# O’Plérou Archives > O'Plérou's creative practice, documented --- ## Pages - [archive](https://oplerou.xyz/archive/) - [à propos](https://oplerou.xyz/about/): à propos je m’appelle O’Plérou, artiste ivoirien. mes créations se situent sur un axe allant d’agréable et expansif et redéfinissant... --- ## Posts - [O'Plérou Archives](https://oplerou.xyz/oplerou-archives/): logo of this archive, made with Gagnoa and a star from an upcoming project. - [[sika vibes]](https://oplerou.xyz/sika-vibes/): unnamed series for now, experimenting with more "aggressive" editing. - [SADALSUUD II](https://oplerou.xyz/sadalsuud-ii/): another experiment with the 6/8 measure and traditional sounds. extra: outtakes of the cover “shooting”. - [CARDINAL](https://oplerou.xyz/cardinal/): an experimental song in 6/8 merging traditional sonorities with distorted synths & drums. first song made with that time measure - [Solar Retro](https://oplerou.xyz/solar-retro/): project with a photography app that took me back to 2006-2007. can fake retro effects help with tech anxiety? - [Nosthedonia](https://oplerou.xyz/nosthedonia/): A photo series celebrating beauty in the ordinary. - [symphonium [VHF]](https://oplerou.xyz/symphonium-vhf/): dedicated to someone special 🤭 - [Lettres d'O'Plérou](https://oplerou.xyz/lettres-doplerou-monogram/): monogram for my newsletter, inspired by Monogaga. - [Tidiane’s birthday shoot](https://oplerou.xyz/tidiane-birthday/): my best friend 🩵Tidiane🩵 wanted a birthday photoshoot, so we found ourselves at an iconic Abidjan hotel that's no longer... - [OS Type Film posters](https://oplerou.xyz/os-type-film-posters/): three African cinema classic film posters, made with my typefaces Nadrey, Gagnoa, Kolia and Korhogo. - [Monogaga Optical Sizes Update](https://oplerou.xyz/monogaga-optical-sizes-update/): insta poster made to announce the optical size of Monogaga, inspired by 80s aesthetic. - [Kolia](https://oplerou.xyz/kolia/): spiky typeface inspired by roses' thorns - [the sleeping phoenix era](https://oplerou.xyz/the-sleeping-phoenix-era/): t life sounds like when things are slowly but steadily going south but it's okay - [Ether Limbo: Goddesses](https://oplerou.xyz/ether-limbo-goddesses/): ether limbo was a story/game project i had in 2021, about a fantasy world where souls were locked in a... - [ethereal / bloom](https://oplerou.xyz/ethereal-bloom/): first “serious” artwork made after a long inspiration drought period. she was painted some time after learning about Web3, a... - [Biban dial mrrakch](https://oplerou.xyz/biban/): Biban Dial Mrrakch is an experimental typographic project that was inspired by the patterns on the doors of Marrakesh houses. - [Monogaga](https://oplerou.xyz/monogaga/): Monogaga is the first font I designed by myself, after learning type design in Morocco. i started in january 2021... - [Marrakesh doors](https://oplerou.xyz/marrakesh-doors/): during my studies in Marrakesh, a course assignment led me to explore visual elements throughout the city. i became drawn... - [spectra](https://oplerou.xyz/spectra/): artwork made in 2020, on my first iPad. - [untitled II, XX.VII.XX](https://oplerou.xyz/untitled-ii-xx-vii-xx/): containing emotions doesn’t always work, and sometimes you just have to surrender to the void within. - [untitled, XIX.VII.XX](https://oplerou.xyz/untitled-xix-vii-xx/): representing the numbness & emotional disconnection during a distressing state. - [reflexxium](https://oplerou.xyz/reflexxium/): a filter reflecting the scene around the user, with orange and blue lights on the side. made me think about... - [VII.whitelashes](https://oplerou.xyz/vii-whitelashes/): i tried to make something cute, and colorful - [8.blackisthebrightestcolor](https://oplerou.xyz/8-blackisthebrightestcolor/): the most accurate representation of how i felt. - [Sahaba.](https://oplerou.xyz/sahaba/): It’s so weird but after long periods without drawing, i feel like my style always changes. It might be normal... - [illustragold/red