Kid 9
Josh “KID9″ Thorsen is an illustrator and graphic designer living on the Gold Coast, QLD Australia. As a child of the eighties it’s clear to see that KID9′s work is heavily influenced by his childhood love of classic cartoons, skateboarding culture, comics and anime. KID9′s earlier work exploded with bold color palettes giving life to goonish characters and the world in which they were created, leaving the viewer experiencing nothing short of an LSD flashback. More recently, having experienced life as a father of 2 with partner in crime Kat Cameron aka TeamKitten, KID9′s work has matured and become more refined using simpler but just as bold color palettes and a much cleaner, individual line style. Working in the graphic design industry for the last 7 years has also strengthened his love for typography and letter design.
Consistently producing original, inspiring work since the late 1990′s, KID9 has firmly cemented his position within the Australian lowbrow art and sneaker culture scene. He is regularly invited to participate in live paint installations and has exhibited in and curated solo and group shows worldwide.
KID9 has collaborated with some of Australia’s leading streetwear labels and stores to develop clothing ranges, interior installations and branding including Mambo, Laced Sneaker Culture, Scribe Outlined, Sneak & Destroy, TRNRS and has also been featured in numerous publications including Semi Permanent (Aus), We Are The Image Makers, World Wide Designers (France) Peak Street Magazine, Colorink (USA), Libertine and Out4Fame.
KID9 is truly an all rounder, able to execute from concept to production on digital and traditional projects ranging from branding and identity to hand painted murals and installations.
Josh Rufford
Josh Rufford likes to draw, paint and animate using pens, ink, acrylic, watercolours and any kind of found objects to create interesting visual compositions. Josh currently works as a graphic designer by day and freelance illustrator/animator by night.
DUSC
Dusc is a Gold Coast based graphic artist and illustrator. Combining elements of ink, paint, pencil, collage and digital mediums, his pieces borrow inspiration from all forms of art, typography, music, film and photography, with a style that has evolved from his years working in the design, advertising and fashion industries.
Dusc is the art, design and illustration work of Steve Nowland.
Porsha Marais
My name is Porsha Marais.
I am a designer, illustrator and aesthetic perfectionist.
I studied Graphic Design at the Queensland College of Art (QCA) and graduated on 2009 with a killer GPA (clearly reflecting my ambition to please all and obsession with results).
I specialise in branding, print, illustration and packaging design.
I am a fashion enthusiast, paper lover, screenshot addict and devotee of beautiful things.
In my downtime (which doesnt come by too often) I like to work for myself on self-assigned projects; like illustrations for friends + family, design competition submissions and possibly some mental dreaming/planning of the ultimate capsule wardrobe.
check out my work and tell me you love it.
The Blind Kid
Brandon Els aka ‘The Blind Kid’ is a Graphic Designer and Artist from the Gold Coast, Australia.
He is the Creative Director and co-owner of Skate, Surf, Wake, Snow, Design, Art & Music magazine Trunk Junk Quarterly.
www.theblindkid.com
www.trunkjunkquarterly.com
Ashleigh Brennan
Ashleigh Brennan is a graphic designer who enjoys bézier curves, lurking in supermarket aisles, candy, sunshine and small animals. Ashleigh Brennan will design for candy, or for the pleasure of patting your small dog … but money is good too.
Ashleigh specialises in typography, branding and illustration. She is very particular and spends her ‘down time’ proofing large amounts of body copy and zooming in to 6400% (that’s as far as it zooms).
Team Kitten
Team Kitten aka Kat Cameron is an illustrator, product and textile designer living on the sunny Gold Coast with her partner in crime Josh aka KID 9and 2 small children.She gathers her inspiration from her love of all things cute, bold colours, patterns, japanese bits n bobs, vintage homewares, retro designs, babushka dolls, kids toys, blythe, childrens books, the dark side, bunnies, kittens and lambs.
Kat manages to have many projects on the go both personal and for clients. Some of her clients include: Coke, Mambo, Emirates Airlines, Daihatsu, McDonalds, Shell, Cadbury, Kustom footwear and Illicit Clothing.
Jay Woods
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