Ellis Tolsma ✨ colorful riso illustrator

so i made this cool booklet for “a summers tale” classical concert (a story about don quixote!!) and i love how the risoprint turned out!!!! lots of folding of course (200 booklets!) but soooolworth it!

an photo of me holding an ice cream riso print

an photo of me holding an colorful ice cream riso print of a chocolate ice cream

an photo of me holding an ice cream riso print of a little treasure chest ice cream

an photo of me holding an ice cream riso print of s lollipop ice cream

some cute ice cream riso prints!! ice ice babyyy excited for full on summer

table time!!! sick of all the ai shit so i made something ai could never: a wooden table! lets go arts & crafts movement

some cute face cards i made veryyy quickly !!

painting in the sun, making all my furniture look cute!!! more color in this world is needed 💕

i made a vase!!! i actually think this one turned out nice, although next time i would love to give it a pink base.

ooo thanks!! everyones opinion is different. I might just do both haha

haha the opinions are very divided!!

lines or no lines??? i’m doing some style experiments and while no lines feels more like “me” i think the lines here look really interesting!!! watcha think?

Finally had time to frame the new Riso print I printed last month at @ellistolsma.bsky.social ‘s studio ✨♥️ #risograph #retroillustration

riso print zine example with yellow and pink

riso print zine example with blue and pink

riso print zine example with orange and green

riso print zine example with black and orange

i gave some zine workshops a while ago and i never posted the results anywhere. But zines are an amazing way to express feelings & talk about creating a community. This year i’m focusing a lot more on activism and that making art is a rebellion, a way of expressing yourself.

I'm setting up a big local riso poster project, where me and around 40 other artists will create and print riso protest posters. i think the recent 'world updates' have been worrying for a lot of us, and while i'm unable to change big world events I would like to start a local artist movement!!

I think riso is a very interesting way to make animation because it takes way longer than normal animation. Today, a lot of the processes in art are focused on being efficient but printing take all that away. The focus is a lot more on the process that way, and allows to make happy little mistakes.

some old pictures of my candy zine i recently found some copies of. make way timothee chalamet because i will be the next wonka

a sunny geometric painting with square shapes and a flower and star

i’ve been trying to get the weird goldish green color that i have in my sketch but it’s not doing it

colorful riso print flower pattern with multiple bright colors

colorful riso print flower pattern with multiple bright colors

some nice square riso prints!! i printed these on silk fabric and i’ll make scarves out of them :) i want to wear more of my work!!

yess they turned out so cute!! very retro 😎

a wooden table on its side leaning against a fire place with orange and pink paint on it

a wooden table on its side leaning against a fire place with orange paint on it

making a new dining room table for my house!! i only want handpainted furniture from now on!!!

a pile of colorful risoprinted papers

another pile of riso printed papers, the top paper featuring a rocket ice cream

a bright collection of my random misprints that im unable to throw away (mentally) (i hoard paper)

Column of pest!, reposts of older drawings, this is a Risoprint I made on A3 paper in February 2023 at a workshop by @ellistolsma.bsky.social

still so cooool!!!

bold and colorful geometric riso print pattern with green red blue and yellow

bold and colorful geometric riso print pattern with red pink and yellow

some bold riso squaresss maybe they will be scarves?? maybeee?

riso print comic page with the quote “im angry with my empathy” and a woman printed with blue and pink

riso print abstract flower shapes with green red and blue

a concert poster taped on a window named “a summers tale” with a knight and medieval elements on it in red, green yellow and blue

a geometric painting of colorful birds on a electrical power box

apparently we do #portfolioday again on here!! i’ve missed it after twitter! I’m an messy & colorful riso illustrator who loves making thoughtful work!! More on www.ellistolsma.com :)

first post is a zine page with relevant feelings

hi everyone! the internet isn’t as fun as it used to be so i’m fleeing here. Hopefully not another social media to have to constantly update for views? Will put low effort in this but update fun stuff hopefully 💕