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 :).

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.

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)