It’s that time of the week where we inspire you with great digital projects either made by Africans or inspired by Africa. We are encouraged to see more and more beautiful work from all around the world that highlights Africa’s creativity, diversity and innovation. We want to also welcome new community members and encourage you to take a minute to join our great group of African digital artists on The Community. We made some major changes to our online community dedicated to African Digital Art and we would love to see you there. Once again you can find us at the usual places  Behance Circle, Twitter, Facebook and Flickr .

Women of Africa

MTN 8

Sindiso Nyoni

Ahmed Othman

Colwyn Thomas

Tom Buch

Bruce Ngonga

Reginald Emvula

Africa

Eaton Crous

Oil Insight Illustrations

We are starting 2010 with another weekly dose of African Digital Projects.  We hope that these projects will continue to inspire you to grow, create and innovate.  We are here to promote your work so don’t forget to send us your projects and your recommendations. Did we mention that we also have a Behance Circle. You can also find us on Twitter, Facebook and Flickr. There is no reason to be left out this year. So post your projects and we’d be happy to share. Don’t forget to join our growing online community.

Ahmed Othman

Modisana Hlomuka

David Maclennan

Ronel van Heerden

Sherif Shaaban

Niyi Okeowo

Marcel Buerkle

Olusola Akinseye

Nivesh Rawatlal

Graham Tshabalala

The growth of ICT industry in Africa can be directly linked to the massive amount of creativity that is coming out of Africa. In anticipation of what lies ahead in 2010 we wanted to present to you a lists of African Digital Artists to watch for. These artists represent a huge variety of styles and creative approaches as well as a trend of producing great artwork. We are keen to see what they come up with and value their contribution to modern approaches to African Art.

Disturbance – South Africa

Disturbance is a graphic design studio based in Durban, South Africa and one of the continent’s leading design practices. disturbance’s work has been recognised both locally (Loeries awards) and internationally (D&AD, ADC, One Show, Comm Arts, Society of Illustrators). Over the last decade disturbance has variously won awards for their clients, published a ‘zine, released a music CD, designed and operated a restaurant, a gallery and a design store and launched (and collapsed) the much hyped design brand, “Home Industries”.”

Jim Chuchu – Kenya

Apart from being a photographer, Jim Chuchu is a digital artist extraordinaire. His portfolio includes an impressive series of digital photography, animation, audio visual production and even inventions. Chuchu was featured in Afrigadget for his innovative creation of his own lighting equipment built with simple materials and components.

What is remarkable about Chuchu is his ability to produce exceptional pieces of digital art, whether it be animations, music videos, photography exhibitions or design concepts. A member of Just A Band, Chuchu also combines his prowess over digital art on to music.

Younes Badi – Morocco

Younes Badi is a young graphic designer from Rabat. He is studying graphic design at a local design university and his portfolio is full of promise.

One Horse Town – South Africa

One Horse Town is a Cape Town based Illustration Collective comprising of Justin Poulter and Simon Berndt. This South African studio produces creative illustration with a retro look and feel. Their incredible illustration inspire other African illustrators and they consistenly come out with great projects. Can’t wait to see what they have in 2010.

Karen McDade – South Africa

Karen specializes in designing online and print media. She has a passion for photo manipulation and loves experimenting with new techniques. Much of her artwork is influenced by her ‘surreal and fantasy-esque’ style.

Younes Ze – Algeria

2009 was definetly a good year for Younes Ze his portoflio really came to prominence in many design blogs this past year. Younes continues to blow our minds with colorful and expressive photomanipulations. A cutting edge artist he is the one to watch for the latest design trends.

Sindiso Nyoni – Zimbabwe

Sindiso Nyoni is an award winning Zimbabwean designer/ illustrator who combines traditional and digital media to create his own subversive style called Guerill(art). His influences include social activism, indie films and graphic novels- “all combine to create a uniquely African street style with an international, cosmopolitan feel”.

Niyi Okeowo – Nigeria

Niyi Okeowo hails from Lagos Nigeria. One thing can be said about him, he loves to experiment trying various digital techniques. We are definetly looking forward to seeing which direction Niyi takes his work.

Ahmed Othman – Egypt

Ahmed Othman is a young graphic designer from Cairo, Egypt. His portfolio includes his projects in graphic design, photography, and Photomanipulation. He is a bright and dynamic talent, creating extremely vivid artwork.

Kenneth  Shofela Coker – Nigeria

Born in Lagos, Nigeria Kenneth Shofela Coker, is a multi-talented digital artist. As a recent graduate from Memphis College of Art,  this Magna Cum Laude graduate has an impressive portfolio ranging from 3d character modeling, illustration and animation. This young artists hopes to burst into the animation and gaming industry and his work speaks for itself. His recent projects can be seen on his website. This digital artist is packing a lot of talent.