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I've definitely had a bit of a "Proudly South African" vibe going of late, which in part leads to this latest piece.

The original inspiration though was a recent trip to a game lodge called Mabula which is situated two-and-a-half hour's drive north of Joburg, where we were visited on one of the days by a rather unique looking local antelope, known as a Nyala . A definite loner, we only saw him once on the trip, but he had enough personality to inspire me to create a Nyala-esque character.

I'd also been planning for a while to create a Springbok character as part of my desire to introduce more of South Africa into my art... this led to these two locals.

The Springbok has the character of an isiZulu girl named Lungile, the Nyala is an Afrikaans guy by the name of Zander.

I could go into their biographies now, but this description is already long enough... I'll post separate bio's for them at a later stage, but here's a quick lesson on their names:

Name meanings:

Lungile (Loo-n-ghee-leh): The Good One

Zander (Zah-n-der): Protector

Surname pronounciation:

Sigege (See-geh-geh)

Cilliers (Silly-ehrs)

Background images:

The image on the left is of one of the best-known landmarks in Joburg - The Nelson Mandela Bridge.

The image on the right is a pic I took of scenery at Mabula Game Lodge.

Also, for locals checking this out, kudos if you recognised the Love Jozi shirt/logo!

Description
I've definitely had a bit of a "Proudly South African" vibe going of late, which in part leads to this latest piece.

The original inspiration though was a recent trip to a game lodge called Mabula which is situated two-and-a-half hour's drive north of Joburg, where we were visited on one of the days by a rather unique looking local antelope, known as a Nyala . A definite loner, we only saw him once on the trip, but he had enough personality to inspire me to create a Nyala-esque character.

I'd also been planning for a while to create a Springbok character as part of my desire to introduce more of South Africa into my art... this led to these two locals.

The Springbok has the character of an isiZulu girl named Lungile, the Nyala is an Afrikaans guy by the name of Zander.

I could go into their biographies now, but this description is already long enough... I'll post separate bio's for them at a later stage, but here's a quick lesson on their names:

Name meanings:

Lungile (Loo-n-ghee-leh): The Good One

Zander (Zah-n-der): Protector

Surname pronounciation:

Sigege (See-geh-geh)

Cilliers (Silly-ehrs)

Background images:

The image on the left is of one of the best-known landmarks in Joburg - The Nelson Mandela Bridge.

The image on the right is a pic I took of scenery at Mabula Game Lodge.

Also, for locals checking this out, kudos if you recognised the Love Jozi shirt/logo!