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Description: A djembe style drum shape rendered in pure low poly facets, no player, just the instrument itself, set into a maroon, gold, and cream patchwork of pattern blocks

Description: An original abstract mask shape built from angular facets, not based on any specific existing mask, set into a patchwork of teal, gold, and orange pattern blocks

Description: A faceted sunburst with a pinwheel core, set into a patchwork of original pattern blocks in gold, deep red, and black. No animal this time, just pure geometric radiance

Description: A slate blue low poly elephant head surrounded by a grid of original pattern blocks in rust, teal, gold, and cream. Same patchwork treatment as the leopard, different color story entirely

Description: A low poly leopard face set into a dense grid of original geometric pattern blocks, waves, diamonds, dots, and triangles, each one different. Built as a busier, more maximalist companion to the single leopard badge design

Description: A repeating grid of five invented symbols, sun, wave, mountain, bird and moon, in terracotta line work on cream. Not based on any specific named symbol tradition, just an original set built in that same storytelling-through-symbols spirit

Description: Seven vertical stripes in red, gold, black, green, blue and rust, each carrying its own small geometric accent instead of a plain color block. Pulled from the bold striped color blocking common across a lot of West African weaving

Description: A grid of simple geometric symbols in terracotta, ochre, sage and charcoal, spaced out the way mudcloth patterns usually run. Built as an all-over print rather than a centered graphic, so it works as a full-front design or a smaller placement print.

Description: Five stylized mask shapes in a row, each with its own color and pattern instead of repeating the same face five times. Not based on any single existing mask, more a nod to how much ceremonial mask design actually varies even within one region

Description: Three dancing figures in red and black sit above a geometric pattern block that fades from a dense repeating print into solid indigo. The layout borrows from how a lot of African textile designs pair a figurative top half with a patterned base

Description: A slower, moodier design built around the genre's actual sound : vinyl record, mic on a stand, a deep purple-to-blue gradient carrying most of the mood instead of relying on busy graphics

Description: Mehndi (henna) is a strong tradition along the Swahili coast, especially around weddings, intricate vine and paisley work applied by hand. This design translates that same swirling linework into a symmetrical mandala, deep maroon on cream

Description: A geometric reef mosaic in coral pink and gold, with two fish swimming through it against a deep ocean-blue background. Built more like a stained-glass pattern than a realistic illustration

Description: Kanga cloth along the Swahili coast runs bold, bright color blocking, a strong central motif. This design borrows that same energy in turquoise, coral, and sun yellow, without reproducing any specific printed kanga.

Description: The carved wooden doors of Lamu and Zanzibar are some of the most recognized architectural details on the Swahili coast, geometric panels, brass studs, a pointed arch top. This design is built around that same structure, in warm brown and gold

Description: A traditional dhow the wooden sailboat still used along the East African coast cutting across the water at sunset. Coral and deep plum instead of the usual navy-and-white nautical palette, with a wave pattern running along the bottom edge

Description: Growing up in Kenya, the Maasai moran is one of those images everyone recognizes instantly — the red shuka, the spear, the way they stand. This one's built in flat illustrated style, terracotta and gold, spear in hand, beaded collar rendered the way it's actually worn. A small tribute to one of the most recognized warrior traditions on the continent.

Description: The beadwork alone deserves its own spotlight — more colors, more layering, a different kind of intricate than most East African warrior traditions. Drew this one with the short sword and shield they actually carry, turquoise and coral instead of the usual red-and-gold you'd expect

Description: The clay hairpiece is the detail people always ask about with Turkana warriors — that carefully shaped bun, sometimes with a feather set into it. Wanted to get that right here, along with the layered neck rings

Description: The colobus monkey fur headdress is what makes a Nandi warrior instantly recognizable — that and the patterned cowhide shield. Wanted to get both right here. Forest green and rust instead of the warmer tones in the rest of the set, giving this one a slightly different, more grounded feel.

Description: Pokot beadwork on the headdress is some of the most detailed you'll see in East Africa.. Ochre and deep brown, feather detail up top.

Description: Leopards are the hardest of the Big 5 to actually spot in the wild — they're built to disappear. Flipped that a bit here: gold instead of camouflage-brown, deep teal rosettes instead of black. Still unmistakably leopard, just impossible to miss instead of impossible to find

Description: Elephants carry so much weight — literally, and in what they represent: memory, family, patience. Wanted the design to feel the same way. Big triangulated ears, a trunk that actually curves like a trunk, all in cool slate blue instead of the usual grey-brown you'd expect. Calm, not cartoonish.

Description: I wanted something that felt like the ten minutes right before dark — when the sky goes orange to plum and the acacia trees turn into flat black shapes against it. That's really all this is: a sunset, a tree, a couple of birds heading home. No filter, just the shapes. If you've ever sat somewhere and watched a sky do that, this one's for you.