Welcome to my gallery of illusions in freedom. I am a South African anime/manga and photo manipulation artist.

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2003 to 2007 = MaIeko lsIander

(Co-creator of the Stellies Otaku and student portrait artist)
I helped my friends at university build the first Anime society in South Africa. I also planned and co-built the society website and wrote articles for our newsletter and co-wrote our manga. We won numerous university media awards and my art was published in many magazines and newspapers. A few years after I helped spread the word of anime at my university, a South African anime magazine (OtakuMag) and a anime channel on DStv (ch111 Animax) were launched in the country... so I think my job of inspiring the promotion of anime is done. After I finished my degree and left campus, the society was even asked to appear on Japanese national TV (NHK) and on MK music channel on DStv. Now I have decided to move from the anime promotion scene into a new direction...

Click [link] to view my Bio and history

Click [link] to view my best pictures

Click [link] to view my full gallery from 2003-2007

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2008 to infinity = MITSAFA

(MaIeko lsIander The South African Freedom Artist)
So the next artistic era for me will be trying to capture summer freedom vibes and work on some portraits. I'll mostly be doing two kinds of genres: tropical island and Mediterranean style.

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DO U WANT A PORTRAIT? well mail me, I'm doing them for free for the time being...