Pretoria

Adelle van Zyl

Realistic and semi-stylized digital illustrations
My Disciplines
Illustration
About The Creative

I create realistic and semi-stylised digital illustrations for journals, textbooks, and other educational publications and projects. I have been working as a freelance illustrator specialising in educational material since 2008, and have contributed to over 300 books published in South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Zambia, Malawi, and Uganda. My clients include Macmillan, Pearson, Oxford University Press, Penguin, and Tafelberg. I draw freehand in Adobe Photoshop using a pen and stylus, which means my drawings can be extremely detailed while retaining a sense of loose lines and pencil-on-paper authenticity. Meanwhile, the modifying ability of digital drawing achieves the perfect illustration. My favourite subject matter includes objects, animals, and people.

Creative output/s I am interested in producing:
Imagery for publications
Use art methodologies to help co-design messages
Help visualise strategic storytelling of scientists' work for policy
Branches of science I'm interested in:
Atmospheric Sciences
Climatology
Glaciology
Oceanography
Astronomy
Geology
Meteorology
Structural Geology
Anatomy
Biotechnology
Botany
Ecology
Ethology
Genetics
Microbiology
Nursing
Pharmacy
Zoology
Analytical Chemistry
Electrochemistry
Inorganic Chemistry
Thermodynamics
Chemistry
Electromagnetics
Kinetics
Physics
Anthropology
Economics
Geography
Social Psychology
Archaeology
Criminology
History
Political Science

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