Thursday, June 18, 2020

Instagram Live Interview of Pablo Stanley by Bolanle Banwo

Interview Poster
Photo Credit: Bolanle Banwo

Brief Bio on the Host:
Bolanle Banwo is a brand Identity designer/design advocate from Lagos, Nigeria. She helps brands tell compelling stories through creative designs. Much of her work is centered around helping small and medium businesses create strong identities via good communication designs. Bolanle is the Founder of The Female Designer Movement, an initiative she launched with a mission to train and equip women with design skill-set and thereby help increase the number of women in the Nigerian Technology ecosystem. She is also the Founder of Geneza Brands, a branding agency based in Lagos.
She was featured on BBC Pidgin in March, 2018 at the inaugural edition of The Female Designer Movement (I was privileged to be an assistant tutor for a session). She also spoke at the JAN/Microsoft DigiGirlz Camp held at the Microsoft Lagos office for International Women’s Day. In April, She was listed on Wema Bank’s Alat.ng’s Women In Tech (Tech-Chicks). She was also featured on the Business Day’s CEO Magazine, Women of Rubies, The Nigerian Tribune and Channels Television where she talked about her design journey, her projects and the work she is doing to improve the design ecosystem in general.
She may be found online on Instagram @bolanle_banwo, where she occasionally shares her work and projects. She currently teaches design at the Geneza School of Design. She’s also getting the hang of running her channel on YouTube.

Instagram Live Interview of Chris Do by Bolanle Banwo

Interview Poster
Photo Credit: Bolanle Banwo

Brief Bio on the Host:
Bolanle Banwo is a brand Identity designer/design advocate from Lagos, Nigeria. She helps brands tell compelling stories through creative designs. Much of her work is centered on helping small and medium businesses create strong identities via good communication designs. Bolanle is the Founder of The Female Designer Movement, an initiative she launched with a mission to train and equip women with design skill-set and thereby help increase the number of women in the Nigerian Technology ecosystem. She is also the Founder of Geneza Brands, a branding agency based in Lagos.
She was featured on BBC Pidgin in March, 2018 at the inaugural edition of The Female Designer Movement (I was privileged to be an assistant tutor for a session). She also spoke at the JAN/Microsoft DigiGirlz Camp held at the Microsoft Lagos office for International Women’s Day. In April, She was listed on Wema Bank’s Alat.ng’s Women In Tech (Tech-Chicks). She was also featured on the Business Day’s CEO Magazine, Women of Rubies, The Nigerian Tribune and Channels Television where she talked about her design journey, her projects and the work she is doing to improve the design ecosystem in general.
She may be found online on Instagram@bolanle_banwo, where she occasionally shares her work and projects. She currently teaches design at the Geneza School of DesignShe's also getting the hang of running her channel on YouTube.

Sunday, June 7, 2020

Art Station's Relatively Unknown Features




Photo Credit: Art Station

Some not so known features of Art Station besides being a popular portfolio site for showing amazing talent worldwide for CG Art.


A KICK-ASS MARKETPLACE WHICH IS A MIX OF FEATURES SIMILAR TO UDEMY AND GUMROAD

  • It has a marketplace for digital products and specific categories such as tutorials, game assets, resources, brushes, artworks, books and comics.
  • For free account users, the platform takes up to 34% on any sale. For Plus and Pro account users it's about 20% and 5% respectively. Coupons can be created by the content creators.


A PRINT-ON-DEMAND SERVICE WHICH HAS FEATURES SIMILAR TO TEEPUBLIC, CURIOOS, INPRNT AND DISPLATE

  • A service which gives artists and designers the avenue to sell their fan art and original designs and be delivered as the following options: Art posters, Art Prints, Canvas Prints and HD Metal Prints. Markup price is up to 20%. Delivery is worldwide.