23/04/2024
Who’s enjoyed our new animated music video for the INDUSTRY MACHINE feat
Out Now on ! Go stream it now 🚀
Directed by Somto Ajuluchukwu (AYANWU🔅)
Produced
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23/04/2024
TECHNICIAN XTER Sheets
It was absolutely fun working with the brilliant team of & on producing TECHNICIAN Animated music video.
Inspired by the incredible melody of x
Which is your favorite character ?
03/04/2024
We’re happy to announce the start of our new project in collaboration with of Netherlands. LAGOS, HOME FOR ALL is a digital storytelling project in which a diverse group of animators, comic makers and filmmakers create several stories that evoke Lagos’ history, present and future. The artists of Mooves will bring these inspiring stories together in six illustrated posters with an AR application.
LAGOS, HOME FOR ALL is supported by Creative Industries Fund NL through the open call Resilient Communities / Inclusive Cities / Just Societies.
12/03/2024
What a time to be Nigerian making Animation. To the stars and beyond! ✨
Beautiful moments at sharing the gospel of spirit fiction
05/03/2024
Catch us at 2024
Sharing stories of our journey through building an animation studio dedicated to spirit fiction and growing the Independent Animation industry in Nigeria and Africa at large.
#2024
15/02/2024
Be it’s a lover, with friends or family it’s a season of love. Let’s do it the ZODIAC way. 🌌✨
With love from team VX ANIMATION
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14/02/2024
We just want to say thank you, we love you 💗
11/02/2024
Excited to be part of the cohort of amazing creators for this years Digital Lab Africa by Tshimologong Digital Innovation Precinct Accelerator animation programme South Africa 🇿🇦
We would be developing Land Of Gods (MIFA Finalist 2023 at Festival international du film d’animation d’Annecy ) further through this programme.
Though this poster had one face, I would be working behind the scene every step of the way alongside my co-creator Janica Barnett
Ekene Nwonye would also be leading the project within this programme as lead Creative Director. We are so excited and grateful for this awesome opportunity to tell Khashiya’s story around the Fire.
#2024
02/01/2024
Happy New Year 🎆 🎇 from
May the spirits guide us to beautiful purpose!
#2024
20/12/2023
Two of our animated films screened at the 360 film experience hun and it was amazing, they would be on repeat today just incase you want to have an immersive animated experience drop by.
Limited merch at the market place as well so go about some comics and enjoy some spirit fiction animated shorts!
15/12/2023
Next week Gain insights into conceptualization, storytelling, and the intricate techniques that breathe magic into each frame in an animation production.
Join our exclusive Masterclass with founder of studios as he facilitates ‘The Art of Animation’
Registration is FREE Click the link in our bio to register NOW.
Monday, 18th December 2023 at 10:30AM (Panel session) 12:00PM (Masterclass)
Venue: Livespot Entertarium, 4 Oba Elegushi Rd, Ikate Lekki, Lagos
13/10/2023
Discover the beautiful world of HASKE from the serene village of GIDA, to the Living Forest, The Cave of Light and Mountain of Endurance.
Our theme in this story surrounds core values we believe are necessary for the growing child expressed to epic African fantasy narrative (Spirit Fiction).
Discover more at mipjunior
13/10/2023
We are happy to be previewing our latest 3D animated project titled “Haske” (meaning Light in Hausa local dialect) at the MIPJunior
Haske is being produced currently as an animated short film but in development for a TV series following the journey of a young girl born in a matriarch mystical village on a journey to find the light within her
More concepts and arts coming soon. See you in Cannes to discuss more.
13/10/2023
We are going to be MIP Junior in Cannes starting from today. It’s a packaged schedule of meetings and presentations but we are excited to share our universe of African animated stories with you over some ☕️ me 🥐
Send us a direct message on our WhatsApp for business and view our catalog on WhatsApp as well.
12/10/2023
It was amazing time with the reviewing the amazing projects of the final year students of Montpellier, France
An amazing pool of multinational talent nurtured at largest university for animation in France (with 5 annexes across t he country).
We also had a amazing presentation and tour of the Business Innovation Center of Montpellier with Vallerie Challiou (Director, Montpellier Meditarriane Metropole) of the new facility sharing with us the ooo for animation in the city using Fortiche Studio (Arcane League Of Legends) as a prime case study. (Slide 1 - 4)
We are so excited about the collaboration in infrastructure and education this vibrant ecosystem of the city offers. (Slide 5 & 6)
09/09/2023
VX Comics cordially invites you for the opening of the Nigeria’s / West Africa’s 1st comic art exhibition titled “HALL of SPIRITS” which celebrates 8 years of spirit fiction, amazing creators / artist and comic publishing by Vortex Comics. We Are Spirit.
