
Doh Daiga
Comic Art
Drawing
Teaching
Animation Line Producer, art director based in Burkina Faso with over 20 yrs Graphic Design, video production and visual communication experience.
Biography
Doh D Daiga, AKA Daimond D is a Line-Producer, writer, Cartoonist, animator (animated cartoon), graphic artist, Webmaster, trainer and teacher. With BSc in Film and TV Prod with associates in Illustration and animation, he has a rich experience in production and digital communication. Currently in charge of ICT at the School of Public Works of Ouagadougou (ESTPO). Owner and Creative Director of Kahti Communications. Doh is an active member of the Burkinabè Association de Cinema Animation (ABCA), Kino Cabaret Ouaga and Co-Founder of the Kahtoon. Panafricanist, Cameroonian-Burkinabe, lives in Burkina Faso, married with 3 kids.
His goal is to write and line-produce animated movies with African content for a global market. His writing style is educative, adventure driven and africanly-universal.
- Born in 1976 and grew up in Cameroon, Started drawinf comic books at age 9 during a summer holiday in his village with 6 crayons and a math exercise book . At 11 he decided to become an animator inspired by cartoons he watched on CRTV
- Did his first caricature gig at the age of 16 and started freelancing as an illustrator for friends and family all the way to university. After 4 years as class delegate, he was unfortunately turned down from obtaining a degree in Geology at the University of Buea Cameroon.
- He later travelled in 2001 to the USA started a major in computer programing at Strayer University but switched majors and schools 3 semesters later.
- In 2002 got into Montgomery College – Rockville Maryland, where he majored in Illustration but by the end of the first semester, Doh’s drawing instructor noticed his love for animation and later intervened for him to be allowed to do a dual major. Doh thus graduated with honors in a dual associate of Illustration and Animation in 2006.
- While at Montgomery College, in 2003 Doh obtained a Basic Art Certificate from Art Instruction Schools Minneapolis, MN. USA. He also interned at the American Film Institute (AFI-Silver) where he managed their web-blog for almost a year and later worked at Discovery Communications -Silver Spring’s copy center as a graphic artist and reprographist.
- Doh then moved on to University of the District of Columbia (UDC) - Washingdon DC and obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Film and TV Production in 2008. After graduation he worked as a freelancer doing web design, photography, video, graphic design and also worked part time at Paris Design and Elliott enterprises.
- He later got a full time job in 2009 at Allied Media Corp as a Creative Director assistant where they were sub contracted jobs by several government institutions including the US Army. During his stay there the most important contact was developing ethnic based visual content related to the US Census of 2010 including TV spots, graphics, web banners and other related visuals.
- In 2010 Doh got admitted for an MFA in Sequential Arts at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) which unfortunately for several personal and financial reasons, completed only one semester and had to return home to Africa.
- While a student in the USA, Doh married Gisele, a Burkinabé so when they had to return to Africa, his choice was to Burkina Faso where he has since then mostly worked as a freelancer and a consultant. Training and design consultations in Niger and several local businesses, he also teaches Graphic design, desktop publishing and introductory computer science at several private universities and institutions.
- In 2012 Doh became a member of Association Burkinabe de Cinema d’Animation (ABCA) where he line-produced his first animated short, a TV series pilote called AfroGames of which he is the author and financed by DANIDA. Since then he has line-produced other shorts including:
o AfroGames – 2013, 13 Min Animated TV Serie Pilot by ABCA
o Pawit Raogo – 2014, Animated Movie Short by Jean Daniel Tapsoba + J P Tardivel ;
o Le Crayon – 2014, 7 Min Animated Movie Short by Adjaratou Ouedraogo
o J'ai six ans, je suis handicapé(e) et je vais à l'école. Ça vous étonne? – 2014, Animated Short : by Handicap International (projet APPEHL) / Pitprod / ABCA
• Certified Toon Boom Harmony trainer, February 2022
• Dr. Harry Harden Jr. Black & African American Academic Awards. Montgomery College, Spring 2004.
• Finalist Award winner, Art Instruction Schools (AIS) Annual Art Competition.
• Member Phi Theta Kapper, since Fall 2003.
• Merit Award, Charles Schultz Art Competition, 2002 & 2003.
• Member, National Dean’s List Since Spring 2002.
• Blue Ribbon Award, for Outstanding Achievement in the development of Artistic Skills during the month of June, 2002 - Art Instruction Schools
• CAMSA-WMA Academic Achievement Award, Spring 2001
• Member, National Scholars Honors Society. Since February 2002.
• President’s List 3 times in a row at Strayer University, Fall 2001- Spring 2002
• Class Delegate 1995 - 1998 Geology Department, University of Cameroon, Buea.
Skills
Roles
- Mastery
- Mastery
- Mastery
- Mastery
- Intermediate
- Intermediate
- Basic
- Basic
- Basic
Technical Skills
- Mastery
Other Skills
- Mastery
- Mastery
Work Experience
2022 – Present day
Art Director
TeachAlll (Ouagadougou)
- Art Direction, video editing and animation
- Staff training, graphic design
- Some administrative work
2011 – Present day
Producer / Owner
KAHTI (Ouagadoug)
Consultation and line production of animated films , motion graphics, spot and clips. Training, teaching and coaching young artists
Education
2005 – 2008
Bachelors of Science B.Sc
University of the District of Columbia
Film and TV Production
Degree in Film and TV Production
2002 – 2004
Associates in Applied Sciences (Honors)
Montgomery College Rockville
Animation
Certificate in Animation
2002 – 2004
Associates in Applied Sciences (Honors)
Montgomery College Rockville
Illustration
associate in illustration