Visual Identity
Logo design, corporate communication design, branding & social media identity design
Illustration: Digital & hand-crafted
Illustration for t-shirts, posters, websites, brochures, textile patterns, book covers, CD covers, magazine articles, wall art, and more… In vector, pixel, watercolour, ink, collage, drawing or mixed techniques (check out this great article about types of illustration).
Communication design & Layout
// for publication (Books, booklets, reports, catalogs, magazines, newsletters, CD covers)
// for promotion (Posters, brochures, invitations, signage, adverts, social media graphics/headers/posts)
// to inform (infographics, menu’s, icons, info packs, summary reports, info sheets, Powerpoint presentations)
// to inspire (posters, posts, images to inspire action, compassion, or spark interest)
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Work Experience
- The Ad Factory, Johannesburg – 2007
- Profit Creative, Pretoria – 2007
- It’s called Advertising – 2007-2008
- Media Hunter – 2009
After the above jobs I started to work as freelance graphic designer and fine artist, expressing more and more of my diverse range of styles, techniques and approaches. As part of the Site_Specific team I created marketing materials & graphic design for Stories of Rain – Global Nomadic Art Project (2016), the Site_Specific International Land Art Biennale, Plettenberg Bay (2013), and a Land Art project at Wildekrans Country House for Elgin Open Gardens (2015). Since 2012 I have been consulting on branding, graphic design & signage for StateoftheArt gallery who also exclusively sell my Nuances art series.
Previous Clients also include (in no particular order):
Knysna Basin Project, African Climate Reality Project, Kairos Connect, Maurice Mbikayi, Strijdom van der Merwe, Ingrid Nuss, Liebrecht Gallery, Gluten Free Girl, BioWise, Clean C, Annie le Roux, Abavuki, Plant Powered Living, Cape Town Eco Film Festival, The Idea Processor, Sol E Alma, Optima Training and AMSOL
Education & relevant workshops
Pen & Stone – calligraphy workshop. Presented by Heleen de Haas, Die Letterhuis, Prince Albert, South Africa. (2018) // Cross Pollination Workshop by Karen Suskin, Helen van Zyl & Haldane Martin. Cape Town (2011) // Lomography Workshop Facilitated by Fernando Badiali from Exposure Gallery at Greatmore Studios, Cape Town (2009) // B TECH: Graphic Design (Cum Laude), Vaal University of Technology (2006) // Entrepreneurship Certificate, North West University (2000). View a more detailed resume
Contact me
The best way to contact me is by using the contact form or sending a email to art@janetbotes.co.za. Please add some information about your project, request or idea.
My availability for design services and other projects fluctuate quite a lot, depending on other projects, exhibitions, travel and/or training that I might be focusing on. When I am available for design projects, the lead time on a ‘walk-in’ project (if you’re not on a retainer package with me) is 5 days – you will get your first draft design within 5 weekdays from payment of a non-refundable 50% deposit.
What else I do & offer
I am an artist
Products
Paintings and Drawings
Limited Edition Prints
Recycled Art & Craft
Sculptures
View my art portfolio >>
Projects and Collaborations
I can coordinate, organise, and offer support on projects, exhibitions, installations, events, retreats and new creative businesses
I am a creative coach & a workshop facilitator
Workshops & programmes
Land Art sessions
One-on-one coaching
Creative workshops
Upcycling workshops
Journaling circle
Creative rituals workshop
‘Sensploration’ sessions
‘Ignite your Metamorphosis’ creativity programme
Contact me to chat about possibilities!