African Arenas
African Digital Art Recommended Reading For many the world cup fever has long subsided but we have a little gem to remind you the spectacular events of this year's World Cup 2010 games in South Africa. Thomas Hoeffgen's African ...
Toyin Odutola
It is not very often that I see something that actually takes my breath away, however when I came across Toyin Odutola's work I needed to take a moment. Toyin is a Nigerian born illustrator whose main focus is on identity art. Her work is emotive, stirring and poignant. Each ...
Coker Character Design
Born in Lagos, Nigeria Kenneth Shofela Coker, is a multi-talented digital artist. We had a chance to catch up and take a look at his 3d character modeling. For more Coker check out our interview with him and join others like him on our African Animators group....
Welcome to Lagos, a documentary
There was some hesitation in posting this, but this documentary is extraordinary in its selection of a handful of laborers in the city of Lagos. Welcome to Lagos is a documentary that looks at the inhabitants of megacity Lagos. Lagos ...
Daniel Emeka
Daniel Emeka is a 23 year old graphic designer and digital artist from Nigeria. His surreal style is incredible and he mainly dabbles in photo manipulation. This is what he had to say about his work. I didn't get in2 design to be an artist.2 me, an artist cr8s things ...
Coke Quest directed by Edouard Salier
Directed by Edouard Salier and produced by Paranoid US in time for the South Africa World Cup, this spot delivers a squeeze of hope shared with the spirit of a ...
Otobong Nkanga
Otobong Nkanga (Born in Kano, Nigeria) performer and Visual Artist Otobong Nkanga works in a broad spectrum of media, including performance, installations, photography, drawing and sculpture. According to Nkanga, the various media she employs “interrogate our mental and physical identities in varied environments and contexts.” Thus taking inspiration from ...
Lagos Town- Afrikan Boy
Latest video by Nigerian musician - Afrikan Boy. This music video is simple but visually appealing full of rich textiles, patterns and clips of Lagos, Nigeria. Set to be released in March 2010, ...
Put a Ring on It (African Remix)
For your enjoyment we thought we might include this fun rendition of Beyonce's 'Put A Ring On It'. Its clever and well made. Enjoy.
Yoruba Print Designs
Known for their rich culture, the Yoruba have a strong visual culture that is a source of inspiration for many digital projects. Created by a2 cest mieux, this print project showcases Yoruba culture for an exhibition for the 2008 St. Cyprian. The project includes invitations, posters, postcards and ...
African Kings
A little photography inspiration. Between the years of 1988 and 1991, French photographer Daniel Laine spent about 12 months on the African continent tracking down and photographing figures of royalty, and leaders of kingdoms. During this time he managed to photograph 70 monarchs and descendants of the great African dynasties ...
Feature Artist: Olusola Akinseye
Olusola Akinseye is a Nigerian illustrator whose work has been published in several storybooks, textbooks, periodicals and calenders. He has extensively worked in the children educational publishing industry. In 2007, Olusola was shortlisted for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award and won the Macmillan, Illustrator Award for Africa in 2008. Olusola's ...
Nigerians Love Football
We are pleased to feature the latest animation from EVCL, a Nigerian film and animation studio, you can join them and network with them on the ...
Igbo Typography
We are pleased to feature the work of one of our community members, sugarbelly.. The Ndebe Project is an attempt to construct a writing scrip for an almost extinct Nigerian spoken language, Igbo. Be sure to visit the Ndebe Project Facebook page and blog ...
Nigerian Comics and Animation
Thanks to artists like Spaceboy Nigeria we have been introduced to world of comics and animation in Nigeria. Like many parts of Africa, Nigeria has a strong but relatively unknown community of artists that are passionate about creative digital arts. The majority of these artists are limited by a ...
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