DESIGNER · ARTWORKER · RETOUCHER
A WORKING CATALOGUE.
Retouching, compositing and design across fashion, product, retail, auto, digital and social. Every frame is real, checked and built to be looked at twice.
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STUDY · 01
Good imagery is a decision about light before it is a decision about subject. I choose both carefully, then refine them until the frame feels inevitable rather than arranged.
Every image here passed through the same process: clean edges, honest colour, believable light. The tools change with the job. The standard does not.
STUDY · 02
Product and packaging studies. Reflections rebuilt, labels cleaned, light controlled. Click to zoom.
National grocers, mall flagships and the last mile on two wheels. Frames selected for retail campaigns, social cuts and online performance work. Click to zoom.
Chrome rows, kombi culture, taxi ranks, the Gautrain and the coastal line. Automotive and transit frames for dealer campaigns, transport brands and anything with wheels. Click to zoom.
Phone-first food content, behind-the-rig production days and tap-to-pay checkout moments. Clean, real frames for social calendars, stories and online campaign cuts.
Flat light, honest colour, clean edges. Scale exposes every shortcut, so the work is checked at full size before it ships.
Skin, texture, product and surface work taken to a clean and invisible finish.
Multiple sources combined into one believable frame with matched light and grain.
Grading that serves the subject: consistent, controlled and true across a whole set.
Concepts, references and frame building from the first sketch to the final crop.
Layout, type and image handled as one object, from poster to screen.
Files prepared, checked and named so the next person's job is easy.
I am Shihaam Isaacs, a designer and retoucher based in Cape Town and working with clients everywhere. This catalogue collects the subjects I keep returning to: people, product, machines, place and the street between them.
The standard is simple. Clean edges, honest colour, believable light, and a second look before anything ships.
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