Article on Aton

 

Click here to read an interview of Aton with Kreyolicious, in which he
promotes his comic book on the first Haitian Superhero. Make sure to read our article on the superhero, who is no longer named Aton: The Demi God, but Djatawo. The name Djatawo is made of two names Jah, which is a biblical name for God, and Tao, which means path from the Chinese religious tradition Taoism.

Article on Aton

Click here to read a new article on Aton's superhero. He gives more insight into what pushed him into creating a superhero who shares his name and has a striking resemblance to him.

Brand new superhero from Haiti is coming your way

Aton, also known as Anthony Louis-Jeune, just finished putting together his work for a Haitian comic book superhero.
This dream, which has been in the making since he was a child and a comic book junky, came into effect just recently when he started attending school. He used a class thesis as an opportunity for him to give life to the superhero, Aton: The Demi God.

Aton: The Demi God

Along with his girlfriend, Cindy Ramirez Torres, who is a fashion designer, Aton worked on creating a futuristic suit for Aton: The Demi God.
The suit, as Aton envisioned it to be, is heavily influenced by the Egyptian, Taino and Haitian cultures.
"I didn't want a superhero like the other ones [I worked on]," Aton explained. Unlike his other superheroes, such as Eklatman, Aton: The Demi God wears a specific costume, has moral values, and fights for human rights.

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In addition, Aton combined his story to one of his previous works, which is "Foula Wouj" (Red Scarf).
"I created a character to make [Foula Wouj] more powerful," he said. He wanted to include a hero to this story.

"Foula Wouj"/"Red Scarf"

Aton is planning on promoting the superhero in Haiti in the near future. He is currently working on a three minute video, in which Aton: The Demi God will tackle environmental issues, and an album, with each song representing a chapter of the comic book.

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Aton's projects

Here are more of Aton's works:

Greeting Card for Casa De Campo

Comme Il Faut Christmas Card-2007

Banner (72x48)

Sculpture with clay (In process)-2013

Kiyes Mwen Ye painting (acrylic)

Comme Il Faut banner-2007

Djamina of Gary Victor

Le Revenant of Gary Victor

Nely (charcoals and acrylic)

CD pack for mixtape Envazyon

Tet Fret Ti Blada stickers

A compilation of Aton's works

Here is a compilation of some of Aton's works. In this video you'll get to know more about his style. You may notice that some of these drawings are in their early stages.

Aton, A Work in the Making

Anthony Louis-Jeune, known artistically as Aton, is a 26-year-old artist who has the ability to put his hands on many different projects.

A native of Haiti, Aton has been drawing since primary school.

“When I started, my mother did not want me to draw,” he explained. “She would even tear up my drawings.”
This did not stop Aton from living his dream, neither did being colorblind.
"I feel normal because I never saw colors. I was born this way," he said.
Aton still manages to create colorful, dazzling paintings.
"I have a concept of the colors," he explained. "I concentrate more on the intensity of the colors. I know that yellow is brighter than orange and green is paler sometimes."
He buys tubes of paint and pencils that have the names of the colors written on them to help him. 

"I always knew I wanted to draw," said Aton. 
He was inspired by those artists or those minds per say who created the comic books he owned.
"I wanted to be like them when I get older," he explained.
Aton explored the idea of pursuing drawing as a profession when he sold one of his drawings to a band in Haiti as a logo for 300 USD at just 15 or 16 years of age.
"I was like 'man, I can make money out of it'," he said.
As a result, he began working for a marketing company named Graphcity to create logos. He then created his own company, Aton Concept, and freelanced. 
When asked about what his company offers, Aton listed graphic designs, illustrations and logos.
"[For graphic design, I make] business cards, billboards, shirt designs, [and] anything related to designing...[something]," he added. "I can conceive it and people can do it."
Aton also worked for other Marketing Agencies, such as Image & Marketing and Publi Gestion, and illustrated for big companies, such as Comme Il Faut.
In addition, he illustrated for the famous Haitian writer's, Gary Victor, popular series, Djamina, shown below.

Aton actually comes from an artistic family. 
"We all have some sort of love for doing stuff," he said.
They each embrace a different type of art. For instance, his grandmother is a dressmaker.  "She draws also,"  Aton added.
His mother is also artistic.
"My Mother... is really manual," Aton explained. She sewed the curtains for her house.
None of the members of his family, however, use his/her artistic skills as a profession. 
"I am the only professional artist," Aton explained. 
He does admit that one of his cousin is considering using her skills professionally.
"She's working on it," he said.

 Among Aton's art projects is a poster that he recently designed for a juice company in Haiti.

“[The poster is designed] for them to post anywhere they are selling,”he explained.

Aton is currently attending Altos de Chavon in the Dominican Republic, where he is getting a degree in Fine Arts/Illustration. Here are a few more of Aton's works:

Right-handed Aton drew the self-portrait, shown above, with his left hand. This was his first time using his left hand.
"In school, they teach us how to draw with our left hand and ...our feet," he explained.

 

 

Aton also enjoys to rap, which is a hobby for him. He did a remake of Gregory Isaacs' Night Nurse.

He also recorded his own song called "Get Foktop," which gained him fame on campus. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXy6quhpWgI

Aton would actually like to release an album with 15 songs ranging from Hip Hop to House.