Editorial illustrations
In recent years I made many editorial illustrations for newspapers, books and magazines. More and more illustrations are used online, but luckily there are also magazines that are actually printed. The best part - for me as an illustrator - is of course illustrating a large part of the magazine; so that it becomes one story. You can also see a few examples of colurful editorial illustrations below and in the rest of my illustration portfolio.
Editorial illustration: for National Geographic Magazine / Traveler.
Illustration Traveler.
Text: Toine Heijmans
An colurful editorial illustration about the Himalayas, which have become something of an attraction due to the influx of tourists. I used bright colors that contrast well with the white of the snow.
Editorial illustrations: for SNP Magazine (Nature Travel Magazine)
Illustrations for SNP Magazine.
For SNP Natuurreizen I made travel illustrations for Kees Lucassen's story during a cycling tour in Puglia in southern Italy.
For these illustrations I was inspired by the white of the Italian villages and the bright colors of the plants and flowers
Editorial Illustration: for Runner's World Magazine
Illustration: for Runners World magazine
The inspiring text was written by Dolf Jansen.
I drew this colurful editorial illustration with colored pencil (Caran d'ache Pablo) in winter tones and ink. Below is a video of the making of and a few more scatter illustrations.
On this website you mainly see illustrations that have been published and finished. In this video you can see how an illustration is created. I share more videos like this on my Instagram page. www.instagram.com/melanie_drent
In addition to full-screen illustrations, you can also have scatter illustrations made. Scattered illustrations bring some life next to and near the text. They are usually based on the main illustration. I made these two illustrations for the article by Dolf Jansen.
Editorial Illustrations for: Lang Leve de Kunst Bookazine (Lang Leve de Kunst Bookazine means in english: Long live the art Book Magazine)
Illustrations for Lang Leve de Kunst Bookazine:
Seniors in the lead.
I made a series of editorial illustrations about the elderly for this Bookazine.
These colurful editorial illustration are combined with black lines and the colors of the house style in the magazine.
Graphic design of the magazine: Studio-10.nl
Illustration for Rotterdampas magazine
An edition of the Rotterdampas magazine had the theme 'City jungle'. A theme that was written for me. That meant drawing lots of greenery, animals & houses.What does Rotterdam look like if there is a lot of greenery? When the city is overgrown by jungle? The Maas as a tropical river on which swans from Plaswijck Park sail. Below is the inner spread of Rotterdampasmagazine where I illustrated 12 places in Rotterdam as one big colurful editorial illustration. The target group of this magazine is mainly children.
For the illustration of Rotterdampasmagazine I drew all the animals separately and later put together the drawing in photoshop. That means I made this illustration in large format. This illustration is now also available as a high-quality print in a format of 50 x 70 cm and 40 x 50 cm. You will find the print here
Below is an image of how detailed the illustration is.
Illustration for cycling map: Sjees
Illustration for the cycling map of Sjees.
For 076 bicycles, Municipality of Zundert and Sjees, I made an illustration on behalf of Sunshine apples about the cycling routes in this map. Cycle route 1 is the Spinola route. Cycle route 2 goes from Breda to Zundert and called the Van Gogh Route. Van Gogh lived there.
Spinola and Van Gogh during the key handover. A modern version.
Illustration for the cycling map of Sjees.
For 076 bicycles, Municipality of Zundert and Sjees, I made an illustration on behalf of Sunshine apples about the cycling routes in this map. Cycle route 1 is the Spinola route. Cycle route 2 goes from Breda to Zundert.
Detail of map.
Illustration Melanie Drent |Design Nanda Verpaalen | Sunshine & Apples
| Copywriter @pmvangentbreda | PastFuture
Cover for Rotterdampasmagzine
Illustrations for Margriet Magazine
Above you see the Magriet Magazine. This illustration is about the internet and social media in healthcare. Why sit in that crowded waiting room when you can also consult an e-consultation? Text: Dorien Dijkhuis.
Illustrations and portraits for: "Ik ook van jou" magazine ('Ik ook van jou' means in English: 'I love you too'. It.s a Magazine about loving)
Illustration and portraits for: Me too from you magazine.
A magazine about love: 'I love you too'. Full of recognizable stories interspersed with scientific studies. I made portraits of Einstein, John Lennon, Maria Thérese, Woody Allen and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutten with their love quotes.
"Love is a better master than duty" -
Albert Einstein.
"We are against the gift of love, but love is like a precious plant. You can't just leave it in the cupboard. You have to keep watering it" -
John Lennon.
"Love is a better master than duty" -
Albert Einstein.
"I already have so much to plan for my work. I don't do that in love. You don't have to, after all, you never know who you'll run into" -
Mark Rutte
"Love is the answer. But while you're waiting for the answer, sex asks you some fun questions" -
Woody Allen.
Illustrations and infographics for: P magazine
See P magazine below. This special is about Living Wage. I made the Cover, infographics and illustrations that illustrate the living wage situation in African countries. In addition, I made a font especially for this that was used in the infographics.This magazine has been used internationally.
The infographic above shows how much money in total from the rose goes to the African workers, the rose grower, the transport, the auction, the wholesaler and the flower trade & supermarket. Numbers are indicated in euros. In this way it is also (visually) good to see how little the African workers get.
Illustration for Vers Beton (Vers Beton is a Dutch online newspaper. Vers Beton means in English: Fresh Conrete)
Starting this summer, I will be working with André Baerdemaker (ecologist at the Natural History Museum) on a new column that focuses on an urban animal in need every month. Below the first animal that is central; namely the smeared swan in the Botlek. The Botlek is a port and industrial area in Rotterdam. And the white swans fell victim to a leaking sea ship. This column is always published online.
