I’m Benjamin Ibanda. I draw on cars. One continuous line, freehand, no sketch and no stencil, straight onto the paint.…

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Benjamin Ibanda, an artist who specializes in freehand Afro-Doodle line art on supercars, has created historic live painting moments at major events like the F1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and Dubai Design District. He's now tokenizing these moments on-chain, allowing collectors to own digital records of the real-world events and artworks since the live performances themselves are ephemeral.

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I’m Benjamin Ibanda. I draw on cars. One continuous line, freehand, no sketch and no stencil, straight onto the paint. The style is called Afro-Doodle. I built it and it’s mine. 1/7 (thread)
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Most of what m I’ve done has been a first in its own capacity First artist to paint a supercar live at the F1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. A Porsche GT3 2024 and host a private exhibition in the presidential suit at w hotel Abu Dhabi alongside Kilian
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First artist to paint live on a supercar in Dubai Design District 2024. That one was an Aston Martin.
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4. First artist to paint a supercar on the Abu Dhabi beachfront, with the Abu Dhabi Investment Office and Lammah Al Bahr. 2025
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Commissioned in 2022 to create a memorabilia artwork for the first ever gumball Middle East edition that was signed by owners of some of the rare cars that featured in the rally
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Since then i have worked with brands like Mercedes-Benz. Etihad Airways 25.55, group 63 Emera watches to mention but a few. But there was one problem I kept thinking about. A live painting happens once. People watch it. They film it. Millions see it online. Then it’s gone. 17 million people saw the Audi R8. But not one of them could actually own a piece of that moment. You can’t put a moment on your wall. You can’t pass it down to your kids. Everyone has the video. Nobody has the actual piece.
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That’s when I started putting these moments on-chain. The car was real. The event was real. The drawing happened on that car, on that day. The token keeps a record of that moment and gives someone a way to own it. But I’m thinking bigger than the cars. I want Afro-Doodle to become something people recognise on its own a style and a mark you know when you see it, whether it’s on a car, jacket, hotel wall, bottle or game. The first pieces are the car drawings, because that’s where it all started. There will only ever be a fixed number. Collection is here 👇 transient.xyz/@IBZ If you collect cars as much as you collect crypto, this one’s for you.