Lovestock & Leaf

"Lovestock & Leaf is an internet development company based in Fitzroy, Melbourne. We specialize in the customization and integration of cloud-based services across all internet mediums, from desktop and server to the multitude of new mobile devices."

I worked with Lovestock & Leaf as a graphic designer for about 8 months, which was good fun! It was great to be around the VERY small team, and was (still am) really thankful that they took me in when I was just a mere clueless student!

One project I worked on during my time there was rebuilding their website. They wanted something warmer, friendlier, and less 'corporate', so tadaa!

My contributions include personalised illustration and icons done from scratch.

 

Featured on NICE Magazine

A few months back, Catherine from Nicework, a Johannesburg-based creative communications agency, got in contact with me asking if I would like to be featured on NICE Magazine, their online digital magazine.

Well, hell yeah I would love to be featured! It's such an honour to know that people out there appreciate your work and what you do - I am ever so grateful to be able to experience that, and to get recognised for doing what I love doing!

NICE Magazine has been up and running for a while now, and each issue aims to "showcase talented designers, illustrators and other extraordinary creatives". I'm telling you now, you won't regret flicking through each page, trust me! Great stories, great artworks, great artists and designers from around the globe... Great read!

I am featured on their latest issue, Issue 8: The Cities Issue, which reveals "creative work from established or emergent design and art capitals of the world, including: Monterrey, Reykjavik, New York, Johannesburg and Melbourne". I hope you'll enjoy reading it as much as I did!

And to Catherine and the team at NICE Magazine, thank you so much for this!

A Short Update!

I know, I know. I have been neglecting this blog for quite some time now. But hey I have a really good excuse - I finally landed a full-time graphic design job! I'm absolutely loving every single moment of it.

Another update - I'm no longer blonde too. It was entirely my choice but I'm still having mixed feelings about it, though. I do miss it at times, but urgh the maintenance was unbelievable! The regrowth bugged me to death, and I was always paranoid that my hair was turning yellow and ugly. But anyway, I loved it while it lasted! (And will let my blog header stay in memory of my blonde days.)

So till my next blog post, take care, everyone!
 

Library Tuesdays : Spooky Sticker Book

It's Tuesday already! Man, time has really been flying, it's crazy!

So here's today's featured book in my library:

Spooky Sticker Book

Designed and Illustrated by Stella Baggott

Written by Fiona Watt

(2008, UK)

I know, I know, it's a just sticker book, but I adore it just as much. And it's still in mint condition! Found this on the bargain table outside a book store, buried under stacks and stacks of books they were trying to get rid of. My gain!

Inside are lovely spreads of different spooky settings you can ever think of - from Frankenstein's laboratory, to an abandoned haunted house, and even a ghost ship. Yup, all kinds of possibilities for the sticker maniac in you!

And the stickers! I can go on for hours talking about these sticky babies, so here are a couple of photos to show you what I mean instead!

How can anyone say no to funny-looking cartoon zombies?

And dancing monsters!! Gaaahh they are my weakness!

 

Library Tuesdays : Aliens Love Underpants

I am hereby declaring the birth of Library Tuesdays! It's a day where you are all invited into my humble little library - a collection of books that inspire me, and books that I love!

Before I start, I'll have to warn you, the books that I collect might seem a little different to what you're probably expecting from a typical 22-year-old. So be warned. ;)

The first book I'd like to share is:

 

Aliens Love Underpants

by Claire Freedman and Ben Cort

(2007, UK)

This is one of my favourites in my collection so far. I love that it's so cheeky, plus the entire book rhymes too! It's about how these aliens don't come down to Earth to meet humans, they come for our underwear instead!

I love the details in this book, in terms of illustration and imagery. You can tell that the authors / illustrators had fun with them - just look at the magazine he's reading, and all the bumper stickers on the spaceship!

The illustration is absolutely flawless too. Just like all the other books in my collection, I can just stare at each page for hours and still be mesmerised by each stroke and detail!

I can't wait for Tuesdays now to share MORE of them with you!
 

Refreshed and Improved!

Hi all! I know, it's been a while, but I'm glad to announce that I'm BACK - all refreshed with new improvements!

I hope you're enjoying my new header and new features on this blog. Of course,  I admit there's still plenty room to improve, so it won't just stop here. I'm still learning and growing!

I've been working on my whole branding and identity, and as promised in a post or two before, here are some photos:

 

 

  

  

You might start to notice one thing about me and my white spaces - I absolutely adore clean, white spaces. There's just something about it that's so pure and uncontaminated, and I'm a strong believer that you don't always need flashy graphics and images to capture someone and to speak to them. I might be wrong, but hey, maybe 5 years down the line I'd read this again and think otherwise!

Moving on, another improvement you'll be seeing with this website / blog is that I will be updating and posting more regularly. Whether it's a one-image post, or a single paragraph, or even an interesting link I stumble upon - I have promised myself that I will be sharing it here.

I hope you're looking forward to seeing more of me here, as much as I'm super excited to share all sorts of things with you!

Have a good night and a great week ahead. :)

 

Header #4

Just because! :)