In one of my next lives (I plan on having a few) I’m coming back as an illustrator, it is the one talent I really wish I was born with or pursued early enough in life to have acquired it as a skill.
Kadia Francis
Jody Thomas : Owner of August Adorn, a Contemporary Online Jewelry Line & our Digital Jamaican of the Week.
Jody is an uber creative, bohemian flower child with incredible talent for turning plain ole copper into the most beautiful pieces of jewelry. She is the owner and creative genius behind August Adorn, an online jewelry brand she started three years ago. She describes her work as wearable hand crafted art that is contemporary but with a unique style that is healing.
Meet Marlon McKoy : Jamaican Fine Arts Photographer, Storyteller & Our Digital Jamaican of the Week
Immersive storytelling is when the audience has so fully engaged with the story that they become apart of it, or atleast feel as though they are. When Joseph Nicéphore Niépce took the worlds first camera photograph back in 1826 he inadvertently created a new language.
9 Amazing Professional & Amateur Jamaican Photographers
Inspired by our recent feature with one of our faves Marlon Mckoy and the response from our readers who were eager to share their top picks. Here are 10 more amazing Jamaican professional and amateur photographers whose work shows off the immense local talent.
20 Free Online Tools for Content Creators & Graphic Designers
I am a strong believer that all good design start with the Google (yes, I said the Google, reverence). Whether for research, inspiration, resources or that much needed tutorial. To date the Google Gods have not failed me. Over time I have built up quite a repertoire of mostly free (like 99.99%) resources, I use to make my work look and feel professional.
The Four Jamaicans Crushing Digital Media in 2019
The best thing that has happened to Jamaica and other small Caribbean Island states in the last twenty years or so is the internet. This is a very bold assertion I know and here’s another one, I’m going to go one step further and say that perhaps the best government initiative during that period was the demonopolization of the telecoms industry.
Episode 8 – Curating a Global Jamaican Voice with Sharine Taylor
Sharine’s writing reflects her understanding of what I call our collective indivdualness as Jamaicans. Even with her own publication, Bashy Magazine there are editors from Canada, America, Jamaica and the UK. Each contributing to the bigger picture.
Episode 9 – How to Build Connections & Thrive in the Digital Space, with Heneka Watkis-Porter
With Jamaicans being so unused to media ‘follow-up’, of course the dogged pursuit of TechCrunch who has now exposed 3 security lapses, will start to look sinister to some.
Episode 10 – How to Develop an Impactful Personal Brand Online with Naomi Garrick
With Jamaicans being so unused to media ‘follow-up’, of course the dogged pursuit of TechCrunch who has now exposed 3 security lapses, will start to look sinister to some.
The Jamaican Micro Influencers to Watch in 2019
The best thing that has happened to Jamaica and other small Caribbean Island states in the last twenty years or so is the internet. This is a very bold assertion I know and here’s another one, I’m going to go one step further and say that perhaps the best government initiative during that period was the demonopolization of the telecoms industry.