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Barbara Dekeyser

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illustration of This image represents our current times in a somewhat humorous way.

Represented is various underwear items with strings and a mask with string, all in black, implicating that all this came off before going to bed.

Keywords: coronavirus covid19 virus mouth mask face covering underwear bed

illustration of This image represents mindfulness or state of mind in general.

Keywords: mindfulness, thinking, meditating, positive thinking, negative thinking, hopeful, hope, psychology, mind

illustration of This image can represent many things related to lounging, feeling tired or frazzled, just checking out, burn out.

Shown is an 'empty head' with feet sticking out of it as if she was using the head as a lounging chair

Keywords: tired burn out sleeping head frazzled exhausted refresh mind

illustration of This image represents systemic racism and the protests against it. White text bubble with black cut out in the shape of shouting person.

Keywords: systemic racism, racist, justice, equality, black lives matter, blm, protests, racial unrest

illustration of This image represents thoughts about the future of the handshake in covid19 times.

Handshake preserved in glass

Keywords: handshake coronavirus covid19 preservation future

illustration of This image represents racial unrest in the US. Wave in ocean with black foam cover in shape of a face.

Keywords: racial unrest, protests, systemic racism, black, minorities, equality, inequality, race, racist,

illustration of This image represents institutional racism. Bingo wheel with balls of different shades of brown (representing skin tones) with only light-coloured balls being 'drawn'. Keywords: racism institutional structural separation discrimination advancement prejudice segregation apartheid intolerance apartheid bias xenophobia bigotry nationalism ethnocentrism racialism isolationism

illustration of This image represents the loss and grief we collectively feel. Man with mask in the same color as background.

keywords: coronavirus, virus, corona, covid19, health, social distancing, stay home, stay at home, mask, mouth mask

illustration of This image represents the difficulties of relationship in pandemic times. Couple in bed with one partner with a eye mask, the other with a mouth mask.

keywords: coronavirus, virus, corona, covid19, health, social distancing, stay home, stay at home, mask, masks

illustration of This image represents coronavirus fear. Mask with person peeking out of it.

keywords: coronavirus, virus, corona, covid19, health, social distancing, stay home, stay at home, mask, mouth mask

illustration of This image represents how man people are 'tired' of the virus and its implications and how the virus persists regardless.

Keywords: Coronavirus, COVID, COVID 19, Corona, virus

illustration of This image represents how the coronavirus is moving forward, ticking on a chronometer as it were.
keywords: coronavirus, virus, corona, covid19, health, social distancing, stay home, stay at home

illustration of This image can represent a lot of things but the main inspiration was environmental damage. Earth in an 'eye' tearing up with a woman dipping her feet into it.

Keywords: earth planet pollution pandemic climate change global warming

illustration of This image represents how social distancing can look at ourselves in different ways.
keywords: coronavirus, virus, corona, covid19, health, social distancing, stay home, stay at home

illustration of This image represents the environmental impact of aviation. Wing of plane with drop of oil 'leaking'. Man with small fuel can looking on. Keywords: plane air travel transport oil pollution aviation environment climate change global warming fossil fuel

illustration of This image represents how the United States is perceived to be abandoning allies. A person with US shaped apron hanging countries on the line. Keywords: United States allies foreign relations politics world current affairs Trump America

illustration of This image represents the question of whether and how communism influenced the spread of the coronavirus. Chinese men with mouth mask following leader with eye mask. Keywords: coronavirus virus epidemic mask communism china spread outbreak pandemic widespread disease contagious regime government

illustration of This image represents phone addiction or how phones influence our lives (sometimes). A person looking at the phone with a hand coming out of the phone holding the person's neck. Keywords: digital addiction phone screen screen time social media apps

illustration of This image represents the urgency of the damage caused by global warming. Earth as a buoy with hands hanging off it. Keywords: environment global warming climate change globe green environmental earth planet eco

illustration of This image represents helping oneself. Person upside down in the water with arms forming a 'self buoy'. Keywords: self help health healing therapy psychology

