U-Ashante Blackwood (Artisticlifestyle6) ungumculi oneminyaka engama-26 ubudala ozinze eToronto. Ugxile kakhulu kwezithombe kanye nobuciko bomqondo; umsebenzi wakhe uthwebula ubuhle nokuzabalaza kwesiko lakhe kanye nenqubo yokukhula kwakhe engazethembi ngezinto ezimkhomba njengowesifazane omnyama. Izidumbu zomsebenzi ezikhiqiziwe zixoxa indaba yokuthola kwakhe inhloso yakhe futhi ekugcineni wafunda ukwamukela kanye nokuthanda izici ezimenza izinga eliphakeme lobuhle kusukela kokhokho bakhe. U-Ashante ungumculi osebenza ngezindlela eziningi ongagcini nje ngokusebenza ngendwangu, kodwa futhi usebenza ngezingubo, izicathulo, umdwebo odongeni, ukhuni, nezinye izinto ezihlukahlukene. Wathanda ubuciko emuva esikoleni esiphakeme futhi waqhubeka neminyaka yakhe yasekolishi, lapho emukelwa kulo lonke ekolishi, wayefake isicelo kuye wabe esenquma ukufunda e-Humber College ngohlelo lwabo lwe-Visual and Digital Arts iminyaka engu-2. Ubelokhu enza imisebenzi yezandla futhi esebenza emkhakheni weciko isikhathi esigcwele cishe iminyaka emi-3 manje. Ngaphambi kohambo lokuba usomabhizinisi, wasebenza emisebenzini efana ne-Scarborough Arts njengoMsizi Wegalari. U-Ashante usedlale futhi wakhombisa umsebenzi wakhe ezinhlelweni eziningi eToronto nasemhlabeni jikelele. Useke wenza imicimbi waphinde wasingatha amagalagala obuciko, imibukiso, kanye ne-Live Painting yomcimbi. Ngo-2018 wawina umculi obonwayo ohamba phambili kumagazini omnyama we- # 1 waseCanada futhi waba nombukiso wakhe wokuqala eyedwa ngo-2019 edolobheni lakubo eScarborough lapho ubuciko bakhe babukhonjiswa khona izinyanga ezi-3. Kusukela lapho, usebenze nemikhiqizo emikhulu efana ne-YouTube ne-Opus kumaphrojekthi akhokhelwayo, futhi wanda kakhulu ku-tiktok futhi wafinyelela ukubukwa okucishe kube yizigidi ezi-3 kuvidiyo yakhe yomsebenzi wobuciko. Uzuze abalandeli abasha abangaphezu kwe-100k ngezinsuku ezi-2 okwakumangalisa!

 I-Artistic Lifestyle brand yinkampani exube izinto eziningi esekwe kwezobuciko eyasungulwa ngu-Ashante Blackwood e-Toronto, e-Canada ngo-2017. Ukuhlobisa Kwasekhaya, Umsebenzi Wobuciko Ongokwezifiso, nobusuku bokupenda. Ngalokhu, uhlobo lwakhe ludlulele ngale kobuciko bekhanvasi. Umgomo wakhe uwukuba ngelinye ilanga avule igalari/isikhala sakhe sobuciko, imfashini, umculo, nemicimbi ukuze abonise ithalente elincishiwe elikhulu kunawo wonke wase-Toronto.