Illustration, Painting, Graphic Design, and Book Creation
I’m a musician, artist, author, and performer with a background in illustration and graphic design. Between 2001 and 2008, I traveled extensively in West Africa to study music with master musicians such as Famoudou Konaté, Nansady Keita, Sayon Camara, and other musicians of the region. I studied the African flute with a master of the Malinké flute tradition, Lanciné Condé.
I play the Fulani flute, kamale ngoni (10-string Mande harp), djembe, and guitar, and currently perform with the Donkilo! Afro Funk Orkestra, as well as with Sayon Camara and Landaya, and various other groups.
My first book is called Djoliba Crossing: http://djolibacrossing.com
Personal website/portfolio: http://davekobrenski.com
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With a background in illustration and graphic design, Dave Kobrenski uses his creative talents in both the fine and graphic arts realms, with the ability to effectively work across varied disciplines. His rich illustrations demonstrate an evolving talent with brush and paint, and provide the basis for his design sensibility, while his proficiency with computer and code allows him to merge creativity with functionality, producing professional-quality graphics for print and web. A self-taught “coder,” Dave is adept at creating complex, database-driven web applications, utilizing PHP, MySQL, CSS, XHTML, and DOM-based javascript in his work.