One illustrator, 21 styles https://movinglines.digital Ideas made visible Mon, 26 Jan 2026 14:44:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://movinglines.digital/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/ML-device-black-100.png One illustrator, 21 styles https://movinglines.digital 32 32 Rudi’s Family https://movinglines.digital/rudis-family/ Thu, 27 Feb 2025 19:48:19 +0000 https://movinglines.digital/?p=30395 RUDI’S FAMILY CAN CAUSE YEARNINGS FOR A FARAWAY DREAM CHILDHOOD. This simple story has layers to it. I enjoyed drawing hints of what those layers might be, in the typical ways South African kids used to have fun, with not a cellphone or tablet in sight. There is true tenderness and care here amongst the family members, with everyone contributing to a great time spent together, be the surroundings ever so humble. Rudi’s background is not all fun and games. He lost his mother at a young age, and never knew his dad. These facts are presented matter-of-factly, and he moves on swiftly to the present, and his kind grandparents who provide such a happy home.  Peter Lague, publisher for Via Afrika, Cape Town, commissioned and directed the work. The style is realistic, in the Simple Line style, because it’s a straightforward story, with a lot going on in the background. See more Children’s Stories here. MORE FROM THE STUDIO  

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]]> Treehouse Bully https://movinglines.digital/treehouse-bully/ https://movinglines.digital/treehouse-bully/#respond Wed, 26 Feb 2025 18:51:55 +0000 https://movinglines.digital/?p=30323 Boys turn on the bully and tell him he's mean. Sami in the foreground is walking away, but overhears the conversation.

THE TREEHOUSE BULLY Very few of us have survived a childhood without being bullied. This is a sweet story about an unusual defence by a crew of little boys of a little girl. Their leader (one assumes he is also the lord and master of the treehouse) refuses entry to the foreign interloper, a little girl called Sami. He ‘wins’ in the end, after his own fashion.  A 12-page Reader for Grade 1, art-directed by Peter Lague, publisher for Via Afrika, Cape Town. The style is Zen Zany, one of the 21 styles I offer. See more stories here.  

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]]> https://movinglines.digital/treehouse-bully/feed/ 0 My Family https://movinglines.digital/my-family/ Wed, 26 Feb 2025 15:18:08 +0000 https://movinglines.digital/?p=30290 Indian boy (aged 7) with grandma and grandpa, playing on the swings.

‘My family’ can mean many things, and that’s normal. This story emphasises how everyone’s family can be very different, with blended families becoming more frequent these days. The old nuclear family model is a distant memory in many cases. The pictures look at what makes a family, and how all children deserve love.  A 12-page Reader for Grade 1, art-directed by Peter Lague, publisher for Via Afrika, Cape Town. The style used here is the Paper Style, best for simple concepts.  Back to News/Views  

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]]> Clothes for the Cold https://movinglines.digital/clothes-for-the-cold/ https://movinglines.digital/clothes-for-the-cold/#respond Mon, 24 Feb 2025 19:16:43 +0000 https://movinglines.digital/?p=30170 Ratsebo, a black boy in long grey pants and blue-grey long-sleeved shirt, barefoot, shivering, standing on a pathway with a large rock beside him. There are dark clouds above. The pathway leads back to a washing line strung between two simple homes. Hanging on line: the socks, gloves, fluffy hooded coat and big sun hat that feature in following images. On one doorstep are yellow boots. Everything looks cold and dreary.

Clothes for the Cold was commissioned by publisher Peter Lague, for Via Afrika, Cape Town. The story takes up 12 pages of a Grade 1 Reader. The right clothes make every kind of weather enjoyable. We watch Ratsego adjust to his local weather with clothes for the cold and clothes for the heat as well. Everyone living in Cape Town and environs knows that here, we dress in layers. Four seasons in one day are not uncommon. The background is a typical scene from the small West Coast fishing village of Arniston, in the Western Cape, South Africa. This style is the Simple Line – great for conveying a lot of information in an accessible way.  See more Children’s Stories here. Back to News/Views  

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  These little CrazyTalk animations provide a friendly beginning and end to educational Powerpoint courses. The client was Poema, working with Unicef to provide capacity in an African government department. This course focused on statistics.

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