The Assignment
One of the first assignments for the first year Illustration students: choose one story and visualize it in fifty ways that are as different as possible.
Bitna Han
The words that I have chosen were: dream, hanging and neglecting. My story is about Gymnast. He dreamt of being a gold medalist but he made a mistake while performing because of the sweat on his hand. He fell down and the audience was neglecting him and disappointed with him. I have used only two colours, Yellow and Blue. Yellow is showing the word dream, it shows the desire of the character. Blue illustrates negative words: neglecting, disappointing, and anxiety.
About Bitna: "I decided to study illustration while I was studying another major in London. I have just started my art journey as an illustrator." Follow Bitna on Instagram.
Anna Boulogne
The words that I chose were: vehicle, bat and fitness club. My story ‘Where the Hell Am I?’ is about a young woman who is driving her car and realises that she is lost. She sees a sign saying that there is a fitness club nearby and decides to go in and ask for directions. When she arrives, the fitness club looks dark and scary. As she walks in, she is attacked by bats who are flying towards her from all corners.
About Anna: "I am 18 years old, Dutch, born in Spain and up in Brussels. I love expressing myself through art and film. I am very excited to see where life takes me as an illustrator." Follow Anna on Instagram.
Eva Versteeg
My story started with the three words: a wig, fire and running late. The story starts with a young girl, dressed as a princess. She is playing dress up in her room. She looks for her earrings, but can’t find them. She yells at her mom - who is downstairs - and asks her if she knows where earrings are. Her mom tells her they are on the table downstairs. The girl goes downstairs to the table and finds her earrings. But then she sees a lighter next to her earrings. She picks it up and tries to light it. It lights it up but then her hair catches fire and suddenly the whole house burns down. This was the first time I made comics, and I really enjoyed it.
About Eva: "Hi my name is Eva! I'm now in the first year of my Illustration major and I am really loving it so far! Next to illustration at the art academy, I also study liberal arts and sciences at EUC (RASL)". Follow Eva on Instagram.
Victoria Di Gioia
My three words pulled from the bag where: champagne, loneliness and everywhere. With these words, I have created the following story where my protagonist realises that he will be alone during New Year's Eve. I explored how the loneliness he feels could be instigated by internal conflicts (lack of love or his passiveness) as well as external conflicts (new social environment). I believe the important theme in my story is the contrast between a celebration and his feeling of loneliness, that is still extremely complementary and thus not alienating the audience.
About Victoria: "I am a full-on international student born in Portugal but also am Italian and Brazilian. I have recently moved here from Brazil and am ready for my four years at the academy where I intend to explore the boundaries of illustration." Follow Victoria on Instagram.
Yeoni Park
My random words for this project were autumn, ice-cream and steps. My story is about a woman having a walk in autumn. She comes across an ice-cream car and it reminds her of an ex-boyfriend. She is so sad that she can’t bring herself to eat the ice cream. The ice cream melts and forms a trail. For this project, I tried to use various angles, perspectives and metaphors. During this project, I was so motivated to try various style and exercised storytelling a lot.
About Yeoni: "Hi, I am Yeoni from South Korea. I currently study Illustration at WdKA and am enjoying my life in the Netherlands. Art is a medium that I explore to get to know myself." Follow Yeoni on Instagram.
