If only workers were not also people

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Illustration for the Mail & Guardian's Opinion piece "If only workers were not also people" about the zero sum game of exploiting low cost labour.

A deadly race

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A lack of preparation on the side of both students and a university leads to a crowd stampede and a tragic death of a parent.


Digital illustration I did for this week's issue of South Africa's Mail & Guardian newspaper for their Comment & Analysis section on the tragic fiasco and stampede at the University of Johannesburg -- reflecting sheer desperation of school leavers to get into tertiary institutions. Not to mention the disfunction in the South African education system... 

My approach was a bit lateral ... hopefully eye catching while using the restricted black, white and orange colour palette.

Cow Doodle

While the nice man on the phone was trying to sell me some insurance... I doodled a cow. Moo.

Fishy...very fishy...

I just couldn't resist...

Selfportrait with Bird

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Doodled pencil self-portrait with bird and digital colour dropped in.

Birds on too much coffee

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It's quite hard to reverse the effects of two much coffee...especially on our feathered friends.

Something from the Silly Drawing of the Day Department... wired birds on a branch... made me chuckle to myself a little.

Computer Thugs

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Digital illustration for Mahala online magazine... story about "Computer Thugs."

Did the Vikings invent water skiing?

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Vikings are always fun to draw...no, really :-)

I guess I was a little impatient with the loose digital colouring I applied to the line drawing... but hey, I think it works.

Model Citizen

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A personal piece drawn in reaction and in support of fellow cartoonists and journalists fighting against unconstitutional media restrictions proposed by the South African government.

Meowrrr! Hiss!

Sadly, this is probably my first non-work drawing in nearly three weeks... not quite a feline self-portrait.

Illustration Friday: Slither

 For this week's Illustration Friday theme: Slither

Kitty's thought for the day.

...even though it's still far too EARLY for supper.

Thought for the day

Leopold the Lion's thought for the day... it's remarkably concise, deep and philosophical... if you speak Lion, that is.

Pork is the word...

Pork Chop meets Andy Warhol... sort of... maybe not.

Footballer

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Loose 10 minute quickie brushpen sketch... a dollop of digital colours... presto.

A little red number...

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A little something from the archives...

IF: Blur

Simple little pic for Illustration Friday's theme this week: "Blur"

There is no crisis...

Some quick digital mucking about with a quick pen and ink doodle...

Illustration Friday: Germs

Red Dog Running

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The Red Dog refuses to run with the pack... he hunts alone.