illustration of This image represents how the US President Trump says things that are controversial. Fence in the shape of Trump with the mouth 'fallen over' Keywords: United States America US President Trump Politics Current Affairs

illustration of This image represents how social media (or the internet at large) influences our self-image. Chess pawn looking in a phone 'mirror' and seeing a chess queen. Keywords: Mirror self-image self-confidence grandiosity superiority pompous pretentiousness pretentious psychology phone digital social media fomo

illustration of This image represents the risks of whistleblowing. Inspired by political events in the US (2019). Whistle combined with a gun representing potential retaliation. Keywords: United States US America whistleblower scandal political politics impeachment President Trump retribution vengeance

illustration of This image represents the feeling of not moving forward in life. Automatic transmission with a person's head as the shift lever. Keywords: life goals ambition depression depressed psychology therapy help achieving achievement purpose drive lethargic unenthusiastic

illustration of This image represents the feeling of having a hard time connecting on an emotional level. Back of person with a hat acting as a watchdog house. Keywords: emotional emotionally evasive independent psychology commitment phobia emotionless guarded unresponsive apathetic

illustration of This image represents how the earth gets treated. Man jumping on a bouncy hopper ball as the earth. Keywords: earth planet global warming climate change eco green

illustration of This image represents the question whether planet Earth can be saved or if it is too late. Snake that swallowed the Earth and then consequently had it's head cut off so the Earth could potentially be saved. Blood dripping out of snake. Keywords: planet earth eco green environment environmental global warming climate change

illustration of This image represents the environmental crisis. A head with the continentals as 'hair' being shaved. Keywords: earth planet environment environmental global warming climate change green eco

illustration of This image the feeling you need some love to help pick you up. Aspirin in a heart shape making a glass of water fizzy. Keywords: love heart marriage relationship divorce breakup falling out of love split separation separate feelings emotions emotional

illustration of This image represents inequality. Two men are in the rain with one man having 9/10th of an umbrella and the other man having the rest (one piece) Keywords: equality inequality disparity contrast economy economical politics capitalism imbalance disproportion capital money distribution political

illustration of This image represents mistrust. Two hands shaking through an intermediary of a wooden hand. Keywords: distrust handshake trust mistrust doubt suspicion lack of confidence hand deal dealing psychology

illustration of This image represents the difficulty of being continuously successful. Man asleep in the office with a record player playing a pie chart, while several golden pie chart records hang on the wall behind him. Keywords: business chart analytics analysis excel diagram graph tired exhausted burnout histogram circle chart fatigue

illustration of This image represents the question of whether pills may be overprescribed. Man in waiting room walking towards the Doctor's office that is a giant pill. Keywords: prescription Rx drugs doctor overprescribing medicine pill medication disease ill sick physician medic medical addiction dependence

illustration of This image represents increasing hostility against immigrants in the US. Statue of Liberty in sinking lifeboat. Keywords: United States US America liberty freedom immigration melting pot multi-racial society immigrant migration resettlement refugee illegal multiculturalism politics President

illustration of This image represents GMO in a broad sense. Hands in surgical gloves painting corn leaves on a yellow test tube. Keywords: GMO engineered food agriculture genetically modified food production frankenfood biotechnology crops transgenic

illustration of This image represents the difficulties associated with the Trump presidency. Man balancing on a tight rope in the shape of Donald Trump's facial silhouette. Keywords: Trump President United States US America political politics boundaries Republican government governing

illustration of This image represents the message 'don't text and drive'. A crime scene with two text bubbles as evidence and the legs of a policeman. Keywords: texting textphone accident car auto road text phone digital text and drive texting and driving

illustration of This image represents a writer's block. Keyboard with a writer at a desk in the 'delete' button and crumbled paper thrown out of the window. Keywords: inspiration writer's block writer writing creating working keyboard computer brainstorm insight inspire thinking outside the box creativity work paralysis writing block

illustration of This image represents the struggle to control our thoughts. Woman with a remote controlling her own head on a spring that's jumping away. Keywords: meditation thoughts mindfulness mindful scattered psychology reflection contemplation confusion desperation lack of attention deficit disorder focus unfocused concentration distracted distraction absent=minded aimless therapy

