King Charles III series of commemorative coins for New Zealand Post

celebrating the Coronation of a King.

Fuller.Studio were asked by New Zealand Post to design and illustrate a collectable series of six coins, four Gold and two silver mint including the packages and certificates for those. We were honoured to be involved with this project which was made even more prestigious for us, when I was asked to illustrate the effigy of the King for the reverse side of the coins, which as it happens, will now go on to adorn the collectable coins yet to be produced by the New Zealand Post for the foreseeable future.

It’s not every day you get to put your initials next to an effigy of the reigning monarch.

The two Silver coins included full colour, one which was to use a Photograph of King Charles III pictured Suited in his Ambassador role and the other coin we chose to show the King in the uniform of the Scots Guards for which I did a Painting that is shown below.

The annual coin for 2021 features the extinct Auckland Island Merganser Mergus australis. It is part of a range of coins and stamps that celebrate New Zealand's taonga, culture, heritage, arts, stories and people. This annual coin series, focusing on extinct animals, highlights New Zealand’s unique environment, biodiversity and conservation issues.

The sexes of the Auckland Island merganser were similar to each other, but males were larger and had an obvious and elongated crest. The head and neck were dark brown, the entire upper body dark grey, and the breast and abdomen dull greyish-brown. The upper wings were slate grey, and the lower wing coverts were darker and banded white. The middle secondary flight feathers were white on the outer web and black on the inner web and tips, with the primary flight feathers and inner secondaries tending blackish. The eyes were dark brown, and the upper bill black but with its cutting edge and the lower mandible yellowish-orange; the legs and feet were orange. Immature birds were darker versions of the adults. Ducklings were dark brown-black above with yellowish-white underparts. Their bill, legs and feet were dark olive-brown.

These small Moths found in different places around New Zealand collectively were, while each distinctively patterned, took on an overall Brown/Black tone and therefore difficult to discern at first glance. To make them really individually distinctive they have each been placed on a Neon colour which is hard to capture in Photography but viewed in real life certainly ping out of the envelope. By making each Moth one half and visually marrying it up with the next one we were able to get the Moth up in scale on the stamp as well as visually make up complete moths for the series of 6.

This Kowhai coin is part of New Zealand Post’s annual commemorative coin programme. The coin features Kōwhai flowers encompassed by leaves as part of the Discover New Zealand series.

The Kowhai tree was selected because it is one of the best-known native trees in New Zealand and it’s our unofficial national flower.

Tea packaging illustrations commissioned by Dilmah in the Art Deco Style.

The Art Deco Capital of New Zealand. This range of Posters as well as the images placed on an extensive range of merchandise, is available through the Napier isite of New Zealand.

Fujitsu Australia commission me to illustrate two destinations mirrored in this Poster form as part of their incentive travel program each Year. The Destinations are required to show sites and activities that are included in the Program.

New Zealand Post commissioned me to illustrate 6 stamps, miniature sheet, 2 first day covers and a presentation pack showing a range of endangered Native species in an imagined future landscape.

Label Illustration for Providore Wines commissioned by Helen Milner of Saedi Brand Curators as a Panorama illustration of Otago to be used on the labels of the wine range as well as the Providore Website, app and other collateral.

New Zealand Fresh Water Fish Stamp series, First day covers and Miniature sheet for New Zealand Post.

Powershop “Winterrific” Winter campaign to attract customers by involving them in online and social incentives using cuddly and friendly monsters, giveaways and social media prizes.

A range of 4 Travel Posters encouraging people to visit Rotorua New Zealand which is in a very thermal area of the country and one of New Zealand’s Cultural centres where Maori Carving and Art and way of life can be studied.

Packaging illustrations for Taste Artisan Chocolate that utilises traditional chocolate making methods and modern technologies to craft chocolate that showcases the extraordinary flavour range of the world's best cacao.

Tower Insurance ran a campaign with an unlikely Hero called Brian caught in scenario’s that covered Home, Car and Contents insurance.

A Play on Disney Characters in a Disney style with well know Disney Bachelorettes playing hard to get.

The beginning of a series of New Zealand Promotional Travel Posters that show the Best and Beautiful parts of New Zealand.

This series won an AD&D Yellow Pencil award. The challenge was to remove Designations and Birds from the New Zealand Bank Notes and then extend the drawing/scene to fill an A4 magazine page with a dashed line to mark where each individual note can be placed to complete the scene. This was to encourage donations of these sums to the Forest & Bird environmental protection society of New Zealand.

Kai iwi Holiday Park lies on the West coast of the North Island of New Zealand approximately 11 km north of Whanganui. We were asked to rebrand the park by the New Owners with a 1960’s feel, logo’s, road signage, Posters and DL Flyer. This has been followed by the same for a Burger food outlet on the site with the same 60’s feel.

New Zealand Native Tree Series of Stamps commissioned by New Zealand Post and the first of the botanical series that was done.