Starfish Sally!

After no posts for a VERY long time, I thought I'd squeeze in some time to create this.
Starfish Sally in all her 70's porn-star goodness. Carefully placed starfish to keep her PG-13 and a cheesy name are the simple things that bring it all together.

As usual I created the lineart in pencil, then pen, then fineliner. Scanned through, only this time I did all the colouring using  a Wacom Bamboo tablet. Was tricky at first, but after a bit of use, it got easier.

Nikita Header - TV Edge!

The CW show, Nikita, is in its second season airing in the states.
It stars Lyndsy Fonseca, Maggie Q, Shane West, Melinda Clarke and Xander Berkley. I do the graphics for tvedge.net and I wanted to use the new promotional pictures that were released for season 2 on the new header.

Using all these seperate images, I merged all of the characters into one image for the header.
Lots of blending, light fixes, cropping, cutting, dodging and burning and voila! A new header for the website.

You can also visit the site at www.nikita.tvedge.net

Zebra-Corn Shoes!

 

I designed a pair of Zebra-Corn (Zebra/Unicorn) shoes for my friend, Jessie-Lee's 21st birthday.

I bought a pair of plain white canvas shoes and first did my lines in pencil, then painted in the black zebra stripes. After that, I painted in the blue area around the lace holes and the red stripe on the back piece. Lastly, I painted the yellow front bit and painted the name on the shoe tongue.

I searched for the perfect pair of laces for the shoes and I figured purple and silver sparkly laces are better than plain lumo coloured laces. Gives it more of a 'unicorn' feel.

Lastly, I added a tag onto the shoes with a small card and a brand name for the shoes. I did the tag after I took the photos, so it's not included here.

This was a really fun pair of shoes to make, and it was quick and easy :)
Happy birthday Jess.

Plants Vs. Zombies Pot plant!

 

For one of my friends birthdays, I made her a "Plants VS. Zombies" pot plant.
She's a big fan of the game and bringing the concept together in a simple way produced good results.
I used a polystyrene cup for the base, covered it with the clay which then hardened and lastly, I painted it, filled it with dirt and added the flower.
While doing the photos for my blog, my dog almost destroyed the flowers, luckily they weren't real.
Happy Birthday Jo!

Ofentse Website

I recently completed the website for Ofentse, a singer in South Africa. Along with his website, I also created his Twitter, Youtube and Myspace page images. This website was the first I'd ever created, and was surprisingly easy. His full site can be viewed at iamofentse.com.

Moses Mabhida Stadium! (Mountain Range)

This is an image my brother took of the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban which was built for the Fifa World Cup 2010. Originally, the picture was a shot of the parking lot, stadium and buildings surrounding it and in the distance. I changed it up a bit, by removing the buildings and replacing it with a backdrop of a mountain from Underberg.
I also had to remove a couple of people from the foreground because they were kinda in the way, and made it look messy.
The main focus is the great change in scenery. Durbans stadium looks very different in a new setting, really cool, and I imagine an awesome view from the top of the mountain during sport events or concerts.

Less Is More: DaddyBoy Records & Endlovu Entertainment.

These are two logos I designed for a client earlier this year, I forgot to upload them and found them yesterday floating around my some files on my pc.

They were pretty simple concepts and didn't take much effort, I just kept telling myself; less is more. I also based a few ideas around the stuff I learned about typography in college last year.