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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 Hero. At Indigene B.R.O.S., Bertil serves as creative director on the company’s projects. Bertil turned
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 had us wondering if there were any other podcasts, audio and video, from Africa that
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 also pick his brains on the state of animation in Ghana and how he feels
In this first episode, I introduce the podcast properly and together with my partner, Kofi Sydney Asare, we share our thoughts on Lake of Tears, an award-winning graphic novel by Kobina Ofei and Setor Fiadzigbey in typical Squid CoW fashion. We also get in our feels about a series of illustrations by Collyde Prime titled
Ever wondered what the perspective of a privileged upcoming musician in an Afrobeats industry might be? Orange City has a clue. Stop what you’re doing and picture this, an animated show about Afrobeats, the zanku dance and all her cousins, the Nigerian music industry and a troublesome artist and his team navigating all the drama.
2019 was phenomenal and 2020 is off to an awesome start. As our first post of 2019, it’s good to recap some of the highs and lows from 2019 and also share some of the things we’re looking forward to this year. First up, thank you for being with us. Knowing you’re checking in on
2019 has been an incredible year for Ghanaian animation. There have been festivals, lots of screenings, pitch competitions and a series of animated music videos. We’ve reported on a number of significant milestones in Ghanaian animation but alas, we couldn’t cover them all. We’re fixing that with this timeline of Ghanaian animation in 2019. This
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 Tatashe. We hit something of a brick wall with our Squid Cow Digest of African comics last month. We’ve climbed over that now and we’re back
Avandu Vosi is an African art collective which loves telling African stories through comics and is launching 5 new stories at Movie Jabber Expo 2019! We desire to bequeath two things to our children; the first one is roots, the other one is wings. Sudanese Proverb Avandu Vosi’s founding philosophy is to share African narratives
Hanson Akatti is a graphic designer, illustrator and character designer from Ghana. He is one of Ghana’s leading digital illustrators with an impressive, prolific portfolio. His work incorporates comic book art, hip-hop, graffiti and the whimsical. He adopts an airbrush art style with a sometimes fluid, painterly colour palette. Hanson is a maverick with song
