#Kickstarter ascension tv show series

I really love the clean layout of pages that features ToneyвЂ™s art alongside names of characters and even captions with a bit of who they are. IвЂ™m a big fan of the design of the book which could very well be contributed to Jordan Martins who not only wrote ToneyвЂ™s bio but edited this entire book. The book is split into 4 sections: original characters, future stories, fan-art, and growth. Having the digital copy on hand, I was able to open up and explore ToneyвЂ™s collection and all this hard work. Originally published earlier this year as a digital-only artbook, which BNP was sent some months ago, this KS campaign is to raise funds to get (soft and hardcover) print copies into the hands of the people, along with other great reward tiers such as posters, autographed copies, and even special commissioned art pieces. In the video on the Kickstarter page, he mentions a memory of being young and his father questioning him: why didnвЂ™t he draw people who look like him? In 2015, he vowed to change that and focused on creating Black characters and began drawing from African lore and themes.

#Kickstarter ascension tv show series

Growing up, Toney never drew Black heroes because he never saw them in the series he loved. Black Anime: Lost Chill-dren of the Diaspora is a collection of his work between 2016-2018, but the inspiration for the project came from his childhood art. вЂњI determined that all of my characters and stories would draw from African mythology and the African diaspora.вЂќ- Mikey ToneyДЄrt Director and illustrator Mike Toney is a lifelong lover of anime-beginning with faves like Escaflowne, Tenchi Muyo!, and Yu Yu Hakusho. A 94-page art book spanning two years of his personal work, this art book is inspired by ancient mythology and the African diaspora. One that means so much to him: Black Anime: Lost Chill-dren of the Diaspora. HeвЂ™s currently working on a Kickstarter campaign to crowdfund a very important project close to his heart.

But overall, heвЂ™s most proud of his conscious decision to make characters of color that everyone can enjoy.

He attributes this rapid ascension to his commitment to drawing every single day, no matter what. Toney started doing client work in 2016, and two short years later he was tapped to do freelance character design for Cartoon Network and promotional work for Marvel StudiosвЂ™ Black Panther (2018). Black Nerd Problems has reposted his art time and time again. I know Mike Toney from his amazing Instagram account, which you should totally follow by the way.