Aeon Chintersingh

My inspiration to create unique characters in stories with which Caribbean children can relate came about when I was seven years old.
During this stage of my life, most of my childhood experiences were spent in the hospital than at home as I was diagnosed with the life-threatening illness, Sickle Cell disease, when I was one year and ten months old. So, televisions and videos were my constant companions as I was not able to experience the child-like freedom of ‘playing in the wind’, not even with my brother.
It was during one of the many episodes of sickle cell crisis that I realized it would be interesting for me to create stories and characters that would reflect issues that concerns myself and others, especially children; instead of these alienated characters and story lines that do connect with individuals like me, and specifically Caribbean children. As I grew, the tendency to change character traits and storylines followed me even out of various surgeries and rehabilitations’ periods. The concept was germinating.
Despite this debilitating disease, I tried to live a full life, albeit each experience was always punctuated by visits to the Sickle Cell Clinic, and hospitalizations. I cannot remember when I exist out of Art. From constantly drawing in classes since kindergarten, to sitting it as an extra subject outside my allotted eight CSEC subjects. Eventually, I enrolled in Enda Manley for the Visual Arts. I was not there long before I was invited to participate in an experimental treatment programme to better manage sickle cell disease. After that experience, I continued to chase my dream by attending Vocational Training Development Institute where studied Animation before launching Singh Studios.
As a character and storyboard artist, it is my desire to bridge the gap of our many segregated groups whether by class, culture, or ethnicity through relatable and engaging characters.