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Tom Coolen

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Operating under the moniker ‘Mad Leif’, Tom Coolen is a Graphic designer and illustrator based in Hasselt, Belgium. His work is designed to give you a quiet sort of understated inspiration. We spend so much of our time as people building our identities, just as a matter of functioning in the world. Preoccupied with endless to do lists and responsibilities and a daily dose of noise coming from many directions. Tom seeks to provide a person with a few seconds of relief, happiness or positive reflection, a seed of positivity. The colors, gradients, shapes and patterns offer a short break, a focus on the light that's there, underneath it all. A bit like when you're in a forest and you manage to see sunlight coming through the branches. The experimentation you can find within Toms designs is powered by the intensity of different emotions. Not only in the beauty of life, nature, both internal and exter-nal. It's also, or even more so important to find the meaning, or beauty, in even the most dire of feelings or circumstances.
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Frontier II
Frontier II

Frontier II

By Tom Coolen

Located in New York, NY

ABOUT THIS ARTIST: Tom Coolen is a graphic designer and illustrator based in Hasselt, Belgium. He has an eye for nature and futuristic nostalgia. His main goal is to express our diff...

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2010s Tom Coolen

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Photographic Paper

Caloroso
Caloroso

Caloroso

By Tom Coolen

Located in New York, NY

ABOUT THIS ARTIST: Tom Coolen is a graphic designer and illustrator based in Hasselt, Belgium. He has an eye for nature and futuristic nostalgia. His main goal is to express our diff...

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2010s Tom Coolen

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Photographic Paper

Fade
Fade

Fade

By Tom Coolen

Located in New York, NY

ABOUT THIS ARTIST: Tom Coolen is a graphic designer and illustrator based in Hasselt, Belgium. He has an eye for nature and futuristic nostalgia. His main goal is to express our diff...

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2010s Tom Coolen

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Photographic Paper

Someday
Someday

Someday

By Tom Coolen

Located in New York, NY

ABOUT THIS ARTIST: Tom Coolen is a graphic designer and illustrator based in Hasselt, Belgium. He has an eye for nature and futuristic nostalgia. His main goal is to express our diff...

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2010s Tom Coolen

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Photographic Paper

Fernweh
Fernweh

Fernweh

By Tom Coolen

Located in New York, NY

ABOUT THIS ARTIST: Tom Coolen is a graphic designer and illustrator based in Hasselt, Belgium. He has an eye for nature and futuristic nostalgia. His main goal is to express our diff...

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2010s Tom Coolen

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Photographic Paper

I Am
I Am

I Am

By Tom Coolen

Located in New York, NY

ABOUT THIS ARTIST: Tom Coolen is a graphic designer and illustrator based in Hasselt, Belgium. He has an eye for nature and futuristic nostalgia. His main goal is to express our diff...

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2010s Tom Coolen

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Photographic Paper

Afterlight
Afterlight

Afterlight

By Tom Coolen

Located in New York, NY

ABOUT THIS ARTIST: Tom Coolen is a graphic designer and illustrator based in Hasselt, Belgium. He has an eye for nature and futuristic nostalgia. His main goal is to express our diff...

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2010s Tom Coolen

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Photographic Paper

Estar
Estar

Estar

By Tom Coolen

Located in New York, NY

ABOUT THIS ARTIST: Tom Coolen is a graphic designer and illustrator based in Hasselt, Belgium. He has an eye for nature and futuristic nostalgia. His main goal is to express our diff...

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2010s Tom Coolen

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Photographic Paper

Stillness
Stillness

Stillness

By Tom Coolen

Located in New York, NY

ABOUT THIS ARTIST: Tom Coolen is a graphic designer and illustrator based in Hasselt, Belgium. He has an eye for nature and futuristic nostalgia. His main goal is to express our diff...

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2010s Tom Coolen

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Photographic Paper

Half Light
Half Light

Half Light

By Tom Coolen

Located in New York, NY

ABOUT THIS ARTIST: Tom Coolen is a graphic designer and illustrator based in Hasselt, Belgium. He has an eye for nature and futuristic nostalgia. His main goal is to express our diff...

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2010s Tom Coolen

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Photographic Paper

Invigo
Invigo

Invigo

By Tom Coolen

Located in New York, NY

ABOUT THIS ARTIST: Tom Coolen is a graphic designer and illustrator based in Hasselt, Belgium. He has an eye for nature and futuristic nostalgia. His main goal is to express our diff...

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2010s Tom Coolen

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Photographic Paper

Fade To
Fade To

Fade To

By Tom Coolen

Located in New York, NY

ABOUT THIS ARTIST: Tom Coolen is a graphic designer and illustrator based in Hasselt, Belgium. He has an eye for nature and futuristic nostalgia. His main goal is to express our diff...

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2010s Tom Coolen

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Photographic Paper

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