Overcast
Its 2 a.m. Time for sleeping started long before but I ignored it. Preferring instead to stress my head with stupid games and stupid movies. Perfecting the art of zoning out for hours on end. Days even.
Facing April
Faces. Portraits I guess is the proper term. I like drawing faces and intertwining patterns or other small aspects into what they are. I’m currently exploring several different styles for my faces.
Lines Drawn
The hyperventilating, the stress headaches, the mind running and running in all directions trying to think its way out of the mess. It really drains a person.
Bowie
I can’t claim to be a huge Bowie fan. I believe I became aware of him from Labyrinth. I believed I first saw it on video when I was 13 or 14, early 90’s. I loved that movie. My favorite character was the big fuzzy guy that said “Frieeend” in a deep groggily voice.
Carnival – A creative process
I started this drawing and then left it sitting for days before paying it more attention. I’ve been preoccupied by a few things here and there.
Vector Patterns
I’ve been playing with patterns lately. Making them with markers and converting them to vectors and using them on a number of illustrations. I’m addicted. I decided I should share some love. Click the icon below to download a vector file you can use how you see fit.
Markerpen Portraits
I started playing with a marker pen last month and have been posting a series of portraits to instagram. These are a collection of some of my September/October submissions. Some are actual subjects while a few were made up in my head. If interested in the process, here it is: I sketch the image out on paper […]
Alien Elf
I was slightly bored with the Friday. Also saw a few posts today about composite images and other things like that so felt inspired. Took a drawing my son made, tried to flesh it out and then made a strange garden scene to set it in. Like a little alien elf.
Marginal Kenya – A parady
These were made during some very heavy flooding and traffic snarlups that were shutting down this city under the sun.
#147NotJustANumber
Our tears, prayers, and heartfelt grief are given for those whose lives were taken.
CraftAfrika.org
In 2012 I started working on an enterprise with a colleague called CraftAfrika. My primary contribution has been design and some behind the scenes support.
Internet Freedom
January 18th was Internet Freedom day. These are the designs I submitted for that activity.
Barrel of the Gun
The guns were pointed at my head. “This is no joke, let go of the phone”. Eight, maybe ten men crowded around me, appearing out of nowhere in the darkness to relieve me of any valuables I might have.
The Law and Internet in Kenya
BAKE is hosting a meeting on issues of the Law and the internet in Kenya. This is the poster design I put together for that effort.
Feb 6th – Bob Marley’s Birthday
When I was 16 I subscribed to a club that let one buy all sorts of music CDs for extremely cheap as long as over the course of the year several more were purchased at full price. I chose a few Bob Marley albums among others.
MugabeFalls Meme
Is it because we hardly see any other image of African leaders in motion or is it just because of who this particular leader is? #MugabeFalls
potentash.com
Potentash is the personal website for Rayhab Gachango. She asked me to develop a logo for her site and to tailor the layout on the webpage.
Twenty Fifteen
Sigh. How did that happen. Yesterday was January 2014. I don’t think I’m ready for 2015.
#E30LA – Band Aid 30 years later
For the 30th Anniversary of Band Aid, Ebola was a God-send. Just look at that 30. See how clever it is to swap out the “BO” and slap in the “30” instead? Genius. #E30LA, pure brilliance.
Shapes by Nyerdet
Using the Paper by 53 program on the iPad is loads of fun. I made a book for Nyerdet and told him he could fill it with as many pictures as he likes.
Spots
Nyerdet told me to draw spots. I cheated and wrote it instead. He chose the colors, and drew the spots around the SPOTS.
Colors by Nyerdet
Nyerdet is exploring the use of colors & shapes. I love the number 4.
Portraits by Nyerdet
Nyerdet loves drawing almost as much as I do. He started a series of pictures today on the iPad. These are two different portraits he did of me. My favorite is the one in red.
Buntings
It took five to put together 90. Good fun. Buntings.
Dr. Horrible smells his thumb
Fan art maybe. Watched the Dr. Horrible a few days ago and seriously wish there was more.
Stanley
She raises cannibalistic chickens. Seems like a self defeating enterprise.
Waraho
Waroho – medium: iPad, adobe ideas
Paper Doodles
Doodles in Paper by 53
Wiggle Wiggle
Lines & colors. Probably should have called it squiggle squiggle. But that wiggle song was in my head just now.
storm clouds
The whole weekend I have been in a funk. Couldn’t place my finger on the reason, whether it is being depressed or just being down & out for the fun of it.
Red lips
red lips – digital drawing in “paper” on iPad.
Nyerded at 6: Adobe Ideas
Another portrait created with Adobe Ideas. The app is super simple to use and I keep discovering new tools each time I play with it.
Drawing: Adobe ideas
Recently I discovered a great tablet/phone application by adobe called “Adobe Ideas”. Its a vector drawing tool that allows you to sketch or draw up ideas. I love it. I started playing with it this week.
kiketele.com
Kike Tele is an initiative that seeks to tell stories by and for African women with the aim to spark constructive conversations and inspire positive change.
Nairobi Street Art
I was quite intrigued by this man and his jacket. Unfortunately I am shy in public and didn’t bother the guy to find out what it was all about. But the drawing was nice. Lovely Nairobi street art.:)