I Want To Say Thanks To Everyone At The Post New York Alliance For All Your Work Creating More Opportunities

Here's a pan shot from my film Orisha's Journey...

1) Initial drawing I made for the volcano pan

2) Is the painting I did in photoshop with textural and fog layers 

3) Is the near final look with effects lighting

PART 7- I took the original concept of “The Lady, Or the Tiger?” by Frank R. Stockton and decided to create my own version with original characters and dialogue. Here are the storyboards. (Please see other parts for the whole story) WIP

Hi, I have some good news! My entire film “Orisha’s Journey” will be airing on Bronx cable TV this Saturday and I was featured in a hour length interview(O__O) on the show "Divine Speech & African Traditionalism" discussing my film and a few upcoming projects (among other interesting topics). So if you're in the area and you'd like to check it out, it will air this Saturday July 30th from 6:30-7:30pm (Channel 70, Bronx-Net TV). Thanks everyone! -Abdul (Here's a peek at one of my characters ... Anansi "the Spider" from the Graphic Novel I've been working on and another screening this tim in Indiana @ Middle Coast Film Festival. Thanks y’all!)

CHARACTER DESIGN

FILM FESTIVAL

PHOENIX QUEST

“The Tree of Life has faded and Death’s Shadow returned …”

Anansi: Last, of the Dreamwalkers, seeks the “Child of Fire” to awaken humanity’s only hope to restore their dying world. 

NEW VIDEO LINK!!! https://vimeo.com/340638155

This is a dance/performing arts video based on my Afrofuturist character designs for Niara Sakho’s clothing line ETO (Embrace the otherworldly) and it also features and my cousin Sarafina Beck (1st performer). It was great working with these two talented artists!

Hi, here’s my new Demo Reel featuring my Fupitoons award-winning short, whiteboard animations, and other works!

https://vimeo.com/247196730

Hey guys! I'm heading to Boston this sunday (1/25/2015) to the Glovebox Film Festival where they'll be playing my film along with a lot of really awesome ones! So if you're in the Boston Area come check it out gonna be a fun night...  Here's the link to the Line up! (mine is the last one in Animation Block II)

http://glvbx.com/festival-line-up/

My Thoughts... Humanitarian Crisis (Ebola)

In the wake of this current epidemic, which has devastated West Africa (Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria with over 4,500 casualties) being of Ghanaian descent, I can’t help but express my hurt over this.

Also, I have to say I love the US and all of the opportunities my parents came and fought hard to afford their children… However, I have to say I’m very disappointed by the US Governments (the Center for Disease Control in particular’s) response to this outbreak. This problem should have been dealt with much, much sooner before it got out of hand. Thousands of lives could’ve been saved and its entry into the US could’ve been prevented. Instead our government decided to drag its feet knowing these affected West African countries did not possess the resources to contain the virus. Though I feel African countries despite our history still have to stand on their own, this was a situation where not just the US, but the whole global community should’ve set aside their differences (US and Russia for example) and aided in annihilating what has now become a humanitarian crisis. This virus is not prejudice doesn’t discriminate, fight over borders, or oil- its nature is to infect, kill and multiply and if not fought aggressively from this point on, this outbreak can easily become a global epidemic…

To be honest, I feel like we have to also seriously reevaluate our government and how it functions if it finds it easier to send drones than to lend a helping hand. My thoughts and prayers are with all those affected and it’s my hope that the global community gets on this before its too late! Thanks

JARABI (the Weaver) pen sketch. A blind rebel leader and master hacker, she and her dissenter soldiers are planet Earth's last hope against the corrupt Eutopian Authority. From my Project: Chimera scifi story #Afrofuturism #scifi #cyberpunk #penandink #comics #illustration #animation #fantasy #drawing #mindhack (at NYC) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2kxDpeDxfk/?igshid=14a948n6kqq1v

I got some good news from Cairo, Egypt today! My film will be screening next month (March 20-27, 2015) at the Cairo International Cinema and Arts Festival for Children... This means a lot to me because this will be the first African Film Festival my film will be a part of. Thanks to all my friends and family that helped on this project.