Squid Cow #3 – Lake of Tears
It’s not a seahorse, it’s not a ship, it’s a cow – a squid cow. Hold your fins, that’s just Squid Comic of the Week! This week’s comic is Lake of Tears, LoT for short. Lake of Tears or LoT…
Global Game Jam 2020: Jam Sites Across Africa
What happens when game developers and enthusiasts get together for a weekend to create a game? Is it possible? What can they possibly create? These and more are what the annual Global Game Jam seeks to answer. Every year towards…
The African Geek Calendar 2020
Dear African geeks, here’s a calendar literally called African Geek Calendar of events happening across the continent in 2020. 2020 is in full swing and so are the organizers of various geek events across the continent. Some organizers, such as…
30 Days of Shika Odamtten: Inspiration for 2020
We’re inspired by Julia Shika Odamtten and her 2019 Inktober posts. We hope you are too to get your creating game face on all through 2020 and beyond. We’re 20 days into the new year and chances are, you’ve already…
Bahari Blue #14 – The 3D Art of Bertil Toby Svanekiaer
Bertil Toby Svanekiaer is an animator and 3D generalist from Ghana. Bertil is arguably Ghana’s foremost 3D animator. He is the founder of OOTO (Out of the Ordinary) Studios and co-founder of Indigene B.R.O.S., the studio behind Azumah: A Ghanaian…
African Digital Art Podcasts We’re Totally Digging
We recently started a podcast called Space Squid where we cover all things comic books, video games, animation and digital art from Africa. Our podcast complements what we already do on the site. Thinking about ways to grow the podcast…
Space Squid #2: Behind the Ink with Bertil Toby Svanekiaer
In this second episode, I go Behind the Ink with Bertil Toby Svanekiaer, a leading animator and 3D generalist in Ghana. We talk a bit about him and his studios, Indigene B.R.O.S. and OOTO Studios and his project, Chaskele. I…
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