Illustration a day : 1

I have promised myself i'd illustrate more, but have been so lazy at delivering that promise. No more missis nice girl.  This is illustration 1. (of many) 

Pooping Puppies

These stemmed from my little obsession with triangles, I threw some triangles together and decided on a concept as I went along. These are 4 pooping puppies. Don't ask what breed each one is, I just know they're puppies and their poops are shaped like triangles.  

The Owl, the Wolf and the Hound

The Gorillaz outdo themselves yet again! Check out their new animated video!

Sole DXB - The Middle East's Sneaker Summit

My Puma sneakers for the Toitoy X PUMA Collaboration are going to be at "The Middle East's International Sneaker Summit" in Dubai on 27/28th April 2012. Excitement :)



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I want to go to there...

Beach, Kitty dance,Prawns, Moon

Dancing labyrinth Prawns

Dancing Shadow Prawns

Dancing Jungle Prawns

Dancing Prawns

Dancing Cave Monkeys

Dancing Bridge Monkeys

Dancing Mountain Monkeys!!

Pumped Up Kicks

So here's the result of the Toitoy X PUMA collaborative collection. Just to refreshhhh your memory, the theme was 'The streets you live on.' And I basically wanted to create awareness through this project. The name of my collection is Pumped Up Kicks which is the title of a song by Foster the People. The song deals with angry teens who have criminal intentions. Pumped up kicks were the shoes rich kids wore in the 90s and the States had a lot of cases where these kids would be targeted because they wore them. I directed my theme to the street violence in Johannesburg.   

1000 Drawings

1000 drawings is an annual event in Joburg where people give in their illustrations on an A5 paperat selected stores up until the 1000 drawings event. On the night, all the illustrations go up where people can purchase them for R100 each. The money goes to charity. I think it's such an amazing initiative. Here are some pics...

Here's what we came away with .........

I got the whole world...



I love maps! Particulary the maps you find in the National Geographic magazines. They are so colourful and lovely but they are hard to come by so I was really glad when I came accross a second hand bookstore where they sold NG magazines and there it was ... a magazine with a 'Map included' sticker on it. :) I had to get it framed.

Shortbus Tour Poster

I did this poster for two of my friends' bands called Shorstraw and Columbus. They decided to smash the two band names together for the tour name. Smarteepants. Well anyway they are two rad South African bands that arn't fun to miss out on. So if you're in the Durban area early December go and check em out! go on!

ToiToy X PUMA Collaboration

So, after the mastermind of ToiToy in CT, Earl Fischhoff saw my  Smokin' Labbit Design I did for ToiToy earlier this year, he kept me in mind for the PUMA x Toitoy Collab! I was asked (together with 12 other S.A designers) to design a Toy and PUMA shoes around the theme of 'The Streets you Live on'. We need to physically design these shoes (Im not sure if we all recieved the same pair as i have no idea who the others are). But hey! I am so excited! :) The exhibition will be held at ToiToy Kloof street on the 15th of December 2011. I already have some nice ideas...so..........keep your eyes peeled friends!!! :)

I was just shown this website where it so happens that there was a sneaker custom workshop in Joburg!! I cant believe i didn't know about it! anyway here are some pics of that.   

I absolutely love this one...........

Now I'm super excited!! XX

Panda Bear with an Orange Bowtie

A group of us went hiking last weekend in a town called Macharadorp. I had the best experience of my life! There was so much to see, including this little guy created by the moss formation on a rock. Pretty rad!!

Untitled

Haven't done a digital illustration in a while so thought i'd give it a bash especially after getting inspired by IFX all over again. No reason for the subject matter, i just tend to go with it as i go along. Time: about 45 min.

Milk bottle Bedside Lamp Loveliness

About Today

Today was lovely Mitsa Matsa got a little stocking shirt put on today because she doesn't stop licking her sore. I think she likes that it matches her so well. I got these lovely shoes from various places and a tall rabbit from 'Stay For Tea'. We did stay for tea as the name suggests :)

Another Firefly Lamp goes to a lucky someone :)

Blue Dolphin Night Lamp for Lexie

I recently made this lamp for a friend's daughter who needed a night lamp to scare away 'the bad man'. :) Hope blue dolphin kicks some bad man butt. he he

We ate the rainbow

This is the birthday cake i made for my twin sister (Marija) this year. I don't know why I'm only blogging it now. I guess it's because Matty's birthday is coming up and it made me think of it or I'm just simply craving the deliciousness of it. My sister made me a cake too using my favourite ingredient,: vanilla and my favourite chocolate: White KitKat. Here is her edible masterpiece for me! 

Face the Music

My Lovely Glass Jar Lamps

My love of lighting design as well as recycling/upcycling has brought me to create these lovely lamps out of glass jars. I had my designs sandblasted on which adds something unique and interesting.

Woolies Retail Project

This is another old gem i uncovered from 3rd year. We were asked to design the retail for one of our made up Woolies kitchen products. The product had to be Italian and we were asked to give it a vintage feel. I decided to express my love for tea-cups and named my tea-cup range; Tesoro which means 'treasure' in Italiano. Here are the two posters I designed for the range:)

I heart JHB

'I heart JHB' is a project I did in my 3rd year of study which i recently stumbled upon in my hardrive and thought why not show it here. :) It was an ISTD Typography project where the theme that I went with (out of 4 other themes) was 'Connecting through Type'. Here I went with the idea of the connections of streets and roads and what better area to connect through type with than central Joburg, my Bermuda Triangle err... square, the very place I dread getting lost in but yet always lose my way in :) I drew some of my inspiration from the famous I heart New York logo designed by Milton Glaser. Each traffic light is dotted with a tiny heart showing how despite the fact that I always lose my way in the CBD, i do love it.