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Hoopla Creative Christmas Mailer

2012-01-31T15:22:00.005+02:00

I Illustrated this mailer for Hoopla Creative. With Emile Prinsloo providing me creative direction and Hajira Amla providing me with copy.

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JoJo Tanks animated christmas mailer

2012-01-31T15:00:00.001+02:00

I created this short animation for Jojo Tanks at the Hoopla studio last year. I must say, I had a lot of fun with it despite my dislike of Adobe Flash.

Sole DXB - The Middle East's Sneaker Summit

2012-01-25T12:51:00.003+02:00

My Puma sneakers for the Toitoy X PUMA Collaboration are going to be at "The Middle East's International Sneaker Summit" in Dubai on 27/28th April 2012. Excitement :)

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I want to go to there...

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Beach, Kitty dance,Prawns, Moon

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Dancing labyrinth Prawns

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Dancing Shadow Prawns

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Dancing Jungle Prawns

2012-01-20T15:44:00.002+02:00

Dancing Prawns

2012-01-20T15:12:00.001+02:00

Dancing Cave Monkeys

2012-01-20T14:57:00.000+02:00

Dancing Bridge Monkeys

2012-01-20T14:21:00.000+02:00

Dancing Mountain Monkeys!!

2012-01-20T13:23:00.001+02:00

Pumped Up Kicks

2011-12-14T16:44:00.001+02:00

So here's the result of the Toitoy X PUMA collaborative collection. Just to refreshhhh your memory, the theme was 'The streets you live on.' And I basically wanted to create awareness through this project. The name of my collection is Pumped Up Kicks which is the title of a song by Foster the People. The song deals with angry teens who have criminal intentions. Pumped up kicks were the shoes rich kids wore in the 90s and the States had a lot of cases where these kids would be targeted because they wore them. I directed my theme to the street violence in Johannesburg.

1000 Drawings

2011-12-05T11:14:00.000+02:00

1000 drawings is an annual event in Joburg where people give in their illustrations on an A5 paperat selected stores up until the 1000 drawings event. On the night, all the illustrations go up where people can purchase them for R100 each. The money goes to charity. I think it's such an amazing initiative. Here are some pics...

Here's what we came away with .........

I got the whole world...

2011-12-05T11:01:00.000+02:00

I love maps! Particulary the maps you find in the National Geographic magazines. They are so colourful and lovely but they are hard to come by so I was really glad when I came accross a second hand bookstore where they sold NG magazines and there it was ... a magazine with a 'Map included' sticker on it. :) I had to get it framed.

Shortbus Tour Poster

2011-11-21T18:04:00.001+02:00

I did this poster for two of my friends' bands called Shorstraw and Columbus. They decided to smash the two band names together for the tour name. Smarteepants. Well anyway they are two rad South African bands that arn't fun to miss out on. So if you're in the Durban area early December go and check em out! go on!

ToiToy X PUMA Collaboration

2011-11-04T09:41:00.007+02:00

So, after the mastermind of ToiToy in CT, Earl Fischhoff saw my Smokin' Labbit Design I did for ToiToy earlier this year, he kept me in mind for the PUMA x Toitoy Collab! I was asked (together with 12 other S.A designers) to design a Toy and PUMA shoes around the theme of 'The Streets you Live on'. We need to physically design these shoes (Im not sure if we all recieved the same pair as i have no idea who the others are). But hey! I am so excited! :) The exhibition will be held at ToiToy Kloof street on the 15th of December 2011. I already have some nice ideas...so..........keep your eyes peeled friends!!! :)

I was just shown this website where it so happens that there was a sneaker custom workshop in Joburg!! I cant believe i didn't know about it! anyway here are some pics of that.

I absolutely love this one...........

Now I'm super excited!! XX

Panda Bear with an Orange Bowtie

2011-10-06T16:32:00.003+02:00

A group of us went hiking last weekend in a town called Macharadorp. I had the best experience of my life! There was so much to see, including this little guy created by the moss formation on a rock. Pretty rad!!

Untitled

2011-09-19T21:27:00.001+02:00

Haven't done a digital illustration in a while so thought i'd give it a bash especially after getting inspired by IFX all over again. No reason for the subject matter, i just tend to go with it as i go along. Time: about 45 min.

