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Scary stuff will be showcased at the next WAPI event.
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Excuse the text, It's an intgeral part of the visual composition. In a month that i discovered how much I'm falling behind as a traditional artist I had to do a WaPI poster that talks about reaching your pinnacle as an individual.

Go figure.

I used blender to do the faces on the mantra behind the character who was drawn in Art Rage and completed in Photoshop. Gimp sucks largely because of the interface so I am putting it on the back burner.
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These days it's frequent to hear lamentations of how much manpower resource Africa is losing to Europe, the US and Australia. So WaPI had a theme to deal specifically with these issues. We even had brain gain in the form of Blak Twang (originally Nigerian and in Kenya for the first time) perform.

This was an I did to test how much knowledge I had acquired in Blender. I have been playing with it since January and even bought the manual. ]]> Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:00:46 +0000 http://mfanyikazi.cgsociety.org/gallery/532277

This is the poster for the next WAPI event at the British Council in Nairobi. The theme is Detox: Kicking the habit. I chose to do this image because I think that to kick a habit you need to kill a part of yourself. Anyone who has watched Fight Club would understand. Not to say that I condone any form of suicidal activity, I'm just speaking metaphorically.

I used painter on the lady's face and body and then got impatient with pushing paint around, so I used a Photoshop filter to give it a cut-out/ ink-ish polished look. The rest of the objects, save for the syringe, were done in XSI and composited in Photoshop. The syringe was a photograph. ]]> Thu, 23 Aug 2007 19:08:18 +0000 http://mfanyikazi.cgsociety.org/gallery/523984

I created this image for the WAPI poster for August 2007 event.
The theme is modern day slavery. I thought about exploring sex slavery in a clever way using an art-noveau-ish style but shied away from it. I felt that it would take away from the theme a little.

So I focussed on the perpetrator rather than the victim. Some CEO type individual with a whip in hand. I wanted to put a profit chart in the back but that would have taken away from the design.


PHOTOSHOP and COREL PAINTER were used.



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Visionaries. A poster for the WAPI event at the BRITISH COUNCIL held in July 2007.

I completed this in PHOTOSHOP from a pencil sketch that was scanned in. An opaque hard brush was used for the light effects. It's a technique that I want to use to create backgrounds in OLOKUT.]]> Mon, 30 Jul 2007 19:59:16 +0000 http://mfanyikazi.cgsociety.org/gallery/534398

The first of the year 2 WAPI poster images. Done entirely in Adobe Illustrator, this for me signifies a shift in thinking and design of the WAPI posters. The theme was Time Spans: Past, Present, and Future. I played with objects derived from my memories. ]]> Wed, 29 Aug 2007 18:27:32 +0000 http://mfanyikazi.cgsociety.org/gallery/490101

This is the 12th Poster for the WaPI (Words and Pictures) event at the British council. This time the theme is based upon taking a stand against ethnic violence. ]]> Thu, 26 Apr 2007 20:59:10 +0000 http://mfanyikazi.cgsociety.org/gallery/468014

Long overdue, this is the image I designed for WaPI (Words and Pictures) forum this March for the British Council. The theme is HAKI which means JUSTICE and I wanted to imply within the image the choice most Kenyans must make between using the formal court system and using other means to resolve disputes.

I made a pencil sketch and painted over it in Photoshop. The scales of justice are a 3d element done in XSI.
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This image I completed for an research firm that 'keeps an ear to the ground'. I started with a pencil sketch of the indian man, then added the sky in bryce and completed all the colouring in photoshop. I'm planning to use this sort of workflow on another project soon.]]> Tue, 24 Oct 2006 04:29:37 +0000 http://mfanyikazi.cgsociety.org/gallery/408528

This was probably my most ambitious poster for the WaPI series of posters up until this point. I wanted to test my 3d knowledge fully in a production environment by modeling a commercial transport minivan (a.k.a. matatu in these parts.) I fell short of my initial concept that was supposed to be a photo-real rendition because I used a detailed side reference from a press ad but made up the front.

Consequently I had to mess around with the image in Photoshop just to make it work for the audience. Overall I feel the concept works for the context in which it will be used as promotional material.

November’s poster will be designed by someone else, but I will be back with a bang in December or January.

WaPI (Words and Pictures) is a forum for underground artists organized by the British Council office in Nairobi, Kenya.
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WAPI (Words and pictures) poster image for the forum for underground artists organized by the British Council in Nairobi.
This was an image created using sketches composited withother sampled 3d objects and photos.

This image will be updated as it is still under development.]]> Fri, 11 Aug 2006 22:34:30 +0000 http://mfanyikazi.cgsociety.org/gallery/394339

This is an extra image that I did for the DadaHoood event. I consider it a study. I wanted to do an image that was like the poster but pushed the theme a little bit further, something that would have a little bit more visual impact. Well I fought with it and then I lost the first painting, so I re-painted (after a few days sulking) it and this time it turned out better.]]> Thu, 17 Aug 2006 08:50:46 +0000 http://mfanyikazi.cgsociety.org/gallery/383941

This image was created for the WaPI (workshop) for underground artists that will be taking place in August this year. The theme is al about celebrating women. I sketched oout the girl and then completed the illustration in Painter and Photoshop.]]> Fri, 21 Jul 2006 10:51:32 +0000 http://mfanyikazi.cgsociety.org/gallery/378816

WaPI poster illustration for the British Council, Kenya. The theme was on the environment. I wanted to pass on the message in a more subtle manner so that what on the surface looks like a simple environmental scene becomes a protest against pollution.

I used a 2D and 3D combination in MAYA and Photoshop.]]> Sat, 08 Jul 2006 13:00:04 +0000 http://mfanyikazi.cgsociety.org/gallery/362854

I did this for an upcoming workshop for underground artists called WaPI (Words and Pictures) organized by The British Council in Nairobi.

The characters I drew and arranged in photoshop before painting over in painter. Other elements like the pans I did very quickly in Maya.]]> Sat, 27 May 2006 15:56:08 +0000 http://mfanyikazi.cgsociety.org/gallery/276357

This is comic book artwork I developed for a pitch. The client was impressed and wants to develop the concept further. Please let me know if you get a sense of good pacing in the story telling. Comments on Lighting and chatacter design are also welcome.
I used standard methods. Pencil, ink, photoshop and illustrator.
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This is an old piece I made while creating concepts for a film I worked on about child soldiers called 'the aftermath'. Colored pencil on ivory board.]]> Tue, 11 Jul 2006 06:50:31 +0000