Category: Artists

  • Amber Smith

    Amber Smith

    Amber Smith likes to think of herself as a mad-crazy experimental illustrator.

  • Katlego Phatlane

    Katlego Phatlane

    Katlego aka Katt Phatt is a 23-year-old creator of diverse images, from digital to traditional, 3D to painting and typography.

  • Gerhard van Wyk

    Gerhard van Wyk

    Gerhard’s mission is to inspire people.

  • Ian Jepson

    Ian Jepson is an illustrator, designer and pizza enthusiast living in Cape Town and focusing on posters and custom typography.      

  • Sonia Dearling

    Sonia is a fresh young illustrator and designer, currently working at design and branding agency Shift Joe Public. She has already taken her first year in the industry by storm, winning several awards including competing at the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity and being selected as one of Adobe’s New Creatives. In her free time…

  • Jonathan Jones

    Jonathan Jones is a South African illustrator who spends his time travelling between South Africa, Taiwan and the US. After graduating from the NMM University in Port Elizabeth with a degree in graphic design, he now creates playful, intimate illustrations, which take their inspiration from his everyday experiences. Other than drawing, Jonathan enjoys skateboarding in…

  • Jaré Dippenaar

    The unruly curiosity of Jaré Dippenaar led to his premature birth in the city of Pietermaritzburg. By his 10th birthday, he had had the good fortune to hang his hat in over a dozen small mining and farming towns throughout the country. He did, however, settle down long enough to attend a single high school…

  • Maaike Bakker

    Maaike Bakker is a Pretoria-based artist and illustrator. Whilst completing her studies as a visual artist, she started exploring illustration alongside her fine art practice to be able to investigate a somewhat more eclectic and light-hearted approach in her work. Bakker enjoys introducing bright colours and stylised imagery and attempts to introduce the viewer to…

  • Sean Chris Strydom

    Sean Chris Strydom is a full­–time illustrator, artist, husband, father and musician who lives in Cape Town. In 2006, Sean sold his house and quit his oil company job to pursue a full­–time career in illustration. He works from his home studio in Somerset West, along with his wife who runs her own PR agency.…

  • Graeme Gauld

    Graeme Gauld is a designer and illustrator based in Johannesburg. He started his own company, REDBEERD, which specialises in brand development, design, illustration and web design. Graeme has been in the industry for five years and has managed to secure one gold, one silver and one bronze Loerie Award as well as picking up the…