During my internship at Doorrood, one of the ways to show what you learned during your internship, was to make a booklet of some sort in which you talked about your experiences. This was mandatory for all students. My supervisor wanted to set up an assignment that was about my passion and my interests, not just something I had to make for college. After deciding I wanted to do something with illustrating, we concluded it would be a great opportunity for me to create illustrations for a company I knew. I picked De Lindenberg, which is a “house for culture”, that provides all sorts of creative workshops and courses. The challenge was to create illustrations that were playful, colourful but not childish. The illustrations were made to help people who are visiting De Lindenberg find their way. I chose the six kinds of workshops and courses they offer: theatre, music, singing, crafts, writing and dance. 

The illustrations are all drawn in one single stroke. To get the right shape, I used yarn to “map out” the lines, which was a fun experience. Based on those lines, I created digital illustrations and combined those with colourful shapes. These shapes can be used on their own as well, for instance they can be made into a pattern or shown on a ticket for a show. To show how these illustrations look as a part of a design, I made a few mockups.