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Maranga — a neon gate at the entrance to a low-poly tropical park at duskMaranga · VR walking experience · 2020 →
La France concept video — a lone figure in a hooded jacket standing on a dark wet ground under a star-filled night sky▶VideoLa France — concept video, 2025
A man with a beard and sunglasses standing in a subway carriage, seen through the windows in warm green and orange light — from the VR game Sonder
A weathered green-and-yellow three-wheeled scooter with a row of small green creatures sitting on its roof, against a teal background
Close-up of two people's feet on a subway platform — sandals and loafers, painted in muted browns — from Sonder
A silhouetted figure standing on a balcony at sunset, warm yellow light through the railings — from Sonder
A 3D bust of a man covered head to shoulders in bright colourful graffiti-style patterns
A cluster of stacked cardboard-coloured houses floating as a single mass against an orange background
A pale tower of stacked buildings rising from a rocky peak against a soft blue sky
Still life of cushions and a bottle on a table in warm orange and red light — from Sonder
A music studio desk with synthesizers and drum machines glowing in purple and pink light
A lush green swamp landscape with lily pads, glowing lights and small islands, low-poly style
A mechanical raven built from wood, brass and gears, standing against a plain background
A spiky mask-like creature head covered in blue-and-white dotted patterns with red spines
A stylised painted portrait of a man in a wide-brimmed hat with a tattooed face, in blues and creams
A bright white minimalist interior — living room and dining table with a small red elephant sculpture on the floor
Aku standing in a glowing purple alien valley beside a huge creature with tentacles and a spinning eye
A row of Dutch colonial houses with a blue gable beside a field of yellow flowers, seen from above — from Suku
A tin of Arteza coloured pencils with Aku artwork printed on the lid — a product collaboration
A grey sculpted bust of an old man's wrinkled, scowling face
A geometric cubist-style portrait of a face split in blue, yellow and cream planes
A stocky cartoon character in a yellow helmet and blue overalls standing in a T-pose
A round low-poly diorama of a glowing blue-and-teal forest scene, viewed from above
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Animation made with Happyship for an art exhibition — on YouTube▶VideoAnimation created together with happyship for an art exhibition. also did the music and other audio.
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Maranga — VR walkthrough, on YouTube▶Video
A painted wooden house with an orange roof and glowing windows on a green hill under a blue sky with big clouds
A face covered entirely in intricate coloured patterns and gold, like a painted mask, in dramatic side light
A white clay-like sculpture of a small submarine-shaped creature with round eyes, surrounded by rounded trees
A figure in a dark cloak with a glowing glass dome for a head, a tiny person standing inside it
A VR diorama built for Amazon's Sumerian engine — on YouTube▶VideoA vr-diorama, built for amazon's sumerian engine.
