African Digital Art

This simple tutorial will teach you how to create this 3D jungle text effect using Photoshop and a little Illustrator.  You can create the 3d effect through illustrator and use different textures for the animal skins. Enjoy and don’t forget to share the results.

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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 for more information and for an opportunity to get involved.  Here [...]

Islam Zayed is a designer from Cairo, Egypt. Zayed’s experimental use of type is truly inspirational. He is able to combine traditional scripts with modern designs that make his work original and refreshing.  Zayed’s portfolio also includes other digital artwork that fuse various graphic elements. Like always we love letting the work speak for itself. [...]

If you are discussing typography in Africa then you will come across Saki Mafundikwa. Saki Mafundikwa is a Zimbabwean graphic artist that has influenced typography and graphic design all around the world. Educated with a Masters of Fine Art at Yale and a BA in Telecommunications and Fine Arts at Indiana University, he left the United States to return to Zimbabwe to found the first school of graphic design and new media.

We had the privilege to interview Anthony Dart  Founder and Creative Director of Ontwerp. Based in Johannesburg, South Africa, Dart has built his career on a range of digital media forms and techniques.
To begin tell us a little about what you do and your area of expertise.
I am essentially a Graphic Designer not very [...]