Tribal and ancient art inspire me. Here is a series of illustrations featuring African masks.
African masks are not only decorative. A lot of the ones you can see are or have been used in rituals that involve dances, chants. They usually represent spirits in nature.
For my series, I picked up animals from African wildlife and created masks based on them. I imagined people wearing them with costumes and performing dances. I kept the style minimal to reflect the spirit of ancient and tribal art.
![Adobe Portfolio Illustrator animal vector DANCE ritual black and white graphic series](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/1400/8ccd1436241521.5715df138e859.png)
![Adobe Portfolio Illustrator animal vector DANCE ritual black and white graphic series](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/1400/7346b636241521.57151836ba11b.png)
Goat.
![Adobe Portfolio Illustrator animal vector DANCE ritual black and white graphic series](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/1400/26260236241521.57151836ba7d2.png)
Elephant.
![Adobe Portfolio Illustrator animal vector DANCE ritual black and white graphic series](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/1400/bd070e36241521.57151836baf35.png)
Ape.
![Adobe Portfolio Illustrator animal vector DANCE ritual black and white graphic series](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/1400/d089ec36241521.57151836bb43d.png)
Zebra.
![Adobe Portfolio Illustrator animal vector DANCE ritual black and white graphic series](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/1400/2c00ed36241521.57151836bb870.png)
Lion.
![Adobe Portfolio Illustrator animal vector DANCE ritual black and white graphic series](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/1400/fc074d36241521.57151836bc1e1.png)
Warthog.
![Adobe Portfolio Illustrator animal vector DANCE ritual black and white graphic series](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/1400/261fe836241521.57169c031dd51.png)
Python.