Join us for the opening cocktail and viewing on;
🗓️ Today, September 9th 2023
🕰️ 1PM - 6PM
📍 Alliance Française de Lagos
/ Mike Adenuga Centre
9 Osborne Road, Ikoyi, Lagos.
Special thanks to our partners .lagos & the Sequence Art Collective.
Come with friends and family.
An Ode to one of the greatest of all time “Alex Ross” from cover of “Kingdom Come”
Art by
05/09/2023
We are excited to be presenting our project in development UMOYA: Realm of Spirits at this years
UMOYA is the first animation coproduction between South Africa 🇿🇦 and Nigeria 🇳🇬 funded / supported by the and and we are proud to be slowly bringing this project to life.
Join us tomorrow on 6th September 2023, 10AM at the CTIAF theatre as our co-production partner Nanda Soobben of IKHOFI studios shares our beautiful Sangoma universe with you.
UMOYA follows the journey of self discovery and purpose of a young Sangoma priestess, who ventures into the spirit realm to save her township of Mkuze.
Team: Somto Ajuluchukwu (Creator /Co-Producer Nigeria), Shivana Naidoo (Writer, South Africa), Dr. Nanda Soobben (Co-producer, South Africa)
31/08/2023
It’s a month of sharing the World of GLYCH through festivals this September.
We are honored to make official selection and excited to connect with the our audience in San Francisco for the 2nd time at the and our home audience in Lagos for the 3rd time
24/06/2023
We are super excited to be collaborating with the and project on an animated short film which spotlights the indigenous people of Borari (Amazon, Brazil) and the environmental degradation in the Amazon forest through the lense of Chief Dada the native leader of the BORARI people in the Maro Region of the Amazon forest.
We are honored to be part of such an important project that tells a remarkable story of indigenous people and their stand to protect our nature from exploitation.
The project is currently in early stages of development scheduled to be released 2024 and Directed by and we can’t wait to share more with you.
Special thanks to Tom Wheeler, Alvaro Sotomayor and the amazing team of Sinchi Foundation (Netherlands 🇳🇱) for their ground breaking work in preserving humanity and Enviroment.
23/06/2023
We are super excited to be collaborating with the and project on an animated short film which spotlights the indigenous people of Borari (Amazon, Brazil) and the environmental degradation in the Amazon forest through the lense of Chief Dada the native leader of the BORARI people in the Maro Region of the Amazon forest.
We are honored to be part of such an important project that tells a remarkable story of indigenous people and their stand to protect our nature from exploitation.
The project is currently in early stages of development scheduled to be released 2024 and Directed by (After Black Rain) and we can’t wait to share more with you.
Special thanks to Tom Wheeler, Alvaro Sotomayor and the amazing team of Sinchi Foundation (Netherlands 🇳🇱) for their ground breaking work in preserving humanity and Enviroment.
10/06/2023
We are so excited to welcome to the ZODIAC family as voice of our lead character Danka and producer on the movie ZODIAC: Valley Of The Lie
David Ajala is a British Nigerian actor known for his remarkable ground breaking roles in Star Trek: Discovery (Netflix), Nightflyers (Netflix) and so much more!
We can’t wait to share with you more information on other amazing talents on board and the David Ajala effect!
More information ℹ️ coming soon!
Brace yourselves for the ZODIAC trailer 🌌✨
10/06/2023
The stars have aligned! 🌌
Join us tomorrow for a beautiful week of animation at at booth B-01 as we share an exclusive preview of our *ZODIAC: Valley Of The Lie* proof of concept and our studio portfolio.
Join us from June 11th -17th at Imperial Palace, Annecy, France.
29/05/2023
Our Little Little Universe
Meet the cast of our LITTLE LITTLE STORY
We explored an artist direction lead by and termed by as KIPOKI meaning unique form in the Congolese Lari dialect, it is our vision as a studio to bring new design language to identify African animation style.
Join us as we explore various forms of KIPOKI through this project and others as a cartooning style under our broader animation format known as KIINI meaning core / essence in Swahili language.
29/05/2023
Our Little Little Universe
Meet the cast of our LITTLE LITTLE STORY
We explored an artist direction lead by and termed by as KIPOKI meaning unique form in the Congolese Lari dialect, it is our vision as a studio to bring new design language to identify African animation style.
Join us as we explore various forms of KIPOKI through this project and others as a cartooning style under our broader animation format known as KIINI meaning core / essence in Swahili language.
26/05/2023
Pssstt come here! We want to tell you a …
LITTLE LITTLE STORY! Tomorrows 10am! Here on instagram 🍄⚡️🪓
Synopsis;
Join SANGO on a micro animated series of hilarious, magical and heart warming adventures through a beautiful re-imagination of Yoruba Mythology and folktales of ORUN.
Written & Directed by
Produced at VX Animation Studios ©️ 2021.
