My real goal with Wiz was to design his album cover. I was able to do "Commando" and "Fake Love" for him. Even though I knew for a fact that at that point he had a lot of graphic designers and, perhaps, a lot of people Iike me trying to design for him, it didn’t stop me from reaching out. After I did that viral artwork, I persisted on working with Wizkid. No one wants to be with someone who doesn’t have anything to offer. I’m always retaining this mindset of: if you want to work with someone so bad, you should have something to offer to the person. How did you go from that artwork guy to being a part of the team?
It went viral and Wizkid recreated it for his merch collection. In 2018, you posted a design you created for Wizkid. Wizkid's Made In Lagos cover designed by Fawaz. I started pushing myself out there more and reaching out to a lot of artists trying to work with them. I was like 'f-ck it, I can do this art thing.' From there on, I had this realization and self-belief that I could be successful at it. I did it, he posted it and I felt so confident about my craft. He was about to release a song and his designer wasn’t available to do the artwork.
I’d post fan art, he’d see it then retweet. So, as a Sarkodie fan, I should offer something from the creative side. Me, I always had it in mind that even as a fan, you should have something to offer to the artist. Everyone around me knows one of my favorite artists is Sarkodie. For me, I’ll just take pictures and create using. I started this as a playful thing in high school. You went on tour and achieved your dream of designing the album art for Wizkid. And when the Nigerian superstar’s monumental album was due for release, he would turn to Fawaz to create the sleek, minimalist Made In Lagos album cover.īelow, the artist talks about his journey so far, meeting Wizkid and his relationship with the Starboy. The relationship between the two has since deepened, with Wizkid enlisting Fawaz as his go-to creative designer. In 2018, Fawaz’ art would get to Wizkid, who reposted it and went on to replicate it as merch.
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