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This is the most popular of the poster images I’ve created, and was done in tandem with Blank for the Sydney Supanova convention in late 2006. The character shown here may or may not make an appearance in the sequel to Surfing The Deathline, Nations.

The initial designs for the character date to 2002 when I was studying animation, during which I created a walk cycle animation of her. During a break from Surfing The Deathline I revived her for a sort of fantasy project, based around the idea of exploring queue rage – hence the name “Cliche”. As I rediscovered my enthusiasm for Surfing The Deathline I shelved the project, but who knows I may still pursue it.

Like Blank, this was a limited printrun of 50, signed and numbered. It’s printed on 200gsm stock, and A3 in size. There’s less than 10 remaining, so if you like it, go visit the store – they tend to sell pretty quickly when I do an event.

Everyone loves a girl with a shaven head, boots and a big freaking spanner.

And if you don’t, well, best say you do and avoid a spannering.

This image features the character “Blank” from Surfing The Deathline (free stuff to the first person to correctly identify the origin / reference of her name). I think as an image this is the best of the posters, mainly for the sense of weight and inertia the character carries to one side, balanced by the cog wheel.

Fun fact: the rusty metal surface of the cog is a photo of my coffee table.

The poster of this image is A3 size and printed in full colour on 200gsm stock. It’s a limited signed and numbered printrun of 50 only, and they’re available from the Golgotha store.

Supanova Sydney 2007 saw the release of a new poster “Surrender”, which was somewhat more cheesecake than the other posters.

Exhibited Works:

• Surfing The Deathline Episode 1
• Surfing The Deathline Episode 2
• Blank
• Cliche
• Surrender

The SWF Zine Festival was held outdoors on the finger wharfs in Sydney Harbour. One of the most interesting locations I’ve been in to exhibit work.

Exhibited Works:

• Surfing The Deathline Episode 1
• Surfing The Deathline Episode 2
• Blank
• Cliche

Exhibited Works:

• Surfing The Deathline Episode 1
• Surfing The Deathline Episode 2
• Blank
• Cliche

Supanova Sydney 2006 was the first  convention at which I exhibited graphic novels and posters.

Exhibited Works:

• Surfing The Deathline Episode 1
• Surfing The Deathline Episode 2
• Blank
• Cliche

This design was created for Orana Credit Union. Many years later, I still think it’s a beautifully elegant layout, with the vertically and horizontally opposed icons for primary navigation. The bottom ones are all verb enablers, leading to functions, whereas those on the top are for informational division

The entire design scales to any browser size, and the yellow space on the home page was an adjustable post-it note space for quick news pieces etc. It’s a frames based site, which I wouldn’t do these days, but given when the design was done, that was the sanest technology choice.

This was a student project from an instructional design class. It uses html, flash, & quicktime to deliver a rich-media tourist guide experience.

Yes, the voiceover is cheesy.

Zeta Internet’s site. This was designed and built in 1999 / 2000, so the typography is very raw. The site was designed to have space available below the nav section so that advertising could be inserted.