Illustration or drawing style

An illustration style should match your story or your business and corporate identity. This page gives you a good idea of the possibilities. Also take a look at my portfolio for more examples!

A suitable illustration style

An illustration style should fit your story, business, or house style. Of course, I have a specific drawing style. Within that style, I work with different materials. I draw both digitally and with pencil, ink, paint, and paper. A digitally drawn illustration looks a bit cleaner. An illustration with ink and paint has a more painterly effect. I often scan the hand-painted work and edit it digitally to achieve a specific effect. 

However I work out an illustration, I always make one or more sketches that I submit to you beforehand.

Illustration African women fetching water Sabine van der Ploeg

painted in gouache

This colorful illustration is painted with gouache and has no outlines.

Illustration of making coffee by Sabine van der Ploeg

Ink and watercolor

The lines in this illustration are drawn with ink and painted in watercolor.

line illustration character design

Line drawing

This black and white line illustration was drawn with a digital pen in a drawing program. It is drawn a bit more strictly than the painted illustrations.

Illustration file Sabine van der Ploeg

Illustration in line, plane, and color

This color illustration is drawn with a digital pen on the lines and with color, just like the image next to it.

Children's book illustration at school in black and white Sabine van der Ploeg

Grayscale

This children's book illustration is drawn in ink on paper in black and white and painted in grayscale. I can then scan the hand-drawn artwork. 

Cat in a tower children's book illustration by Sabine van der Ploeg

Details

An illustration with many details takes more time to create. A detailed background is painted in the background of this illustration. This is painted with gouache and watercolor paints.

Cost of an illustration

An illustration is always custom work. After consultation, you will always receive a price quote in advance. The price quote is based on the estimated production time and where you want to use the illustrations. The production time depends on the style and how detailed an illustration needs to be.