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Francois Smit
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I am Francois Smit, one of 6.91 billion graphic designers, artists, illustrators and video makers. And web designer people. 


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This is not a Ripoff
Cover illustration done for Art South Africa. Although a little tragic to be furthering another senseless Malema-like debate, the a...
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Painting Linda
Linda - painting in progress. I started this a while ago to get away from the computer and 50% done. Finishing from here on feels more like a restorati...
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News Illustrations
A small selection of weekly newspaper illustrations done since 1992. Says Vivian van der Merwe: "The work of Francois is distinguis...
639 Hits

Faces 1
Screen sketches - faces & features. Experiments with line thickness, length and direction. Combining technical drawing and cari...
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Work


This is not a Ripoff
on 10 September 2011, 07.44
Cover illustration done for Art South Africa. Although a little tragic to be furthering another ...
521 Hits
The Alla Prima Portrait Excerpts
on 09 May 2011, 14.12
I found this a very inspiring few moments of confidence and brush hornyness. Who is he: Robert L...
487 Hits
Faces 1
on 21 April 2011, 20.19
Screen sketches - faces & features. Experiments with line thickness, length and direction. C...
596 Hits
Sketches 1
on 20 April 2011, 14.47
Quick sketches in bars, on receits and invoices. Tissue paper. Faces, people, bodies. The luxury...
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Art Fair of the Dogs
on 19 April 2011, 13.59
Photos taken in Louis Botha Avenue at the time of the 2010 Sandton Art Fair. People's signage, l...
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Photos - general
on 19 April 2011, 13.35
A few photos of famlily and work. Trying out the new camera. around the house, family, work. . ...
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Painting Linda
on 19 April 2011, 07.43
Linda - painting in progress. I started this a while ago to get away from the computer and 50% d...
436 Hits
The Invisible man: Francois Smit and the Sunday Illustration
on 16 April 2011, 22.03
Francois Smit is not famous. Many have seen his work but few will recognize his name. He has qui...
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The wax calculation
on 12 April 2011, 16.26
It is always sobering to see tangible pictures of how much stuff we produce as a global machine....
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News Illustrations
on 24 June 2010, 17.55
A small selection of weekly newspaper illustrations done since 1992. Says Vivian van der Merwe: ...
639 Hits
Rhodes Journalism Review
on 16 September 2009, 22.13
By Anne Taylor, Rhodes Journalism ReviewFrancois Smit is an artist, designer and illustrator. Ma...
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Exhibition opening speech
on 17 April 2006, 22.09
I have been looking at the art of Francois since 1986. That equals twenty years of aesthetic scr...
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Smit's images speak without words
on 12 February 2006, 22.10
A man thrashes about in murky water hoping to stave off death by drowning, while all who surroun...
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Even hell can get boring
on 05 February 2006, 22.08
On the eve of his first solo exhibition, we bring you the life and times of Francois Smit, the a...
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