{"id":2,"date":"2025-10-10T06:41:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T06:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.irmavandenpoel.com\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-04-13T08:58:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T08:58:40","slug":"sample-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.irmavandenpoel.com\/?page_id=2","title":{"rendered":"About & contact"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Photo: Joel Ekstr\u00f6m<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Irma Van den Poel is a comic artist and illustrator based in Stockholm, Sweden. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her work is characterised by its intricate details, vibrant colors, and a strong focus on character-driven storytelling. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Irma gravitates towards printed media, often creating illustrations for books, magazines, and articles. She has published several comics in collaboration with other authors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Select customers consists of Svenska Kyrkan, Musik i Syd, L\u00e4nsmusiken i Stockholm, Kolonitr\u00e4dg\u00e5rdsf\u00f6rbundet and V\u00e4sterbergslagens Kulturskola.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email Irma at irma@vandenpoel.se<\/strong><\/a> and check out her Instagram<\/strong>.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Published works<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Samtycke<\/a><\/span><\/strong>
Anna Ahlund, Irma Van den Poel
2024, Nypon f\u00f6rlag<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Sexualitet<\/a><\/span><\/strong>
Anna Ahlund, Irma Van den Poel
2025, Nypon f\u00f6rlag<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Hackathon Survival Guide<\/a><\/span><\/strong>
Samuel Larsen-Disney, Irma Van den Poel
2022, self published<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

CV<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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Education<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

2021<\/strong>
Internship at Story House Egmont
<\/strong>Editorial\/creative work in the Bamse division, including writing comic manuscripts and creating artwork, creative directing for Bamse covers, and various editorial tasks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2019<\/strong>
Comic workshop at Center of Cartoon Studies<\/strong>
Based in Vermont, this workshop does an intense, week-long deep-dive into famous cartoonists, drawing techniques and page layouts, resulting in my comic Beauty Standards and Pedophilia<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2017-2021<\/strong>
BA in Graphic Storytelling, The Animation Workshop, VIA University College<\/strong>
I learnt about visual storytelling in both long- and short form, script-writing, applied cartooning, world building, and many more ways to tell a story through the means of art.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Commissions<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

