Portrait of André Kuipers

Here is a portrait i made of our new national hero, André Kuipers.

From Wikipedia:
André Kuipers: born 5 October 1958 is a Dutch physician and ESA astronaut. He became the second Dutch citizen, third Dutch-born and fifth Dutch-speaking astronaut upon launch of Soyuz TMA-4 on 19 April 2004. Kuipers returned to Earth aboard Soyuz TMA-3 11 days later.
Kuipers is the first Dutch astronaut to return to space. On 5 August 2009, Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs Maria van der Hoeven, announced Kuipers was selected as an astronaut for International Space Station (ISS) Expeditions 30 and 31. He was launched to space on 21 December 2011 and returned to Earth on 1 July 2012.

I tried to give the illustration the look and feel of an old trading card. This way i could emphasise his hero-like status.

André Kuipers has an amazing photostream on Flickr. Have a look here if you like to see some of the photo's he and his fellow crew members made from inside the ISS.