Folarin Akinmade

@akingmade.bsky.social

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Making stuff up for a living. Actor. Musician. Writer. https://linktr.ee/akingmade

Video of me opening a cardboard box with 'Even The Stars Will Fall' comic.
A series of freshly thrown mugs
Venn Diagram. One side reads "Dragon Ball Z characters" the other reads "potters and ceramicists". the. middle reads "unlocking a new form"
A series of sketches of a young Black woman. Mainly exploring different traditional African hairstyles and a couple drapes of clothing.
An image of the comic book, Even The Stars Will Fall. Alongside the book is a quote from Kieron Gillen: "A confident, rich fantasy world with a Hickmanian sweep and grandeur".
The cover of Even The Stars Will Fall. It features a young Black woman in a painterly style, against a bifurcated, purple and white background. The right side of her face (our left) is giving off streaks of flame. The authors 'Akinmade' and 'Alliu' are credited.
A screenshot of the article "Why I Became That Annoying Black Guy On Your Newsfeed"
4 black and white photos of traditional Nigerian hairstyles
4 black and white photos of very intricate, pre colonial Nigerian hairstyles.
Folarin is a Black man with a bald head, wearing a subtly festive cardigan, which also seems to match his guitar strap (this was not on purpose and I have only just noticed). He is accompanying himself on guitar as he sings The Christmas Song.
A picture of the Draw Steel TTRPG book.
A front cover to a comic book done in a painterly style. It shows a Black woman, from her shoulder up. Standing against an abstract, bifurcated white and purple background. There are sparks of flame coming off her face. Her eyes are closed. The title is centred, it reads "Even The Stars Will Fall".
The Scooby Doo Mask reveal meme. It shows Fred revealing the ghost to be a man. The text reads: Horrific world events People trying to understand what is at the heart of these atrocities It's white supremacist settler colonialism. Again. Like it always is.
Bald, Black man with a guitar, plays and sings a song.
Folarin, a bald Black man in a black shirt sings and plays guitar.
Folarin, a bald black man in a navy blue tee, plays guitar in a room with beige walls.
Folarin, a bald Black man in a navy blue tee plays guitar and sings a song.
Folarin plays guitar and sings in a black vest, and Addidas tracksuit top. Verse 1: When the bass makes your heart rise Setting sun paints a pink sky Laughter echoes past midnight What a thing to be alive What a thing to be alive Verse 2: When the words flow and drinks pour And you know you don’t need more Watch the world turn and birds soar What a thing to be alive What a thing to be alive

Bridge: It’s in small moments you find Meaning It’s just a state of mind What a thing to be alive What a thing to be alive What a thing to be alive What a thing to be alive
A bald Black man, playing guitar, in a beige room.
Folarin is Black man, wearing a black Addidas tracksuit and black baseball cap. He is sitting down and playing a guitar.
The "I Bring A Sort Of" meme format in which a Black man, wearing a Black baseball cap backwards looks out from a balcony or porch onto a screen space. Text reads: "I bring a sort of CHAOTIC vibe to TTRPGs that GMs don't really like".
Cover of X-Factor, The Complete Collection. It features Jamie Madrox the multiple man in centre. Then left to right, Wolfsbane, Strong Guy, Richtor, Siren, and Monet. They are in a dark office, shaded by detective-noir style blinds.
Video of me, playing Mr Hudson's "There Will Be Tears". I am a bald, Black man, in a white tee.
Headline from an Independent article. It reads UK is most corrupt country in the world, says mafia expert Roberto Saviano
An illustration from a comic showing Maggott, an X-Man who is a Black man with a single lock of white/grey hair and sunglasses. He holds two giant, armoured "maggots" on his shoulder. Art by Terry Dodson.
A double page spread (landscape) illustration for the comic boook "The Nice House On The Lake". A lake overlooked by mountains, in a beautiful woodland area. In the top right corner, the lights are on a beautiful, modern house. Think Frank Lloyd Wright but with slightly less natural integration. The text of the book sits on the water at an angle, almost as if they are floating down the river, with reflections in the eater reinforcing that idea. The names of all the creators involved are also present. Including James Tynion IV (writer) and Álvaro Martinez Bueno (artist and cover).
A screenshot of a tweet by @_Zeets. It reads "The way some think about human life is so interesting - you can create the conditions for countless people to suffer, you can even sign off on their early deaths, and as long as its legal, it's not seen as wrong/evil. This happens with CEOs as much as it does with politicians."
An illustration of Erica Slaughter, the main character from the comic book, Something Is Killing The Children. Erica is a blonde woman, with huge, neon green eyes. She wears a white tank top, and black trousers, and most importantly a black bandanna that she wears over the lower half of her face. It features a teeth-like design.
The front cover of the first volume of the manga, Witch Hat Atelier. It features the protagonist, a young white girl with short blonde hair, wearing witches robes (in this world a sleeveless overcoat, white blouse, and pointed conical hat, that has something in common with the western idea of witches, but I think also has an East Asian influence). All this against a backdrop of a quaint european-looking "medieval" village.
A screenshot of a game of Marvel Snap, a digital card game, played on the mobile. In it, I show a combo of cards that has led to me getting a score above five million.
A 1:1 poster for the upcoming production of Road Show, at Upstairs At The Gatehouse. It features the headshots of the 8 actors involved in the production, Reece Richardson, Madeleine Morgan, Oliver Sidney, Folarin Akinmade, Robert Finlayson, Emily Friberg, Rhys Lambert, and Katherine Strohmaier
A wooden tray of apple cinnamon muffins, smothered in a toffee sauce.
A screenshot of a block of text from Reddit. The text reads: Sorcerous Powers: At 1st level, you can spend 1 willpower to use the dragon strength power. Additionally, each day, after you have spent 3 willpower, your hands become claw-like and your body grows more imposing. Until you complete a long rest, you gain a +2 bonus to the damage rolls of your melee attacks. Level 4: You can spend 2 willpower to use the dragon scales power. Additionally, each day, after you have spent 10 willpower, you manifest dragon scales that cover large portions of your skin. Until you complete a long rest, you have resistance to the damage type associated with your type of dragon. Suggested Equipment: Chainmail, greatsword, dagger, adventurer’s kit, healer’s kit, and 12 gp
A screenshot from a Time Article. A question in bold reads: Why Haven't You Gone Public? The answer: "The question is, why would we? The only Shareholder that we're concerned about is me. Any my whole goal and objective is not all about the money, it's about how we serve our clients better than anybody else. How do we continue to improve, how we invest in a way that's long term, that's 50 years from now, not a quarter from now. Investors in the New York Stock Exchange or NASDAQ or anywhere else, they're not very patient."
A poster of the film The Wind Rises by Hayao Miyazaki. It features a young woman in a lush green field, under open blue skies, with big, evocative clouds overhead. She's painting at an easel on a stand, underneath an umbrella that has been attached to its own stand to leave her hands free.
An image designed by BlueSky that celebrates 10M users. Mine reads that I was user number 512,049, and so one of the first 10%
An illustration of the main character from the manga series With Hat Atelier in a giant astrolabe, drawing arcane symbols on a piece of parchment.
A six pan comic book page featuring a young Black woman and person who appears to be wearing a mask and fashioning an object out of strands of ethereal energy.
A review of the Watermill Theatre's production of Lord of The Rings from a user on Tumblr. Gimli is referred to as a bald king, amongst other thirst driven honorifics.
Illustration by Lizzie Cavanagh of Gimli from the Watermill Theatre's production of Lord of The Rings. A bald, Black man wearing a big fur-lined coat with details from celtic imagery. He is also wearing boots and wielding an axe.