I had to share just one more of these. Die Musikband unfortunately had to dis-band, and recently enjoyed the happy-sad feeling of playing a great final gig (thanks, friends and Crown people!). Here’s the poster I made. The band were all stoked with the idea of something that felt Soviet poster-ish, and this sort of coincided with Yuri Gagarin’s pioneer journey into space 60 years ago. Our bass player Karen is a massive fan, she urged me to include Vostok 1. In the foreground is the Cadbury’s building, viewed from our practice rooms, bandaged like a small-town Christo work, soon to be demolished for the new hospital. Lots of change.
Acoustic wall mural for local office
The local office of engineering firm GHD asked me to design something about the local landscape, that could also improve the acoustic performance of their cool office space (in the Bing Harris Building). Autex Cube is a really versatile rigid material: we could print on it, and water-cut any shapes we wanted, which allowed us to create a relief image to have more presence and hopefully more improved sound in the room.
This illustration is a loose kind of fish-eye view of Otago harbour, with stylised shapes that might remind people of Robin White or Colin McCahon. Part of the drawing process (pencils, then vectors) involved fitting the shapes as efficiently as possible into the large panels of uncut material, in a kind of reverse jigsaw puzzle, to reduce cost and waste.
New DCC street banners
I was super lucky to get to design these street banners for Dunedin City Council. They’re up around the city, flapping away happily and being tricky to photograph on my phone.
The client had a nice idea about birds, and I decided to represent bush birds vs coastal birds, and sneak in a favourite bird or two. There was a nice bit in the local paper.
Tour image for Die Musikband
Die Musikband had a fun mini-tour in December. This was my first attempt at properly drawing something with the tablet and stylus. I love the versatility but not so much the touch, compared to paper and pen or pencil.
Fishing co-op food donations
A fast-n-friendly formula for the Port Chalmers Fishing Co-op to deliver some meal ideas, along with some of their kindly donated catch, to people in need around Dunedin.
