Creators
In August 2013, a collective of young men, excited and wet behind the ears, convened on the colorful and historic streets of Jamestown. They were there to showcase their work to an audience hungry for artistic expression that was rare, imaginative and unlike anything they had ever seen before. In those days, the Chale Wote
Poka Arts is a self-taught animator and illustrator responsible for the majority of the animated Afrobeats music visualizers. If you’re a fan of Mr. Eazi or Afrobeats music, chances are you’ve watched at least one of the many 2D animated “music videos”, tagged as visualizers released between 2017 and now. These visualizers feature amusing and
Poka Arts is a self-taught animator and illustrator responsible for the majority of the animated Afrobeats music visualizers. If you’re a fan of Mr. Eazi or Afrobeats music, chances are you’ve watched at least one of the many 2D animated “music videos”, tagged as visualizers released between 2017 and now. These visualizers feature amusing and easy-to-follow
Collyde Prime, real name Adedapo Adesugba is an illustrator, character designer, graphic designer, comic book creator, graffiti enthusiast and rapper from Lagos, Nigeria. His hip-hop inclinations feature heavily in his art, which is unique, angular and in the words of Leslie Williams of Layrz (now Ovalay), “the sort of bold, all-bets-are-off illustrative designer whose input
Kugali AR possibly is. In our post on Hero Corps, we talked about how exciting the leap from comic books to animation is. Now imagine pushing that even further with the technologies of today. Imagine pushing storytelling to Ready Player One levels. While not as elaborate, Kugali is on the path to making that, or
Are you a designer passionate about ending world hunger? Ello, the social network for creators in partnership with Global Citizen has launched the Be the Generation Poster Design contest. The selected artists will get between $2,000 and $5,000 and crazy exposure. The initiative from what we gather is especially interested in African & African diaspora artists. To celebrate the legacy
To celebrate the Christmas edition of the Kugali Magazine, Kugali is running a competition inviting artists to design the front cover for the next edition of the Kugali Magazine. Winner gets $125 in cash, $100 for 2nd place and $75 for 3rd place. Here are the front covers from the two previous editions as well
