Witty Nostalgia

Witty Nostalgia

Jacques Maes is a freelance illustrator and graphic designer from Belgium. Together with his girlfriend he forms the creative duo ’Jacques & Lise’. For illustration, Jacques loves to work with old forgotten vintage images, ones that were once used to spread knowledge to the world. However, Jacques feels that with our current information overflow and accessibility, a lot of the magic and the once vague mystery from these old illustrations has been forgotten. He therefore tries to bring it back to life by giving them a new modern twist or context. The result is a carefully blended clash of styles, old versus new, full of subtle humor, both witty and poetic, even sometimes criticizing, but always trademarked by his use of soft colors combined with bright accents; it’s this unique style that has slowly become the signature of his illustrational work. Even so, Jacques is never afraid to drop everything and try something new, it’s what keeps him all-round he says, especially for freelance work.