illustration of This image represents how narrow our perspective is i.e., we think we see everything but we don't. Shown is an adult with a kid. The adult is looking over an empty ocean and the kid is pointing to a sinking ship in a nearby puddle. Keywords: perspective reflection consideration focus on seeing the big picture mindful meditation concentration seeing

illustration of This image represents a self-driving car. Shown is a car with a bed on the bed with a sleeping person. Keywords: car auto transport travel self-driving operated unmanned driverless sleep without driver

illustration of This image represents the increasing costs of prescription drugs. A pill is strangled by a dollar sign. Keywords: healthcare insurance industry capitalism health pill medical medicine financial interest profit inequality health services

illustration of This image represents the question of whether medicine is too focused on drugs. Half of a pill with the other half the top of a casket with the interior of a casket. Keywords: casket pill medical medicine healthcare western medicine medical assistance hospice old age palliative care end-of-life care caring for the elderly senior pill addiction

illustration of This image represents global warming. Baker putting the earth into a hot oven. Keywords: global warming climate change environment environmental eco green earth planet

illustration of This image represents the pardoning of oneself. This was inspired by the debate of whether President Trump could pardon himself but it is applicable in other situations. Mat a confessional with his body on one side and his head on the other. Keywords: politics political pardon pardoning forgiveness forgive amnesty clemency exonerate exoneration acquit acquittal

illustration of This image represents the explosive growth of online education platforms. Graduation hat with a phone as the 'top' of the hat. Keywords; education diploma degree higher education college digital online degree learning training schooling instruction tuition

illustration of This image represents a lack of sleep. Woman crossing the street while dragging a suitcase as a bed with herself in it. Keywords: morning rush sleep lack of sleep productivity working work sleepless sleeplessness insomnia restless workaholic work addict overachiever workhorse work dork hard-working

illustration of This image represents the melting of the ice cap. Industry landscape with smoke coming out of chimneys morphing into melting ice. Keywords: global warming climate change eco green earth planet industry ice cap ice shelf polar cap polar icecap melting melt thaw permafrost

illustration of This image represents how social media influences us. Man in a suit sitting on stairs with a sign showing zero likes. Hat in front of him, as to beg for bypassers putting likes in the hat. Keywords: Instagram likes like heart social media digital begging beggar instagramming

illustration of This image represents how we all have different perspectives and how it shapes our perception. Two painters painting a pearl, one person painting a square block and one person painting a triangle block. Keywords: perception reality understanding impression insight awareness facts truth certainty authenticity conviction belief sureness divided divisiveness data evidence factual lies conjectures assumptions

illustration of This image represents rising water levels due to climate change. Earth in soup bowl that is overflowing. Keywords: environment environmental global warming climate change eco green earth planet

illustration of This image represents the uniqueness of the earth implying that it should be taken care of. A man in front of a claw machine (arcade) with one earth under the claws. Keywords: global warming climate change earth planet environment environmental eco green

illustration of This image represents the benefits of hindsight. woman in front of an aquarium. Her head is backwards and the water is flowing out of the aquarium into the room she is standing in. Keywords: hindsight recollection benefit of hindsight posteriori afterthought retrospectively experience looking back foresight cautiousness psychology

illustration of This image represents the debate about the morality of drone warfare. Woman in burka standing in shadow of a drone. She has an apple on her head. Keywords: war drone warfare unmanned plane bomb bombing innocent human casualties casualty injured accident airplane droid battle conflict politics political wartime armed conflict fatalities victims losses loss of life

illustration of This image represents consumerism or how people increasingly are becoming products themselves. Woman in a 'barcode' dress looking in a fitting room mirror. Keywords: consumerism capitalism consumerist business commercialism industrialism merchandising marketing branding power barcode product advertising promotion promoted

illustration of This image represents self-help; helping oneself in the broad sense. Rescue buoy with a line going to a hand coming out of the deep inside of the buoy. Keywords: help self-help therapy depression self care self support aid improvement sadness melancholy despondency unhappiness happiness resilience psychology

