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Seen any African animated music videos? Music is what gets us through the rough days, the pleasant ones and everything in-between. Then there’s animation. We ❤️❤️❤️ animation. Imagine a blend of our favorite songs in one of our favorite visual mediums! Now that’s a kicker! Combine the two and you’ve won our hearts! Inspired by
Tips and ways to make money as an illustrator, designer or an artist by Welbie. Our friends at Pennysmart got Ghanaian comic artist Welbie, to share his thoughts on simple ways artists can keep creating to their heart’s content while still raking in good money. Welbie, real name Welbeck Mensah is one of the select few
Love Virtual Reality? So do we. Virtual reality as today’s emerging new medium is establishing itself across different fields, from art via marketing to filmmaking and journalism. We’ve recently been playing around with Google’s Spotlight Stories app. It’s an awesome way to immerse yourself in VR films, especially animation. While there aren’t a lot of
Once upon a time you or a friend, family member, or just generally someone you know, thought about writing a story. You sought to create a world so large and immersive that other people would want to live in it too, where your characters come alive on their own and even follow their own goals.
The Nommo Awards for Speculative Fiction by Africans has published long list nominees in all four categories of the awards – novel, novella, short story and comics/graphic novels. All titles were nominated by members of the African Speculative Fiction Society and were published in the calendar year 2018. All authors in the comics/graphic novels category
After about 2 weeks of voting, the winners of the third Digital Lab Africa Pitch competition have been announced. Digital Lab Africa (DLA) is a platform and a call for projects dedicated to creative content linked with innovation in Africa (web creation, virtual reality, video game, animation, digital music). The objective of Digital Lab Africa
DISCOP Abidjan in partnership with the African Animation Network (AAN) will host the 3rd annual Animation du Monde pitching competition next month and entries are now open. As Africa’s animation industry continues to develop, and in recognition of the challenges that creators face in being able to reach a market, there will be a strong focus on animated short films and
This past weekend saw some of the most talented African animation creators present their work both live and through video presentations at ICON CGC. These pitches were part of The Animation du Monde preliminary round that was one of 3 international competitions taking place at ICON CGC this year. Animation again played a big role
Writing about the implications of Netflix greenlighting Mama K’s Super 4, the first animated show from Africa on the streamer, we argued that more pitching initiatives and storytelling labs were the way to go in bringing creative projects to life. We’re not alone in this thinking. Digital Lab Africa has been setting the pace for
Homework? Check. Saving the world? Double Check. Mama K’s Super 4, Netflix’s first original animated show from Africa? Triple check! Netflix just picked up Mama K’s Super 4, the streaming giant’s first original animated show from Africa and is hiring a team of female writers from the continent to work on it. More on this
