More Black and White Portraits

Are you the next Banksy

A competition run by the One Small Seed magazine was about creating a social/political work that is innovative and speaks out about the youths opinions. I created a installation on the steps of Cape Town City Hall, the location where Nelson Mandela gave his freedom speech. My work is about freedom and the diversity of races in South Africa. I made over 1000 origami butterflies that symbolized the flight of freedom. The colours represent the colours of the different races and is put in the South African flag shape. yet as the flag moves up the steps the butterflies intergrate and take flight. A piece about the segregated past, the intergrating present and the mixed future.

Lollypop Girl

Lollypop Girl is a 3D paper character i made in first year. I decided to let her have her own photoshoot and included the GermJanitor for extra personality, as well as the stuffed animal:) I love making tangible characters that are simple yet effective.

Print Making

My first Lino print work. It was about celebrating South African Brands and i chose Lucky Star pilchards.

I found a friend, illustraction

My first attempt at Illustrating my own characters. A child has found his imaginary friend in the attic. Which is a smarty laned wonderland that this creature lives in.

Unpacking the Bag

Unpacking the bag is a series of charcoal drawings exploring material and composition.

Expanding the Narrative

A little something I worked on called Expanding the Narrative. Pencil Drawing with a light blue gouache for the hazard signs. It is a contradictory piece of this man smoking and one can see the land is bear and dry. Mainly concerning the issues of the effects of smoking on one's self and the earth.

Postcard designs for the welcoming of the 2010 Fifa World Cup in South Africa. I took a local brand, being Ouma's Rusks and played a twist on it with Afrikaans slagan (a South African language). My slogan was "Jou Ouma se Rusks" and basically was talking about the diverse culture groups in South Africa. Ouma means Grandmother in Afrikaans and by taking the iconic brand i took photographs of different grandmothers of different races and cultures representing South Africa and the brand. One postcard had to be type driven, then image driven and then one being type and image driven. My slogan made up the rows of boxes on the shelf of Oumas Rusks and type made image. In the image postcard a twist was added to the rusks by having a young lady use them as hair curlers. Thus being she used her Ouma's Rusks to curl her hair. The last postcard is the type and image and i took the Ouma Rusks logo and replaced the old lady illustration with my different Grandmothers i photographed. I had tomake some changes to the project and thus is why there are two versions.

What the Font is a made up magazine that deals with topics on typography. We had to design the layout for this magazine by designing the front and back cover and a double page spread. My double page spread dealt with the typeface Helvetica and "Whats the Fuss with Helvetica." I created little icons that resembled mass produced products with the use of Helvetica. Such as Helveti - oogler, being a play on Google. We were only allowed to use black and white, no colour and so this is my design from second year.

Tissue box design that had to be interactive and reinventive on your average tissue boxes in the store today. My tissue box is targeted for children age between 2 and 8. It is a germjanitor that helps get rid of your cold y taking it on himself. playful friend that when the tissues are finished, can be played with. Mom or Dad help the child to create this little creature by cutting along the dotted lines indicated. The head pops up, the arms pop out and the legs became 3D. Fun little friend when the flus got you in bed.

My very first attempt at Photoshop. Was an advertisement project to sell yourself with the first frame being your personality, second frame your life and third frame a phrase that describes you. I am a free spirited, motivated individual and thus describes the origami butterfly's and colour palette

The Campaign poster for the Informatics and Design Exhibition at Cape Peninsula University of Technology. Second Year project we did in groups of two and the concept behind it was "Thinking Cap." What does a thinking cap look like, what does a designers thinking cap look like? We crafted hats for each design and informatics department and the strap line became "come see how we think". Enticing people to see the exhibition. Included was a stop frame animation of how to make your own "thinking cap" which would be e-mailed to those invited. This also became environmentally friendly as printing would be cut down by sending majority through e-mail and it became interactive by getting people to craft a "thinking cap." the invitations that were sent of were paper hats that folded out into the map of the University to find your way around the Exhibition. Very fun project, loads of work, coffee and no sleep, but worth it.

Ank and Arb is a made up production company that deals in animation. this logo design is from my first year of Graphic design studing. the inspiration came from my baby brothers imaginary friends Ank and Arb.

Sure Lock Your Homes

Sure Lock your Homes is a twist to Sherlock Holmes movie and basically i used the same styling seen in the original movie poster to take a portrait shot of a "criminal man".

My final year of high school art exam piece. the theme was Mark and Trace. you could take it as actual markings and tracing, but i took it as two people and the 9 paintings represent their lives from start to finish. From how they met as toddlers fighting over a teddy bear to being in a relationship, to Mark cheating on Trace to eventually having their own child. They sole mates and the quotes inside each frame as well as the objects explain further the meaning of each specific painting.

Black and white portrait paintings from 2007-2009. I love people,their expressions and personality that comes through their faces and thus i began my portraits in my last year of high school as the theme for my Art portfolio. It has now become a part time hobby and at times job in these years after my school career.