Milk bottle Bedside Lamp Loveliness

2011-09-09T09:12:00.002+02:00

About Today

2011-09-07T18:35:00.000+02:00

Today was lovely Mitsa Matsa got a little stocking shirt put on today because she doesn't stop licking her sore. I think she likes that it matches her so well. I got these lovely shoes from various places and a tall rabbit from 'Stay For Tea'. We did stay for tea as the name suggests :)

Another Firefly Lamp goes to a lucky someone :)

2011-09-07T18:27:00.001+02:00

Blue Dolphin Night Lamp for Lexie

2011-09-07T09:46:00.001+02:00

I recently made this lamp for a friend's daughter who needed a night lamp to scare away 'the bad man'. :) Hope blue dolphin kicks some bad man butt. he he

We ate the rainbow

2011-08-30T22:28:00.004+02:00

This is the birthday cake i made for my twin sister (Marija) this year. I don't know why I'm only blogging it now. I guess it's because Matty's birthday is coming up and it made me think of it or I'm just simply craving the deliciousness of it. My sister made me a cake too using my favourite ingredient,: vanilla and my favourite chocolate: White KitKat. Here is her edible masterpiece for me!

Face the Music

2011-08-28T18:45:00.000+02:00

My Lovely Glass Jar Lamps

2011-08-24T19:13:00.001+02:00

My love of lighting design as well as recycling/upcycling has brought me to create these lovely lamps out of glass jars. I had my designs sandblasted on which adds something unique and interesting.

Woolies Retail Project

2011-08-17T15:47:00.003+02:00

This is another old gem i uncovered from 3rd year. We were asked to design the retail for one of our made up Woolies kitchen products. The product had to be Italian and we were asked to give it a vintage feel. I decided to express my love for tea-cups and named my tea-cup range; Tesoro which means 'treasure' in Italiano. Here are the two posters I designed for the range:)

I heart JHB

2011-08-17T15:11:00.003+02:00

'I heart JHB' is a project I did in my 3rd year of study which i recently stumbled upon in my hardrive and thought why not show it here. :) It was an ISTD Typography project where the theme that I went with (out of 4 other themes) was 'Connecting through Type'. Here I went with the idea of the connections of streets and roads and what better area to connect through type with than central Joburg, my Bermuda Triangle err... square, the very place I dread getting lost in but yet always lose my way in :) I drew some of my inspiration from the famous I heart New York logo designed by Milton Glaser. Each traffic light is dotted with a tiny heart showing how despite the fact that I always lose my way in the CBD, i do love it.

Switcheroo I love you

2011-08-14T23:52:00.001+02:00

This is me and my Matty doing the switcheroo! I would recommend this little activity to anyone and everyone! We were in stitches for a good hour after this was taken. Now i know what it feels like to wear my boyfriends clothes. I sort of felt like a gangster with those shorts below my knees. Matty looks absolutely hilarious! ha ha! I first saw it done on Sincerely Hanna. 'Hana is a self-taught photographer raised in Whistler and currently living in Vancouver, Canada. Her main focus in photography is the “little moments” that people sometimes miss and later wish they had captured'. And thats a great focus to have! I'm definately glad we captured this moment. :)

The Hype Machine

2011-08-12T13:11:00.000+02:00

The Hype Machine is my favorite music website. It has the freshest newest, unreleased underground music in the world. It makes my day WONDERFUL!

Some Swapping Mall Publicity

2011-08-10T10:00:00.000+02:00

Best couple photograph for Saltwatergirl Magazine

2011-08-02T10:09:00.004+02:00

My boyfriend's lovely sister; Kirst sent in a photograph that she took of me and Matty on the beach for the saltwatergirl best couple photo competition and she won me these amazing Havaianas limited edition Valentines slops :) I love them! and i love you Kirst bird!

My Lovely time at the Swapping Mall

2011-08-02T09:27:00.003+02:00

I loved running a workshop and showing people how to create a lovely lamp out of milk bottle cuttings. It was nice to see how amazed they were at what you can do with a little creativity! I also created various milk bottle brooches and hair clips which were going fast! The whole event was a success and I'd do it again in a heartbeat! People got away with some rad stuff! A 13" mac book was up for swap for 6 tokens. I saw a disco ball go in seconds and some vintage clothing didn't last long on shelf either. We had 4 other experts running workshops, Up cycling furniture, clothing and jewelery. It was fun to get back to basics for a change. I hate spending money so this gave me such a lovely feeling!

This lamp was a new design i tried, not unlike the Firefly lamp with the glass jar though. I instead used a globe that my dad helped me attach to the lid of the glass jar together with the globe fitment. I then placed masking tape in stripes on the jar and sprayed it with Frosted Glass ( amazing invention BTW) :) These swapped like hotcakes!!

