In the spirit of Kwanzaa, we’re carrying the Nguzo Saba with us into the new year. To close out this season, we’ve dropped a series of motion graphics—each one highlighting a member of our Kinara’s Children family, which have been stitched together into a single vid. We’ve been experimenting with animation for a minute now (shoutout to the earlier projects that took forever to render 😅), and we’re moving toward styles that are faster to create and easier to store, so we can keep the visuals fresh without burning all our time and drive space.
It’s been 11 years since Kinara’s Children were created. We’ve had wins, we’ve had setbacks—the biggest being when our first site, CreatedbyCrosby, got snatched by domain poachers. We rebuilt as ConceptbyCrosby, but losing all that SEO and traffic hurt. Lesson learned: our home base needs to be unmistakably ours and jealously protected. From here on, you’ll find all Kinara’s Children content right here, in our own digital space. ConceptbyCrosby will return to being a personal portfolio and blog.
Let’s keep it real—the game has changed. Between AI blowing up, social media making us pay to be seen, random censorship, and funds getting tighter, it’s a whole new day. We’re not here to chase algorithms or pump out AI-generated slop just to keep up. We’d rather create less, but make it mean more.
So what’s the vision? To share our history and culture honestly. To build community through the Seven Principles. To make Kwanzaa a year-round mindset, not just a December thing. To connect with our people through real images and real stories. We’ve had fun creating, but now we’re shifting focus—less just entertainment, more education, more truth, more substance.
Production note:
This animation was built using the free version of DaVinci Resolve—a powerful, fully-featured tool we’ve been learning and highly recommend. The soundtrack is courtesy of Bensound’s royalty-free music library, an indispensable resource for independent creators.
Here’s to keeping the culture alive, staying authentic, and growing with you.