I do!

Dear, dear, half the year...was spent meeting, dating and marrying my husband. So, now that the wedding dust has settled, I really should get back to some doodling. Watch this blog.

Twist o' Turquoise

This batch of cupcakes were for a 60th and the birthday boy's favourite colour is turquoise. Well, what choice did I have, really? It was great fun!

Clico Guest House Conference Room Launch

With a brief of "earthy colours and chocolate brown" for Sean and Jen, this is what I came up with for Clico Guest House in Rosebank.

Ho Ho Ho and a Merry to Ya!

Really enjoyed doing this Christmas cupcake shoot. This year it's silver and white with pearls.

Every girl loves chocolate. And roses.

So here they both are. All in one.

Cupcakedom

And she's off with the cupcake kingdom products. Working on Christmas, being November already! Where does the year go, honestly?!

The Birth of the Cupcake Collection

First and foremost, my apologies for not being an active blogger for what felt like an eternity!
Here's a photie of an endeavour I'm attempting to get off the ground here in Joburg. Cupcakes. They're all the rage right now and hopefully I can get it right to keep them the rage from my kitchen.
Still stuck for a name for the company, though...

African Tales

Ever done artwork or a piece of writing for a client and weren't too partial to your effort at the time and then a couple of years later, it's kind've "grown on you"? That's happened with this little character I did a series of illustrations for in a reader for Macmillan Publishers a couple of years ago.
I still recall sitting and doing the pencil roughs of him at Mugg n Bean in Parkhurst, Johannesburg. It was a lovely day outside, a Sunday. I needed to get out of my studio for a while and polish off a piece of cheesecake and cuppa tea while I worked.
And a friend of mine who I admire much as a cartoonist and illustrator happened to chance by and, with a couple of remarks, gave me some excellent advice on how to make my character look younger and cuter.
Thanks, Rico.

Still a Sucker for the Feline of the Species

Working at a cat sanctuary as a volunteer (if lavishing love on cats could be called "work" - I think not!), I met this guy. I called him Oscar. He just epitomised the name, somehow.

Z is for Zulu

The Zulu tribe. One of the nicer things about Durban. This guy featured in an educational alphabet I did a while ago. Hopefully a series of alphabet books is in the pipeline. It's a groovy kinda thang to work with two of my favourite things - cartoons and alphabets.

Get a Job!

A term us freelance artists hear all too often. I had some fun a while ago creating cartoons for a book that was created with ideas for people who were unemployed to bring in cash for themselves with the resources they had.
Here's one of them.