Fly Your Flag

FLY YOUR FLAG

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Nike Air Max Pre-Day - "Fly Your Flag" Competition | Shelflife

In celebration of the launch of the Nike Air Max Pre Day Be True, and pride month Shelflife put together a competition, the question they asked was, : what does a flag representing equality mean, and look like to you?

You could design your own flag using as many colours, images, symbols or fonts as you like, accompanied by a few words explaining why this flag represents inclusivity and equality to you.

Equality & Inclusivity.

An illustration I did for a competition Shelflife South Africa held, in honour of releasing the new Nike "Be True" Sneaker.

This flag represents all of us. We all matter, we're all equal, no matter our beliefs, the shape of our bodies, our weight, our sexual orientation, we're all equal.

In this illustration i want to show that no matter what we look like, we can all still stand together and fly our flag, whichever flag that is. Each character in this illustration is different but are able to live ine the same space, regardless of the shape of their bodies or their colour.

Inclusivity to me means feeling like I belong, that im part of something greater than myself. I asked my partner what she thinks equality and Inclusivity means and she told me honesty and acceptance.

We have to accept ourselves first and foremost and learn to accept one another as we are.

I've always been insecure about the way I look until I realised my imperfections make me me.

So , If you have a big head, coarse hair, small feet, a round belly or a sharp nose, don't worry you're still matter.
We all do.

Equality. 🏳️‍🌈

Planning and rough sketches :

Final Composition and flat colours:

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Final Artwork.

Always an amazing feeling when you can physically touch you art.

After winning the Shelflife, Nike Airmax Pre-Day 'Fly Your Flag' Competition, Shelflife printed the flag out in full scale and sent it to me.
Really a beautiful experience seeing it come to life and holding the flag. The best thing about it was that a donation was made by Shelflife in my name to the Pride Shelter. Knowing that by creating this it helped those in need is the best thing about all this.

I then decided to take the time and paint the flag as a mural, I experimented quite a bit and adjusted the artwork so that it would make a bit more sense on a bigger scale, its not perfect but I'm proud and super happy with the result.

Final Result.

All painted with Montana 94 Spray Paint.

Stepping out of your comfort zone and pushing yourself is always tricky but its worth it.
This one meant alot to me, personal wins always mean more! Keep trying
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Heres some process shots :