The Azanian Preppers Handbook
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Posts categorized: Illustration
Cinema Africa: A Ghanaian Animator On His Beautiful African Fantasy Film, ‘Orisha’s Journey’
Abel Shifferaw speaks with Abdul Ndadi, the filmmaker behind Orisha’s Journey, a new animated short inspired by African folklores. Orisha’s Journey, a short animated film by New York City-based filmmaker of Ghanaian descent, Abdul Ndadi, breaks the European normative lens through which much animated projects are viewed and produced, creating a delightfully heartwarming piece that… Read more »
Nnedi Okorafor Pens Two More Binti Tales by Lee Harris
By now you’ll have probably heard that Nnedi Okorafor’s Binti has been shortlisted for a Hugo Award for Best Novella. Way before we heard this news, we asked Nnedi if she’d like to write more in this world. Happily, she said yes. In fact, she said she’d already written one. Okorafor shares how Binti: Home… Read more »
Xaviera Lopez is a Chilean artist sparked by Vine’s six-second format
Xaviera Lopez is a Chilean artist sparked by Vine’s six-second format. Remote, of place (living in Santiago, Chile at Vine’s inception), inspired by the personal, the journey of the psyche, clean Japanese graphics, the metaphysical, a new and distinctly feminine surrealism, animation, the superimposing of photography and sound upon a digital canvas. Hair, lips, eyes-expressions,… Read more »
Interview with Uppercut
SoldierMuse had a chance to chat to Alvhin Adendorff, who is a part of the Cape Town based Uppercut crew. One of their trademarks is the use of impactful illustration, often with a post-apocalypse theme to it. We spoke about their collaboration with local illustrators. SoldierMuse: Yo Alvhin, thanks for taking your time to have… Read more »
Alkebu-lan map 1260 AH
Nikolaj Cyon is an artist from Sweden who has worked with precolonial Africa as a theme. He has created a counterfactual map of what Africa could have looked like in the mid 19th century – showing an African continent without European colonization. He constructed an alternative historical timeline in which Europe was much harder struck by the plague in the 1350’s and never recovered. Therefore African nations would have… Read more »
Afrofuturistic illustrations by Manzel Bowman
Elements of afrofuturism and mixed digital medium. Absolutely gorgeous and inspiring. Manzel Bowman (Amitville, New York) is an artist who works in a variety of media. By rejecting an objective truth and global cultural narratives, Bowman creates with daily, recognizable elements, an unprecedented situation in which the viewer is confronted with the conditioning of his… Read more »
SoldierMuse for Georgette Magazine
Georgette is an online style magazine focusing on extraordinary women, fashion, interviews and more. This shoot was the cover story for the relaunch of Georgette magazine and was given wide attention from both fashion bloggers and stylists locally and internationally. Photography: Anika Molnar Model: SoldierMuse Fashion Styling: Nicole Danielle Make-up: Jacqueline Viljoen Fashion Assistant: Perla Moleka Photographer’s Assistant:… Read more »
IG Inspiration: hheininge
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SoldierMuse impression by Luis Tolosana
Drawing of SoldierMuse by Luis Tolosana of Falcon Comics – www.facebook.com/falconcomix
IG Inspiration: LINA VIKTOR
Lina Viktor is a fine art and concept artist from London who gilds with 24-karat gold and uses patterns, symbolism, and iconography to address grand archetypes and concepts of infinity, greatness and transcendence. Instagram: www.instagram.com/linaviktor or @linaviktor Website: www.linaviktor.com