The protean creative, Muyiwa Akhigbe is an art director, singer, visual artist and the cofounder of Gliitzscape, an advertising agency and online art gallery. He…
The protean creative, Muyiwa Akhigbe is an art director, singer, visual artist and the cofounder of Gliitzscape, an advertising agency and online art gallery.
He describes himself as a non-conformist, an attribute that has influenced his exploration of several forms of art. When it comes to his music, Muyiwa creates Afro-futurist sound, a genre achieved from the fusion of Western Futuristic sound and Afrocentric sound. For visual art, he utilises AI {Artificial intelligence} technology in creating imaginative realism art.
Despite his involvement in many things, Muyiwa strives to balance his creativity evenly. For instance, his daily routine involves creating AI art every morning after meditating. This led us to put Muyiwa on the hot seat with a tricky question. His response struck a nerve. Read on to catch the juicy details.
I’m an early-morning person and my day usually starts at 5 am. Waking up early is a habit I picked up in secondary school and university.
This morning after I woke up, I took time to boot before starting anything. Then I checked my phone for emails, notifications, and messages. Basically anything work related to help me portion my task for the day.
Once I sorted that out, I meditated and created AI art. I create AI art every morning. Today, I explored abstract expressionism with respect to various times of the day.
Afterwards, I had a status meeting from 7:30 am to 9:30 am.
I started my tasks for the day. I also sorted out breakfast (ordered rice and beans with beef and egg) before I finished my first batch of work at 11:30 am. I ate breakfast by 11:30 am and watched a documentary while eating.
I chilled for about 2 hours before starting another round of work. I had the rest of the day to myself after completing my tasks so I went out for drinks with my friends in the evening.
AI art. If I don’t make music, I’ll die.
Music: How to listen. Many people don’t know how to listen to music. I did an artist development course where I learned how to listen to music.
AI: Keep at it. The more you make the engine work, the better the outcomes and the more the AI understands your thought pattern. It’s like magic.
So because this is knowledge I paid for, I’ll just give a little. To truly take in and dissect a 3-minute song, you’d have to listen at least 4 times.
Pinterest. It’s creativity heaven. @earth on IG. Our world is beautiful.
Things to watch on YouTube: Up and Up by Coldplay and The Congolese dandies.
For those interested in AI art, download Starry ai and Dawn ai.
I’d raise it. It has to be a cub. Don’t give me Mufasa. But I think it’d be nice to raise a lion cub since I love animals and wildlife in general.
The smell of petrol.
I look for a mirror and admire myself.
My best friend, Adeola.
I won’t lie, it was money.
Meji Meji by Brymo.
Fire boy – All of us
Burna and Ed – For my hand
Young Jonn – Normally
Atta Otigba – Rescue
Ariana – Point of view
Nico and Vinz – Am I Wrong
Lagbaja – Never far away
Beyoncé – Daddy lessons
Leon Bridges – Beyond
Ruth B – Dandelions
Yo, younger me, you’ll be fine. Trust in your gut and know that you’re always where you’re meant to be.
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