I’m planning to do more of this in my blog – recording the process from scamp to the final illi. L-R:1. Scamp, drawn in ink, then scanned and coloured in Photoshop. The client thought the snakes were too scary, so we agreed on flowers2. Black vinyl cut out with my NT cutter3. Same, but split …
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dreams progress
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Home Made Calendar 2006
At the end of last year I bought the 2006 Big Issue calendar, but it was a sympathy buy, as it was very ugly (sorry guys). I was about to put it in the recycle bin, until I realised the back of each page was nice smooth white paper. Hmm… potential. So I sat down …
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Scorpio
Scorpio illustration for Fair Lady magazine. As with my other horoscope illustrations for Fair Lady, the silhouette is cut from black vinyl with my NT cutter, and then I fiddle around in Photoshop to finish up. I’m working on Capricorn now. Hmm, what shall I do…?
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Botanical
It’s nice to find things you’d forgotten about. I made this cut paper work for the first Drawing Room show in May 2005. I wonder who has it now?
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And So Say All of Us…
I just got this off the Oshun Books site. It’s a cover I did earlier this year. I provided the illustration in separate black vinyl elements that I’d cut by hand, and then the designer worked at getting colour in. Something this pic doesn’t show is that the pink flowers and butterflies are all foiled, …
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Heather and Jesse
Jesse and I have a collaboration called Heather & Jesse, where we pool our skills as illustrators and crafters, to work together on projects. We’ve had some great jobs from ad agencies and from a publishing company, and have got some top publicity in local interiors and design magazines too. Take a look at Jesse’s …
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Here Be Lions
Here Be Lions is a memoir of a childrens author who grew up in a rather disfunctional family in 1970’s South Africa. The publishers wanted a cover that would convey both a feeling of a South African middle-class childhood, as well as a sense of menace. They also wanted to include a childhood photo of …
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Musica
At high speed, due to an insane deadline, Jesse and I embroidered these cloths that Jupiter Drawing Room turned into giant posters for Musica. We didn’t do the illustration, just the handwork, and I see that the campaign was awarded a bronze at the recent South African ad awards! Unfortunately, I never got to see …
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Business card
This is the business card I had made when I was showing my work as an Emerging Creative at the Design Indaba Expo in February this year. I had it laser cut so that my head would pop up. My hairstyle has changed since then…
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