Hi! My Film Orisha’s Journey Won A “Special Mention Award” At Fupitoons Film Festival In Johanessberg,

Hey y'all! I wanted to share a “Flower Spirit” sequence from my film Orisha’s Journey. In African lore, it is believed that spirits dwell within all things and so all nature should be respected. Being of West African descent (Ghana) I grew up hearing tales of this sort which captured my imagination.(shout out to my boy Iker Maidagan on bkg colors!)

This the final version of the volcano pan shot from my film…

(including final lighting, camera movement, swf, and painted Photoshop layers for earthquake)

Abdul Ndadi DemoReel

My DemoReel featuring storyboards in animatic form and final production of my thesis film "Orisha's Journey" and some Character Designs. Thank you for watchi...

Hi all just uploaded my demo reel with updated contact info…

FILM LINK YOUTUBE

https://www.youtube.com/edit?video_id=uoqdX8Z7uUY

FILM LINK VIMEO

https://vimeo.com/149355438

Demo

https://vimeo.com/94230565 

Character Design

A throwback of “Wizard of Oz” designs based on African folklore and a bit of my imagination:)

A few Wizard of Oz character designs I did for my 3rd year animation class at SVA*… Start of a comic I’ll be working on called Spirits of Oz (working title) based on African folklore take on the classic tale by Lyman Frank Baum.

*This prompt by my animation instructor Mario Menjiver was the genisis of my thesis film Orisha’s Journey  

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

Some more good news my film will be screening in Ghana on August 18th as part of the “Chale Wote 2016!” This means a lot to me, though I was fortunate enough to screen at festivals around the world, it’s now playing in my homeland for the first time! So I’m very grateful for this honor:)

CHARACTER DESIGN

FILM FESTIVAL

Hi!

Here’s the link to my TV Interview on “Divine Speech in African Traditionalism” which aired July 30, 2016. Feel free to check it out if you’d like! Also, here’s a rough sketch and detail of my Anansi “The Spider” character from my Graphic Novel comic (PHOENIX QUEST) Thanks!(O__O)

DIVINE SPEECH TV INTERVIEW LINK (Begins about 6mins in …)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaFqZrCOEZE&feature=youtu.be

Hey y'all! Just got word of a screening in Seattle at the Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center African American Film Festival! I'm really grateful any chance my film gets to play for an audience. Thanks for everything y'all! -Abdul

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

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. 

Hi! Some of my work will be featured this Sunday at the Roux (17 Frost Gallery 1-5 pm) in Brooklyn for their celebration of Black Art. I made this piece based on an Afrofuturism concept by the dance choreographer/performing artists Celine-Niara Sakho and Sarafina Beck which will later be made into a dance performance by them. There will be lots of great artist and music at the exhibit too. Hope to see y'all there! (Swipe for details) #blackart #afrofuturism #stillblack #characterdesign #scifi #fantasy #africa (at Brooklyn, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvFPYPgFc-u/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=9nhjxxhuj0ux