illustration of This image represents how one can feel stuck in oneself. Man standing in front of his shadow. The shadow has bars like a prison cell with hands holding the bars. Keywords: depression melancholy gloom despair unhappiness happiness prison bars shadow independence dependence addiction depressed psychology self-care disease illness therapy

illustration of This image represents the struggle to free oneself of what is holding one back. Woman playing tennis with a speech bubble as a tennis racket and the ball as a ball and chain around the woman's ankle. Keywords: depression ball and chain ambition goals psychology struggle feeling stuck self-sabotage contentment illness disease trapped blocked stalled

illustration of This image represents the difference between hearing and listening. Mini pinball machine in shape of ear. Keywords: ear hearing listening heard sound audience audition overheard interview psychology

illustration of This image represents marriage struggles. Woman in her wedding dress as the bottom of an hourglass with the top being a heart with the contents flowing down. Keywords: marriage relationship partnership love separate divorce split up separation break up part heart passion romance

illustration of This image forgetfulness. It can also represent illnesses with forgetfulness as a symptom. A man climbing brains with crevasses. Polaroids are 'raining' and disappearing in the cracks. Keywords: memory forgetting forgetfulness memories recollection storage mind brain amnesia ignorance oblivion

illustration of This image represents the lack of female leadership. Male ranger on a mountain path with a 'detector' in the shape of the female symbol. Keywords: women female gender discrimination sex discrimination gender bias sexism inequality inequity leadership corporate

illustration of This image represents struggle and looking for help. Woman standing in her pool of shadow with her hand sticking out of pool.

illustration of This image represents burning the candle at both ends. Man working on pie chart analytics looking outside and seeing a pie chart as the moon.

illustration of This image represents Brexit. Synchronized swimmers in yellow against EU blue water with one swimmer out of sync.

illustration of This image represents racial bias on the internet. Black woman with the wireless signal as a mouthguard.

illustration of This image represents a female perspectives. Woman in between men's legs in suits.

illustration of This image represents the difference between appearances and reality. Man walking by a row of trees. There is one big tree in the row of tree and this one has the smallest shadow.

illustration of This image represents the difficulty of making choices. Woman standing in front of two doors with two brains, each leading to one of the doors.

illustration of This image represents paternalism. Woman with hair as 'mop' coming from above. Keywords: feminism paternalism condescendence patronizing sexism social power

illustration of This image can represent many things, one of which is the question of how we get inspiration. Woman standing in water with tap as her head, holding up a glass under it. Keywords: psychology mental revive refresh come back motivate emcourage energize overcome recover renew

illustration of This image represents burn out. The lower half of a man in a suit with upper half rolled in a tube. Keywords: burn out burnt out stress anxiety psychology mental angst nervousness trouble unease corporate suit

illustration of This image represents how dependent we are on our phones. Phone as a hamster wheel with women running in it. Texting as she runs. Keywords: technology hi-tech high tech texting GSM phone messaging running addiction dependent dependency health psychology

illustration of This image represents our digital lives. Woman lying in a deck chair holding a selfie stick with a phone emitting light on her, as if she is tanning. Keywords: digital technology phone selfie stick tanning sun rays high tech hi tech

illustration of This image represents the idea of keeping going after failure. Woman with bottom half a slippery banana peel getting up. Keywords: come back energize invigorate overcome recover rejuvenate rekindle renew renovate repair restore resurrect resuscitate revitalize strengthen awaken enliven recondition reanimate refresh failure breakdown collapse decline defeat failing loss

illustration of This image represents speaking before thinking. Top half of woman walking her lower half (as in walking her dog) with lower half pulling her. Keywords: psychology speaking vocal verbal reflection thoughtful attentive cautious careless heedless ignorant imprudent thoughtless

illustration of This image represents burn out. A corporate office with a lifebuoy on the wall leading to an ocean. Keywords; vacation burn out exhaustion fatigue stress wear down sea diving scuba fins overfatigue overwork frazzle agony anxiety hardship

