Hello! My name is Esther Aarts. I run an one person Illustration and Design studio named Esta.
I love saturating my work with humour, storytelling and playful banter.

In addition to commissioned illustration and handlettering, I enjoy experimenting with “small press” side projects, like making mimeograph and gocco prints.

Selected client list

Target, Hello!Lucky, BNN, Kruidvat, Chocomel, Stivoro, Graniph Japan, Fire & Knives magazine, Music Tech magazine, Malmberg, Noordhoff, EPN, Threadless, Woot!, Teefury, Ben & Jerrys, Wired, BBC UK and others.

Work featured by

Drawn!, Change the Thought, Bild und Ton, Form Fifty Five, We love typography, Grain Edit, Photoshop Creative