Awakenings 2

This is the cover of my second graphic novel Awakenings 02. It has been a long slog completing this baby and I wish to thank the following people. Regina Rugge - who is always my proof reader and advisor. Mills Litho Printers in Cape Town - who always go beyond the call of duty to keep their clients smiling - you guys did an excellent job with this and the previous book. Special thanks to the National Arts Council of South Africa for their generous contribution towards the printing costs of this book.

This book is available from:
Reader's Den in Claremont South Africa http://www.readersden.co.za/
Outer Limits in Gauteng and Cape Town, South Africa http://www.outerlimits.co.za/
Clark's Books in Cape Town http://clarkesbooks.co.za/
The Book Lounge in Cape Town www.booklounge.co.za/

And the following is a newspaper article from the Local Tatler :)

Painting with Inks

I haven't done traditional art in AGES. Some of my ink bottles were a bit crusty. But I decided to do something for the Co/mix Exhibition in Grahamstown in 2011 and I wanted something different from a print. So I took some of my original art from AW2 and start to experiment colouring the pencils with inks. (Kinda halfway through I remembered to stretch the paper :0 ) And my plastic J&B whiskey glass makes an awesome brush rinser - I am more of a gin fan anyways :).

Random Wall Nonsense

One of the random spots in the house which I start to colonize with leftover prints and art

Interior decorating

This mural was done while I was still working at am i collective - to make the office look more illustratory- if that's even a word. Drawing with charcoal on the walls is fun. Good clean healthy fun. At least until you discover that you need to fixitive the hell out of the picture to make it stick... (yes in this office they approve if you "improve" the walls)

Old Beertjie pics

Seeing as the website for theses marvelous painted bears do not exist anymore. I have decide to post some of my own photos showing me bonding with bear. Ah, I love this piece of plastic goodness. There were 50 of these creatures painted as part of a wonderful exhibtion held at Am i collective in 2009. I only rediscovered these photos om my harddrive this week.

Mune gets SAFTA Award!

In Feb 2011 I heard the happy news that Mune had won the SAFTA (South African Film and Television) Award for best animation. This is a photo of the Golden Horn Award. Very Shiny and we're very proud. It also serves as a deterrent for potential muggers while walking down Kloof Street at night.

ImagineFX FXpose feature

Here's a feature I had in the Expose section of ImagineFX Feb 2011.
(click for larger view)

Playing in Painter

My first time palying in Painter (X) and I am loving it!
See bellow for the results. (click for larger view)

Mune!

Time for an update! This is the poster for my animated short film Mune. It's about people with cities on their heads trying to find love. And last week it's been nominated for a SAFTA award for best animation!!!! So excited!
The following is a list of festivals Mune has played at:

• Youth Talent Film Festival
  Port Elizabeth, South Africa
• BUT Film Festival
  Breda, Netherlands
• FLExiff 2002-2022
  Sydney, Australia
• Anim'est
  Bucharest, Romania
• Banjaluka 2010
  Banjaluka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Africa in the Picture
  Amsterdam, Netherlands
• 2nd Bi-Annual for School Films
  Tunis, Tunisia
• Rencontres Henri Langlois film festival
  Poitiers, France
• 6th Athens Animfest 2010
  Athens, Greece
• Design Indaba Film Festival
  Cape Town, South Africa
  
• International Short Film Festival 2011
  Chennai, India
  
• Cape Winelands Film Festival
  Cape Town, South Africa
  
• Animayo 2011
  Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
  
• 7th MCM Filmfest 2011
  Venlo, Netherlands
• Independent Days 11|Filmfest
  Karlruhe, Germany
• National Arts Festival 2011
  Grahamstown, South Africa