A Milk Bottle Lamp Tutorial for all those missing out on the Swapping Mall action this weekend :)

2011-07-28T16:30:00.006+02:00

More of my swapping mall accessories :) modelled by my sisty

2011-07-28T15:57:00.006+02:00

A sneak peak at the milk bottle lamps and goodies i will be showcasing/making at The Swapping Mall this weekend

2011-07-27T14:18:00.002+02:00

So as you all know, this weekend is the Capitec Swapping Mall initiative (yay)! and I was asked to run a small workshop/ tutorial on how to create lamps out of plastic milk bottles. I will also throw in a few how-to's when it comes to hair accessories, broaches and rings :)

ToiToy Custom Toy Update

2011-07-25T08:55:00.001+02:00

yay! ToiToy has uploaded a sneak peak of my Senor Bird Belly Labbit check it out here: Labbit sneak peak
ToiToy are also going to have a custom exhibition starting from 28th July and going on sale via their website only on the 4th August 2011 at 12H00 sharp. :)

Wanna Swap??

2011-07-21T10:38:00.002+02:00

Capitec Bank has launched a fantastic initiative called, The Swapping Mall. The aim is to save money and not spend a cent. This is how it's going down: You put aside some of your items that you don't need but that are still in good nik. Bring 5 items or less to Atlas Studios in Braamfontein on the 30th and 31st of July and drop them off at the Swapper Drop Off. Your items will be graded and you will be given some tokens with which you can exchange other goods that are up for swapping! This way there will be no buyers remourse! What a fantastic idea!!! You can get more info by checking out their facebook page!

Anyway, i was asked to run a workshop at the event (yes, ME!!) where i will be showcasing my milk bottle lamps and making some mini lamps and milk bottle goodies! There will be a few amazing workshops running like, upcycling jewelery which will be run by my good friend Indianna Harris, you can check out her stuff here!

Cant wait!!!

ToiToy Custom Designed Labbit by ME ! Meet Señor DeMario!!

2011-07-11T18:14:00.004+02:00

I was recently asked to design a Kidrobot Vinyl toy by toy-enthusiast Angel-on-film for a custom toy show in Cape town at a vinyl toy store called ToiToy. These vinyl toys come in various shapes and sizes, the one i was asked to design is a 10 inch bunny shaped toy called a Labbit. I was greatly pleased to be given this opportunity as it is something so new and different to anything else i have ever done. This was my very first time designing a vinyl toy and i must say; as fun as it is, it is also quite tricky and requires a great deal of patience and time. If you're in the cape at the end of July please feel free to catch the show at Toitoy on 49 Kloof street. I am sure there will be amazing South African talent on display!! :)

Hair Heads

2011-07-05T22:34:00.003+02:00

I absolutely LOVE drawing hair and different hairstyles! I did these with a fineliner.

Heart tripping

2011-06-30T16:50:00.001+02:00

Me and my Special went on a road trip to a our treehouse and I took some heart photographs.

Firefly Lamp

2011-06-29T21:02:00.001+02:00

This is a lamp design I've had in mind for quite some time but been working on it bit by bit due to my crazy busy life at the moment :) I created this for my friend Brett who is an awesome friend and fantastic photographer! If you don't believe me you can check out his stuff HERE! :) I am an avid recycler thats why i made this lamp with a glass jar and used fairy-lights which I painstakingly took apart and insulated each working globe to the other to form a circuit of 60 globes so that the globes (together) could hold the current. Brett is going to recieve this lamp this weekend, so i hope he doesnt check my blog before then! I was just too excited not to post it! he he

Foxy love

2011-06-13T22:44:00.003+02:00

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Illustrated vintage frames are rad! who knew!

2011-06-09T18:35:00.003+02:00

Experimenting with Typography

2011-06-09T17:19:00.006+02:00

Sweet beard

2011-06-01T20:17:00.005+02:00

disco

2011-06-01T16:09:00.005+02:00

About today

2011-06-01T15:49:00.004+02:00

Whatever

2011-06-01T14:57:00.005+02:00

Lazer cut Humming bird design

2011-05-23T15:40:00.002+02:00

I designed this patterned humming bird for Green Grass Design in Parkhurst. GreenGrass Design is a lazer cutting design studio and shop. They create the most beautiful and intricate art i have ever seen! Go check it out. <3

Yummy marker art!

2011-05-17T15:48:00.003+02:00

I drew this in a copic marker workshop i attended today. yum yum yum!! i love the marker effect, i will definately turn to marker rendering when scamping more often xxx

Kate Blanchette

2011-05-11T09:33:00.003+02:00

I stumbled upon a photograph of Kate looking absolutely beautiful in yellow with a turquoise background. I am in love with these two colours together. So i decided to digitally illustrate her. Mac to PC really compromises my work's colour quality, especially when it comes to turquoise. arg. But here you go :)

Her French elegance

2011-05-10T12:58:00.003+02:00

Hello friends

2011-05-10T09:08:00.002+02:00

In the swing of things

2011-05-05T21:42:00.004+02:00

So i've been playing a lot of golf lately and i am really addicted to it, not even kidding. Theres just something so satisfying about connecting a ball with a wedge. Going to play some mashi with my matty tomorrow! Got so excited thinking bout it, i illustrated me in my happy place :)

Potato Stamps!

