Cartoonist Profile: Tjeerd Royaards

Bio

Tjeerd Royaards is a Dutch cartoonist and illustrator living in Amsterdam. He studied political science here, but over the years his childhood passion for drawing resurfaced and after graduation he decided to pursue a career as political cartoonist.

Tjeerd is a self-taught artist and his work has a distinct and uniquely recognizable style characterized by clean, crisp lines. He uses little text in his cartoons or illustrations, preferring a more graphical approach in which the image and the objects within the image convey the message non-verbally. His drawings are made by hand, using fineliners of varying thickness; coloring is done digitally.

Currently Tjeerd Royaards works as a cartoonist for the VJ Movement. He also coordinates the global network of editorial cartoonists contributing to VJ Movement. His other publications include Swiss weekly Weltwoche, German daily Handelsblatt. His cartoons also appear on cagle.com