Illustration
One Day - One Day Ekasi - An illustration poster series dedicated to my love for a place I call home... and why I will never see it as ghetto
The home coal stove was the cutting edge high tech tool, almost every house in my kasi had one.
There was once a time when all of us eKasi called a can groovey but nobody knows why... I'm still trying to find out, will let you know when I do.
One Day - One Day Ekasi - An illustration poster series dedicated to my love for a place I call home... and why I will never see it as ghetto
One Day - One Day Ekasi
An illustration series celebrating the place I call home. The idea was born of the idea that it is people who don't live in the ghetto that labeled eKasi ghetto.
So I wanted to showcase all the things I li=ove about a place I have never seen as ghetto but simply as home.. sweet home.
Was asked to design a single illustration to chapter 4 of a 4 part series of illustrations. Part 1,2 and 3 are on www.sanbs.org.za
National Blood Service Calendar illustration for chapter 4 in a 4 part series.
Was asked to design a single illustration to chapter 4 of a 4 part series of illustrations. Part 1,2 and 3 are on www.sanbs.org.za
Floyd finally gets it
This illustration is the final chapter in a 4 part series. The story is about a young man who find out that he is dying and instead drowning in depression he decides to right up a bucket list, which he plans to complete before he dies.
In this, the final chapter he realises that he has more of an adventure than he had bargained for. go to www.sanbs.org.za for the full story.
In 2015 South Africa experienced a high number of attacks on foreign nationals. While a lot of us posted the hashtag #NoToXenophobia Puleng Mongale, a copywriter friend of mine, wrote a piece titled "What kind of a man..." which inspired this hand drawn illustration, that later became a full on illustration passion project of mine. Follow the link for the full article
Part 2 - A vectorised illustration version of the hand drawing.
On Tuesday morning the country was greeted by shocking headlines about the xenophobic attacks taking place in South Africa’s townships and informal settlements. The headlines were accompanied by disturbing images and video clips depicting the depth of human cruelty. A video of Mozambican national, Ernesto Alfabeto Nhamuave, being set alight that went viral. At the core of concerned citizens’ social media comments was the question: “What kind of a man does this to another?” by Puleng Mongale
In 2015 South Africa experienced a high number of attacks on foreign nationals. While a lot of us posted the hashtag #NoToXenophobia Puleng Mongale, a copywriter friend of mine, wrote a piece titled "What kind of a man..." which inspired this hand drawn illustration, that later became a full on illustration passion project of mine. Follow the link for the full article
WHAT KIND OF A MAN
An illustration piece inspired by copy writer Puleng Mongale's article titled "What kind of a man" speaks of the cruelty that we experienced in our country during a spree of xenophobic attacks on foriegn nationals in South Africa.
My thoughts are What kind of a man plays with another mans life...
Character development is one of my favourite things to do. Gattiem here is a one of the few characters I had designed for a Gaffd Republick t-shirt design
The final t-shirt design.
The final t-shirt design.
Character development is one of my favourite things to do. Gattiem here is a one of the few characters I had designed for a Gaffd Republick t-shirt design
Gaffd Republick
My life long passion project that I'm hoping will be my ticket out of the "employed by" race. The bright side I looked at when I had to drop out of school because my parents couldnt afford the fees back in 2007.
This has become my
Seeing Magegenene that morning in different colours and sizes of clothes had me thinking about how his wardrobe could be a metaphor for the diversity of our country... Which sparked the idea of "The ultimate South African chana" - a guy that has a clothing item that represents some if not all of our culturally everyday clothing of South Africans.
This is the 2nd draft in black and white with a little colour. In the South African flag but the FCB CI combination.
Email distributed version.
Seeing Magegenene that morning in different colours and sizes of clothes had me thinking about how his wardrobe could be a metaphor for the diversity of our country... Which sparked the idea of "The ultimate South African chana" - a guy that has a clothing item that represents some if not all of our culturally everyday clothing of South Africans.
Chune a Chana
One chilly morning in July 2015, Magegenene the hobo stands behind a white Subaru at the edge of a busy Bree street in Johannesburg, South Africa dressed in a medly of rags that look like they havent seen the day of laundry since Juju became an Economic Freedom Fighter.
In my hand is a brief to design a poster for staff meeting and party under the theme "South African". Something about Magegenene's wardrobe inspired something in me... Check what I'm chuning you.
Hippo asked me to design an illustrated version of him for his photography business identity collateral and media.
This is his business card design. You can find more of his work on Behance; search Nhlakanipho Nhlapho to find him.
This is the back of his business card.
Hippo asked me to design an illustrated version of him for his photography business identity collateral and media.
His name is HIPPO
Nhlakanipho Nhlapho ffectionately known as “Hippo” because of his larger than life personality, Hippo is a self-taught photographer from the East Rand. He loves photography because it allows him to have hard copies of moments and turn them into memories. He describes his charm and says “There’s no room where I can walk in and not leave without people knowing who I am.”
Bjala Square felt compelled to raise on-going awareness about this social issue that affects many South Africans. It is important that those who reside and/or conduct business on our premises know that we will not tolerate abusive behaviour of any form - Bjala Square.
Campaign Line : Khuluma Ukhululeke. The victory against abuse starts with you. Khuluma Ukhululeke means speak and set yourself free. This applies to both the victim and perpetrator, saying that if you have a problem help is available but only if you seek it and open up to someone about the issues you are facing.
Execution : To communicate the messaging we’ll be using is signage because it’s familiar and allows for the message to be short and simple, thus making it effective. I was the illustrator/designer of the Umuzi Photo Club team that put the campaign together.
Bjala Square felt compelled to raise on-going awareness about this social issue that affects many South Africans. It is important that those who reside and/or conduct business on our premises know that we will not tolerate abusive behaviour of any form - Bjala Square.
Khuluma Ukhululeke
The victory against abuse starts with you
I was part of a team that was challanged to create an anti-abuse campaign for the residency at Bjala Square in Jeppestown. Our solution was a campaign that encourages both the perpetrator and victim to speak up about abuse. With messaging that needs to be sensitive, safe and conversational.