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Eugene Ramirez Mapondera is a digital artist based in Zimbabwe. He is popularly known for furthering the idea of African pop culture and Afro-sci-fi. He started his career as a story board artist for advertising agencies such as Upton Fulton And McCann in 2007 [Zimbabwe] and creating 3D visualisation for Barkers Ogilvey in 2010 [Zimbabwe].

He is currently a key member of the specialist agency Sigma Digital Studio www.sigmadigital-studio.com. He has created Titles such as "The Dark Mind", "Nhepfenyuro Man" and " Umzingeli The Bounty Huntress". His highly anticipated graphic novel "The dark mind" is set to be written by friend and partner Andrew Manyika http://wordnsound.wordpress.com/word-n-sound-experience/ a renowned writer based in South Africa.

Eugene is also a graphic designer and 3D artist. His 3D demo entitled "The Birth of Eyesaac" can be found on Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKigH_2NitI along with other references of his work uder J.A.A.G

He has been mentioned in an article by The Global Press Institutehttp://dev.globalpressinstitute.org/print/861 for his participation in the 2011 ZIMFAIA festival http://gpi.nrh-dev.com/africa/zimbabwe/animation-festival-zimbabwe-reflects-growing-industry/page/0/1.

Since 2007

He has worked with advertising agencies and production houses in Harare such as:

Upton Futlon And McCann Barker McCormac, Ogilvy Saint Productions NTmedia Open Edge Publishing

He is currently working On Hotshots the comic book under Gemazo magazine which was featured as the first serialised comic book by the zimbojam.com