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Sango is a Demi-God from the less privileged spirit realm of ORUN, when him and his sister are given a scholarship to ORUN HIGH an ivy league spirit school for Title- Gods (higher gods), Sango is determined to prove his himself and chase his lofty dream l to become KING OF ORUN!
#2020
18/05/2023
Look and feel of our new animated project Zodiac: Valley Of The LIE (Proof Of Concept).
It’s family, love, school and adrenaline pumping spirit action from the Zodiac Movie!
15/05/2023
Our background team did a magnificent job on bring the world of ZODIAC to life form the destroyed city of Abuja, to the ancient lands of the Dogon tribe and the magnificent pyramids of Giza, Egypt.
We can’t wait for you to experience ZODIAC: Valley Of The LIE proof of concept at the pavilion at in June!
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From Comics to Animation! The power of African storytelling and Spirit Fiction knows no boundaries and has no borders. We are excited to have our upcoming Animated Movie Zodiac featured on our recent interview on @dwnews while speaking on the power of African intellectual property. Also featuring our series in development “Land Of Gods: ORUN”, “Little Little Orisha” and more . #Comics #Animation #InvestInAfricanAnimation #AfricanComics #AfricanStories
Welcome to NYHT city, the double moon 🌙 concrete jungle that never sleeps and never feels the sun ☀️. Kiama is in hiding with her companions from the Miyungu Nyekundu (Red Gods) in this infamous city where anything goes. Join us for a night of Spirit Fiction and Afrofuturism as we screen our latest 2D Animated short titled GLYCH: Trails of Kiama at the Prestigious Alliance Francias cinema. This Saturday 5th August 6PM Alliance Française, Off Osborne, Ikoyi. Lagos, Nigeria Directed by @somtoajuluchukwu Music by @kingblissent #Glych #Animation #Sihiri #BloodBlade #Kiama #NigerianAnimation #AfroFuturism #NyhtCity #DoubleMoon #ClassicFuturisticCars
Did you know Princess Kiama her amplifies her Sihiri Powers by bleeding into her blood blade. Watch it in action with her duel against Nanjala! Join us for a night of Spirit Fiction and Afrofuturism as we screen our latest 2D Animated short titled GLYCH: Trails of Kiama at the Prestigious Alliance Francias cinema. This Saturday 5th August 6PM Alliance Française, Off Osborne, Ikoyi. Lagos, Nigeria Directed by @somtoajuluchukwu Voices by @lalaakindoju #Glych #Animation #Sihiri #BloodBlade #Kiama #NigerianAnimation #AfroFuturism
I am the nexus of light piercing all the darkness of the Galaxy … my destiny was written in the stars … I am .. the ZODIAC. See you at @annecyfestival Booth B-01 It was written in the stars. Starring @davidajala as DANKA / ZODIAC! #DavidAjala #Danka #Smashers #ZodiacAnimatedMovie #ZodiacComics #ZodiacValleyOfTheLie #animation #Annecy #teaser
A LITTLE LITTE STORY We made the Little Little Orisha series to remind every child of the magic within them and the world around them. @archange_yamakasi & @drunkemendi have created something special and we believe stories like this make life beautiful 🤩 HAPPY CHILDREN’S DAY 🧒🏾🧒🏻🧒🏾🧒🏽👦👦🏿👧🏼🌍 #LLO #LittleLittleOrisha #OrishaPikin #HappyChildrensDay #VXAnimation #Production #2DAnimation #AfricanAnimation
We’ve been developing the Zodiac animated movie (Zodiac: Valley Of The LIE) at the studio for the last 3 years and we are excited to announce we would be giving an exclusive screening of our proof of concept at @annecyfestival at the Nigerian Pavilion! We would be sharing concept and character work over the next month showing our process and world of this beautiful story which started from comics @vxcomics We have super exciting news and announcements following this exclusive release as well 🌌✨ We Are ZODIAC 🌌 #AnimatedFilm #Annecy #FeatureFilm #Zodiac #VXOriginals #AnimatedFilm
Animate Africa - Connecting African Animation with the world and beyond! We are ready for our first screening in Amsterdam, Netherlands live from @showroom_ams by 7 - 10PM at Pretoriusstraat 64D + a filmmaker talk with @rjkoeyers & @somtoajuluchukwu 🌍✨🇳🇱 #AnimateAfrica #Animate #Cartoons #Africa #Netherlands
Happy Holidays. It’s a beautiful time to enjoy the beauty and peace of family and loved ones. 🎄✨❤️☀️ #Zodiac #Hugs #Christmas
Happy Halloween 🎃 and hope your having a lovely week celebrating Animation! Have a Freaky Sunday 👻 @vxanimation & family! #Halloween #Folktales #KoiKoi #RoseBlade #Head #VXcomics
