projects

In addition to commissioned artworks, I also work on various other projects. From logos and illustrations to hand-painted objects (eg. surfboards) and illustrations on clothing, such as a unique T-shirt. But also a personal card set, wallpaper or even a mural are among the possibilities.

Each design is a creative collaboration in which my style and signature are central. The possibilities are wide, but one thing always remains the same: each design is created with care and attention, completely tailored to your wishes. Below you will find a number of examples of projects carried out by me.

Curious about the possibilities? Feel free to contact me, then we can discuss your ideas together!

NB. Do you want to use my existing illustrations? They are copyrighted, so please contact me about this.

WINDOW ILLUSTRATION

ILLUSTRATION OF OLDSKOOL WINDOW • @wwen_fashionandmore

Illustrating a Jugendstil window display for Wwen. Wwen was a sustainable store in the city centre of The Hague (Prinsestraat). Over 20 years!
Congratulations to this wonderful entrepreneur; what an amazing inspiring soul she is!

…..Although I know a lot about digital printing… The white and gold is hand drawn by myself - no stickers were used 😉. I think it’s great ‘Oldskool’.

RECORD SLEEVE

RECORD COVER • Cel care am fost • Nostos

Size: 10.5x10.5 cm (1/9)
Material: 250 grs Daler Rowney
Technique: ink pen and digitized using Adobe Illustrator and Photshop

This is a drawing for a new record. I was asked to make the first story (1/9) and 2/9 is in the works. This record is about a man looking back on the man he used to be. Full power….I had the privilege to receive and listen to the song before it was released. It is now available on Spotify ‘hot off the press’ 💿🎶✨ (the next two are currently in the works).

Surfboard custom collab surf ink pen drawing adobe

CUSTOM SURFBOARD

I was asked to make it personal and I did. The custom board is for Felte, a young, cheerful surfer from Germany, who works at a surf school in the Netherlands 🇳🇱.

He wanted a whale shark and also some of my jellyfish 🪼. The drawings were first drawn on paper with ink pen and then digitized in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop. Then Peter (from Pete's Surfboards) sent it to Boardlams and it was printed on fiberglass in California and finally incorporated into Fetle's board.

LOGO ILLUSTRATIE

Een van de eerste projecten van 2024, was een op maat gemaakt logo voor een coachingspraktijk.

Tamara, kwam naar me toe nadat ze was geïnspireerd door mijn verjaardagskalender en vroeg me om haar te helpen haar eigen idee te visualiseren. We hadden een kop koffie en een goed diepgaand gesprek en een paar weken later was haar logo geboren. Hét startpunt van haar bedrijf.

Haar website is nu af en je kunt daar haar verhaal lezen. Het is geweldig om deel uit te maken van zo'n persoonlijk verhaal over iemands leven!

Portugal T shirt custom pentekening fotostoestel byligtenberg

ART Shirt

FOTóGRAFO • speciaal verzoek

Het ene verzoek leidt tot het andere… en het stroomt allemaal zoals het leven dat doet …
Ik ontmoette @coral.iam ongeveer 10 jaar geleden in Santa Cruz (Portugal). We hadden meteen een klik en dankzij sociale media hebben we nog steeds contact.
Toen ze een van de T-shirts zag die ik had gemaakt, vroeg ze er een aan voor de fotograaf van haar eigen bruiloft @renatoribeirophotography.
Hij heeft fantastisch werk geleverd door hun liefde vast te leggen. @coral.iam en @_.gilsilva._
Ik wens jullie het allerbeste in jullie huwelijk en ik ben blij dat mijn kunst voor de weer een keer naar Portugal is gevlogen - ik hoop dat er nog veel meer keren zullen volgen.

LESSONUP event

For a while now I have been working as a Partnership Manager for LessonUp. A really fun job at a scale-up. I have a lot of freedom in how I do my work. Every day I speak to all kinds of great organizations and museums that use or want to use our online platform. All this to help education make teaching more fun and better. All this to say... we organized an event for our partners and teachers and I designed the invitation for the card and the digital mailing. As always, I first made the drawing with an ink pen on paper and then digitalized it, so that I could edit it in different color schemes and sizes.

World Museum Ink Pen drawing Marleen Ligtenberg

CAMPING BUITENLAND

In het najaar van 2023 werd ik uitgenodigd in de 'artist in caravan'. Ik mocht hier een vrije invulling aan geven en besloot over de camping en in de omgeving rond te struinen en zo tekende ik 8 van de vele geweldige huisjes en tenten die permanent op het terrein staan. Bedankt Camping Buitenland! Dit was een unieke ervaring.

TATTOO DRAWING

DRAGON (PH)LIGHT • custom tattoo design (shoulder)

This was a challenge for several reasons! I will list three below…

1. First request for a custom tattoo design
2. An ‘animal’ outside of my comfort zone 🐉
3. Different styles came with the request

I am super happy with the result, especially since I was so afraid of failing. And guess what… it got approved!!! I am so happy! Definitely 💯 worth stepping out of my comfort zone!

card hand drawn pen drawing draw thank you

THANK YOU CARD

For Boutique Publique.

FANNY PACK

Collab wtih Atelier Sand

INVITATION PARTY

When I turned 40, I celebrated it! And of course I made my own invitation ;).

SNEAKER ART BYL·

Upon request and as a gift I provide sneakers with posca art. Time-consuming job, but do you also want such a pair? Then check the insta page 'https://www.instagram.com/sneakerart__byligtenberg/'. And/or send me a message.