Savyra Meyer

Creative mind for hire!

My mission is to bring beauty and functionality to what I do for all my clients, which include book publishers, film producers, ad agencies, online educational services and associations not for gain. 20 styles include minimal black/white to loose scribbles, to highly realistic. See styles page on savyra.com. Media: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, pencil; pen/brush & ink; koki, pencil crayon and water colour. See also www.picture-kitchen.com for more samples specifically animation.

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Experience
1988 to now>>> creative consultant, Durban/Cape Town

C L I E N T S:

IILUSTRATION FOR EDUCATIONAL AND PICTURE BOOK PUBLISHING:

Cambridge University Press, C Town (+- 16 books)
Oxford University Press, C Town (3 books)
Maskew Miller Longman, C Town (20+ books)
Shuter & Shooter Publishers (Pty) Ltd, Pietermaritzburg (20+ books, often sole illustrator)
New Africa Books (2 books, sole illustrator on one)
Heinemann, JHburg (1 book)


EDITORIAL, ARCHITECTURAL, MAPS, GRAPHIC DESIGN, HIGH-REALISM ILLUSTRATION & STORYBOARDS:

Velocity Films, Cape Town (Menu for Playdoh TV ad)
Robben Island Museum: (Gateway ext and int views, map of island)

Canal Walk and University of Cape Town (Maps)
Made in Africa Films and Pangaman Productions (Storyboards)

Endemol Productions, Jhburg (Cherub figure for All You Need Is Love program)

Real Magazine, Jhburg - extended Cherub figure to feature at head of regular columns, also as zodiac symbols)

Cape Town Ad agencies: high realism pix; storyboards; concept boards

Iziko Museums, Cape Town: A0 Poster: Dept of Archeology


CARTOONS, COMICS & CARICATURES:

Storyteller Group, formerly of JHburg now Cape Town (Collaborated on 2 comics)
Development and Communication Consultants, Durban and Cape Town (3 comics)
Caricatures for Fair Lady Magazine during 3 hour function
Cambridge University Press, Cape Town: Comic: Honey Baby.

COMPUTER GRAPHICS (inc animation)

AIDS Consultancy and Training, Dbn (AIDS homecare leaflets and other material)

AdvTech, Cape Town & Johannesburg (Animations/computer graphics for computer based training, graphical user interfaces)

FUNDISI.COM Cape Town: developed corporate ID for Fundisi.com, also character for courses. Designed user interface for e-courses.

RCCP: A subsidiary of OneWorld Sustainable Investments, RCCP commissioned me to design conference materials. Among these were 4 teasers in the form of animated gifs which were mailed out to delegates before the conference. View on picture-kitchen.com, under Concepts.

Other:

Speak, read & write English and Afrikaans, speak German & Zulu, studying Xhosa.

I N T E R E S T S

Borgward cars, music esp Leonard Cohen, Rammstein & Laurie Anderson; Tai Chi; interpreting dreams; photography; ballroom/latin dancing.

C O N T A C T

+27 21 785 6879 Mobile: +27 72 19 444 09
OR EMAIL studio@savyra.com

Location

Cape Town, South Africa

Specialties

  • Illustration
  • Motion Graphics

Experience

20+ years

Education

Press Art School, London

Awards

Watch this space, one of these days I'll have time to put my work up for consideration...

Affiliations

SCBWI Society of Childrens Book Writers and Illustrators; South African Freelance Association

Website

www.savyra.com