🎓 I DID IT! 🎉👊💫
Yesterday, I graduated from Ebonylife Creative Academy, all thanks to @lagosstategovt and @ebonylifecreativeacademy for sponsoring this amazing scholarship program.
Big shoutout to @moabudu for founding this life-changing initiative. Special thanks to @tolu.ajayi2 , my tutor, lecturer, and Head of Department, for all the knowledge and mentorship, and to @drikus.volschenk , our Head of School, for steering us through.
I’m also incredibly grateful to have made new friends and connections in the industry, these people have become like family to me.
And, of course, thank you @carlrumbaugh for your unwavering support and to @estherkemigbadamosi for making me believe in myself.
Onward to the next chapter! 🎥 #tellingafricanstories
#Graduation #ELCA #LagosState #FilmMaking #NewBeginnings #Gratitude
Really excited to put my Directing skill into use at the ELCA's Mock exercise, The experience was great, i love my team(allll my team mates).
Big step forward, It can only get better from here!
Photo credit: @chauwpapakara
As we enter into the festive season of filmmaking in Nigeria, I will love to pin a post about myself.
David Abayomi Olayanju is a natural Story creator, Stopmotion Animator, Cinematographer, Writer, Director and Photographer, he have a strong passion for storytelling as he started by using photography to tell his stories, as time goes he discovers he can tell his stories by using more than one frame of picture.
Now he is a Stopmotion Animator, cinematographer and director contributing to projects that have claim awards in Africa and diaspora including Winner (Best Stopmotion Animation) LIFANIMA, Winner (Best animation US MISSION x AFRIFF), Nomination for (Best animation AMAA, AFFRIF), Screened at LIFE AFTER OIL MOVIE FESTIVAL @ ITALY, RTF among others.
David is passionate about telling organic African stories through Stopmotion Animation and Live action film.
#tellingafricanstories
#aboutme
Another workshop session in the tank with @radioxitymedia at Pan-Atlantic University @pau_nigeria .
We’re not just teaching,we’re opening up the world of stop-motion animation to Nigerian youth looking for new ways to express their art and tell powerful stories.
This goes beyond storytelling… it’s an introduction to the stop-motion economy and the possibilities within it.
Grateful to be part of the facilitators, bringing hands-on experience to a new wave of believers.
Thank you @estherkemigbadamosi for the opportunity 🙏❤️
I was an instructor at the recently concluded Radioxity Media Symposium and Workshop held at Yaba College of Technology.
From stop-motion animation to visual storytelling, it was a hands-on session focused on practical execution and real-world application. Always important to move beyond theory and equip creatives with tools they can actually use.
Good to see more initiatives pushing locally driven innovation in the animation and film space.
#RadioxityMedia #Animation #Filmmaking #Yabatech #CreativeIndustry
I had the opportunity to serve as an instructor at the recently concluded Radioxity Media Symposium and Workshop at Yaba College of Technology.
My session focused on hands-on learning. We started with introducing the armature, and I asked participants to pose it based on their current mood just to get them thinking about expression and character.
From there, we moved into the basics of the walk cycle, breaking it down in a simple and practical way. We wrapped up with a group exercise where they created short, simple stories using what they had learned.
It was a solid experience seeing ideas come to life in real time. Moments like this remind me how important it is to keep building and sharing within the creative space.
#Radioxitystopmotionworkshop #StopMotion #Filmmaking #Yabatech #CreativeCommunity
The Radioxity Media Symposium and Workshop at Yaba College of Technology was a strong gathering of creatives, ideas, and hands-on learning.
It’s always refreshing to see spaces where people come together not just to talk, but to actually engage, experiment, and build. From conversations to practical sessions, the energy in the room was focused on growth and pushing the creative industry forward.
Initiatives like this are important for developing local talent and encouraging more innovation within stopmotion animation which have been underrepresented in Africa
Good to be part of it.
#Radioxitystopmotionworkshop #Yabatech #CreativeIndustry #Filmmaking #animation
Crazy frame for the legend.
Caught @bigbirdkuti in his natural habitat at the New Afrika Shrine raw energy, real culture, no filters.
Some moments you don’t plan… you just capture. Big Up to @sir.fela for the opportunity!
About Time i share some of the work i did at @jimmyakingbola and @solaakingbola time in Lagos for the BETtv Mission Motherland Show. Grateful for the experience. It was wonderful working with everyone! Let’s do it again. Big Appreciation to @sir.fela for trusting me with these responsibilities.
Today is world @david_abayomi_olayanju day.
My right hand man. You know you hold a special spot in my heart ♥️.
Happy birthday dear brother and trouble maker 🤪.
#birthdayboy
