#Odera Igbokwe

[odera]

Hi tumblr! I figured I would reintroduce myself here, since I have decided tumblr is simply my favorite place to share online *still* to this day.

My name is Odera and I am a painter and illustrator! The main places you can find me are here, my side blog @burritobowlofthepelvis, my website, and @ oderaigbokwe on IG. I'm physically located on the unceded ancestral territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh nations (aka known as Vancouver Canada).

Alot of my work centers the magic of the African diaspora and the Black Queer Imagination. The foundational years of my career were complimentary to Black speculative works, Afrofuturism, and Fantasy as a gateway to healing. This has since grown to explore the spirit based, ancestral work of the diaspora, and most recently I have been combining it all and trying to find that magic in the physical, daily, embodied things.

My side blog is @burritobowlofthepelvis which I am slowly but surely reorganizing. This blog is filled with reblogs for inspiration, potential reference images, more casual glimpses of my life, selfies, and outfits of the day. (Some of the reblogs are NSFW, so minors DNI there). Ultimately I am trying to use that blog as a combination journal/resource for my sketchbook.

Below are some of my favorite paintings and illustrations over the years that give an idea of the kinds of things I am exploring or have done throughout my career.

The Spirit Child. 2022. Oils on board. This painting is the centerpiece of my series of Tarot/Oracle/Afrodiasporic Divination paintings. The series is slowly but surely coming together, and once I get to the minor arcana I am excited to make some stylistic shifts that not only match the messaging but are also much faster to make.

Selections from my solo exhibition 'New Yam Festival'. These paintings are all big, juicy, vibrant, improvisational, and embody the playfulness, pleasure, and joy of the Black Queer imagination! Up until that point I was working mostly at a smaller scale (anywhere from 8x10 to 20x30 inches). So it was fun to size up to 6-8 feet for each of these!

Above are some of my favorite commercial illustrations for book covers and comics. Covers are their own particular fun design challenge, but of all the illustration assignments they can feel the most fulfilling to me.

And something classic from the archive: Odera Redesigns the cast of Sailor Moon.

I can't believe most of those were created almost 10 years ago. But that's where we are, and it feels good to still want to use this platform despite how much the world is changing.

Feel free to reblog, like, comment, or ask me any questions you have!

[walrusmagazine]

The Rings of Power Has a Troll Problem

Racist fans of The Lord of the Rings are organizing online to try and sink the new series. But are they losing their power?

For the fans who don’t subscribe to the racist and misogynistic rhetoric, those clamouring voices are a source of dismay, antithetical to the works they know and love. Anna María is a UK-based actor, community organizer, and self-described armchair Tolkien expert who was first introduced to the series at the age of seven. “Bigotry hurts more when it comes from a space you once associated only with joy,” she writes in an email.

Read more at thewalrus.ca.

Illustration by Odera Igbokwe (odera.net)

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Preview: Tiger's Tongue #5

Tiger's Tongue #5 preview. The Trials have finished, and a new monarch reigns over The Claw, ushering in a new era that both The Tiger's People and The River's People find uneasy #comics #comicbooks

[changelingartistcollective]

Cups ~ all cards ~ mockup

Card artwork by:

Tangmo Cecchini // Jill Hoffman // Angela Rizza // Odera Igbokwe // Corinne Reid // E Lazauski // Jayde Hilliard // Kremena Chipilova // Eve Pierrelune // Montse Rubio // Becca Solow // Doruk Gölcü // Kat G Birmelin // Eli Minaya

[everydayoriginal]

Forward by Odera Igbokwe

This painting is a meditation on the body as landscape, channeling elemental energy, and tending to one’s internal spiritual garden.

Medium: Acrylics on watercolor paper

Size: 12 x 20 inches

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This painting will ship from Canada.

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[smashpages]

This is the cover to The Tiger’s Tongue, coming from Mad Cave Studios in February 2022.

(W) Olivia Stephens (A) Diansakhu Banton-Perry (CA) Odera Igbokwe (C) Bex Glendining (L) Joamette Gil

HEED THE TIGER’S TONGUE, AND YOU WILL NOT BE LED ASTRAY. Under the militant rule of The Tiger’s People, empowered by their animal familiars, the Claw is on the brink of war. As twin Princesses Kelindi and Aridani come of age, their father King Oleandra reveals a secret prophecy foretold by the first Grand Tiger: should twins ever be born to the royal line, they would battle in a series of three trials to determine the fate of the crown. But as The River’s People, those who were subjugated “to bring order,” grow bolder, Kelindi realizes her dream of uniting the kingdom and her love for Aridani couldn’t be further apart.

[geekynerfherder]

WOW x WOW presents 'The Knowable Unknown', an online group art exhibition featuring over 70 international artists.

The online exhibition opens Friday June 4 at 7pm UK on the WOW x WOW website and will be on view until June 25 2021.

[comparativetarot]

Four of Cups. Art by Odera Igbokwe, from the Woven Path Tarot.

The Four of Cups represents overlooking the blessings right in front of you. May this illustration remind you of the resources, riches, & healing that can occur when you open yourself up to the possibilities of what is in front of you.

[blacksunscorpio]

Sailor Pluto

[lgbtqreads]

Exclusive Cover Reveal: Stone and Steel by Eboni Dunbar

Exclusive Cover Reveal: Stone and Steel by Eboni Dunbar

You know those covers that are just so badass you barely even need to know what it’s inside to know you need it? But then you see what’s inside and you know you need it? I present to you today exhibit A, in the form of Stone and Steel by Eboni Dunbar, which is part of Neon Hemlock’s 2020 Novella Series and releases on September 5, 2020. Here’s a little more about it:

In Stone and Steel, when…

[odera]

It's Pronounced Plantain, Not Plantain. 2023. Oil on canvas. 48 x 72 inches.

Thanks to everyone who came to News Yams Festival at the Queer Arts Festival. The final days to see the show are July 18-28th! Come through and take in the waves of pleasure and musings over diasporic pronunciation 🌻

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Title: FIyah - Issue Number 16- Autumn 2020 - Joy   Artist: Odera Igbokwe https://www.fiyahlitmag.com/2020/09/01/artist-interview-odera-igbokwe/?mc_cid=68da997f67&mc_eid=a44597b176

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Preview: Tiger's Tongue #2

Tiger's Tongue #2 preview. Twin princesses Kelindi and Aridani must compete in three trials to fulfill an ancient prophecy and decide who will inherit the Claw's throne #comics #comicbooks

[bklynboihood]

come get some lovin’. tickets are still available for this beautiful celebration! cop yours here for $10. 

original artwork by Odera Igbokwe 

[supportblackart]

Odera Igbokwe @odyism 🙏🏾 We've got alot to be mad about. Ancestral rage is present day rage. We've got *alot* to be mad about. #SupportBlackArt #OderaIgbokwe https://www.instagram.com/p/CA9DqDsh0Wr/?igshid=13wdnebpjm7f5

[geekynerfherder]

'Stone And Steel' by Odera Igbokwe. 12" x 16" Acrylic original artwork on watercolour paper for $500. On sale now through Every Day Original.