azuzephre's Pon and Zi and his other illustrations

20 year old Jeff Thomas, an art student, also known as azuzephre is the artist of the widespread series, Pon and Zi. You can find this series as well as some of his other illustrations at deviantart and azuzephre.net, a lot of people also go to www.ponandzi.com which is created by fans of Pon and Zi and not by Jeff himself.

Some assumed that Jeff is gay, possibly because of his artworks and this illustration:


His reaction in reply to someone's comment on his deviantart profile asking if he is in fact gay:

"I'm actually asexual. I'm not sexually attracted to either gender.

I've dated both guys and girls, and it doesn't bother me if people assume I'm gay, so identifying myself as asexual isn't a way to dodge any criticism. I protested against Prop 8 here in California, and yeah.

But since you asked, that's what I am."

love your earth: INTERNATIONAL DESIGN COMPETITION

Love your earth is an international design competition which was held by Designboom and DA - design association japan in 2007.

"as each day goes by the problems facing the earth become more
and more apparent, its quite clear that many things must change
and sooner rather than later. throughout history graphic design
has proved itself as one of the best means to instigate a change in
society and communicate the urgency of action. in this competition
we were looking for graphic artworks that raise awareness of the
environmental issues affecting our delicate planet and provoke a
positive change in the many things that are compromising
our biosphere."

The winners and some of the other entrants, delivered interesting designs, but how is this going to change the earth in a positive way? If the people likes a design it will surely raise awareness. A picture can go just that far. Here are some of the designs:

This one won first prize-

name of design : sprout: symbols to cultivate change
design by : Savio Alphonso + instructors for my mfa thesis: theron moore + john t. drew + sergio lizarraga from usa
designer's own words:
A series of symbols from my MFA Thesis Exhibition entitled 'Sprout: Symbols to Cultivate Change'. Amidst the complexity of our accelerated lives, these simplified visual interpretations act as concise abbreviations promoting awareness about the environmental issues facing our global community today.

This one won 2nd prize-

name of design : a tree is not just a tree
design by : agasuke , + jun tashiro (agasuke) from japan

designer's own words: a tree is not just a tree, but it is part of the ecosystem. if you cut a tree, you kill many living things.

name of design : good deed heart
design by : peter blake from uk
designer's own words:
From a university project based upon the practise of good deeds, this screen printed design illustrates over 20 good deeds that make the world a better place, each one numbered and explained below the main image. Because to make the world a better place we need to do more than just look after the environment, these good deeds are a combination of environmental, community, goodwill and wellbeing good deeds. Copy reads: 1. Smile / 2. Do an odd job / 3. Give someone a lift / 4. Shade someone / 5. Help a pensioner cross the road / 6. Pick up some litter / 7. Give money to the poor / 8. Carry somebody’s shopping / 9. Conserve electricity / 10. Buy some flowers / 11. Pay a compliment / 12. Mow the lawn / 13. Ride a bike / 14. Buy someone an icecream / 15. Recycle / 16. Give someone shelter / 17. Conserve water / 18. Send a thankyou letter / 19. Give up your seat / 20. Tolerate others / 21. Get some exercise / 22. Call an old friend / 23. Plant a tree / Do a good deed!

name of design : earth, one of us
design by : siniz kim from netherlands
designer's own words:
we listen to friends, we hang out with friends, we take care of friends. earth is one of us. loving earth is not a task but a living. - with using personal pictures, anyone can make their own messages.

name of design : save our earth
design by : sooshya seow from singapore

designer's own words: There is a need to acknowledge the different types of illness that earth is suffering from before we can find a cure to salvage each situation. Most of the time the causes of these problems are due to the neglect and selfishness of mankind.

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