2011-05-05T18:25:00.002+02:00

Today I had the urge to create (as usual) ! Specifically something to do with typography so i created these potato stamps after having a flash back of my childhood! :)

B is for Beach

2011-05-05T14:26:00.013+02:00

Little Miss

2011-04-27T13:29:00.002+02:00

When you work in the industry you rarely get to show your own personal style and creativity. So it is very important to design in your own time just to keep your creativity alive :)

Life has a very cruel sense of humour :)

2011-04-12T21:10:00.006+02:00

This illustration shows something that im sure all induviduals on this earth go through

and it is called the irony of life

A dog called Friday

2011-04-11T17:33:00.003+02:00

Friday is Kirsten's pointer. He always carries a long face, especially when he is away from

his mommy. He is something else!

Digital Illustration & Concept Art

2011-04-05T20:16:00.006+02:00

I have always been really interested in digital illusration, particularly illustrations for pixar animation. So much, in fact that I explored the Pixar website and decided then and there that Pixar California is going to be where i work one day. ah, a girl can but dream! I am not amazing at freehand illustration but i understand a thing or two about texture, highlights and shading which is why i was pleasantly surprised when i discovered that there is such a thing as a shading technician. The shading technician basically recieves 3D shots of the characters and then goes out and finds the textures of various materials needed for reference. Then shades the characters to make the characters' textures authentic looking. what a rad job!

Anyway.. as my interest in digital art grew, i found an array of talented digital artists which were all inspirations to me, however, one artist's work stood out neck and shoulders from the rest. I wanted to put her in my pocket and take her out whenever i had a Photoshop question. When the work of UK based concept artist Charlie Bowater caught my attention I instantly decided that i wanted to be a concept artist. So, i tried my hand at creating some Concept illustrations of my own... (dont judge)

Birdies

2011-04-05T10:29:00.003+02:00

As you might have figured out, i love detail, bits and buttons that make up a unified whole. These are birds i illustrated with shapes, vines, patterns.

Typo Illustration. GO!

2011-04-04T19:33:00.002+02:00

I am currently busy with an illustrative typography book which features an illustrated word in any style on each page. I am aiming for about 100 illustratons to complete the book. Lets see how that goes. :) This is the word i worked on today. GO. It is made up of detailed waves. i like it. Go sail the seas!

The Dragon Hunt

2011-04-04T18:24:00.003+02:00

I've been meaning to post this for a while now. This was the treasure hunt I sent my Matty on. I stained an A1 paper with tea bags and burnt the edges of it to look authentic. I gave Matty a sword because he was going to face a ghastly, fire-breathing dragon on his hunt. On the way there he had to retrieve a message in a bottle from the river which had a letter from me in it and he also had to bring back the tooth of the dragon after he slayed it. I was very surprised by the 'tooth' he brought, it looked very much like a dragon tooth should look. The treasure he found was a package filled with gold paper chocolate coins and an harmonica which i would like him to learn how to play very well!! i hope he reads this ;)

Blog Dilemma resolved

2011-04-04T13:29:00.000+02:00

Hi everybody/anybody ! As the title of this post suggests, i have had a dilemma about what to post and what not to post on my blog. Keep it professional, or just go with it. This has been going on for quite some time, resulting in me not posting anything at all. Since i've already got a portfolio site .. www.behance.net/ivanaraguz.com ...woop! ... i will officiall make my blog an anything and everything design base. What i post from here on will be anything i have done that required some creativity and thinking process. I would also like to throw in some of the things that inspire me most when it comes to design. ta-daaa! let the show begin.

WOOLWORTHS 2L Milk packaging 2nd place Goldpack awards 2010

2010-10-19T22:07:00.010+02:00

I designed this Milk package for the Goldpack Awards 2010. I was awarded 2nd in the Woolworths catergory.

2010-08-02T16:58:00.000+02:00

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Marija's Kitchen Tea : Down the Rabbit Hole

2010-06-02T16:36:00.005+02:00

I designed the invitation for my sister's kitchen tea themed: Down the Rabit Hole. As a gift i created a Photographic Journey Book of the Tea Party to Marija. Photographs were taken by Brett Steele and Bianca Sgammini. My older sister and I painted the huge 'put your face in it' board with all the characters on. It was tough keeping this 3m x 1.5m surprise a secret with Marija living under the same roof let me tell you! But we pulled it off. :)

A Little Girl Lost

2010-06-02T14:17:00.006+02:00

I {heart} lamp

2010-04-27T13:21:00.003+02:00

I made this lamp with love as a belated wedding gift to my twin Marija and her husband Andrew. It took longer than expected but well worth it.

