“Bringing Art to Life in the Metaverse.”
A brief introduction to the Alpha Ankh creation project, it’s members and founder:
Core Members:
Louis Kwame Boston ( founder, creative artist and graphic designer )
Taichi Nishikawa ( Marketing in Japan )
Musa Sesay ( Marketing – international )
Plus 8 volunteers.
The Alpha Ankh project was formed in January 2022 by artist and graphic designer Louis Kwame Boston living in Osaka, Japan. It consists of a team of 4 core members and several volunteers of mostly Japanese. The project itself is listed as a branch management under the company KCC International Ltd. KCC International Ltd is an IT and export company established in 2004 and is located in Osaka Japan. It is also the parent company of two internet TV/Radio streaming services in Japan – BKTV Live & BlackanTV Japan.
For many years, Louis Boston has been producing artworks in oil, acrylic, air brush, water color and graphic designs expressing the ankh ( life ), and Afro-centric designs in his artworks. On many of his art exhibitions around Japan, the ankh has been a centerpiece of Louis’s art creations. Every living thing has the Ankh ( Life) within themselves and we are entitled to use that creative life-force in any expressive art form we chose, be it through art, music, fashion , dance etc. Louis chose to express the Alpha and Omega of the Ankh through his art and that art form has its roots in mankind’s original motherland – Africa.
With the advent of digital art’s new NFT platform for creators to express their media creations, Louis has decided to extend his art into the crypto world – NFT. He is now releasing physical art works that he displayed in past Contemporary African Art exhibitions in Japan from 1999 ( Oil & Acrylic painting, water-color, ink, air-brush, graphic designs etc) . These art creations will be revived with a new life through NFT. This is also one of the reason Louis called this project “Alpha” (meaning the start or beginning), and “Ankh” ( meaning reviving and bringing life back to his art creations ). This is true not only for Louis Kwame Boston’s art works but also for art and designs of other creators’ collaboration with Alpha Ankh project.
The Alpha Ankh Project will start out by releasing several NFTs of Louis’s art collection done throughout the years, converted into NFT digital graphic designs.
The vision behind Alpha Ankh Project is to be able to expand many of Louis’s art creation into other areas like Fashion designs and Music in the Metaverse. That means, Alpha Ankh will grow into a brand name for art, graphic design, fashion, books and music NFTs in the Metaverse. The next stage – Fashion design – will include unique and colorful clothing designs by Louis Kwame Boston and other Japanese partners to bring about a fashion trend that is unique, different, and carry an Afro-Japanese atmosphere with vibrant colors.
We have a new Twitter account to reach out to our supporters, fans and anyone who would like to invest or partner with us in the future on art and fashion designs for Metaverse avatars and VR characters. Whether Afro-centric or not, we will be happy to work with other creators, promoters or anyone in the NFT community ready to build up our brands mutually in Japan and around the globe.
The 5 aims and road map for the Alpha Ankh Creation Project:
- To bridge the gap between artists living in Japan (including Louis Kwame Boston) and artists living all around the globe by collaborating with different creators with unique styles.
Roadmap: Our team will be reaching out and contacting creators, promoters and those interested in collaborations around the globe. We are available everyday by email, contact form on the website, or through any of our SNS platforms.
- To bring international exposure to the creations of Japanese artists and other foreign artists living in Japan (This includes the artworks, graphic/digital designs and books of Louis Kwame Boston ) .
Roadmap: Through our SNS platforms, we will collaborate with artists living in Japan and feature their works on our website and SNS postings. This will create a platform to bring more exposure to the many talented artists, designers and creators living in Japan and anyone overseas who wants to work with them are free to contact them, and we can help bridging the gap and making these connections possible.
- To bring awareness to the Ankh. ( The ankh is an ancient Egyptian symbol or hieroglyphs found in Khemet that symbolizes Life and associated with things with new beginnings. ) The Alpha Ankh project aims to use the Ankh symbol as part of our logo and to blend the Ankh symbol into some of the NFT designs we create.
Roadmap: The Ankh represents LIFE. It was a respected symbol everywhere in ancient Egypt common among the Pharaohs and local Egyptians and it reminded them of the importance of Life and it brought Hope to new endeavors. This symbol is found in most of Louis Boston’s artwork and with the advent of NFT, a new “Life” is been injected into the creation of artworks in general. The Alpha Ankh logo portrays the Ankh symbol as the beginning of a new ear for artists and Louis Boston will include it in some of his future NFT designs.
- To establish a central office and several art galleries in the Metaverse where artists from all over the world can display their NFT creations for everyone in the Metaverse to see.
