‘What it seems’ is the title of a story written and illustrated by Niels Egidius, an illustrator and painter based in the Netherlands.

The story is influenced by the Alchemy and refers smoothly to the mythological story the ‘Fall of Icarus’. The metaphor of searching for gold and the self-satisfaction that comes along with it is the moral of the story.
To me it seems there’s a lot of value in cultures that are different from our Western world. What this value is or lessons are I don’t know yet… Besides I mostly add a layer of memories and personal experiences to be able to identify with my own work. It’s a combination of appreciating where you come from and my curiosity for exotic worlds.
Through the years this project evolved to a parallel universe where I deal with quests of life and translate experiences to ‘What it seems’.