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March 10
Bra Croc
Bra (brother) Croc is the meanest, most pimpingest dude on the streets. This is a very South African image ("ingozi" means "danger" in Xhosa and "pasop" is Afrikaans for "watch out"), but I'm interested to know what all you out there in internet-land think of it. Hugs and kisses from the dark continent.
Neue magazine - Barcelona type
Done for Neue magazine's Barcelona issue
March 3
Gentleman Robot
The Freshest Leopard
February 15
The tea party
January 6
Springleap T
Mr Voodoo Rabbit is late for his very important date.But he’s got a bottle and a pocket watch, and an awesome monocle, so he’ll probably be ok.

My first submission for South-African-based t-shirt site Springleap. They're running themed competitions. This month it's an Alice in Wonderland theme.

Update: I won!!! Awesome and thanks if any of you voted!
http://www.springleap.com/designs/vie...rtant-date
December 18
Better days - monsters of the Cape Town Archives
Some images i've been working on for a while on and off. I took old photographs from the Cape Town Archives, and brought in some mighty beasts. The mother city would totally be better if these guys were still roaming around the mountains.

These will soon be available as framed limited edition hand-tinted black and white prints. They will be printed at 6x8 inch photo size. It's gonna be awesome, so check back soon.
November 25
Illustrated type
GSDH print
Big wall print made for the company where I work.
Why Pandas Are Black And White
This is my submission for the Ami collective Bare exhibition. They created 100 of these guys and gave them to artists and designers to decorate. The exhibition will hopefully travel, before the Bares are auctioned off. All proceeds from the auction go to child welfare.

Check out the website at http://bare.amicollective.com/

There’s some amazing work on display.

Why pandas are black and white
A Chinese legend

In the days before animals stopped talking to humans, pandas used to be entirely white. The pandas were friends with a young shepherd girl, who always brought her flock to graze near the bamboo forest. One day a huge leopard came out of the forest, and tried to eat one of the panda cubs. The girl stopped the leopard from eating the cub, but she was killed. The pandas came to the funeral, and to show mourning, they rubbed black ash on their arms to make a black band. As they cried, they rubbed their eyes and ears and hugged each other, spreading the ash. They still wear these markings today out of respect for the girl who died so that one of their kind could live.

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David Maclennan

David Maclennan, Illustrator and maker of things, based in Cape Town, South Africa

Illustrator and maker of things, based in Cape Town, South Africa