Character Design ~ Wakayima | Solomon W. Jagwe | 5,025 views
Saturday, April 2nd, 2016
Wakayima in his Old Age, ancient Ugandan folk tale, oral tradition – I was imagining an older version of wakayima, a throw back to our very own “Once upon a time….” ~ I grew up listening to the folk tale of Wakayima and Wango, I keep replaying those stories in my mind and image what the characters would look like in their old age.
The shape of the character was inspired by a photo of a ripe banana I took one morning while having breakfast with my 2 kids. Below are the drawing and painting stages.
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This is beautiful work Solo.
I appreciate the return to roots.
Keep it up!
Thank you so much brother!! We definitely need to keep our roots alive and well, and pass them on to the next generation.
Very good
Thanks bro 🙂