"Groener land" - Philippians 4:4

"Groener land" - Luke 12:34

New video uploaded! - HTML basics

Dear friends

I'm excited to announce that the second unit of the course has been uploaded to the Youtube channel, Art Germinate.  You can watch it for free :)

Thanks to all for your support.

May you have a blessed day.

E

Effortless Website Design Introduction

Faizl

Faizl's State of the Nation

Dear Friends

I've been working exclusively on the first volume of 'Weerkaatsing' - the secret project I've mentioned previously.  It is near completion and will be printed soon.  The first edition will be printed in Afrikaans, but I am thinking of publishing an English translation later.  Will keep you posted on that.

Above you can get a sneak peek of the work.  This is the back cover.  It is an excerpt from a YouTube video/documentary on Hendrik Verwoerd.  But the internet is the great leveller ("gelykmaker") and through the thumbnails of what you can view next it leaves commentary on political opinion and how it will diffuse over time.  It was seredipitous that I found among them the "Run Free In Hendrik Verwoerd High School".  After all the political turmoil let us all [Parkour] over these seemingly crucial political struggles.

The cover of the volume is in full colour, but the rest is black & white.  I've experimented with coloured pencil as well.  It will be the final test to see whether is translates well into print.

The story of 'Weerkaatsing' is a biographical collage and portrays a sense of place; what life in South Africa was like then and now and not.  If you are interested in buying a copy you can contact me via e-mail.  Will keep you posted when it is available.

Take care & have a lovely week.

E.

gebrokene van hart

Werk in wording ;)

Liewe vriende

Die nuwe jaar is hier! Welkom 2017!
Mens kan sommer aanvoel hoe opgewonde almal is oor die nuwe jaar en die moontlikhede wat wag.
Hierdie jaar gaan 'n besige en opwindende jaar wees.
Ek deel hieronder van die sketse waarmee ek besig is vir die comic projek.

Liefde & vrede.
xE

Logo vir Easthouse Consulting

Ek was onlangs gevra om 'n logo te ontwerp.  Die klient het gehou van 'n grys en teal/turkoois kombinasie en daarom het ek redelik binne daardie perke gebly.  Hy wou ook die 't' verleng dat dit soos 'n kruis lyk, en verder die 'E' en 'C' van beide woorde groter hê as die res.  Dit was 'n uitdaging om soveel elemente in 'n koherende bevredigende ontwerp te omskep.  Hieronder is 'n paar van die voorbeelde tydens die ontwerpproses:

Sommige voorstelle tydens die ontwerpproses

Eindelik het ons besluit op 'n kombinasie van sommige van my voorbeelde. Die finale resultaat lyk soos volg:

Easthouse Consulting Finale Logo Ontwerp

Die finale logo geïnterpreteer as 'n swart & wit weergawe

World

World comic

I've been drawing an entry for the Fumetto Comix Competition.  And the theme 'Worlds' kept pulling me back to this idea of the contrast between what appears good, but isn't.  I wanted to change the title to 'lies', because I also thought that many politicians tell us lies to placate us or mislead us for their own selfish gain.  And things we are told are 'pure good' or ' pure evil' in fact, aren't.

I initially envisioned it a black and white piece of work, but then the ligne claire style lent it to play with some colour.  I'm still contemplating whether there should be foliage in the background or if it should be kept as is.  I also avoided breaking the page up in panels to accentuate the movement of each character.  The politician's rise at the expense of the mask's demise.  The mask's world is in reverse to the politician, but intrinsically linked with each other.

Werk in wording

Ek is besig vir die afgelope ruk om 'n nuwe storie te skryf wat ek graag wil teken.  Laasweek het ek 'n professor hoor sê dat die skryfproses 'n morsige een is.  Dis nogals waar. Mens skryf en herskryf en skryf tussen-in weer.  Nodeloos om te sê dit neem langer as wat ek gedink het dit sou. Nou na die vierde herskryf, het ek begin dink ek wil 'n heel ander perspektief byvoeg... Ek wil nie heeltemal die kat uit die sak laat nie, dis nog te vroeg daarvoor.

Hier is egter 'n sneak peak... oe ek is opgewonde! :)