Roadmap: After the sales of 60% of our NFT collection, the Alpha Ankh team will be purchasing virtual land or real-estate in the Metaverse (in Sandbox or Decentraland ) where we plan to build or open of a massive gallery to display NFT artworks of Louis Kwame Boston together with many collaborators and artists around the globe. The review and reaction of visiting avatars during these exhibitions towards a particular NFT artwork(s) on display will determine the NFT value when some of these NFTs will be minted in NFT market places for buyers and bidders.
- To create a Brand called “Alpha-Ankh” in the real world and in the virtual world that reflects Art, Fashion and Music.
Roadmap: Alpha Ankh Creations also plan to start a Fashion line in the Metaverse.. We will not only be working with Artists and graphic designers, but also fashion designers in Japan and around the globe. We plan to design a clothing line for both male and female avatars and VR characters, and these creations will be sold in the MV as well and in real world as ” Alpha Ankh Fashion designs”.
On a similar level we plan of organizing music events in the MV where DJs and singers will stream music in DJ Live events into the MV and avatars from around the globe will be able to attend and enjoy live music. This will also enable us to include minting artist’s samples or audio creations as NFT under the Alpha Ankh label project in the future. By organizing these DJ live streaming events with avatars/VR characters of thousands of people around the globe, we can be able to build and expand our community and promote our NFT collections at the same time.
As you can see these are our 5 vision and roadmaps for the Alpha Ankh Creation project. Some of them are huge tasks that require detail planning, hard work and patience, but we are ready to take the task at hand and start now modestly and build our brand with your support and energy as one Alpha Ankh Community. Our plan to bring BIG dreams to Life in the NFT crypto world and with your help in buying and investing in our collection, we can surly reach our goals and aspirations. Thank you for your support and look forward to you joining our community, investing in our NFTs and becoming part of the Alpha Ankh project and brand.
If you would like to contact us my email with your proposal please do so. Our phone line is also open at all times. ( English or Japanese ) . Also we are located in Shinsabashi, Osaka in Japan (at KCC and BlancanTV studio office) so if you are in Japan, feel free to set up an appointment to meet and discuss things in detail.
Profile of Alpha Ankh Project founder, Louis Kwame Boston.
Louis Kwame Boston is an author, artist, graphic designer, host of the radio talk show “JP Vibes”, founder of BlackanTV internet radio in Japan, and the CEO of the export company KCC International Ltd located in Osaka, Japan. Born in Sierra Leone of a Ghanaian father and a Jamaican mother, Louis Boston is now a naturalized Japanese citizen living in Osaka, Japan. Commonly called by his nickname – JaJa – Louis is a trustworthy friend, a brother, a counselor and a motivational figure to those he encounters. He loves to create art in several mediums, writing inspirational books, enjoys a good conversation with guests on his Live radio talk shows. One of his best selling paperback book titled “Nubia” was published in Japan ( Japanese version) in 2001 by Takarajima Publishing company . In 2020 he published a Kindle version of Nubia on Amazon in both English and Japanese. He also wrote and published his first kids book on Kindle titled “ Kofi’s Baobab Tree”. All of the artwork in all his books are his original art designs. Presently he is working on 3D sculpting using Blender, and VR art using Tilt brush. He plans to add these new art creations to his NFT collection in the future. Stay tuned!
Louis Kwame Boston was an artist before coming to Japan to further his studies. He studied Business Law
when he arrived in Japan and graduated from Kindai University in Osaka, Japan. During his student life in the late 90s and early 2000, he organized and held several art exhibitions in the Kansai region and in Tokyo. His art works drew much attention including major news papers in Japan like Japan Times, Yomiuri News paper, Mainichi News paper, Kobe news paper and many more.
After working in a Japanese firm for a few years, he established his export company ( KCC International Ltd ). His company will later expand to businesses like internet streaming services (BlackanTV and BKTV Live )
Now a bi-lingual, naturalized Japanese citizen, Louis Kwame Boston’s passion is to blend the uniqueness in both eastern and western cultures in the form of art and writing.
Louis Boston is versatile in Oil/Acrylics art, Watercolor painting, Air brush, graphic design and presently polishing his skills in Virtual Reality artistry. His African artworks and exhibitions were also featured on TV News programs in Japan including the national NHK TV.
Louis then went on to write books about African proverbs and how they intertwine life in general. Although many of his art were sold during his exhibitions, Louis kept a good amount of his artwork for the future, and now is the time to once again let the world know his artistic style and creations through NFT.
You can contact Louis Boston on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. Or you can email him directly at: alpha444ankh@gmail.com or use the contact form to contact us.
