PASTE

This piece is hand done with gouache paint and ink. In it, I explored various typefaces. It also has a relation to the TEKANAN post. Here you can see parts an pieces of the sentence "there are no diamonds without the tekanan".

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TEKANAN

Exploring type, we had to take a foreign, or 'strange' word and portray its meaning using only the word itself. I chose the word TEKANAN which is Indonesian for PRESSURE.
This piece was done by hand with ink.

We then had to put the word in a sentence. I chose the sentence "there are no diamonds without the tekanan". I changed it a bit and cropped it to reveal the following:

The layout of this piece also shows how the words "not without the" puts pressure on the word TEKANAN.

This piece was also done by hand using ink.

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Helvetica

This Movie poster was done while exploring the Helvetica typeface. Studying the history of Helvetica, I turned the typeface into a movie star (the silhouette of the woman n a dress in the red circle). On the movie poster it also reveals a bit of Helvetica's history, created by Max Miedinger and Eduard Hoffman.

The poste also has a Swiss design element because Helvetica was created in Switzerland.

This poster was done by hand with gouache paint and ink. 2011.

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TJAART

A pen line drawing of myself... And the cover page of my Visual Journal.

ME

This is just another pen doodling of myself

THE MAN

The skulls are symbolic for the 3 most generalised aspects of man:
The brain which is like that of a monkey,
The heart which is like that of a crow,
And then the tiger/lion ways in bed.

HIDDEN

Done in charcoal. The idea here is that nude poses create a masked "dead" facial expression for the poser.

Nobody knows what's hidden behind the mask.

THE HANDY MAN

Just another pen illustration...

TIME

This is one of my favourites. It reminds me of how we used to draw as little children.

THE SANDMAN

A spray-paint tester which by chance came out looking like it has 2 legs and 2 arms. So I called the creature the Sandman.

NO HATE

This is just an idea of protest. No hate against *you fill in the gaps*.

It is done with ink on paper.

DOLL

This is just another pen doodle that came out looking like a distorted doll face

PORTRAIT

This is a flat portrait I did of my older sister with water paint and pen on paper. It is also currently in my Visual Journal.

B&W

This is the first cutout I did containing words. It also symbolises the ratio of South Africa. This is done with only paper.

CAPTAIN SOUTH AFRICA

Because we all need one.

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WINGED MAN

The Winged Man was just a little doodle I did in my Visual Journal with ink.

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AFRICA

This is a rather personal irritation of mine. Yes. Exactly what the message says.

This piece in my Visual journal is also done with ink on paper.

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DRAW OFF

This is Camilla Rossi, a fellow design student and friend of mine. One day in class we decided that we were going to have a draw off of each other in a very stylized manner. This is how she came out.

Medium: Ink on paper.

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PEN PORTRAIT

This one here is also another self portrait done straight with Rotring pens.

CLOSE-UP

This is just another charcoal self portrait, but a close-up. Also done in charcoal.

TARANTULA

...Another one of me holding a tarantula... Yes I do have one. This self portrait is also done in charcoal.

POKER FACE

This is another charcoal self portrait portraying a facial expression accompanying an action. Poker it is!

HEAVY LIFTING

This is a selfportrait study done with charcoal (for some practice). In this one I had to portray a facial expression, and an action accompanying the facial expression...like the title suggests.

IN THE MAKING!

This is me working on the first panel of GATHERERS. Here one can see the scale of the illustration relative to me.
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GATHERERS

This right here was my great illustration project in 2011. It is about poverty and how children are forced to fend for themselves as beggars when their parents are laying in their deathbeds because of HIV/Aids. An urban mundane situation typical in South Africa.
Each panel is 1x2m.
Medium is charcoal on paper.
Photograph taken by Hanro Spangenberg during the annual Information Design end-year exhibition.

Launching PRODIGIOUS

The blog for PRODIGIOUS has officially been launched. Keep an eye on it for some great project* content!

*Projects may differ between photography, illustration, design, art and other forms of creative media.