Bahari Blue
Rodney Tawanda Ngundu is a writer, illustrator, graphic designer and photographer based in Zimbabwe. Originally a comic book writer, Rodney blended his digital art skill with his writing to create many concepts and ideas that are used in advertising. Tawanda is also one-third of the Zimbabwean art collective AfroTokyo along with his brothers Kudzai Ngundu
Salim Busuru is an illustrator, character designer, comic artist, animator and game designer from Kenya. He is a founding member of Avandu Vosi, a creative studio based in Nairobi that was formerly UDK or Underground Design Kings. Salim was inspired to get into art by the cartoons and 80’s anime he watched as a child
Kudzai Ngundu is a writer, concept artist, illustrator, creative director and co-founder of AfroTokyo in Zimbabwe. AfroTokyo is a pre-production studio that does storyboards, concept art, animation, comic illustration as well as manga/comic writing for use in the educational, advertising and entertainment industries. Kudzai is also part of TaNyaKu, a manga writing collective of three
Ifesinachi Orjiekwe is a storyboard artist, comic book illustrator and character designer from Nigeria. He’s a beast with line art and often collaborates with Mohammed Agbadi and Yinfaowei Harrison to make art. In 2018, Ifesinachi Adrian Orjiekwe and longtime collaborator, Yinfaowei Harrison Tombra’s work was chosen as the official Google Doodle for the Super Eagles,
Kofi Ofosu, aka Braku Star, is a freelance character designer and concept artist from Ghana. Other than designing characters, Kofi loves to imagine and build worlds. Kofi is one of the artists who worked on the award-winning Lake of Tears along with Alfred Achiampong and Setor Fiadzigbey. Kofi has an IP in the works called
Simangaliso Sibaya Simanga is a freelance concept artist and character designer from Soweto, South Africa. He studied at The Animation School, South Africa. Simangaliso Sibaya together with Ntsako Terence Tako Maluleke, Tomoya Imai and Peter Ramsey led a drawing workshop at the Isivivana Centre during Cape Town International Animation Festival 2019. From a profile on
Malcolm Carter Wopé is a freelance concept artist, illustrator, art director and 2D animator based in Cape Town, South Africa. Malcolm boasts an impressive portfolio that runs across animation, indie video games and comics. Wopé is currently the lead artist responsible for the design direction of the upcoming Netflix animated series, Mama K’s Super 4.
Venus Bambisa is a freelance illustrator, concept artist, graphic designer and motion graphic animator from South Africa. Her character designs are from another planet and include some of the coolest elements of sci-fi and fantasy. You can see her influence on Kolanut Productions’ Red Origins comic on which she was tasked with character designs, illustrations
We’re starting off Bahari Blue with the incredible character designs of Ghanaian illustrator Alfred Achiampong. They say a picture is worth a thousand words, Alfred’s character designs are a world library. His soothing pastel colours, clean lines and funky characters – original and fan art – are a delight to behold. Enjoy. See more of
Picture this, a fully accessible database of comics, video games, animation, studios, geek events and much more from Africa right at your fingertips for free! That’s what we’re building over at database.squidmag.ink. Codenamed “Project Bahari”, the database is us essentially picking up where the Kugali database left off. Bahari is Swahili for the ocean, and
