While growing up I realized anyone who is into the traditional act of drumming is usually called Ayan. Then I just thought its a name given to yoruba traditional drummers. Later on I found out its a family name and people from such families usually plays drum for a living. Recently I decided to make an art showcasing this and I read about what Ayan truly means. I learnt its also a family name which but its also the name of the god of drum (or drumming). I was fascinated to learn about this because I never knew of this fact before. This information made it more interesting and I decided to portray what the yoruba God of drums will look in the drawing and Viola, I came up with this.
The first thing I decided to include in the drawing was a drum and I thought what better drum could represent a god of drums if not the Talking drum. It's one of the most important yoruba traditional drums. The drums when played by an expert is used for communication and if you're cognisant with this, youd be able to understand what it's saying. That's why the drum is given the name "Talking" drum. Sometimes when they are playing and they've reached the middle of playing when everything is heated, the talking drum says something amazing and everyone claps and be more joyous. I decided to use this talking drum as the head which leads to a male body(as you know god means male) holding the stick used in playing the talking drums. Finally I used an Ankara for its background to signify something traditional and in this case a yoruba traditional art.
I draw on Autodesk sketchbook using a stylus pen. I used the scribble pattern on a black background. Majorly I used primary pencil for the scribble pattern and a technical pen for the thick lines of the drums. Below is a picture of the process.
