Stimorol Gum Packaging

Stimorol Gum hosted a competition to redesign their new packaging. I decided to create something that was as fresh and full of flavour as the brand. Inspired by the textures and people of South Africa, my designs incorporate patterns from ShweShwe fabric design in an assortment of fun, eye-catching colours. South Africa is known as the rainbow nation, a melting pot of cultures, and so I thought it fitting to add caricatures of SA's funky people on SA's much loved gum. From the sexy red-head "cherry" you spotted in the club, to mister "original" afro-style, Mzanzi style is fun, dynamic and full of energy! My designs were awarded third place in the competition.

Durban: There's more going on than you think!

This incomplete artwork was created as a pitch to a newspaper client who reported on stories in and around my hometown of Durban. The concept that I came up with was that Durban is often overlooked as a sleepy little coastal town, but if you look more closely you will see that this is far from the truth. There are a lot of newsworthy stories just waiting to be uncovered.

The roads form the word DBN - which is the acronym for Durban. Unfortunately I never got to finish the piece which is sad because I had a whole bunch of other scenes waiting to to be drawn in. The Blue Light Brigade running cars off the road, corrupt politicians accepting bribes, illegal dumping in the ocean, Justin Bieber landing and being chased by crazed Beliebers... Hopefully one day I'll get to finish this. 

To view close-ups, you can view my Behance portfolio here.

A World of Deliciousness...

I created two illustrations recently for a company that makes all sorts of snacks, from popcorn to marshmallows to chips and crisps. I decided to play with the idea of how awesome it would be to live in a world made from all your favourite snacks… popcorn trees, marshmallow clouds, golden fields of cheesy poofs… The client requested the spaza shop and taxi rank locations though. I think I will definitely take this idea further one day and write and illustrate my own children’s book about such a wonderful place :) Yum!

Running Zebras

I designed this as a framed piece to hang on my wall at home, mainly because I needed something to tie in the colours in the space! A practical reason to create a piece of art. It consists of a pen-drawn illustration of running zebras scanned in and combined with a colourful digitally edited background.

Calm before the storm

I painted these two artworks (the old-school way, not digitally) quite a while back as entries into a children’s picture book competition. The story was about two rural African children and their small dog who are out gathering firewood and get caught in a thunderstorm. 

Life is a beautiful struggle

Life is full of challenges that sometimes feel overwhelming, but no matter how hard it gets it is still worth waking up every day and appreciating the opportunity to witness the kindness of people and the beauty of the world around us. I designed this print with this thought in mind. I had wanted to try a typographic design for a while, and this simple message gave me the inspiration I needed. 

African Wild Dog

I drew this illustration of an African Wild Dog for a friend’s wedding card. The bride and groom run a game reserve near Johannesburg, and her favourite animal is the Wild Dog - Lycaon pictus. The image is drawn digitally with my Wacom Intuos tablet. 

We herd you got married…

A friend of mine recently married a dairy farmer and has since became a farmer’s wife. She is crazy about cows so I whipped up a little bovine wedding card for her, and of course I couldn’t resist the pun!

Love lifts you up

A vector illustration of a couple in love. I find myself drawing these kind of floaty characters quite a bit… Love lifts you up after all :) I’m busy painting a similar image in acrylics at home. One day when I finish it I will post it.

Who gnu you made such an impact on us…

One of my favourite clients retired and I was very sad to see him leave. It’s not often in life that you meet a person who exudes positivity and who is a true inspiration. I designed this card as a farewell to him from myself and two other girls in the office who were also sad to see him go. It is based on one of my FAVOURITE videos EVER of a couple of gnus (blue wildebeest) at a waterhole in Africa. I suggest you watch it here.

Your future is in your own hands

The vector illustration of this design was originally sumbitted for a T-Shirt competition for Hansa Pilsener. They wanted designers to capture the young, vibey and go-getting spirit of the people who drink Hansa Pilsener. My design didn’t win, but I enjoyed creating it.

King of Arts Exhibition

27 Durban designers were each asked to create two illustrated cards which were made up into a limited edition pack of playing cards, and sold as A3 prints at the exhibition. I was given the eight of hearts and the eight of clubs. I decided to play around with these and rotated the 8 to become the infinity sign, and changed the club icon into a four-leaf clover. The titles for the artworks were Forever Lucky and Forever in Love.