Bahari Blue #29: The Undeniably Cool Art of Jayson Mars
Jayson Mars is a South African freelance illustrator based in Port Elizabeth drawing up some unique, and futuristic portraits of Africa. We couldn’t agree more with Tetty Betty who describes his work as undeniably cool, because that’s just what it…
African Comics, Games and Animation Roundup [May 2020]
There’s so much happening in the African digital art space that, try as we do, we can’t capture it all. Luckily, we’re not the only ones interested in sharing stories about comics, games and animation from Africa. Below is a…
Amazing Illustration, Animation and More Digital Art – This is Bahari Blue
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…
Squid Alley with Louis Lubega: African Comics, Games and Animation Are a Sleeping Opportunity
Welcome to the #SquidAlley with Sonwabo Sonik Valashiya, graphic designer, illustrator and meister of colour and grit!
#DrawingWhileBlack: Highlighting African Artists You Never Knew About
#DrawingWhileBlack hit the world with a bang, and African artists did not disappoint.
Squid Alley with Sonwabo “Sonik” Valashiya
Welcome to the #SquidAlley with Sonwabo Sonik Valashiya, graphic designer, illustrator and meister of colour and grit!
Great Resources for Discovering African Comics
Googling African Comics these days thankfully returns a series of articles highlighting one African comic or the other. But that’s several articles pointing you in many different places (or saying the same darn thing about the same darn comics). If…
