and we will be able to choose for ourselves what time we go to bed. And drink coke and eat crisps in the evening.

Of all advertising agencies, we are the nicest.

Can we say that about ourselves? F-ck it, we like ourselves a lot. And most of our customers do too. So they are nice too.

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Our company name is doing well in the Netherlands and abroad.

Until now, we have only had one complaint from an Australian gentleman (without a Crocodile Dundee knife, fortunately) who thought our name was really inappropriate.

Talks do not fill holes.

Fits nicely with our premises, by the way (former dental practice). In the words of Twents: "Don't bullshit, but clean up! We like to get down to business, the sooner we start, the sooner we finish.

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We once made a very nice photo series...

Totally in Mad Men style. It's been around for years, but we still get compliments on it almost every month.
So if you really can't live without it, you can find the whole series HERE. Please don't tell us what you're going to do with it.

You bastards!

In random, alphabetical order.

Aart

Production Manager Animation

Brand new Bastard #1 (or #2 if you read Robert's first). Aart literally provides some movement in the tent. Whether it's a voice-over script, animated storyboard or full explanimation, no detail escapes his sharp eye. After work, he prefers to bury himself in one of his scale models, explore motorized the planet on two wheels or he "tickles the ivories in a band" as the French say (the English just call it "keyboard player in a band" by the way).

Bailey

Officedog / ai prompter

Bailey, office dog, all-around hairball and a(a)i-promoter. Ruler of everything in the bottom 30 cm from the floor our office. What she lacks in Photoshop skills she makes up for in drool. In exchange for snacks, she can be used for HR work and party tricks. She takes care of the "Sit" and "Give paw" skills on our Skills page (most of the time).

Daniel

Art Director

If he were a sea creature, he would be a sponge. Not because he looks like Spongebob, but because he soaks up new skills in no time and makes them his own , ShamWow®. A punk rocker who knows his way around a guitar and, if possible, goes even faster on his drawing tablet. Every day he creates progressive designs with a unique look.

Debbie

Designer

This blonde lady goes rock-hard. What she lacks in height, she more than makes up for with her drive, perseverance and big mouth. So much awesome in such a small package...

Dion

Art Director

He is as creative as he is long... and that's a long time! When he's not busy capturing long-lost ruins in the jungles of Borneo or torturing his neighbours with blistering guitar riffs, he's probably in our kitchen making coffee. The energy he gets from this caffeine addiction is used for cool creative concepts and buttersmooth motion design.

Loes

Designer

"Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!"

OK, OK, this is secretly a quote from Michael Corleone, but it might just as well have been from Loes. Loes is from the hard core, a real "Original Bastard". She had a sabbatical for a while, but is now back. DTP, design, branding, you name it. She can do it all with her eyes closed. Just imagine what she can do with her eyes open...

Misha

Art Director

Our in-house viking has a (Ford) focus like a freshly sharpened hatchet. He's not one to shy away from a creative challenge and hack-and-slash gets through it. Fun fact: Misha once coined our name 'creative bastards'!

Rik

Designer / Owner

"The hin mei gouden aaien moat ek fuorre wurde." That's Frisian. Just like Rik. Freely translated: even a profitable business requires attention. Rik likes his business to run as smoothly as his racing bike.

Robert

Animator / Motion designer

Brand new Bastard #1 (or #2 if you read Aart's first). Like his buddy Aart, he is responsible for the animation branch at the Bastards. When he is not busy making cool animations, explanimations or otherwise shaping clients' stories, he is mostly busy with rides on his motorcycle, photography (not while riding) and trips to Asia (or Ootmarsum, almost as far away).

Tom

Creative director / Owner

"If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, of what then, is an empty desk a sign? We didn't come up with that one, the credit goes to Einstein (they say). And since a cluttered mind is a sign of creativity, Tom must be one of the most creative minds around. At least Einstein was not often wrong.