A small VRChat world — a round window looking into a colourful island scene, with sound▶VideoA small vrchat world
Personal project testing high-quality light baking for VR — on YouTube▶VideoPersonal project, testing out high quality lightbaking for vr
Personal work — on YouTube▶VideoPersonal work
Banner for Sonder with four Raindance Immersive 2020 nomination laurels around a colourful VR scene
Aku at his drawing desk in a sunlit room, walls covered with sketches, a city skyline through the window
Animated diorama of a small rover on a tropical beach with palm trees and rocks, with sound▶Video
Cover of the novel Aku: Journey to Ibra by Micah Johnson — Aku in his helmet walking through a glowing blue jungle
Aku painting at an easel in a warm, cluttered artist's studio with a chandelier and mirror
AKU × MLB — Aku in a white spacesuit and helmet sitting on the floor against a grey backdrop
Aku in a dark suit and helmet sitting on the floor, lit by a single edge light against black
Starbucks × Aku — Aku drawing at a café window table covered in cups, pencils and a cardboard rocket
Aku building a huge cardboard robot on the floor of a wooden garage, a green lawn outside the door
Aku in his bedroom facing a wavy portal that opens onto a neon city of floating islands and spaceships — the illustration behind the TIME cover
Beats by Dre × Aku — a grid of hand-drawn custom headphones and packaging photographed on a desk
Aku sitting at a desk under a warm lamp in a room full of pinned drawings, a city skyline outside
Aku's bedroom seen through a window, full of planets, a rocket, a telescope and a glowing aquarium
Aku sitting in a wooden attic building a cardboard rocket from boxes and tape
Aku drawing at a desk with coloured pencils, a poster of a space scene on the wall behind him
Aku building a cardboard cat sculpture in a wooden attic with a rope ladder
Aku in a glowing purple alien valley beside a huge tentacled creature — wide illustration
Concept art — Aku looks at the flying saucer he built from cardboard boxes and tennis balls in a garage, blueprints pinned to the wall
Aku standing in a chequered-floor gallery hallway between two large painted portraits
Sky Art × Aku — Aku sitting in a bus wrapped in Sky Arts branding, city outside the windows
Aku lying in a field of four-leaf clovers wearing a green top hat — a St Patrick's Day illustration
Aku from behind with a walking stick and yellow backpack, standing in a warm golden landscape
Aku's bedroom in bright cartoon style — bed, desk, posters and a laptop on the floor
Aku sitting at a desk with a paper airplane, seen from above in warm light
Aku reaching towards a paper airplane against a huge full moon at sunset
Aku standing in a neon-lit Tokyo street at night, a billboard reading THE AKU MOVIE above him
Aku holding a glowing pink neon heart against a black background — a Valentine's illustration
Aku as a LEGO minifigure in his white T-shirt with a red heart, on a purple background
Aku wearing Mickey Mouse ears over his helmet, on a bright blue background
Close-up of Aku's helmet from below, lit in blue with the red heart on his shirt visible
Close-up of Aku's helmet from behind and above, reflecting soft pink and blue light
Aku with a jet pack flying into a giant pink heart against a blue sky
Aku standing at an open school locker covered in photos and stickers
Aku sitting in a sunny green meadow reading a book, blue sky and birds above
Aku sitting alone on a park bench in Central Park with the New York skyline behind the trees
AKU × MLB — Aku in a black suit and helmet sitting on the floor against a grey backdrop
DURKATWORK VR worlds — walkthrough of Suku and other worlds, on YouTube▶Video
VR world video — on YouTube▶Video
VR world video — on YouTube▶Video
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Terrarium — a geodesic glass dome containing a miniature lit interior, photographed on a table
VR world video — on YouTube▶Video
VR world video — on YouTube▶Video
VR world video — on YouTube▶Video
VR world video — on YouTube▶Video
VR world video — on YouTube▶Video
Painted portrait of a stern man with a mohawk, in earthy reds and oranges
A teal-and-turquoise lagoon landscape with tall thin trees and glowing lights — a VR world
A floating island town on a green background — a diorama of stacked houses and a windmill
A colourful costumed figure covered in flowers, fruit and ornaments, on a white background
A patchwork portrait of a man built from dozens of coloured shapes and textures on black
A tall minimalist painting of a modern house corner against a dark blue sky
A sunlit study interior with orange curtains, a wooden desk and hanging plants, in flat painted style
A wooden house at night with warm lit windows, surrounded by trees in flat cel-shaded style
A flat painted street scene — tall trees and a house in teal, yellow and orange
A stylised landscape of a swimmer's pool and lawn edged by tall trees, in bright flat colours
A flat painted view of modern stacked houses with hanging lamps against a blue sky
A dark night village of red-roofed houses with lit windows, seen from above