Greetings from Esan! Over the last 6 months we’ve been developing a story at the studio called BLACK RAIN. BLACK RAIN is an Afro futuristic / Spirit Fiction animated short film narrating a series of events happening in a small water planet called ESAN under siege from the Bell Conglomerate through the eyes of a young boy named BOUBINI. Join us for our first look session with our supervisors Andy Cung, Chris Amick & Rad Sechrist on RADHOWTOCLASS.COM streaming live Lagos Comic Con on September 18th 3:45 WAT / 7:45 SAT as we bring you into our tribe. REGISTER NOW; https://bit.ly/3EknF6H #BlackRain #RadHowToClass #Session #ShortFilm #AfricanAnimation #Creating
PROJECT TITLE: JUST FRIENDS ARTISTE: @karun.i.verse feat. @kahush_ PROJECT TYPE: 2D Animation PROJECT DURATION: 45 Second Loop PRODUCTION TIMELINE: 2 weeks #VXAnimation #ImaginationIsEverything
Launching soon on RADHOWTOSCHOOL.COM ! We teamed up with veteran industry creators @andybcung (Netflix, Cartoon Network), @chrisamick (Netflix, Dreamworks, Warner Bros - Adult Swim), and @radsechrist (Executive Producer / Creator of Kipo & The Age Of Wonderbeast - Dreamworks) as project supervisors / mentors on our upcoming short film BLACK RAIN! "Black Rain" is an Afro-futuristic film that takes a deep dive into the world of a small oppressed water planet, Esan, through the eyes of a young boy BOUBINI as they struggle to survive under the destructive organization known as BELL. Our story is inspired by the exploitation of the IJAW tribe in the Niger Delta region, Nigeria by foreign corporations. We hope this serves as a voice to the silenced and a step forward for the independent animation industry in Africa! We are ecstatic! 💙 #ShortFilm #NigerDelta #Oil #Liberation #Esan #BlackRain #Dabara #Ijaw #Bell #Water #Nigeria #Freedom #Indie #Independent #Animation #RadHowToSchool #LiveSessions
Launching soon on RADHOWTOSCHOOL.COM ! We teamed up with veteran industry creators @andybcung (Netflix, Cartoon Network), @chrisamick (Netflix, Dreamworks, Warner Bros - Adult Swim), and @radsechrist (Executive Producer / Creator of Kipo & The Age Of Wonderbeast - Dreamworks) as project supervisors / mentors on our upcoming short film BLACK RAIN! "Black Rain" is an Afro-futuristic film that takes a deep dive into the world of a small oppressed water planet, Esan, through the eyes of a young boy BOUBINI as they struggle to survive under the destructive organization known as BELL. Our story is inspired by the exploitation of the IJAW tribe in the Niger Delta region in Nigeria by foreign corporations. We hope this serves as a voice to the silenced and a step forward for the independent animation industry in Africa! We are ecstatic! 💙 #BlackRain #Animation #RadHowToSchool #VXAnimation #ShortFilm #2022
Welcome to VX Studios! Creating timeless African stories. #VXanimation #VXStudios
Imagination is everything - VX ANIMATION. #VXAnimation #SnowBall
Happy Children’s Day to kids all over the world! You are special you are the future! Shine! Love from the mums and dad of the VX culture! #HappyChildrensDay #TimeSkippers #VXAnimation
VX ACADEMY is live! Registration is OPEN from May 30th - June 30th! A step by step virtual crash course teaching beginner animators the rudimentary skills in 2D animation to becoming a professional! There would be 6 course each 1 month (8 classes per month, 1 hour per class). Learn 2D animation from the studio behind some of your favorite animated afrobeat music videos and short films! Visit link on bio VX ACADEMY and get started, the courses include: 1. DRAWING FOR ANIMATION 2. INTRODUCTION TO ANIMATION SOFTWARE. 3. 12 PRINCIPLES OF ANIMATION 4. CUT OUT ANIMATION 5. TRADITIONAL ANIMATION 6. COMPLETING ANIMATION (COMPOSITION). For inquires either send us an email at [email protected] or call +234 706 725 3788 We can’t wait to learn with you! VX ACADEMY: Learning by Imagination. #OnlineClasses #VXAcademy #2DAnimation #Training
Our internship programme is open now! Are you a young creator based in Lagos, Nigerian and you believe you have all the creative juice to join the VX Animation team! Apply now and be part of animation movement to revolutionize animation in Nigeria! We would be taking the best 4 fits only! 🖥 🖊 🎨 Follow link on bio or www.vxanimation.com/careers #VXinternship #VXMovement #VXCulture #VXAnimation #AnimationInternship
HAPPY WORKERS DAY TO ALL THE TROOPERS OF THE VX! #WorkersDay
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