These gems are from the “2023 sketchbook so far” of David (HABBENINK) Habben, an illustrator, artist, and educator based in Utah. His work has been featured in children’s books, magazines, and even on snowboards.
His current work includes Illustrator for the new Bridget Vanderpuff children’s books by Martin Stewart (see on Amazon) And he did the cover illustration for Oxford Children’s new edition of The Wizard of Oz (here) out in January.
They love those quotes
His followers love the quotes that Habben posts with images on Instagram, like this one by actress Octavia Spencer for the two-page sketch above:
You cannot live to please everyone else. You have to edify, educate and fulfill your own dreams and destiny, and hope that whatever your art is that you’re putting out there, if it’s received, great, I respect you for receiving it. If it’s not received, great, I respect you for not.
Octavia Spencer
You can scroll through more of this exquisite work on these links.
David Habben’s HABBENINK website, here.
On Instagram, here.
Reels on Instagram, here.
His artist page at the Bright Agency, which represents him, here.
On Behance, here.
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He is unique indeed. I love the King with his feet on the dog. Sword on the floor, but then the king is drinking from a straw.