#afrikan warrior

Here’s the finished illustration of a character I designed a few weeks ago for an early & developing theme of ‘The Great & True Afrikan Histories’… This theme, which I’m extremely passionate about, primarily is to create content which represents & celebrates the Black Afrikan culture & it’s true/ rich histories.

The character’s outfit I designed as a ceremonial-type attire, as I imagined him to be a young man/ Prince about to earn his 'Rite of Passage’. The white marks on his skirt (wrapper) represent 'cowrie shells’, which are quite common in the traditional fashion of many African peoples.

His skin I wanted to be jet black for many reasons; one of which being to unapologetically celebrate it as the badge of strength & beauty that it is… For some reason, though he’d be a young man in his very early 20’s, the visual of him having a crown of white hair was appealing… Strong, fearless & noble; I decided to give him the name 'Samson’ (after my Father, in his youth).

I have two more pieces I’ll be finishing off soon, but hope you dig this one for now.

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