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Tuesday, January 24, 2017

London Candy Shop

Isometric illustration for Ogilvy Malaysia to depict BMW’s Rear View Camera with Extended Zoom. The rear view camera enables the driver to view the area behind the car in the Control Display while maneuvering and parking. Click the above pic for more detail!

Detail shot showing amongst many other details, the candy shop, the famous London red bus and two of the Beatles walking the Abbey Road crossing.

Tuesday, January 17, 2017

Hello Tunisia!

Happy 2017! Slowly getting back into the swing of things with some blog updates. This is a postage stamp for Tunisia - it features the Ksar Ouled Soltane, a fortified granary found in Southern Tunisia.

Some previous iterations:

Playing around with layout:

What do you think?

Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Chrysler Building

Which of these is looking the best? I've always been fascinated by the design of the Chrysler Building so whipped one up for Week 4 of #7daystocreate !

Thursday, June 9, 2016

Tea Time!

Made this a few weeks ago as a public service announcement to remind myself and others to take a break from the computer and take a tea break!

And then thought about taking the teacup and making it into a lapel pin.
What do you guys think?

Friday, March 18, 2016

Hello Mauritius!

When I was a kid I used to collect stamps. (Such a nerd right?) I loved that you could learn so much about a place through stamps - I would often go and research the different and exotic places that I saw. I still have a stamp book full of the stamps I collected! Recently it's also been so lovely being part of the Postcrossing community and receiving and exchanging postcards from all over the world! Always so interesting to see different countries' stamps!

So this is my first stab at a postage stamp.

For me nothing quite says "Mauritius" like the Dodo bird especially as it was the only known habitat of the bird! The Dodo was first spotted by Dutch settlers when they arrived in Mauritius in 1598 and it was hunted to extinction in 1662.

A few process sketches.

Playing around with colour.

The final piece.

I'm thinking of trying an even more limited colour palette too, possibly even it being completely linework. What do you think?

You can take a look at some interesting stamps here and here!

Saturday, March 5, 2016

Howzit!

A self initiated piece created last year for the Alexander's Band "Hello" exhibition at The Drawing Room.

Close-up detail

Monday, November 9, 2015

I'm Good At That

Cover illustration

A few spreads from a kid's book I illustrated earlier this year.

Written by Melissa Cullen.

Saturday, November 7, 2015

Essie Artist's Almanac 2015

Happy warm greetings from an overcast Cape Town! It should be Summer already but it's feeling a little bit more like Winter today. I thought I'd get back to posting again and what better post to share first than an illustration I created ages ago for the month of June (hello Winter!) for this year's Essie's Artist's Almanac.

What an amazing honour it was to be included alongside the likes of Radio, Dylan Jones, Pearly Yon and Ben Johnston!

Cover by Radio

February by Inus Pretorius

July by Dylan Jones

September by Pearly Yon

The grand line up!

You can see the full project with everyone's work here .

Thursday, April 9, 2015

Men's Health SA Illustrations

An amazing brief found its way to me last year in the form of illustrating a map of South Africa as well as some spot illustrations on unusual activities to do on a summer break or vacation in South Africa for the Men's Health South Africa November 2014 issue.

The full illustration. The spot illustrations refer to Orange River rafting at the Gorge, tracking big game at the Addo Elephant National Park, the Green Mountain Eco Route (a hike and bike route near Botrivier), rock climbing at Waterval Boven and the annual 4 Peaks mountain race in Moolmanshoek.

The map is a very stylised representation of South Africa and depicts some of the mountains, vegetation and desert areas found in South Africa.

Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Guess Who's Back, Back Again

So as you can see dust has been collecting on my blog as I've just been too busy working and hardly sleeping to devote a good amount of time to it. I'm hoping to get a lot better at this!

On those rare days where I've had a little spare time, I've been dabbling in Postcrossing, where you send a postcard to a random person in the world (you're given a random address after registering) and receive a postcard back from another random person in the world.

So far, I've sent two postcards and have received three very lovely postcards. (I've taken out my address because stalkers can be weird. And also because I really wanted to show you the awesome stamps on the back. Yes, I am a nerd. I collected children's book stamps when I was a kid.)

This postcard was sent to me by Dasha, a Russian postcrosser. The photograph on front shows a young boy and others dancing the flamenco.

This was a postcard posted by David from South Carolina. SO lovely! It shows the S.S. Florida.

This postcard was from Adam in Poland who was keen to do a direct swap. It depicts a ship sailing on the Baltic Sea.

I love seeing so many different stamps from different parts of the world!

 Speaking of stamps, how cool are our South African 3D dinosaur stamps? Here's the postcard I designed and sent, using my illustration of Cape Town City Hall on the front.

It was so fun posting it! It took me right back to being in London, near Russell Square sending postcards to friends and family back home. I'm hoping to travel again soon, just so I can send some more postcards back home ;)

Wednesday, December 24, 2014

'Twas the Night Before Christmas

Christmas teaser for Where is Robin?, a children's picture book on the United States written by Robin Barone and illustrated by myself.

Wishing you and your loved ones a fantastic Christmas! Stay safe on the roads!

Thursday, November 27, 2014

Happy Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving teaser for Where is Robin?, a children's picture book on the United States written by Robin Barone and illustrated by myself.

Wishing you and your loved ones a happy Thanksgiving! I'm so very grateful for truly stellar friends and family, you are all such great blessings to me! And for all the new and exciting opportunities and projects that have popped up this year, many of which have been dreams of mine! Wherever Thanksgiving takes you, travel safe!

Friday, October 3, 2014

Superbalist Sale!

Alexander's Band, the illustration collective I'm part of has beautiful prints up for sale on Superbalist! There are brilliant and beautifully detailed pieces by Joey Hi-Fi, Alice Edy, Hanno van Zyl, Hylton Warburton, Jade Klara, Rudi de Wet and Adam Hill.

Two of my prints, "Cape Town City Hall" and "Sightseeing" are also included in the sale.

Get your hands on some beautiful limited edition prints here!

Friday, July 18, 2014

Nelson Mandela Day | 18 July 2014

"What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead”
~ NELSON ROLIHLAHLA MANDELA (18 JULY 1918 - 5 DECEMBER 2013)

In honour of Nelson Mandela Day, following is a collection of all things Madiba!

Nelson Mandela Day Google Doodle

Google doodler Katy Wu has really outdone herself with this beautifully illustrated tribute of the legacy of Nelson Mandela! A fascinating look at her process in illustrating the doodle can be found here.

South African National Reserve Bank

Our new South African bank notes feature moments of Nelson Mandela's life. By AmICollective and The Jupiter Drawing Room Johannesburg.

Tribute to Nelson Mandela

As you drive along the highway into Cape Town, you won't be able to miss the huge portrait of a smiling Madiba! Commissioned by the City of Cape Town and Dreamfuel, Linsey Levendall created an amazing tribute to the legacy of Nelson Mandela.

Umuntu Ngumuntu Ngabantu "a person is a person through other persons"
Tattoo and print illustration for Mark Forrester by Sindiso Nyoni

95 'til Infinity
Commemorative poster print of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela by Sindiso Nyoni

U2's Ordinary Love music video

I really love U2's Ordinary Love music video, which was written for the movie "Mandela : Long Walk to Freedom". It features beautiful lettering by Oliver Jeffers and also features the talents of Mac Premo. Inspiring stuff!