Historical illustration: Nuremberg Rally
A teacher mentioned to me it was hard to find actual historical events as colouring in activity sheets. The teacher was looking for something relevant to give senior students as an activity once they have completed their work. I felt very uncomfortable drawing this image. My fear was I didn’t want people to think I […]
Graphic Design: Site and Sound
Site and Sound is an initiative from Leichhardt Council that aims to animate and enliven the Leichhardt Town Hall, a building that has been in community use for 128 consecutive years. I felt the design needed to be fun and represent this reinvention of public buildings. The supplied sepia photo was so easy to work […]
Graphic Design: Heritage Week Brochure
Design Brief: Heritage Week brochure of events using supplied historical photos and text. Working with: Commissioned by Leichhardt Council. Amie Zar, Local History. Skills & responsibilities: Design & art direction. www.localnotes.net.au www.leichhardt.nsw.gov.au/ Library/Local-History
Graphic Design: WW1 History Week Exhibition
Design Brief: A tribute to Leichhardt’s local war heroes. Design and layout exhibition 10 X A1 panels for 2014 History Week exhibition. for display in Leichhardt Library. Text and images supplied. Working with: Commissioned by Leichhardt Council. Amie Zar, Local History. Skills & responsibilities: Design & art direction. www.localnotes.net.au
Exhibition: Annandale Sketches
In 2005, I was living in Annandale studying Graphic Design at night at the Enmore Design Centre. I felt I’d been working on computers so much, I needed to get back to what I loved. Which is was simply drawing on paper, I grabbed my sketchbook and pen. I sat across the road from my home […]