A SOCIAL media post landed a student with a chance to design a guide for a national exhibition.

Lucia Vinti had posted some of her illustrations on Instagram, which shows her work as a student at the University of Brighton.

The 22-year-old had drawn a picture of Tate Britain, and bosses at the gallery were so impressed that they approached her to produce a guide.

At first she could not believe her luck, as she had been picked to created a guide for the Van Gogh exhibition at the London gallery.

She said: “I had to re-read the email about 500 times to take it in. I was surprised, overwhelmed, and extremely grateful to be chosen.”

Lucia was asked to design a series of smartphone backgrounds for Tate Britain.

Staff at the gallery were so impressed they recommended her to be the illustrator for the family guide for the Dutch artist.

They were shown examples of her work where she had made a drawing book about visiting museums for a project at university.

Lucia’s free guide, designed for children and adults, poses questions and provides information about the post-impressionist painter and his art for each of the exhibition’s nine rooms.

She also drew miniature versions of Van Gogh’s artworks.

Her course leader Roderick Mills was also very pleased for her success.

He said: “The Tate commission demonstrates the strong entrepreneurial spirit of the students at Brighton.

“In this case it has allowed Lucia to combine her own pursuit of personal subject matter for the course, with an actual live commission.

“This hopefully demonstrates to her what kind of a commercial practice she can have as she approaches graduation.

“These real life opportunities help to put into practice what the students have been learning on the course.”

Now Lucia is looking forward to graduating from the University of Brighton this summer.

She said: “Brighton has been a really nice place to live as a student. I will be sad to leave.

“I’d like to be an illustrator who makes work for both children and adults, particularly about travel, people and culture.

“I also enjoy running and organising workshops, so I’d like a job that allows me to do that – maybe teaching.”

Her guide can be seen at: luciavinti.com/van-gogh-and-britain.