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# Canva Represents

Colombian life, illustrated for Canva

Illustration2025

![The Canva Represents Colombia collection: a collage of the thirty illustrations](/media/responsive/f3009097a5f906ed-960.webp)

For Canva Represents, I created thirty illustrations of Colombian life for people to use in their designs. Vibrant colour connects the collection’s regional food, landscapes, celebrations and everyday scenes. I worked at two scales: complete scenes that can lead a composition, and individual elements that can be combined within it.

Client

Canva

Year

2025

Deliverables

-   Illustration collection, thirty pieces

## Scenes and vignettes

A picó sound system, the Medellín Metrocable and a street haircut locate the scenes in Colombia’s everyday visual culture. People and their surroundings tell the story together.

![Blacks and Whites Festival Parade, from the Canva Represents Colombia collection](/media/responsive/ddf97b095ab8352f-960.webp)

![Picós Soundsystems, from the Canva Represents Colombia collection](/media/responsive/0e087ba0bf73d7de-960.webp)

![Medellín Metrocable, from the Canva Represents Colombia collection](/media/responsive/dd3630903d621a89-960.webp)

### People and everyday life

![Kogi Mother and Son Planting, from the Canva Represents Colombia collection](/media/responsive/cdf6abcabfaeed41-960.webp)

![Palenquera’s Cooking, from the Canva Represents Colombia collection](/media/responsive/6bfd4b9f7c48d5d4-960.webp)

![Street Haircut, from the Canva Represents Colombia collection](/media/responsive/48d223f254ef58c7-960.webp)

![Canoeing Down the Amazon River, from the Canva Represents Colombia collection](/media/responsive/7cdcdde29a92662d-960.webp)

![Barranquilla Carnival Dancers, from the Canva Represents Colombia collection](/media/responsive/8251c26cb8c58f22-960.webp)

![Day of the Little Candles, from the Canva Represents Colombia collection](/media/responsive/8c8d0753647731eb-960.webp)

![Wayuu weavers, for the Canva Represents Colombia collection](/media/responsive/05a894a9075e4449-960.webp)

![Coffee Ritual, from the Canva Represents Colombia collection](/media/responsive/b03998838256691e-960.webp)

![Campesino Collecting Coffee Beans, from the Canva Represents Colombia collection](/media/responsive/1b375e10126cf914-731.webp)

### Nature and places

![Jaguar with Orchids, from the Canva Represents Colombia collection](/media/responsive/b2f4e86b4e2c1205-960.webp)

![Hummingbird in Flight, from the Canva Represents Colombia collection](/media/responsive/eb66cd35582487b6-960.webp)

![Ciudad Perdida, from the Canva Represents Colombia collection](/media/responsive/f6e042f15f20feba-960.webp)

## Food, plants and objects

Smaller drawings focus on a single food, plant or object, giving people individual motifs to use in their designs.

![Plantain Tree, from the Canva Represents Colombia collection](/media/responsive/2d11e678795d8287-960.webp)

![Fruit Basket, from the Canva Represents Colombia collection](/media/responsive/db23fcd06e949979-960.webp)

![Cholado, from the Canva Represents Colombia collection](/media/responsive/ea34bdad01683755-618.webp)

### Food

![Empanadas, from the Canva Represents Colombia collection](/media/responsive/c10f5e54d62a8f65-960.webp)

![Bandeja Paisa, from the Canva Represents Colombia collection](/media/responsive/b8d28ea6bfc6b37c-960.webp)

![Mote de Queso, from the Canva Represents Colombia collection](/media/responsive/5237434564540e1d-960.webp)

![Pescado Frito, from the Canva Represents Colombia collection](/media/responsive/a44af81d8a75f64a-960.webp)

### Objects and transport

![Tienda’s Typical Red Chairs, from the Canva Represents Colombia collection](/media/responsive/04889b8fc0326a57-960.webp)

![Street Food Cart, from the Canva Represents Colombia collection](/media/responsive/9229c12d60277e47-960.webp)

![Street Vendor’s Stall, from the Canva Represents Colombia collection](/media/responsive/0163fcf1d05e73d4-960.webp)

![Salento Coffee House, from the Canva Represents Colombia collection](/media/responsive/bd0908a5701732bf-960.webp)

![Traditional Chiva Bus, from the Canva Represents Colombia collection](/media/responsive/a99c4d6c5d363440-960.webp)

![Bogotá Buseta, from the Canva Represents Colombia collection](/media/responsive/f324ca9e4d3067e3-960.webp)

## Drawing and colour

I drew each piece in line before adding flat colour. Drag the handle to compare the drawing with the finished illustration.

![Traditional Market Vendor, from the Canva Represents Colombia collection](/media/responsive/f6ec63e97f71a1f0-960.webp)

![Line sketch: market vendor](/media/responsive/0afa4491e191c961-960.webp)

[Sketch](https://kathiuska.com/media/extras/cvs-vendor-1200.webp)[Final](https://kathiuska.com/media/extras/cvf-vendor-1200.webp)

![Line sketch of a mother braiding her daughter’s hair](/media/responsive/1146ce3b4b541301-960.webp)

![Mother braiding her daughter’s hair, for the Canva Represents Colombia collection](/media/responsive/cfd15d122dc094b2-960.webp)

![Line sketch: plantain tree](/media/responsive/7b4a4b9f52ac4a00-960.webp)

![Line sketch: red plastic chairs](/media/responsive/6f6cf17cb0778400-960.webp)

![Line sketch: buseta](/media/responsive/9c94e906793b8a6f-960.webp)

![Line sketch: hummingbird](/media/responsive/9ef53678b7dd8b9c-960.webp)

![Line sketch: chiva bus](/media/responsive/345e3fb34baad82e-960.webp)

![Line sketch: bandeja paisa](/media/responsive/493bad0a3c5217f1-960.webp)

![Line sketch: mote de queso](/media/responsive/94cf00f05acba801-960.webp)

![Line sketch: fried fish](/media/responsive/fdf38ce94008c922-960.webp)

![Line sketch: coffee farmer](/media/responsive/c1a3efd0be7ec0a8-731.webp)

![Line sketch: children lighting candles](/media/responsive/1e2241de7cd5a7f9-960.webp)

![Line sketch: Palenquera cooking](/media/responsive/4a5f1940c5a1ad60-960.webp)

![Line sketch: street haircut](/media/responsive/8ca8e1d0aca59d65-960.webp)

## In the Canva library

The collection as a designer finds it, searching the Canva library.

![Canva Represents: The illustration collection in Canva](/media/responsive/082a7ea2528466ae-960.webp)

## Credits

Illustration

Catalina Vásquez

Commission

[Canva Represents](https://www.canva.com/canva-represents/)

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