But for Now, My head is in the Clouds. Im just a Silly Love Song

2010-04-12T23:30:00.002+02:00

Arum Lilies

2010-02-22T19:48:00.002+02:00

Curly Sue

2010-02-05T12:49:00.004+02:00

Curly textured lamp

Lovely Lovely

2010-02-01T20:43:00.008+02:00

Another one of my lovely milk bottle lamps only this time it hangs from ze ceiling.

Milk and Honey

2009-11-05T00:07:00.011+02:00

This is a lamp i made out of plastic milk bottles, some wire and chicken mesh. Your rubbish is my treasure :)

Celebrate the Ordinary!

2009-10-26T16:23:00.004+02:00

This interactive champagne package gives people the opportunity to find any reason to celebrate. It is concentrated on finding gratitude in the ordinary, often overlooked aspects of life. Each person scrawls on the cardboard box, stating what they are celebrating in the given moment and drink to it. This is a definate party starter for any ordinary occasion.

Just Doodlin'

2009-10-24T09:05:00.004+02:00

Baby Clothing Store Brand

2009-10-24T08:44:00.004+02:00

Photoshop

2009-10-24T08:40:00.002+02:00

I transformed this room in photoshop by adding, manipulating and erasing objects in the room. Pretty much doing some photoshop magic. good huh?

Illustrations

2009-10-24T08:10:00.009+02:00

Illustrations for a friend's short story.

Big Blue Competition

2009-10-19T18:20:00.003+02:00

Top 3 http://http//bigblue.co.za/

Top 50 video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zV4TTyu2bDA

Big Blue Top 3!

2009-10-07T06:57:00.008+02:00

This is a t-shirt design i did for the 2009 Makulu Polane Big Blue T-shirt Competition. And i got into the top 3! (there were over 600 entries)

African Fabric Designs for Fashion week 2009

2009-09-15T17:26:00.003+02:00

I did these for renowned African fashion designer, David Tlale. These illustrations were printed on his designs and showcased at the South African fashion week 2009.

Recipe Book

2009-09-14T20:54:00.006+02:00

This is a recipe book i made which features some of the illustrations from Enid Blyton's adventure novels. Twenty paper bags with pull out recipes make up this book.

The Spanish Wedding

2009-09-12T13:26:00.003+02:00

Pencil on A2

Mister Thompson

2009-08-13T16:59:00.002+02:00

Car sketch

2009-06-05T19:42:00.002+02:00

Pencil on A2 for Mister Rui Ibanez :)

Paintings for a client. Barnyard Theatre Vereeniging

2009-04-19T18:08:00.001+02:00

Recycle Glass !

2009-04-05T17:39:00.001+02:00

* A glass bottle can take up to one million years to break down, which is how long it will sit in a landfill and take up space if it is not recycled.

* The energy saving from recycling one glass bottle will power a 100 watt light bulb for an hour.

Check if there are any glass banks close to your home by visiting this site :

http://www.theglassrecyclingcompany.co.za/content.asp?PageID=14

All you have to do is collect the bottles and pop them in a glass bank!

Love your country enough to recycle!

Some 1st year work

2009-04-04T23:21:00.001+02:00

A chinese take-away box i designed for a class project in first year.

Lino print. wrappimg paper

Buddy Holly made up of font

My very own font i designed

Beatle Mania

2009-04-04T12:19:00.002+02:00

Accrylic on hard board A1

Lennon Legend

2009-04-04T11:41:00.002+02:00

Pencil on A1

Charcoal on A0

Baby room

2009-04-03T15:18:00.002+02:00

This is the wall of a client's baby's room. Kayla is 2. :)

Baby room design

2009-03-29T22:48:00.001+02:00

Baby Room wall i designed for a client

Scarlett the scarfaced starlet

2009-03-29T22:12:00.002+02:00

Illustrations inspired by Tim Burtons characters and Alexander McQueen designs

Avid Kat

2009-03-29T20:00:00.003+02:00

These are the hoodies i designed for my label Avid Kat. Photography by Emile Kotze and Simon Harries.

Icarus

2009-03-29T18:11:00.001+02:00

Icarus

2009-03-29T17:59:00.002+02:00

Miss Marilyn Monroe is lovely to draw with charcoal because her features are soft and contrasty.