Walt Viviers · Multidisciplinary Creative
Tinkerer, maker,
chronic curiosity chaser.
A multimedia artist from Pretoria, working across art, design, video and digital. I paint and illustrate, shoot photography and video, design brands and build small apps, and lately I've been chasing video and social, in front of the camera as much as behind it. Artist, designer, photographer, writer, the occasional musician and editor: at the core, it's still people and art.
The work
One creator, many crafts. Pick a thread and follow it.
Photography & Video
Portraits, events and wellness retreats. And, increasingly, social video: short-form storytelling in front of and behind the camera.
Explore →Fine Art & Illustration
Acrylic and mixed-media originals, from the iconic to the unexpected, held in private collections across South Africa and abroad.
Explore →Design & Digital
A Creative Director's toolkit, hands-on again: brand identity, websites and e-commerce, illustration, motion and campaigns, plus small apps and browser games, built for the joy of it.
Explore →Creative Writing
Longer-form writing: essays and articles on the craft, the tools, and the life around a creative practice.
Explore →
Photography & Video
Portraits, events & retreats, through a fine artist's eye
Portrait sessions, events, and wellness retreats, captured in photo and video with a fine artist's eye. Each album opens in Google Photos.
A Painter's Eye
Behind the Lens
Photography and video are an extension of the same practice, the same instinct for light, composition, and the quiet moment that says everything. I bring a fine artist's eye to every frame.
I work with people first: portrait sessions, events, and wellness retreats where the aim is to capture something true rather than posed, unhurried, comfortable, and attentive to the story unfolding in front of the camera.
Based in Pretoria and available across South Africa and beyond, I shoot in both photo and video, and every session is delivered as a private online album.
Whether it's a single portrait or a multi-day retreat, tell me what you have in mind and I'll shape the session around it.
Fine Art & Illustration
Bold originals: from the iconic to the unexpected
Acrylic and mixed-media paintings that read with clarity from across the room and reveal expressive, unmistakable brushwork up close, held in private collections across South Africa and abroad.
People and Art
at the Core
Bio & Statement ↗
My path has always been creative and service-minded: early studies in directing and design, then apprenticeships and freelance work, always focused on making things and serving the people who need them.
I've worked bars and boardrooms, apprenticed as a tattoo artist and body piercer, and built a long career that led to Creative Director, running small businesses on the side and painting, illustrating and photographing the whole way through.
After a lifetime in design and marketing, I made a deliberate choice to step back from managing others and return to making things myself. I work across art, design, video and digital, and with the rise of AI I think every creative will end up working across disciplines rather than just directing them.
That shift started in lockdown, when remote work let me bring hands-on making back into the mix: painting, photography, writing, video. In 2026 I went back to full-time freelance: exploring what AI-assisted tools can add, and following whatever curiosity pulls me next.
Selected Artworks
Available on SAATCHI ART
Design & Digital
Brands, websites, apps & games
A Creative Director's full toolkit: brand identity, websites and online stores, illustration, motion and marketing for brands big and small. Plus small browser games and genuinely useful apps I build for the fun of it.
Brand, Web & Campaigns
Identity systems, websites and online stores, illustration, motion and marketing, a full-service portfolio for brands big and small.
View the portfolio →Apps & Games
Small, independent browser games and offline-friendly apps, built for the joy of making. No ads, no tracking.
Explore →From the Apps & Games shelf, play in your browser
Essays
& Articles
Read the blog ↗
Longer-form writing: essays and articles on the craft, the tools, and the life around a creative practice. New pieces go up as they're written; subscribe via RSS to follow along.
Work with me
Let's make something:
on camera, on brand, on screen.
Available for photography & video, short-form social content, brand & web design, and creative collaborations, for individuals and businesses in Pretoria, across South Africa, and happily beyond. In front of the camera as much as behind it.