Art in Words-The Genesis

I never really thought I would do this again but well, here we are, i'm blogging, it's not like i don't write, i write short stories and novels, i even used to have a blog way back as '07 but wasn't into sitting much hitting on the keyboard and people don't read, and also right now I get really busy designing so I don't have time to type, but I guess now I can make out time to do this...at least to let you (and the haters) know me better, so many enemies you make doing business in Nigeria, they want you to do jobs for free forgetting you pay bills, huh?, anyways that's by the way.


Allow me to introduce myself, i am Oluwadamilola Apara, simply known as 'Damyl', even though my Mum would insist you call my name in full...lol, I'm a Graphic Artist, A Photographer and more...but this blog is just about my graphic side so I'll try as much as possible to keep it that way. I won't bore you with sorry tales about me, but I think you should know where it all started...

...way back in high school, I use to help my mates to write names on their new textbooks and note books, It all started when i helped my classmate sitting beside me to write his name, he liked the way it was done, showed others and it went viral, and then i got known and from there started helping them to draw their science diagrams too, you know, the digestive system, skeletal system, reproductive system(my favourite...lol) and all.

I was just doing it for fun and popularity I guess, cause well the girls get to come to my locker and you know what...the pretty ones get to have a hand-made card from me, I was innocent though but I just kinda liked girls, they were(are) more inspiring and I could connect with them more...I have three sisters and I'm the only male so you can understand where i got it from...;)

I never really intended to make money off art, I was in science department, but when students from other departments started coming too with their project and assignment cardboards, it was getting too much so for me not to turn them back, they introduced making it 'easy' by offering me money, I was so innocent then that I would refuse cause I felt it wasn't right to collect money from my mates(after all they were my peers, we have same money), well, so I thought.

To cut it all short, I started making money off it, it was small though , but I had extra cash to buy more buns and zobo drink(my daily combo then). and also share with my friends, and then the big one came, rich kids in school were coming to me to draw comics for them and they were paying more and that was how the business part started.

All this while, my parents didn't like the idea of me drawing' I was barred from using pencils at a time(I used biros when they were not watching) that made me to learn how to draw with little or no mistakes, I can't even dare to draw in the house so all i did starts and ends in school, but after some time they let me be cause they saw I was truly passionate about it.

Then towards the end of High School, Hip hop was gaining ground in Nigeria, Plantashun Boiz, Remedies and...can't remember others but those two groups kinda inspired me so I started writing songs myself and poems, moving me away from drawing, so sitting at home then all I did was write songs...so drawing was slowly leaving me.

Got admission into the University and Music was still in my head, still writing songs and just like the normal artiste saying, "i wan blow" and I totally wasn't drawing again except on very rare occasions, I studied Computer Science (which later helped me with this digital art) I wasn't really about school cause I thought I should just get the certificate to please my Parents and do my Music.

Oops! My bad!, I said I was going to stay on the graphic side...but there is no way other sides won't pop up, well, hope i didn't bore you with my tales, just wanted to let you in into how it all started, to cut it all short I quit Music but don't be surprised if you see me on your TV tomorrow...but for now I'm an artist not an artiste.

This blog is going to be my voice that most people don't get to hear,(some people think i'm a meanie) you'll get to know the person 'Damyl', how I feel from my heart, my thoughts, as well as tips and tutorials for people that want to try out what I do, freebies...it's art in words.