Equiano Rum is a company routed in the inspirational story of Olaudah Equiano, a man who faced the horrors of slavery from childhood. He overcame an unimaginable amount of adversity and went on to become a key figure in the fight for the abolition of slavery in the UK. I worked with Mighty Elk Animation to help tell this story, creating the illustrations for an animated video.
In order to understand the key moments in the life of Olaudah Equiano for this project I read his autobiography, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, which gives a full account of the events that shaped him whilst revealing a lot about his personality.
I created this short snippet of animation as part of the animatic at the early stages of the project. It isn't final work, but a rough version to help the client visualize the project, and to ensure that everyone is happy before proceeding with the development of the project.