Coastal rebranding

A slap on my wrist for neglecting my blog again... been trying to keep my Facebook page up-to-date with new work but my poor little blog has been missing out!

Here are a few of my designs for a recent complete rebranding for a local Physiotherapist...

Logo rebranding for Coastal Physiotherapy

Business cards

Website redesign - visit the new website at www.coastalphysio.com.au

The De-Clutter Project

A couple of recent Mookoo designs for logo and business cards for The De-Clutter Project...

Paper dolls

One of the great things about being a mum is remembering and reliving all the things you used to love to do as a child. Kind of like a second childhood. So, who enjoyed making paper dolls more? My little ones or their mummy? Let's just say that I was still sat at the table sticking bits of paper and sparkly stuff onto my creation long after everyone else had lost interest... and here is my end result. So much fun!

Love, nourish and indulge

I get very involved in all of my projects (I think I may even design and illustrate things in my sleep!) so I am very excited to see the Oz Goddess products taking shape at last. Here is the final poster and packaging designed to promote this new range of natural skincare products. I had a lovely email of appreciation back from my client, Courtney, which is one of the best parts of my job (the best part being the actual design bit, of course!)

The Mookoo girl

A friend recently asked me how I created the illustration of the girl used on my business cards, which is also used as my blog icon, and can also be found gracing my main portfolio page on my website. After I had described my process involving a combination of hand drawn illustration, photography and Photoshop she suggested that it would make an interesting blog, so here goes... this one is for you Donna!

1. The original face was hand drawn in black ink on white
textured paper, then photographed and opened in Photoshop.

2. I photographed a selection of different textures (interesting 

fabrics, painted canvases etc.) and pasted them into the face, 
hair and flower, tweaking the colours where necessary.

3. Details in the face (white behind eyes, pink cheeks and the lips)
were then added using the airbrush tool in Photoshop.

4. Another close up fabric photograph was used 

for the background of my business card.

5. The torn scraps of paper which hold the words Mookoo Design
were crumpled, photographed and then brought into Photoshop
and shadows added manually to give the illusion of depth. 

6. The final wording was overlayed, and the
Mookoo Design business cards were created!

Print and Pattern

One of my favourite, favourite blogs is Print & Pattern by Bowie Style - http://printpattern.blogspot.com. Dedicated to all things gorgeous in the world of surface pattern design, this blog never fails to inspire me and always reminds me why I became a designer myself. 

Even better you can also buy the "book of the blog" which is packed with gorgeous illustrations and fascinating profiles about talented designers from all over the world. Of course, this gorgeous book is now on my special bookshelf nestled between all the beautifully illustrated children's books which have been purchased "for my little girl".

Miss Clara

"With her nimble fingers Miss Clara works the paper to give birth to tiny characters so graceful that one could think without a doubt they are animated by exquisite magic."


I have been mesmerised by this French artist for a while now and thought it was time to share. I first discovered Miss Clara when I purchased a postcard of her work from my local book shop. I then rushed home and googled her to find a website (which fortunately can be translated to English) http://missclara.free.fr and her blog (which unfortunately, can't) http://lescarnetsdemissclara.blogspot.com. Sadly, the only thing that remains from my French lessons at school is Je m'appelle Deborah, Bonjour and Au revoir, but at least I can gaze upon her amazing artworks... who needs words when something is this beautiful?