#bantuknots

WILDBERRY.
Traditional and Digital. (Swipe for real version)
Practicing for a thing.
#nikolasdraperivey #manga #anime #bantuknots #blackwomen #artistsoninstagram #random #practice
https://www.instagram.com/p/B4DZVBSF7KY/?igshid=1p1cg057t1el8

#catchtheeznappz #naturalistas #naturalhair #blackisbeautiful #kinkyhair #coilyhair #curlyhair #curlygirl #teamnatural #blackgirlmagic #texture #Melanin #MelaninPoppin #naturalhaircommunity #curly #afro #fierce #fun #fabulous #color #protectivestyle #bantuknots #braids #twists #Fashion …

Queen

“We Gazed Upon the Promise. I Die on Sand Before the Dawn.” Fineliner Pen and Copic Markers on Paper. 24”x22”.
On a previous post I mentioned that this could either be a flying ship or a falling figure. Potential mixed with inescapable plights. We are artifacts for the future.
#blackart #drawing #contemporaryart #contemporarydrawing #penonpaper #bantuknots #stabilo #copic
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bo2R-DoliEQ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1clj5ljw4cp4q

“I Count My Blessings With an Abacus” Fineliner Pen and Copic Markers on Paper. 30 in diameter.
I recently started using #copicmarkers as an underpainting for a few layers and they are a life and timesaver. This is probably this fastest I’ve done a drawing of this size.
#blackart #drawing #penonpaper #pendrawing #stabilo #bantuknots #abacus #contemporaryart #contemporarydrawing #acreativedc #supportblackart
https://www.instagram.com/p/BnCeMXqh4Xk/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=17uaapnq04a4k

Hair done. ⭕️
#wip #studio #bantuknots #penonpaper #drawing #blackart

Sketching colorful Bantu knots for an upcoming drawing. Ever since I got back from Martha’s Vineyard I’ve been mad motivated (and there’s an upcoming deadline I’m trying to meet).
#studio #wip #sketch #bantuknots #penonpaper #sketchbook (at Pyramid Atlantic Art Center)

Itty bitty Bantu knots.

Proud. Show respect for the Bantu Knots and call them by their name. Hair by @amenabelledesoleil. by @jana2u. #naturalhair #bantuknots #empowerment #blackhistory #NikiaPhoenix

BANTU KNOTS ✨ One of my fave styles to date! The most challenging thing for me is getting the partings right!⠀ ⠀
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- Neecie⠀
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@orshaircareeurope

#nhdaily #naturalhairdaily #nhd #elleandneecie #bantuknots #neeciegold #mattsbbq #bantuknot #afrohairupdo #afrohair #kinkyhair #coilyhair #naturalista

@nicolenxcxle’s killin’ it with this bantu knot style! ⠀
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#nhdaily #naturalhairdaily #nhd #elleandneecie #bantuknot #bantuknots #braids #beads #cornrows #cainrows #slay

Bantu knots A style I wasn’t too sure about, but has soon become one of my favourites! ⠀
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- Neecie⠀
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#elleandneecie #nhd #nhdaily #naturalhairdaily #bantuknots #favouritehairstyle #favoritehairstyle #staplestyle #blackgirlmagic

my trusty peach pants

simplicity is key

stripes and wedges

backroads in a backless top

parachute jacket

Rocking the bantu knots for a night out.
Lets do this in the african way

They take, and try to manipulate, re-create. Beautiful ghetto girls’ cornrows turned to “boxer braids”; Bantu knots from the Zulu tribes of Africa the Motherland turned to “twisted mini-buns”. See they put a white face on it and call it new, call it theirs. Honey, you can imitate all you want. You can take our styles, our facial features, our skin; but what you can never have is our aesthetic, our DNA. Our ancestors’ blood runs hot in our veins. When we do our hair, their spirits are guiding our hands; their voices whispering instructions into our ears. That’s blackness. Beautiful blackness. True black…ness.