micro-era](https://oplerou.xyz/illustragold-red-micro-era/): short-series of digital artworks inspired by traditional pencil drawing, geometric shapes and red+blue. - [MMXVII Series](https://oplerou.xyz/mmxvii/): digital paintings made in October 2017, representing how I felt during that period. - [4D1NKR4 Series](https://oplerou.xyz/4d1nkr4-series/): series of artwork representing the Adinkra symbols as humans. - [Little ribs & sweet lungs](https://oplerou.xyz/little-ribs-sweet-lungs/): two portraits made in class. - [COLORFROS](https://oplerou.xyz/colorfros/): ma première série d’œuvres numériques, sur l’introspection (représentée par les iris non visibles pcq les sujets regardent en eux mêmes)... --- # # Detailed Content ## Pages --- --- --- ## Posts - Categories: Logo design logo of this archive, made with Gagnoa and a star from an upcoming project. --- - Categories: Photography - Tags: abidjan, colorful unnamed series for now, experimenting with more "aggressive" editing. --- - Categories: Music - Tags: experimental --- - Categories: Music - Tags: experimental --- - Categories: Photography - Tags: friends, nostalgia, retro, tech project with a photography app that took me back to 2006-2007. can fake retro effects help with tech anxiety? --- - Categories: Photography - Tags: abidjan, nostalgia A photo series celebrating beauty in the ordinary. --- - Categories: Music - Tags: synthpop --- - Categories: Lettering, Logo design monogram for my newsletter, inspired by Monogaga. --- - Categories: Photography - Tags: abidjan, friends, nostalgia my best friend 🩵Tidiane🩵 wanted a birthday photoshoot, so we found ourselves at an iconic Abidjan hotel that's no longer opened to the public, but still maintains it presence & aura in our city's landscape. --- - Categories: Poster design three African cinema classic film posters, made with my typefaces Nadrey, Gagnoa, Kolia and Korhogo. --- - Categories: Poster design - Tags: monogaga insta poster made to announce the optical size of Monogaga, inspired by 80s aesthetic. --- - Categories: Type design spiky typeface inspired by roses' thorns --- - Categories: Music - Tags: morocco, trip hop t life sounds like when things are slowly but steadily going south but it's okay --- - Categories: Digital painting - Tags: morocco, symbols ether limbo was a story/game project i had in 2021, about a fantasy world where souls were locked in a digital dimension, and people could save them by tokenizing them. --- - Categories: Digital painting - Tags: morocco, procreate --- - Categories: Type design - Tags: experimental, morocco Biban Dial Mrrakch is an experimental typographic project that was inspired by the patterns on the doors of Marrakesh houses. --- - Categories: Type design - Tags: monogaga, morocco --- - Categories: Documentation - Tags: morocco, XR during my studies in Marrakesh, a course assignment led me to explore visual elements throughout the city. i became drawn to the houses' doors, each one carrying interesting patterns and symbols that form a visual language across the medina. --- - Categories: Digital painting - Tags: procreate --- - Categories: Digital painting - Tags: sadness --- - Categories: Digital painting - Tags: disconnection, numbness representing the numbness & emotional disconnection during a distressing state. --- - Categories: AR Filter a filter reflecting the scene around the user, with orange and blue lights on the side. made me think about the word play between reflecting like a mirror and serious thoughts. --- - Categories: Digital painting - Tags: infinitepainter --- - Categories: Digital painting - Tags: infinitepainter --- - Categories: Digital painting - Tags: infinitepainter --- - Categories: Digital painting --- - Categories: Digital painting - Tags: disconnection digital paintings made in October 2017, representing how I felt during that period. --- - Categories: Digital painting - Tags: series --- - Categories: Drawing --- - Categories: Digital painting --- ---