Lady Biba

I did a photo-shoot for the fashion line Lady Biba.
It was really long and pretty exhausting but looking at the
photos, I'm pretty impressed with myself. I think it turned out beautifully.

I'm a strong believer in the Lady Biba fashion line. There's a scarcity in Lagos to get
affordable, fashionable good quality clothes. And Miss Adeniyi brings that to the table.
I wish her luck and hope to see the line grow.

Behind the scenes

Fashion Designer: Bisola Adeniyi
Photography: Modé and help from my cousins Mo and Lanu.
Stylist: Sharon Ojong
Stylist Assistant: Charles Etta
Make-up: David Onyedike
Models: Idera Johnson, Ire Aderinokun (My Sis!!) and Titi Akomolede.

Special thank you to Miss Mo and Lanu Agusto.

My favourite photo from the shoot.
There goes my sister :)

The Anti-Goverment Assassins

Fighting against Nigeria's corruption...

Living in Lagos for just over a year since being away for such
a long time, Nigeria can be really frustrating. The government
are selfish, greedy and ignorant plus the innocent continue to die for stupid reasons.

I know this painting doesn't do much but this is a way of expressing myself,
my anger, my hurt.

Although romanticized I hope this painting gets its idea across.

Take care.

iPhone Cases are Out!

Adeola A

12 x 16 inches. Watercolour on Paper.

I was commissioned to paint Adeola A. who is a Nigerian
Model. I was too happy to paint her.
She is gorgeous.

Lolu

Lolu.
Graphite- pencil. 12 x 16 inches

I enjoyed drawing this custom-made portrait. It took
a while but it was fun. I'm glad that he likes it.
Yay.

Happy Sunday peops.

Doing what you love

This is from one of my favourite Tumblrs Glitter for breakfast

Here is the link to the post

Anonymous asked: How did you get started doing what you love?

At risk of sounding ridiculous…I just started doing it.

As far as design is concerned, I’ve been making up pictures, stories, and worlds as long as I can remember. I messed around with Photoshop a lot as a teen, making mixed CD covers and over-designed myspace profiles. Eventually, people started to offer me work. I went to school to really hone my craft. I knew the second I saw the design school at the Academy that it was where I was meant to be.

For all the other various things I love, I just went out and started to play with them. I wanted to style photoshoots so I gathered my friends and some thrift store props and went gallivanting around my hometown with my sister and our cameras. I took my Nikon and my polaroid everywhere I went for 2 straight years. I loved event planning so I started throwing parties. I wanted to make jewelry and accessories so I bought supplies and gave myself glue-gun burns. I wanted to travel so I became an international volunteer. I wanted to share my thoughts and endeavors so I started a blog. Just go out there and do it.

You don’t need to wait for permission, and you’ll need practice at anything you want to do. Read and view everything on the subjects you love: I am an insatiable consumer of art and design and a billion other passions I never seem to have enough time for. And don’t take yourself too seriously…give yourself room to grow and fail and experiment. You’ll be better for it.

Though terribly blessed, I’m not rich and have mostly scraped together all of the things that I do on a shoestring. Sometimes I spend more than I should (see: 3 foot balloons for tomorrow). But I can’t imagine not doing them. I want to create a beautiful life. Just work hard, learn as much as you can, and go for it. Learn how to do things creatively, stretch your resources, do your homework on free things available to you. Don’t wait until you have the perfect funding, a perfect resume, or boatloads of time. Just start now.

I’m nowhere near close to where I want to be, and I’m certain I’m not finished. I hope I am still “starting” to do what I love. Thanks for asking!