PROJECT: CHIMERA

Rough Sketches

Old rough designs of characters from my comic “Phoenix Quest”. 

Chaos 

Aeden 

Emma

PART 4- 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 everyone! I'm really happy to share that my film will be screening tomorrow Aug 3 at 'SUMMER STAGE 2016' in Staten Island for the New York African Film Festival! I'll be presenting my short film, which plays before the animated French feature "Kirikou and the Wild Beasts" by the great Michel Ocelot (Former ASIFA President & Multi-award winning Filmmaker) in front of a huge crowd. All are welcome to this free event. I'm truly honored to participate. Thanks y'all!

A live-action feature doc called "STICKMAN: The Roosevelt Wilkerson Story" that I had the pleasure of working on will have its NYC Premiere at the Cinema Village in New York City on Friday, March 16th at 9:30pm as part of the Socially Relevant Film Festival. Please join us for this special screening and a Q&A with Director/Producer Margaret Galbraith and Animators Ryan Frost and Abdul Ndadi #film #filmfestival #animation #documentary #cinemavillage #sociallyrelevantfilmfestival #filmmaking #blackartist #stickman (at New York, New York)

Character Design WIP (Prophet) Project: Chimera from rough to digital. #wip #characterdesign #sketch #ink #comics #animation #cyberpunk #scifi #digitalart (at New York, New York)

A few screenshots from my animation thesis film Orisha's Journey for the School of Visual Arts. The film is based on various African folktales throughout the continent...

Aloha, 

I’ve got some good news from Honolulu, Hawaii! My film “Orisha’s Journey” will be screening at the Cultural Animation Film Festival on May 23, 2017, with the Honolulu Museum of Art in Doris Duke Theatre ... 

Also, I had the honor to go back to my elementary school P.S. 246 and speak with some bright children about following their dreams and passions. It was great being back inside those school walls and remembering it as the place where my passion for art was born and those kids had great questions ... But the funniest one I got was when one of the young girls asked if I was married LOL!! The next thing I thought she'd say was, "Because my Mama's looking for a husband!" Lol -Abdul

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!

No Worries, I Can Handle it! :-/

Project: Chimera (Design Sketch) #sketch #rough #cyberpunk #cyberfunk #scifi #characterdesign #wip #2018 #keepgrinding (at New York, New York)