Pencils, digital inking and painting
One more addition to my series of illustrations depicting stories in “The History of The Yorubas” by the Reverend Samuel Johnson, the Pastor of Oyo, originally written in 1921. I picked up this GREAT book at @TerraKulture in Lagos. These prints will be part of my Afrikkan Pantheon graphics line. And I am going to collate all of them into a graphic novel when complete.
About Afrikkan Pantheon series
This series of prints will have a fantasy slant, inspired by the books I grew up reading like “Le Morte d’Arthur” by Thomas Malory, “The Iliad” & “The Odyssey” by Homer, “The Song of Hiawatha” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and “Rhinegold” by Stephan Grundy.
DISCLAIMER: I started the Afrikkan Pantheon graphics line as a reaction to popular literature, Hollywood and comic book retelling and adaptions of ancient mythology, primarily from Greek and Norse societies. I just wanted to add my own little spice to the mix; I absolutely do not claim to be an expert on African culture….just an artist with tons of ideas.
Roger Okewole
Roger is a US-based self-taught illustrator who founded his graphic arts company, 9ja Pop Art in 2011. The company focuses on pop art graphic lines themed around various inspirations. One of these graphic lines is the Afrikkan Pantheon line which is a small attempt to take some control of the African narrative in diaspora through pop art illustrations. Amongst many projects within this line are depictions of Sub-Saharan deities in the pop art illustration genre. Also illustrations from the "History of the Yorubas" by the Reverend Samuel Johnson and from "Forest of a Thousand Demons" by D.O. Fagunwa.
