2020 in Doodles

As an amateur illustrator/animator who took Lagos traffic as the classroom to teach himself how to create illustrations and animations, I am often astonished at the end of each year to see how much has been done.

2020 was indeed a very different year for this side-passion (@trafficdoodles) of mine; I didn’t have the luxury of being stuck on the roads for constant inspiration, and the world as we all knew it seemed to be spinning off its axis.        

Oh well! what can I say; it’s been one hell of an eventful year, but the upside for me was promising to Stay Curious through it, which helped me evolve the illustrations/animations from only the Assembly App to Procreate and even Looom

Do look through the compilation of work done this year and see if you can spot a number of events that have shaped the narrative of our existence forever.

Lucky fingers crossed 🤞🏾 as we go into 2021.

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Pixiteapps features Trafficdoodles

When I started Trafficdoodles as a project, I was just repurposing my hours of being held up in Lagos Traffic to experiment. I ended up learning to illustrate and animate to a reasonable extent (from total newbie level).

So it was a surprise when I got contacted by Pixiteapps, the developers of Assembly; the app I use for my daily illustrations, and they said I was selected to feature amongst 10 Creatives across the globe creating content with their mobile app. They wanted to introduce me to the larger group across the Creative community and even let my story inspire a number of people( can you imagine, tiny little me).

I actually did this interview/feature last year while commuting to work and seeking inspiration (All thanks to the awesome team at FlowTown Films, Thanks MoDMaN). Do see my video feature below and also check out the other brilliant people across the world expressing their creativity in beautiful ways.

Also check out and follow @Trafficdoodles on Instagram to see how much I have improved over time and give yourself a daily dose of Lagos Traffic inspiration. Although, you might not see daily content at the moment, since the world in on lockdown and I haven’t had the luxury of being stuck in Traffic.

Do StaySafe, StayHome & StayCreative.

2019 in Doodles

Spent a lot of hours on the roads in 2019 and I sure as hell couldn’t let all that time stuck in Uber and on Lagos roads go to waste. So here’s a compilation of what I made of the sights and sounds of the roads of Lagos, in 2019. Going into 2020 with even more insane level of curiosity.

Taught myself how to create illustrations and animations while being stuck in Lagos Traffic while riding in an Uber. It has been quite a year, and I am glad for all the inspiring sights and sounds that have birthed all of these creations. Looking forward to what 2020 brings.

Traffic Doodles (The Motion Picture)

Capturing my Traffic experiences with doodles started with illustrating a number of stills on my mobile phone, just a little over a month ago. It just only made sense  to keep pushing, so that my 4 hours (daily) invested in commuting to and from work on the roads of Lagos, could even better utilised. So I got to learning how to animate any illustration made on my mobile phone while stuck in traffic, and everything below was borne out of my non-stop trial and errors. 

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