Society6 Studio / David Maclennan

Bra Croc

David Maclennan (davidmaclennan) — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:57:46 -0800

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

David Maclennan (davidmaclennan) — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:51:11 -0800

Done for Neue magazine's Barcelona issue

Gentleman Robot

David Maclennan (davidmaclennan) — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 05:10:13 -0800

The Freshest Leopard

David Maclennan (davidmaclennan) — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 05:09:24 -0800

The tea party

David Maclennan (davidmaclennan) — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 23:25:39 -0800

Springleap T

David Maclennan (davidmaclennan) — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 02:35:33 -0800

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/view/a-very-important-date

Better days - monsters of the Cape Town Archives

David Maclennan (davidmaclennan) — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 01:20:14 -0800

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.

Illustrated type

David Maclennan (davidmaclennan) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:09:44 -0800

GSDH print

David Maclennan (davidmaclennan) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:07:24 -0800

Big wall print made for the company where I work.

Why Pandas Are Black And White

David Maclennan (davidmaclennan) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:48:51 -0800

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.

Neptune's revenge

David Maclennan (davidmaclennan) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:45:17 -0800

Call me Ishmael

David Maclennan (davidmaclennan) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:07:28 -0800

After the incident with the whale, he developed a taste for danger. He now sails by appointment to the King, collecting rewards for dispatching all threats to the royal merchant fleet. I am so making a comic out of this...

Messiah Ward

David Maclennan (davidmaclennan) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:26:52 -0800

My submission for the Australian design mag Wooden Toy's music issue. It's an illustration based on a line from the song 'Messiah Ward' by Nick Cave. His lyrics have so much great imagery, I've been meaning to do something based on his songs for a while. Now I finally have. Hoping to modify this into a t-shirt print as well. Check out the online version of the magazine. It's full of eye candy and informative words: http://www.woodentoyquarterly.com/

Rain Dog

David Maclennan (davidmaclennan) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:19:30 -0800

Water and rain animals feature often in much of South African mythology. The bushmen had a belief that everything is alive, including the rain, which was brought by a strange creatures living in deep pools of water. In rain-making rituals these creatures would be hunted and captured in the spirit world, which the shamans would enter through trance.

Mr Cthulu

David Maclennan (davidmaclennan) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:33:46 -0800

An 80's skateboard-art tribute. Was thinking about an old skateboard passed on by my older brother (wish I still had it). Awesome yet offensive neon colours, fat black outlines and zombie skulls. Made this piece with this in mind. Mr Cthulu, corporate Elder God. He means business.