Most brands look the part. Few actually say anything. We make brands meaningful and intentional.

Through illustration and human-first branding, guided by strategy, story, and a little more soul. We help growing businesses feel memorable, relatable, and full of personality, the kind of brand people notice, connect with, and remember.

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200+ Clients

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Since 2019

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Education + e-learning

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Hospitality

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Non-profits and Social Enterprises

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Health and Wellness

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Tech + Innovation

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Mining + Building

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Professional Industries

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Councils + Government

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200+ Clients 〰️ Since 2019 〰️ Education + e-learning 〰️ Hospitality 〰️ Non-profits and Social Enterprises 〰️ Health and Wellness 〰️ Tech + Innovation 〰️ Mining + Building 〰️ Professional Industries 〰️ Councils + Government 〰️

  • Logo with the words 'aligned success' and the slogan 'Purpose Lead Prosperity' on a black background.
  • Black background with white text and a logo that says 'Central Copper'
  • Logo for Celtic Beauty Skin Studio with black background and white text.
  • Sila logo featuring a stylized S shape and the company name 'sila' in lowercase
  • Black background with white text logo reading "Oil Haus Botanicals".
  • Logo for Gylo Salon with stylized black and white text.
  • Illustration of a man sitting at a desk with a computer and two speech bubbles, indicating communication or work.
  • Close-up of a section of a network cable with a metal connector, set against a dark background.
  • Black background with white text that reads 'MODERN INSIGHTS' in a distorted font, with slight text overlap and a small 'CO' to the right.
  • An illustrated dog with brown and white fur sitting in front of a yellow background.
  • A black and white design with a human silhouette doing a yoga pose and the word 'BODHI' in large letters.
  • Black background with white text displaying 'MU Murdoch University' and a stylized white logo of interconnected circles.
  • Black background with white logo of a stylized bird or swan and the text "city of swan".
  • A keyboard showing the spacebar, some keys, and keys on the left side.
  • Black and white logo featuring mountain peaks and the text 'Transcend' in a cursive font.
  • Black background with the white text 'Westfield' centered in cursive font.
  • Logo for Papaya Clinic with a gray papaya icon and white text on a black background.
  • Black and white photograph of two children playing and jumping on a trampoline outdoors.
  • Black logo with a pair of hands holding a heart, and the text 'embrace' in bold white letters with 'PHYSIOTHERAPY' underneath.
  • Black background with white text that reads "The Mandorla Art Award".
  • Empty white background
  • Black background with a white logo of a bird next to the text 'evolve CAPABILITIES'.

We do things differently.
Here’s how.

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Strategy before aesthetic

We don’t touch fonts, colours, or start sketching until we understand your business, your audience, and any gaps.

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Meaningful illustrations

Our illustration isn’t just decoration. It’s a strategic tool, helping make abstract, complex, or storytelling ideas memorable and easy to grasp.

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Human-centred storytelling

We communicate brands with personality that speak to real people, using story to connect, inspire, and remember.

Examples of our work

  • Mobile phone and laptop displaying a website for Evolve Capabilities with a dark green background and abstract light green lines, including the company logo and slogan 'Work, reimagined.'

    Evolve Capabilities

    Struggled to clearly communicate its organisational development services. We rebranded the business using strategic messaging and visual brand identity. The outcome was clearer communication of services and stronger audience engagement.

  • Three women in an office giving high fives and smiling.

    Melissa Lithgow

    Needed a professional yet approachable identity that clearly communicated expertise. We developed a cohesive brand identity combining strategy and custom visuals. The result was an enhanced client perception and a memorable, trustworthy visual presence.

  • Collage of fitness promotional posters and images, including gym offers, workout scenes, basketball, and football.

    Courtside Fitness

    At the time ‘generic’ and wanted to stand out in the ‘gym’ marketplace and connect with a specific client base. We crafted a vibrant brand identity and visual system reflecting the brand’s personality. This led to increased engagement and stronger brand recognition among clients.

  • An iPhone displaying a social media post with tomatoes, two informational posters on either side, one green and one brown, featuring text and graphics.

    Rachel Beacom

    Required personal branding that balanced professionalism with individual personality. We developed a visual identity and illustrative elements aligned with her style. The impact was a strengthened personal brand presence and visually clear demonstration of expertise.

  • Maridi Gras patisserie storefront with colorful confetti-like decorations on the walls and a lit circular sign displaying the shop's name.

    Mardi Gras Patisserie

    The challenge rebranding while capturing the vibrant, celebratory spirit of Mardi Gras Patisserie in a cohesive visual identity. We partnered with an architecture firm to develop the brand. The outcome was a striking, consistent identity that enhanced audience engagement and feedback was well received across the store and all communications.

  • Laptop displaying a mental health clinic website titled "Be Who You Were Born To BE," with illustrations of people outdoors, and service offerings such as counseling and psychology.

    Be Life Wellness

    Faced challenges in making health and wellness messages resonate with its audience without being too clinical. We created illustrative storytelling to make content engaging and accessible. This improved audience understanding and connection with the wellness programs.

  • Illustration of a woman with a child sitting on a bench in a cozy room, a woman and a child with a dog on a therapy table, and a woman reading a book to a child on the floor.

    Papaya Clinic

    Papaya Clinic faced challenges in helping patients understand complex health information. We developed an illustrative brand identity to simplify and clarify key messages. This improved patient comprehension and engagement with the clinic’s services.