illustration of This image represents resilience. Tree with hands as the trunk picking up fallen off yellowing leaves. Keywords: come back energize invigorate overcome recover rejuvenate rekindle renew renovate repair restore resurrect resuscitate revitalize strengthen awaken enliven recondition reanimate refresh

illustration of This image represents how we are dependent on medications. Pill with a bed in it. Keywords: drugs pharmaceutical pharmaceutic narcotic medicine pill poison prescription remedy stimulant depressant sleep sedative opioid opiate

illustration of This image represents the danger that drugs become addictive. Prescription bottle transformed into a syringe. Keywords: Prescription Rx drugs addicting poison cure medicine narcotic pharmaceutical pill opioid pharmaceutic sedative

illustration of This image represents burn out. A man sitting at his office desk with a desk as the sea and him in scuba gear. Keywords; vacation burn out exhaustion fatigue stress wear down sea diving scuba fins overfatigue overwork frazzle agony anxiety hardship

illustration of This image represents the question 'how does money motivate'. Slumped over man with a money slot in his back. Keywords: incentive motivation enticement encouragement stimulus carrot stick catalyst stimulant money capital fund payment pay salary wage wealth finance resources impetus

illustration of This image represents the urgency of gun law reform. A man standing in the shape of a gun with smoke coming out of the 'head' with a timepiece in the shape of the trigger. Keywords: hun handgun pistol revolver shooting NRA firing gunfire pulling trigger politics political massacre blood bloodshed terrorism clock watch

illustration of This image represents our dependence on our phones. Woman in rowboat stranded on a rock staring at a phone. Keywords: technology phone digital texting addiction electronic

illustration of This image represents the difference between perception and reality. Cactus with the only flowers reflected in the mirror. Keywords: perception consciousness viewpoint thought insight misunderstanding misconception judgment observation mental psychology

illustration of This image represents changing attitudes towards immigration in the US. Statue of liberty in the form of a 'crevasse' as a wall with bricks. Keywords: America the United States Statue Liberty politics political immigration migration

illustration of This image represents how our phone usage has potentially negative effects on our health. Nurse checking phone with a stethoscope. Keywords: phone call digital life social media Facebook Instagram Twitter health energy disease lethargy weakness illness sickness condition technology

illustration of This image represents the struggle with self-image. Woman looking at herself in the mirror. She is climbing out of the back of her head. Keywords: escape withdrawal departure disappearance flight liberation rescue abdication release retreat psychology mental sneak away evasion

illustration of This image represents claiming innocence when guilty. A man standing in the corner with angel halo but he head linked to a painting of the devil. Keywords: innocence guilt guilty virtue clean hands clean conscience purity righteousness badness blame corruption sin evil

illustration of This image represents the need for a recharge. Man in shower with plug as a showerhead. Keywords: recharge refresh energize regenerate renew renewal restore bounce back revive come to life psychology

illustration of This image represents how we sometimes hold ourselves back. Two persons walking across a crosswalk with one having a green light, the other is stopped with a red light. Keywords: crosswalk green red light psychology stunted mental block mental balance ability achievement goals

illustration of This image represents the fear of public speaking. Man on stage under the spotlight with the spotlight as a ghost. Keywords: audience fear public afraid spotlight ghost fearful stagefright stage loss of speech butterflies

illustration of This image represents burn out. Woman in office sleeping in chair with growing plant out of her head. Keywords: office chair sleep deprived burnt out overworked work corporate plant ivy woman stress fatigue anxiety

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I am Barbara Dekeyser. I am a conceptual illustrator. I like representing ideas, stories and concepts in a visual way. My subjects of choice include current affairs, the human spirit, our digital world, business topics and the environment.

Style/Techniques

Conceptual, Design, Digital, Vector

Subject/Specialties

Annual Report, Corporate, Editorial, Education, Family, Health, Historical, Industrial, Medical, Nature, People, Political, Science, Scientific, Technology, Toys & Games, Transportation, Travel, Agriculture, Lifestyle, Feminine, Masculine, Spiritual, Ethnic, Environmental, Financial