About

Anthony Ketuojor Ikediuba, who goes by Ketu, is an illustrator and musician, living in Los Angeles, CA. He has had the pleasure to work with Netflix, Meta(Formerly known as Facebook), ACLU, Adobe, the NFL, and other clients. He is currently focusing on illustrating books and releasing his first music project.

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Los Angeles, CA
 

work@ketutheartist.com

Music Instagram: @ketuikediuba

Artwork Instagram: @ketutheartist

Anthony K. Ikediuba

Los Angeles, CA · work@ketutheartist.com · www.ketutheartist.com

Professional Experience

Concept Artist | Illustrator | Storyboard Artist

KETUTHEARTIST, Los Angeles, CA, 2015-Present

Contract Illustrator and Designer

Direct wide variety of projects for clients to achieve intended vision and goals. Conceive and develop original concepts to meet high standards and produce creative designs in alliance with defined objectives. Monitor popular cultural trends and current events to deliver relevant artwork, remain fluent in a variety of styles, and engage audiences in musical entertainment and sports industries.

Selected Projects:

·       ACLU – August to Sept 2022: Illustrated images for their 2021-2022 Year End Report

·       ACLU CalAction – Sept  to Oct 2022: Illustrated images for their primary national action points

·       Dorling Kindersley - Nov 2021 to March 2022: Illustrated portraits for book, “Life Lessons From Hip-Hop” By Grant Brydon

·       Illo Agency - Nov 2021 to June 2022: Illustrated 6 childrens books, 5 for Crabtree Books – Magic Strong book series, 1 for Benchmark – “Game to 7”, 1 for Collins Big Cat – “Boy! The Lion Keeper”

·       ACLU – March to April 2022: Illustrated poster and made social media assets for the ACLU California Action Conference 2022

·       Traphouse - Nov 2021: Illustrated sports poster paintings for their new signees

·       Black Is The Color Of - Sept 2021: Illustrated a 33 page coloring book for all ages that looks at life for African Americans in the 1950s

·       Junebug - June 2021: Designed graphics and merchandise for the creator of the Junebug dance challenge

·       Adobe – Oct 2020: Illustrated storyboards for an ad on creativity featuring Lil Nas X

·       Team Epiphany – March 2020: Illustrate for their Team Epiphany Times Article "The Old’s Are Fully Online Now"

·       Netflix – January 2020: Illustrated portraits for their annual Black History Month mural for both the Los Angeles and Los Gatos locations

·       NFL Social Lab – Aug to Oct 2019: Contribute original illustrations for use by NFL and NFL players to enhance social media accounts with more than 52M followers on Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook, and Twitter.

·       Universal Music Group - May 2019: Developed multiple logos and cover art designs for music company’s artists.

·       Facebook - February 2019: Collaborated with 13 other artists to create drawings and paintings for greeting cards on demand at The Valentine Factory – a live annual event.

Technical Proficiencies

·     Adobe Illustrator

·     Adobe Photoshop

·     Adobe Premiere Pro

·     Adobe InDesign

·     Adobe Animate

·     Adobe After Effects

·     MS Word

·     MS Excel

·     MS PowerPoint

Education

Situ Art Academy, 2019 – Pasadena, CA
Course: Analytical Figure Drawing

Brainstorm School, 2019 – Burbank, CA
Courses studied: Perspective Bootcamp, World-Building 1, Design with Color and Light

Otis College of Art and Design, 2018 – Los Angeles, CA
Courses studied: Life Drawing, Drawing and Building Form, Principles of Design, Connections through Color

Associates Degree, Graphic Design, 2016, 3.5 GPA | Westwood College – South Bay, Torrance, CA