Josiah Oluwadare

back to the roll

I build solutions to real problems.

What I build

Backline

One sentence in, a researched and booked trip out. Built solo; 2nd of 2,991 at the Qloo hackathon.

Backline

Book Translation Engine

Whole books translated for printing presses, same .docx and formatting out, every passage checked. In progress. The code.

VocaLink

Live voice translation for Discord calls on self-hosted open-source models. The code.

WhatsApp Receipt Bot

A PDF receipt on the customer's WhatsApp the moment they pay. The code.

What I draw

Succinct

Summer Beach took 19 hours 4 minutes and 9,938 strokes. Crab Convoy took 27 hours 11 minutes and 7,591.

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The World Cup

The final, Argentina against Spain, July 2026. And the sticker sheet I drew for it.

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Richard, a portrait commission

My sketch on the left, the finished portrait beside it. Then every colourway, the banner, the wallpaper and the animated loops.

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Kentaro × Lens

About 20 hours, start to finish.

Kentaro × Lens, piece 1

Lens

The octopus the community took and ran with, and the art for the LensJump game.

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Phi, on Base

More than 50 artworks as a verified artist on Phi, including pieces for Aave, SushiSwap, Highlight and Degen at the V2 launch.

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Phi backdrops

Creative Spark: line art first, then light. And the city.

Phi backdrops, piece 1Phi backdrops, piece 2

Be Fluid

Made for Nirvana Academy. An illustration about staying liquid.

Be Fluid, piece 1

Demystifying DeFi

Also for Nirvana Academy: the piece, an alternate colour, and the animation.

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Hollowfeather, and other pieces of my own

Hollowfeather won the Beaksart contest in May 2026.

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Chase, a portrait commission

The final, and the versions on the way there.

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Pointless Panda

The colouring page on the left, the finished island beside it.

Pointless Panda, piece 1

For other communities

Drachma, Multifac Degen, Parallax, Azra Games and Aptos Thug.

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Raccoon stickers

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Papozorus, pixel art

Made for a bounty that asked for one piece. I delivered five and kept going.

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Graphite

A heron drawn freehand in 2020, with no grid. And a portrait from secondary school.

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Paint

Fruit in oil, and the Nirvana painting: 35 hours and more.

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Ink and ballpoint

Sketchbook pages and early ballpoint portraits.

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A drawing every day for 365 days

427 drawings across the year. Walk the whole year on the roll.

A wall of the 365-day drawings

What I design

PoutineX

The full identity: logo, colours, type, and the brand on apparel, drinkware, stationery and accessories.

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Orb

A mark, and the things it lives on.

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Drachma milestones

Community numbers with my characters living inside them.

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BASE, lettered by hand

Type as a drawing: every letter built, lit and stacked.

BASE, lettered by hand, piece 1

datArtist

My own mark, in four settings.

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Hera sticker pack

Sticker design: I adapted existing artwork into this set. The character is not my concept.

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Yeah Tigers sticker pack

Sticker pack design for the Yeah Tigers community.

Yeah Tigers sticker pack, piece 1

TEDx FUTA, "What next?"

A carousel I designed for TEDx FUTA in 2022, as one of the event's designers.

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Elsewhere

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