  • Black and white aerial view of a sandy beach with waves crashing on the shore, with the words "aligned success" overlayed.

    Aligned Success

    A purpose-led business executive coaching business, needed a brand that communicated its mission and values clearly. We designed a brand identity, strategy, visual system that reflected core values and vision. This enhanced brand credibility and strengthened audience connection.

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Ever feel like your brand should make more sense, or feel there’s pieces missing?

BRAND AUDIT

You’re not sure where to begin, and a full rebrand feels like too much right now? That’s exactly what a Brand Audit is for.

This is a short, focused review of your existing brand, including your visuals, content, social presence, messaging and website, viewed with fresh, strategic eyes. Rather than starting from scratch, we take stock of what you’ve already got, identify what’s resonating and what isn’t, and uncover gaps or inconsistencies.

The outcome is more than just feedback, it’s clarity and direction that feels actionable and grounded in where your brand is right now, and practical insights how to move forward.

From strategy through to full brand identity with your own visual language system.

BRAND STRATEGY + IDENTITY

Your brand feels inconsistent, your messaging isn’t landing, your visuals don’t reflect your purpose, or your story is scattered incongruently across different touch points.

We help you define your audience, positioning, and purpose, then craft verbal and visual brand identity, that communicates the strategy, and your brand personality. You’ll leave with your own brand visual language system that can be used across your brand touch points and your business needs.

Illustration that helps you explain what words can’t, with a more human tailored approach.

ILLUSTRATION

If your work is hard to describe, too complex, or getting lost in generic visuals, illustration gives you a clearer way to communicate.

We create custom illustrations that simplify ideas, add personality, and make your brand easier to understand in a more storytelling, relatable way, so people quickly grasp what you do, connect and resonate with it.

We use illustration strategically, not as decoration, and not where it’s unnecessary, but where it genuinely adds clarity, meaning, and impact.

What our clients say about us

  • A woman with long blonde hair, wearing a navy blue blouse and black pants, sitting on a white chair with a light gray cushion, smiling indoors against a white wall with a blue artwork on it.

    "Creative expertise helped me find the best branding and colour palette.."

    Alysha was fantastic to work with. Her creative expertise helped me find the best branding and colour palette for my start-up. By leveraging one of her packages I came away with a new logo, new icons, typography, and illustrations which have helped e quickly build a professional looking website and promotional material.

    Vendaly | Emily Milar | Vendor Booking + Event-Operations Platform

  • A middle-aged man with a beard and short hair, wearing a dark suit, checkered shirt, and striped tie, sitting in an office with a window and abstract painting in the background.

    "We've received many positive comments."

    Alysha did a fantastic job on my Company's corporate presentation. We've received many positive comments on the design. A pleasure to work with and I'd highly recommend Anema Designs for this type of work.

    Central Copper Resources | CEO Luke Knight | Copper Exploration and Development

  • A smiling woman in a black and white pinstripe blouse sitting at a set dining table with candles and glassware, in a restaurant setting.

    "Her creativity knows no bounds, and she has such an eye for design—her talent truly shines through in every project."

    Alysha from Anema Design is an absolute gem! She’s incredibly friendly, cheerful, and just a joy to work with. Her creativity knows no bounds, and she has such an eye for design—her talent truly shines through in every project. Alysha makes the entire process enjoyable and seamless, bringing fresh, innovative ideas that perfectly capture any vision. Highly recommend Anema Design if you're looking for outstanding creativity and a fantastic person to collaborate with!

    House Healing Solutions | Triin-Liis Treial | Certified Building Biologist

  • A woman with shoulder-length hair, smiling, outdoors near yellow flowering bushes, wearing a beige button-up shirt.

    "She brings words and concepts to life with next-level visuals that make you stop and think, and inspire double-clicks."

    Alysha's out-of-the-box ideas and sparkly energy are an asset to brands of all sizes. She brings words and concepts to life with next-level visuals that make you stop and think, and inspire double-clicks. Working with her to tell a story has been an exciting, rewarding, and super fun process!

    BookLeaf Copy | Adele Hollywood | Copywriter + Marketing Consultant

  • A man with a beard, wearing sunglasses, a red safety helmet, and a black shirt, is adjusting his safety harness and equipment while outdoors.

    "I now have an amazing brand complete with a palette and theme to work with for all my future marketing."

    Started the process without any idea of direction or ideas. I now have an amazing brand complete with a palette and theme to work with for all my future marketing.

    Tree Love | Riki Peterson | Arborist / Horticulturist

  • A woman with blond hair smiling while sitting in front of a laptop in a bright, modern space.

    "Marketing analytics can often be perceived as boring and hard to interpret, which is why I engaged Alysha to help me tell the story of data and analytics through illustrations."

    Working with Alysha was simply amazing. From start to finish the process felt seamless. Marketing analytics can often be perceived as boring and hard to interpret, which is why I engaged Alysha to help me tell the story of data and analytics through illustrations. Alysha created the most incredible illustrations, bringing my visions (and the visions I didn't know I had) to life. I couldn't be happier with them. I highly recommend Alysha in all her creative genius! I can't wait to work with Alysha again!!

    Pennandlytics | Brooke Huckerby | Marketing Analytics & Strategy Consulting

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How we work together

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Discovery

We uncover your goals, audience, and where there is any gaps in your brand.

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Develop

Strategy, verbal and visual brand identity are built with your input at every stage.

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Deliver

Final assets, guidelines and everything you need to show up with confidence.

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