I'm Paul Imoleayo Daramola. Before there was a studio, there was a pencil and a blank page. I started as Lightson Art, drawing by hand, patiently,

one piece at a time. My first signature work was a portrait of an

elephant and a lion merging into the silhouette of Africa, hundreds

of hours of graphite, texture, and detail, built from nothing but

paper and practice.

That piece taught me something: I could create things that didn't

exist yet, just by committing to the process. So I kept going, moving

from pencil to concept design, sketching vehicles and products I

wished existed. My first real design study, an off-road SUV, taught

me a harder lesson. I scrapped the first version for prioritizing

looks over function, and rebuilt it as the G2042: function over form,

capability first.

That's when Lightson Art became Lightson Design Lab. What started as

one artist with a pencil is now a studio exploring future mobility,

products, and visual strategy, still built the same way: by hand

first, then refined with whatever tools I have.

I work with what's available to me. No expensive software, no big

team, just a phone, a sketchbook, and a willingness to learn each

tool as I go. Every project starts as a hand-drawn idea and ends as

a fully realized visual system, complete with technical specs,

material breakdowns, and a story behind every decision.

Lightson Design Lab exists to prove that resource-constrained doesn't

mean vision-constrained. I design believable futures, in mobility,

in products, in spaces, built in Lagos, for anywhere.