Ngagne demba Diaw

Intermediate

Visual Storytelling

Biography

I’m a freelance storyboard artist and character designer from Dakar Senegal. I have been working in advertising, animation and live action movies in the African industrie for over 4 years. Actually my goal Is to work in the international industry gain experience and learn from the best artists all around the world, I’m absolutely thirsty of knowledge. My dream is to help build an animation industry for Africa.

Skills

Roles

Character Designer
Advanced
Storyboard artist
Intermediate
Art Director
Intermediate
2D Concept Artist
Basic

Technical Skills

Visual Storytelling
Intermediate

Work Experience

2023 – 2025

Art Director

kayfo game studio (Dakar)

I'm actually directing a Team of artist that are working with me as a co-production Studio for Kayfo Games in their project detective Syra.

2022 – 2023

Freelance storyboard artist, concept artist and character designer

MAGIC FACTORY PRODUCTION INC (Vancouver, CANADA|)

i was in charge of storyboarding a 10mn sequence and designing sea creatures for an upcoming feature film

2020 – 2022

freelance character design, visual storytelling (Freelance)

Azerty 1 (Dakar )

Azerty 1 is a comunication company that is helping a client who want to accompany women's in intrepreneurship. i was comission by them to design potential woman entrepreneur for them

2020 – 2021

art director, character design and visual development

kayfo game studio (Dakar)

i was the only artist in a object finding game project i created characters, designed backgrounds, and helped the game designer to develop the story of the game

2019 – 2021

Storyboard artist (Freelance)

Wurus lab (Dakar )

wurus lab is an advertising compagny from senegal that i'm making storyboards for as a freelancer

Education

Present day

Certificate

gobelins

Animation

Gobelins opened an Anim Lab in Dakar to help african Animator develop their skills and I attended that Atelier

2018 – 2020

BTS

Ecole Superieure des technologies de Dakar

Art and Animation cinema

Ecole supérieure des technologies de Dakar is part of IAM(Institut Africaine de Management). They have there a program call Art and animation cinema that teach the ppbasics of drawing and animation