together

That's right, another collage!

I did mention that there was a time I was doing lots of these for Nasou, right?
It's nice looking back at these now with fresh eyes… this particular piece was about leadership and building one's country together.

It really is an interesting and fun technique to use, a bit like film editing, y'know?

balance

In life, as in all things, one needs to find balance…

This is a collage illustration I did for Nasou Via Afrika's Life Orientation schoolbooks. It's been a great medium to explore. At times frustrating but when things click into place the results are, more often than not, very rewarding!

Best of all is how subtle it can be, symbols and meaning can be found which is both engineered and serendipitous :)

illustration breakdown

And once again for Nasou, but this time for a very different age group, a book about school... To spice things up a little, I've included this step-by-step of the process:

starts off as a simple, black & white sketch

then, the actual pencil sketch with added details and final perspective

then we ink the sucker

and add some watercolours

then, time for some overall texturing and blotting out the last white ares 

and after some digital lighting enhancements...

...it's done!

going to school

We’ve all been there. School.

 How we got to it every morning though, that all depends…

 

and my personal favourite…

There’s a little story behind that one: when I was a kid I would visit overseas and when people found out I lived in Africa they were amazed and a barrage of questions would follow. I remember another kid asking me: “is it true that you ride elephants to school?”

So, like any 10 year old, I replied: “Of course! Sometimes even lions!!”

Looking back, I should’ve said: “lion-o-saurus”