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A carved wooden mask sculpture of a long stylised face, on black
Three sneakers painted with a green landscape of hills and trees, on a white background
An underwater scene of yellow and red seaweed and sea creatures on a dark blue background
A stylised bird with a long beak and a red feathered crest, in profile on black
A blue hooded face emerging from a pale desert landscape with floating pink shapes
A figure standing in a glowing doorway on a dark blue cliff face above a pink mountain landscape
A figure seated in an illuminated red pod against a dark blue background
A tall minimalist painting of a modern house corner against a blue sky
A single white chair on a striped green lawn with a yellow bench, in flat style with hard shadows
A panoramic view of a forest path through a stylised colonnade, painted in blues and greens
A dark neon panorama of glowing plants and a Durk sign — a VR world at night
A cubist paper-craft head with yellow eyes and dark blue facets on white
A wide swampy VR landscape of pale trees and glowing lights in teal
A low-poly pink and purple landscape with a large tree and a glowing yellow lake at sunset
A low-poly desert of cacti and green rock spires under a warm sky
A painted profile of a bald head made of overlapping coloured shapes, on teal
A sculpted head of a figure with a purple, red and blue geometric face and antenna-like ornaments
Silhouetted people looking over a glowing green miniature landscape in a dark gallery
A 3D bust of an old man with glasses and a grey suit jacket
A bust of a man covered in coloured abstract face-paint patterns, in dramatic light
A bull's head built from thousands of small metal studs, in black and white
A masked red figure with ornate tentacle-like decorations against an orange-red background
A monochrome painting of a hooded face, photographed on a wooden floor
A bearded man standing in a subway carriage seen through the windows — Sonder
A man sitting alone in a dimly lit subway carriage — Sonder
Two figures seen through the windows of a subway carriage in muted blue light — Sonder
Still life of orange cushions and a bottle on a table in warm light — Sonder
Interior of a subway carriage with orange seats and a few seated passengers — Sonder
A man with a cardboard-box head sitting on an orange subway seat — Sonder
Two men in suits and top hats standing in a subway carriage — Sonder
A woman in a red coat sitting on a subway seat, seen through the window — Sonder
A dim lounge interior with a sofa, seen from above through railings — Sonder
A man in a green shirt sitting in a subway carriage at night, seen through the window — Sonder
An empty subway carriage with orange seats and cold fluorescent light — Sonder, with sound▶Video
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Two round portrait icons — a man in headphones and a man in a top hat — Sonder character designs
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A spiky-headed blue creature character standing with a staff on a bright blue background
A colourful patchwork robot-like character sitting beside a yellow speaker on a blue background
A colourful patchwork character crouching in a desert landscape, smoking
Three 3D character head studies — a thin red-haired man, a bald man with a beard, and a white-bearded elder
A 3D portrait of a woman in a white ruff collar and blue turban, on black
A colourful patchwork robot character with a large ornate head, on a yellow background
A red-lit sculpted figure with branch-like arms on a pink and purple background
A cartoon chef in a stone kitchen bending down to talk to a small boy
A cartoon car with a driver, plus a sheet of small car variants in different colours
A teal robotic creature head with a crown of glowing spires, on a turquoise background
A colourful patterned skull-like creature floating in a cloudy sky
A dark room with a candelabra on a table and a shadowy figure by the wall
Three sculpted busts of old men's heads in profile on an orange background
A furry blue monster character covered in pink and blue flower patterns, grinning with big teeth
A 3D bust of a bald figure with textured, weathered skin lit from the side on black
Character design sheet — a yellow-shirted stocky worker character with turnarounds and expressions
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A pale lizard-like creature with big round eyes on a teal background
A rusty gold robot head with green lenses and a moustache, on black
A grey sculpted study of an old man's face with a heavy brow and sunken cheeks
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A stack of old teal alarm clocks with worn paint — a short film, with sound▶Video
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An animated line drawing of tangled figures and creatures in white on dark purple, with sound▶Video
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A subway carriage with orange benches at night, a figure at the far door — Sonder, with sound▶Video
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Everything here was made by Durk van der Meer unless the caption says otherwise. Aku is a character created by Micah Johnson.