HuddleHive poster<\/em>
<\/a><\/strong>2025, HuddleHive<\/em>
Poster for a Hackathon event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lund Choral Festival map<\/a><\/strong>
2025, Musik i Syd<\/em>
Map for the 2025 Lund choral festival program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tr\u00e4bl\u00e5sfrossa poster<\/em><\/a>
<\/strong>2025, Jonas N\u00e4slund AB<\/em>
Poster for V\u00e4sterbergslagens kulturskola.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The <\/a>Shagadelic<\/a><\/em><\/strong>
2024, Tweed \u2013 Gentlemen\u2019s clothier<\/em>
Logo design for a sweater<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christmas card<\/a><\/em><\/strong>
2023, Jonas N\u00e4slund AB<\/em>
Woodwind-themed Christmas card.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Packing tape illustration<\/a><\/em><\/strong>
2023, Jonas N\u00e4slund AB<\/em>
Illustration to utilise on website, social media, and as a personalised packing tape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Portraits<\/a><\/em><\/strong>
2023, CAPTUR LTD<\/em>
Portraits of the employees at captur.ai<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ad for Symfoni<\/em><\/strong>
2022, Jonas N\u00e4slund AB
<\/em>Magazine ad celebrating the anniversary of Jonas N\u00e4slund AB, Symfoni #3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ad for Musikant<\/em><\/strong>
2022, Jonas N\u00e4slund AB
<\/em>Magazine ad celebrating the anniversary of Jonas N\u00e4slund AB, Musikant #3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Make Music Not War<\/a><\/em>
<\/strong>2022, Jonas N\u00e4slund AB
<\/em>Anniversary poster for woodwind repair shop Jonas N\u00e4slund AB.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alice Tegn\u00e9r songs<\/strong>
2021, L\u00e4nsmusiken i Stockholm
<\/em>Scene costumes for a woodwind quintet performing in a kids\u2019 concert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Website illustrations<\/strong>
<\/a>2021, Sam Larsen-Disney<\/em>
Cartoonified versions of Sam himself, spread throughout his website sld.codes<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gravid! Hvad nu?<\/em>
<\/strong>2020, M\u00f8drehj\u00e6lpen
<\/em>Three comics in an Instagram-friendly format, explaining how M\u00f8drehj\u00e6lpen can help expecting parents.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Publications<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Dilemmaserier: Sexualitet<\/a>
<\/em><\/strong>2025, Nypon f\u00f6rlag<\/em>
<\/em>Educational material exploring the theme of sexuality for young adults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tr\u00e4dg\u00e5rdsm\u00e4ssan 1\/2025<\/a>
<\/em><\/strong>Kolonitr\u00e4dg\u00e5rdsf\u00f6rbundet
<\/em>Cover art and booth installation for Kolonitr\u00e4dg\u00e5rdsf\u00f6rbundet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dilemmaserier: Samtycke<\/a>
<\/em><\/strong>2024, Nypon f\u00f6rlag
<\/em>Educational material exploring the theme of consent for young adults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stj\u00e4rn-tr\u00f6jan
<\/em><\/strong>2024, Bamse 7\/24, Story House Egmont
<\/em>Script-writing for a Bamse-story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Illustration for an article in Hopp
<\/em><\/strong>2023, Uppsala pastorat
<\/em>Editorial illustration introducing the church\u2019s handbook in sign language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vad \u00e4r viktigast?
<\/em><\/strong>2023, Bamse 8\/23, Story House Egmont
<\/em>Scriptwriting for a Bamse-story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kr\u00f6sus och skruttcyklarna
<\/em><\/strong>2023, Bamse 7\/23, Story House Egmont
<\/em>Scriptwriting for a Bamse-story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cover illustration Kyrkbladet<\/a>
<\/em><\/strong>2023, J\u00e4rna-V\u00e5rdinge pastorat
<\/em>Illustration for a church magazine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Virrvarr i Verkstaden
<\/em><\/strong>2022, Bamse f\u00f6r de yngsta #9, Story House Egmont
<\/em>Scriptwriting for a standalone Bamse story for younger readers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Hackathon Survival Guide<\/a><\/strong><\/em>
2022, self published at hackathonsurvivalguide.com<\/a>
<\/em>With Sam Larsen-Disney\u2019s words and my illustrations, we present this handy guide for a successful Hackathon experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bamses skola om f\u00f6rdomar<\/strong><\/em>
2022, Bamse #4, Story House Egmont
<\/em>Scriptwriting for Bamses skola.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Platypus<\/strong> anthology<\/strong><\/em><\/a>
2021, Cobolt<\/em>
Anthology comprising the bachelor projects of the Graphic Storytelling class of \u201917.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cover<\/strong> art<\/strong><\/a>
2021, Kyrkobladet #3, J\u00e4rna-V\u00e5rdinge pastorat<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I v\u00e5ra bilder och f\u00f6rest\u00e4llningar om Jesus speglas bilderna av oss sj\u00e4lva<\/a><\/strong><\/em>
2021, Kyrkobladet #2, J\u00e4rna-V\u00e5rdinge pastorat
<\/em>Editorial illustration for a church magazine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

L\u00e6nge leve legen<\/a><\/em>
<\/strong>2019, P\u00e6dagogisk Extrakt #16
<\/em>How do we integrate play into kids\u2019 education? Issue #16 of this danish magazine has illustrations and cover by me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dannelse i en tech-tid<\/em>
<\/a><\/strong>2019, P\u00e6dagogisk Extrakt #15
<\/em>Cover and illustrations to issue #15 exploring education in the technological age.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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