One to watch: Brandon Els
A talented young designer emerges on Queensland's Gold Coast.
Here’s a name to know right now: Brandon Els.
T-shirt design
Els, who’s 20, is currently studying graphic design at the Gold Coast Institute of TAFE, and says he’s been drawing since he was two years old.
Family Tree, snowboard artwork
His next stop: the board design industry – “skate, snow or wake,” he says. I say that’s if a savvy streetwear label doesn’t offer him a deal first. Or both.
Icy POP! snowboard designs
Illustration talent scouts, get in now while you can still afford him. Make contact with Brandon (whose name lends itself conveniently to the label Brand1) here.
Type strike
Paul Hayes 2009.