Adelaide Fringe Poster Competition 2013

Here are my entries for the 2013 Adelaide Fringe Poster Competition. This year the theme was 'Inside/Out' which could be represented however felt appropriate to you. My concept tries to depict what is trapped inside, being released in a vibrant explosion of movement and pattern. Each figure captures an area of the arts.

This year I tried to produce a piece that would be more versatile in a design sense and that could be used in a number of ways throughout all the promotional material. I was actually happy for once with how this piece turned out! It was loosely based on a piece of Danish art I have come across over the past few months during a restaurant job. I loved how the piece was so bold and simple - hopefully I have been able to capture that with these pieces too.

I can't wait to see the winning entry in October...hopefully next year will be my year!

FLY Surf, Skate, Fashion Posters

Here are the first in a collection of posters I have created for Fly Boardriding International, Seaford.

The first features a mystical being who only shows his fury head after heavy periods of rain and run off. His powers still remain unknown... The Seaford Sewer Rat

Chicks can skate too! A skate/fashion piece - digital watercolour.

Charminar retro inspired wall mural

I recently had the opportunity to create an exterior mural for the newest edition, Henley Beach Charminar, in a chain of popular Indian restaurants. My canvas was a textured 3mx3m wall - when I initially went to survey the site the sun had just started setting and was throwing an amazing orange glow onto the wall. I tried to work this into my design.

Charminar is a beautiful temple in the Indian city of Hyderabad with a striking outline along the city skyline. I had this image of a retro, classic, slightly worn Coco Cola type wall mural stuck in my head. I managed to translate it to the client, they were wrapped so I went ahead and painted the mural. Due to limited outside lighting I tried to keep a lot of contrast in the image.

The highlight of this job was definitely chatting to the oldies on their way down to the beach each day!

Adelaide Icons Poster

This poster features a number of Adelaide's well known traditional icons along with a few more not so conventional ones, like Rundle Mall's very own Johnnie and Farmers Union Iced Coffee!

I created it to be used as part of a wedding invitation package - the poster was for the out of towners. I also entered it into the Adelaide Magazine's youth edition cover competition. I will hopefully organise a few prints for sale later in the year for those die-hard South Aussies out there.

Click on the image to view the detail up close.

Tart Time #3

Time to make another tasty tart! This one was inspired by a chocolate based tart recipe I saw on Heston Blumenthal's 'Heston's Feast' showing right now on SBS. In Heston's recipe he made a passionfruit infused chocolate ganache tart with pop rock candy hidden in the biscuit base.

My version ended up a little different as these things often do, but it was still a pretty mean tart! Instead of putting pop rocks in the base I decided to make a raspberry sticky jam (slightly thicker than average store jam and without gelatine, almost like a toffee) and mix in the pop rocks. I started by pressing a cup of fresh raspberries through a sieve. I then mixed with castor sugar in a heavy bottomed pan and continued as though I were going to make toffee. When the colour became an intense maroon I poured the fixture on a tray line with baking paper and sprinkled the pop rocks on top. Then when ready to served I simply scraped a teaspoon of the mixture and placed on top of the individual tarts. The pop rock jam was so good I had to stop myself from eating the tray. The fresh raspberry flavour worked perfectly with the passionfruit and the result was a tangy, sweet, chocolatey tart...with a burst of suprise with the pop rocks.  A sprig of mint always helps to cut out a bit of the sweetness too I find.

Cutloose Surf's Board Swap 2012

So there's the Gillie's St Markets for those fashion and crafty folk out there...but what is there for surfers? There's the Cutloose Board Swap of course!

Held in late Feb, the board swap was a great day out again, with local shapers doing their thing, being the highlight of the day by far.

This is the poster I created for the event - an eco friendly take with a slightly retro feel!

Cutloose and Surfer Girls Movie Night

Cutloose Surf is again kindly hosting the Surfer Girls annual movie night and this year I got to design the poster. They will be screening a film called 'Dear and Yonder' which gives insight into the history of women's surfing.

As Surfer Girls are also helping to launch on the night their new branch Surfer Mums, I thought it only fitting to try and capture women and girls all surfing together...on a MAAAAAASIVE SUP! The three surfers at the back are loosely based on pros Silvana Lima, Steph Gilmore and Sally Fitzgibbons...all awesome surfers that the young groms in the club look up to!

Red Bull Design Sally's Board Comp 2012

This year Red Bull put on a sweet competition to design a surfboard for world #2 Sally Fitzgibbons. They provided entrants with a template and then you were let loose to come up with an original, bold design that reflects Sally's personality. 

The winner got an awesome prize - A trip to the Roxy Pro, their design on Sally's new board and some cashola!! Waaaaah I didn't win but fortunately Red Bull are also hosting an exhibition of the top 20 designs in Sydney and I was lucky enough to be chosen for my design "The Fitz Stick #3" (the icy-pole one). You can view the top 20 and my design here Red Bull Top 20 Gallery

I reckon I might end up using the middle design on a new board for myself...why not!!

Deadset Digest 3D text

Just a bit of fun and something to do when there is no swell...

Experimenting with rendering 3d type in Maya. I like doing this because unlike most 3d projects you can get results quickly and don't need too many technical skills (of which I have very little!). Occlusions shaders make me happy :D