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Matthew Powell
character-artist/concept artist & storyboard artist with CG character/prop knowledge
Environment & Background Designs
(ideas I've had for yrs prior to doodling them out)
- Indigenous traditional Bamileke architecture inspired my building design & Yoruba native ancient glass-beads technology inspired my window designs
WIP
- indigenous traditional Akan architecture
- a city of the future, where indigenous traditional African architecture is placed ontop of skyscrapers & towers as a means of preservation & "higher" communities
WIP
- architecture design based on irl traditional African windows
Bob's Burgers Inspired Designs
Environment/Characters inspired by IRL Indigenous African Architecture
- a pitch for a show of animated characters that educate viewers about precolonial native African architecture & reminiscent of the Afrophobic origins of cartoon characters' designs (minstrel, sambo etc).
Nubian, Kasongo, Bemba, Yoruba,
Yoruba, Gurunsi, Tellem, Musgum,
Jola, Dinka, Bakoni, Abyssinia, Axumite,
Africa Town, Afro Honduran, & sketches
- the origin of cartoons is based on my elements
including minstrels & similar historic Afrophobic caricatures
more Backgrounds/Environments
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