mystery birthday art contest

i'm trying out some new things for this art contest.

i've started painting on wood which i really enjoy.

it's a challenge but it's good pushing yourself.

vector fun

i've been playing with vectors.

i've really been enjoying it, pushing myself to constantly try new things and always experiment.

turn your frown upside down

this is something new i'm trying.

it's two different characters but they are made up of one picture, so if you flip it around there is another character.

the characters are also quite contradicting, which makes it fun and different.

i think this is a very cool poster idea, because instead of just one artwork you will have two, and you can change them whenever you feel like it.

in this poster there is a rat / mouse and the other is a happy little man.

rats are like the dirty underbelly of our city we don't like seeing them but yet they are everywhere, we happily avoid these creatures.

everyday on the street you just see happy people blissfully unaware of what is beneath our feet.

i think this poster is a good representation of that.

love ternative logo

love ternative magazine had a logo competition.

this was one of the logo's i submitted, and it was chosen as the winning logo.

i'm really happy with this logo, it's complex yet simple and it works big and small.

i feel it suits the magazine perfectly.

final destination

today i saw this dead bird lying on the sidewalk, it was so sad yet so normal and beautiful.

it was sad to think that this poor bird never reached it's final destination but it did reach the final destination of life.

i decided to do a series on dead birds, and i'm calling it final destination.

because as beautiful as some of them are, they are just as provoking and evocative.

we hardly ever even notice these poor creatures they just get ignored.

we should all realize how precious life is and how few moments we have in it.

i'm doing this series in inks on water colour paper.

emily strange fan art

currently there is a competition running for fan art for emily strange.

i'm entering this piece.

i really love this illustration.

i used ink and water to do this illustration.

it was a lot of fun doing all the different layers.

but i enjoyed it a lot, definitely one of my favourites.

the little girls

this is a new project i have started doing.

a total new and different style for me.

it's just ink and water on water colour paper.

i have been illustrating these little girls, they have no mouths only big eyes.

and they live in their own little worlds.

they observe and part take, and contribute to their worlds but they can't talk.

this has been a lot of fun so far.

i enjoy the complexity of the drawings, layering the colours and doing something totally different and new.

i really love doing this, i'm already working on some new ones.

i love creating, it is so stimulating and amazing.

stabilo illustration competition

stabilo launched an illustration competition in conjunction with mk bruce lee magazine.

the brief was to do an illustration of your favourite band using only stabilo pens.

i entered a lot of different illustrations.

i decided to try lots of new styles, for example i printed out colours and scanned and printed images and drew on them.

i had a lot of fun doing this project just playing around and trying out new things.

in the end my fokofpolisiekar illustration won 3rd place.

i enjoy these types of projects where i can try new things and explore it's a lot of fun and you learn a lot about yourself.

design indaba super stars entry 2010

this was my entry for the design indaba super stars.

the brief was to express yourself in a unique way.

i decided to build my own world out of words.

it was a fun project.

something totally different for my constructing a 3d little world.

but i enjoyed it a lot.

trying new things is definitely a must as a designer.

christmas cards

these are a few of my christmas card designs that i have done over the years.

i really enjoy doing handmade christmas cards every year.

i feel it's like a personal gift to everyone.

i love doing unique things, and people always love getting them.

because christmas is about giving and sharing.

it's a far great gift to give than to receive.

look into my eyes

i wanted to try something quite different, very minimalistic in it's appearance, but yet very powerful.

i used water colours and inks to create this image.

i decided to just paint 2 sets of my eyes in sunglasses, very clean, but yet so powerful.

for me it feels like the eyes are watching you.

i really enjoyed doing this, and i really loved how it turned out.

bleeding love

i decided to try something different with the ink and water colours.

i only used 3 colours, black, red and wine, and the white of the paper.

it was quite a change from my wide pallet to only these 3 colours.

it was quite an adjustment but in the end it was a lot of fun and i really enjoyed it.

a plain and simple but yet powerful image.

evil clowns

lately i have an obsession with clowns, especially evil clowns.

since for some strange reason most people have a fear of clowns.

i blame the famous stephen king movie IT for this, for who can forget IT lurking in the drain?

forever was that image burned into my brain after watching that movie as a child.

i have really been enjoying doing this series and i love the reactions people have with the clowns.

it's an on going project, one that i find very stimulating and freeing.

i'm mostly doing my clowns in water colours and ink, a medium i think suits them best.

silence is golden

i did this water colour one night, while i was sick at home.

the music was blaring and i looked at pictures of bands.

and i decided to depict this really punk looking band with plasters over their mouths, and i called this silence is golden.

this was my first water colour after a couple of years.

i enjoyed it so much that i have been painting non stop since that night.

i really love the medium and how versatile it is.

each artwork is a surprise on it's own.

shoe t-shirt designs

these designs were submitted for a t-shirt design contest.

the theme was shoes, and not wearing shoes.

these were my designs that i came up with just simple black and white designs on bright t-shirts.

i enjoyed drawing all my designs up by hand, giving them a vintage look and feel.

nampak packaging design award 2009 - you-niverse wine packaging

nampak hosted a packaging design competition in 2009 with the theme of space.

you had to design wine bottle packaging.

my design won the best professional design.

my concept was you-niverse.

the name for my concept is a play on words, i think it works really well.

it was all about you and your wine drinking experience.

it's not just a package it's an experience.

i wanted my packaging to be multifunctional so it doubles up as a lampshade.

the package is dye cut with little holes that correspond with the star signs on the package.

so you and your loved one can enjoy a nice glass of wine under the stars.

it turns any room in your house into your own personal planetarium.

a very unique romantic experience to share with someone special.

i also designed in store posters that go along with the packaging.

i really loved how this project turned out.

it turns any ordinary evening into a beautiful memorable one.

i think design should always have an impact on our lives and it should help us build memories.

design makes my life richer, fuller and more beautiful everyday, and i hope that i do that for someone every day.