Realpen Pencil
- Actor
- Art Director
Bright Komla Kpoha famously Known as Realpen pencil. Best known for Bright Komla: Di Ghanaian Dancing Artist (2019). He is the world's first gymnastic artist. He is well recognized by his unique style of drawing. He has been featured on BBC World Africa, BBC News Pidgin and others. What makes him unique is that he display some agility and coordination whiles drawing by jumping, flipping around and by end of the day the drawing is made. Early Life & Education Bright was born at Akatsi Abor to Kayi Grace (mother) and Kodjo Kpoha (father). He started his primary education in Ecole Marie Auxiliatrice D'Ablogame in Lomé, Togo at age 7. Bright's passion for drawing started when he was in Togo in 2005 when he was 7 years old. He consistently trained himself on the wall whenever he woke up every morning before going to school. By then Bright was not perfect with his art skills, his childhood friends always made fun of him whenever he drew something. According to Bright, he visualized himself of becoming a very great artist in the world and through that he had a vision to get any magazine or a book that had any human face or image on it. "One day, I was visualizing myself becoming a very great artist in the world so I got the vision that said I should find any magazine or a book that have any human face or image in it, and if I'm able to find the book, I will be in transition to automatically sink up with the talent of how to draw. I managed to find the book in my brother's room. Inside the book, I saw Nicki Minaj and a lot of famous celebrities so I wanted to take my eyes off from watching inside the book and I saw a hand drawing the pictures of those celebrities in the air. It happened like a vision or life visualization. That was how I received my extraordinary talent from the universe" he said. Career After realizing his talent from the vision, bright started getting invitation for Art competitions and challenges at age 11. He won the second best artist of the National Art Competition of Togo. He started drawing a lot of people from events he attended. He returned to Ghana to continue his craft where he continued drawing people and participating in event. In 2019, he won the Ghana Art and Culture Art competition. He was among the 4 winners that were chosen in the whole Ghana. He opened an Instagram account where he consistently posted his art and in 2019, BBC News Pidgin reached out to him on Instagram. They appreciated his talent and offered to come over to Ghana for an interview and a coverage video of his arts. That was how Realpen pencil has gained much popularity and became famous. Bright Komla is recognized by the public as Realpen pencil, the World's First Gymnastic Artist. Arts of Celebrities He drew Davido,Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, Sarkodie,Luenell and a lot of celebrities whilst dancing at the same time. That's what makes him unique from the Art world. He has made a lot of live drawings and picture drawing for some celebrities like Jacod Freedom Caesar, Brandon Marshall,Patoranking, Yvonne Nelson, Goodluck Jonathan and a lot more. He drew Davido live under 10 minutes unexpectedly in a crowd and was able to get his attention. He went viral with Davido live drawing video and gained over 183K TikTok followers and 30 Million views and generated over 49k Facebook followers and 15k Instagram followers. Recently, he drew Luenell and shipped it to her. Accolades & Recognitions He got featured in BBC World Africa, BBC News Pidgin, Africanews, Ghanaweb, Star FM, Ghone Tv, Modern Ghana, Glamtush, Citivoice Nigeria and others. He also got featured in Dangote Magazine (Africa Report Trade Challenge) in 2013. Awards . National Art Competition of Togo (2nd Position - 2009) . Ghanaian Visual Artist of the Year (2019).
Religion Law of attraction (Mindfulness meditation)