Stand-up cartooning
Summarize the essence in a clever drawing. That way your post really gains strength. Or get more out of your meeting and have your report illustrated immediately. Stand-up cartooning is not just a different approach, but often the Egg of Columbus.
Smartly drawn
Stand-up cartooning brings out the essence: what are we actually talking about? You get the most out of it with a sharp briefing in advance. You can have abstract subjects translated into a funny image: that inspires participants to make new contributions. In exciting sessions, everyone is part of the creative process:
What is our present course? What kind of boat do I imagine as our organization? Everyone wants to influence the boat and course.
Such metaphors help to make it concrete - and keep the atmosphere airy. No chance that the training or brainstorm will collapse: every participant is on the edge of his seat.
Make it specific
Cartooning will spice things up - and clarify the question. By making the topic of conversation visual, suddenly everyone can imagine it. It is ideally suited for abstract or difficult subjects. You never want to have a normal meeting again:
- Vision or review
- Report or future plans
- Consultation or inspiration breakfast
- Decision or brainstorming
Hire me. For meddle illustration or visual recording. For visuals that stick and can be used again for backlogs or presentations. Surprising 'mind catchers'. And yes, my English is pretty darn good.
Now also available online
Meetings and brainstorming are more often done online. Add me to the guest list as your online cartoonist. Through Zoom, Google Meet of Microsoft Teams I listen to what is happening, see the presentation and I will show and share the illustrations directly through DropBox.
Investment
- There is a Get-Ready-Rate of € 110,- To get briefed, prepare, get everything in order like colors and corporate identity. So I will be more than ready when the meeting starts.
- You can book me per hour: € 110,-
So, to be clear, for a meeting of two hours there is the Get-Ready-Rate and two times my hourly rate = € 330,-
And who owns the drawings afterwards?
All the drawings I have made for you are yours afterwards. If you want them changed or worked out differently, I can always do that afterwards for my studio rate of € 80,- per hour.
Example cartoons
References
The drawings Marijke made are very valuable for our organization Tolbrug. It brought lightness to policy meetings. She caught the moment in a drawing. The association of the feeling in the moment is saved in that drawing.
We used the drawings in posters that were put up at the centre of our organization. Furthermore we use the drawings in presentations and policy documents. Because of that the harvest of policy meetings is valuable and maintained.
Often people look at the posters and that is an opportunity to engage in conversation.
Tom Fransen, Director Operation Tolbrug - Specialistic Recovery
Marijke's cartoons received a very positive response. They gave a great deal of useful material for the 'harvest document', a summary of the harvest that the brainstorm produced. The drawings make communication much clearer, even for people who weren't at the session. The concepts and ideas of the brainstorm can be communicated well in this way.
Jurriaan van Rijswijk, Founder GameSolutions
Marijke was the stand-up cartoonist at the kick-off of the development of a serious game. I always enjoy seeing the results of a session again in visuals, but Marijke’s cartoons went further. Marijke doesn’t just have a capable pen, but also very good ears.
Her cartoons were not just illustrative, but we saw the difficult dilemmas we discussed in her humorous images. The cartoons will definitely help us during the further development of the game.
Carel Jansen, Centre for Ethics and Health
Visual noting for your meeting?
Can your training, meeting or brainstorming session use some extra life, interaction or clarity? Then stand-up cartooning is definitely for you! Get in touch!