It only takes him half an hour.
Each workday Adrien Noterdaem posts another popular character from pop culture – TV shows like Breaking Bad and The Wire, video games like Grand Theft Auto V – rendered in the style of everyone's favorite family from Springfield to his "Draw the Simpsons" Tumblr. It's a feat that’s possible largely because he's learned to turn out the illustrations at such a rapid clip.
"The idea was to do everything quickly, no time to waste," Noterdaem said in an email to WIRED. "It takes me around 30 minutes for one. I try not to spend more time. It's like an exercise, a goal I give to myself."
Noterdaem, who works by day as a creative director for the digital marketing agency Emakina in Brussels, has been a fan of Matt Groening's animated show for nearly 25 years, ever since he watched French-dubbed versions of the show as a kid. He's created around 120 Simpsons-esque images since April, and he recently gained notoriety with his series of Breaking Bad characters around the time of the series finale. "I didn't know at first that this stuff [would] have so much buzz around it," said the artist, who Simpsonized himself before ever taking on a pop culture figure.
Noterdaem, who made several new Simpsonized drawings for WIRED of our favorite female Game of Thrones characters (above) said he doesn't have a particular goal in mind with his character-a-day project, but he will continue to do it "as long as I enjoy it."
"I don't have a hidden agenda," he said. "Maybe I should have one. I don't know. If Matt Groening calls me, I definitely won't think long before taking a plane to L.A."
Images courtesy Adrien Noterdaem
