pOISE - iLLUSTRATION FRIDAY

What will happen next Lilly wondered?

Fail - Illustration Friday

She could not believe that she had forgotten to water the plant once again!

WOW beaded animals

Some of these beaded animals, bought on the street in towns around South Africa, bring my garden to life. Giving life is their thing- making and selling them provides a livelihood for many entrepreneurial and creative South Africans, who would otherwise be destitute. Others make animals with old plastic bags and odds and ends that would otherwise clog our drains and suffocate wildlife.
"The first person to make a recycled plastic bag animal is known as Isaac. He was born in the Eastern Cape. Read more

Bad hair day

Once she wore that coat things were never the dame again!

Easter bunny hold up

The things we never see the Easter Bunny do...

HEavy - IF

Got no words for this dude. I dont think he speaks, he is just a heavy!

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Garden - Illustration Friday

This is what I would do, if I could do handstands in the garden.

Jambo

Hello, Hello... I have been way to busy content managing my web site BacktoSA and have missed doodling! ....thought I would say a quick Jambo (Hi in Swahili and I am just bragging that I have been to kenya recently where I picked up a few Swahili phrases!)

Signs - Illustration friday

Waiting for the signs to tell me which way to go.

Cape Towns graffiti

This is magical to me! I love driving past this wall but to my horror, I saw the other day, it was being painted over with white paint! ;-((

I spy - Illustration Friday

Watching creeping waiting!
it' s been so long since I have entered an illo into IF and I am glad to have the chance now. Would have liked to have fine tunned this image but its up! :-)) still dabbling in the lighting - not quite right - what do you think?
Ps. Its bliss being in Cape Town!

Animations SA

Cape Town has long had the reputation for being the creative capital, while Johannesburg is known as the business capital,” says Anthony Silverston of Cape Town’s Animation SA collective. - I am so pleased to have move to Cape Town to explore the creative scene.

Triggerfish Animation expands into CG

After ten years in the industry, Cape Town-based Triggerfish Animation launches a Computer Generated (CG) animation department with a project that is set to be South Africa’s first animated feature film. Welcome to Zambezia. Have a look at the artwork, the background scenes are fab.

Mask - Illustration Friday

Hope you like it?

Cape Town Steet Kids

The Cape Town street kids collect "trash" from the streets and make the most divine art. Hanging in the window of this shop is a bottle top curtain.

Grave of the fire flies

Grave of the Fire Flies is a distrubing Anime anti anti war movie directed by Isa Takahata. I did enjoy the illustration and artwork and drew these stills of Seita. Have a look at what Wikipedia says about the movie.

Scruffy & Waggy

Play - Illustration Friday - oh my gosh!

No time to play and I miss it. I am leaving London in a week! My whole house is being packed up and its a little ... scary.

Clean - Illustration Friday

I was listening to Lemon Jelly's music whilst doodling in illustrator. Their music reminds me of rain drops and bright sunny days, washing our world clean.
I am moving back to South Africa in 2 weeks time, bright sunny days and the sea will be greeting me!
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Japan sketches

What an awesome place Japan was - travelled around for 3 weeks. Tokyo was just mind blowing! Over indulged in Manga...
My posts have been scarce as I am planning to move back to South Africa end of August. I have been in London for 9 years so its a huge move.