Dutch Games Industry
Founder of VUURIG, freelance 2D Game Artist with 12+ years of experience.
About Sonja
In 2012 Sonja founded her company VUURIG. Since then she worked as a 2D Game Artist for companies like Gamious, Wanted 5 Games, Tiger&Squid, Spilgames, Mediamonks.
During her time at Mediamonks (2015 – 2018) she worked on (awarded) games and pitches for big IP’s and brands, like Lego, Cartoon Network and more.
In 2019 Sonja designed the app Ommetje, a project set up by Better Together Agency and SimSalaBim, which became a huge success in the Netherlands. At the same time she worked on indie game Lake which reached many players on Steam, Xbox, Playstation and PC and was named one of the twelve best games of 2021 by the New Yorker.
Central in her art direction workstyle are clarity and player experience.
Freelance 2D artist (UI, concept, assets) and art director for casual and indie games.
Sonja's Expertise
- Art direction
- 2D game art
- UI design
