For individuals & collaborators
01Play Inquiry Sessions
A guided, playful drawing experience where curious people come together to experiment, make things and discover different ways of seeing. No drawing experience required.
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Visual artistIllustratorDesignerArt educator
I make pictures, design identities, and create room for people to create.
I'm Oselu Irabor, a working designer and illustrator in Kaduna. I make illustration systems for fintech and tech products, posters and editorial design for sport, music and culture, and Play Inquiry: creative workshops for teams, communities and children.
Product illustrator at Roqqu · open to freelance commissions
What I do
Work with me
Product, brand and editorial illustration for fintech and tech companies, from a set of spot illustrations to a whole system.
See illustration work →
Posters, covers, campaigns and identities for sport, music and culture, and personal series like a poster for every World Cup match.
See design work →
Play Inquiry: hands-on drawing workshops for teams, communities and children. No drawing experience required.
See Play Inquiry →Illustration for Bitnob Roqqu Lendsqr Gen X Oko Insurance Cismetrics Ruwah Pressure Is a Privilege
Selected work
Full indexOngoing series
About the seriesCreative workshops by Oselu
Play Inquiry
Creative workshops that start with curiosity, not skill. Drawing prompts, open-ended challenges and hands-on experiments for individuals, communities and teams.
Index
Work
Earlier illustration projects
Personal seriesFootball
Poster series
Two personal, ongoing poster series built around football: one for every match of the 2026 World Cup, and one for every Coventry matchday.
← Poster series
Personal seriesFIFA World Cup 2026
A poster for every match
Through the 2026 World Cup I made a poster for each match as it was played, drawn by hand in oil pastel. Every one turns the flags of the two teams into a single composition, so no two are alike.
A personal project. Not affiliated with or endorsed by FIFA.
Move or drag along the ruler to flick through every poster. Arrow keys work too.
← Poster series
Personal seriesEvery matchday
Coventry matchday posters
A new poster for every Coventry City match in their 2026/27 Premier League season, made for matchday and posted here as the season goes on.
A personal fan project. Not affiliated with or endorsed by the club.
Oil pastel on paper
Visual art
Personal work made by hand: sports moments, animals, people, places and still life, built up in thick layers of oil pastel. It's also the medium participants used in the Play Inquiry Session in Lagos. New pieces are added regularly.
Oselu Irabor · Kaduna, Nigeria
About
About Oselu Irabor
I’m Oselu Irabor, a visual artist, illustrator, designer, and art educator. My work spans illustration, visual storytelling, and design, driven by a curiosity about how images communicate ideas and how creativity shapes the way we see the world.
Alongside my creative practice, I design playful, hands-on learning experiences that help people explore their creativity through drawing, experimentation, and collaboration. I’m interested in making art more accessible, helping people build creative confidence, and creating spaces where curiosity matters more than getting things right.
Whether I’m making images or bringing people together to make things, my work is rooted in the same belief: creativity is something we can all explore, practise, and grow into.
Now
- Product illustrator at Roqqu, and open to freelance commissions
- Running Play Inquiry, my creative workshop practice, including a free monthly art club in Kaduna
- A poster for every Coventry City matchday in the 2026/27 season
Recently
- 100 oil-pastel posters, one for every match of the 2026 World Cup
- A Play Inquiry Session in Lagos with Ayanfe Haven, October 2026
- A summer art programme for children aged 4 to 16 with Spark School Studio, Kaduna
- Illustration for Bitnob, Roqqu, Lendsqr, Gen X, Oko Insurance, Cismetrics and Ruwah
Open to freelance commissions
Work with me
I'm a working designer: currently a product illustrator at Roqqu, and open to freelance commissions in illustration, graphic design and artwork.
- IllustrationProduct, brand and editorial illustration, from a single piece to a whole system
- Graphic designPosters, covers, campaigns and visual identities
- ArtworkA commissioned piece in oil pastel, or one you've seen on the site
Planning a workshop for your team? Use the Play Inquiry at Work form →
Play Inquiry by Oselu
Creative workshops that start with curiosity, not skill.
Play Inquiry creates playful, hands-on experiences through drawing prompts, open-ended challenges and creative experiments. Each session brings people together to try things, explore ideas and make something of their own.
No art experience required. Just a willingness to try.
ForCurious individualsCollaboratorsTeams
The idea
What happens when you stop trying to get it right?
Most of us learn to think of creativity as a talent. Something some people have, and others don't.
Play Inquiry approaches it differently.
Guided prompts, simple materials and playful experiments give people a starting point, then leave room for them to discover where it goes.
There is no single correct result. The point is to try, explore and see what happens.
Try a prompt
Draw a line that changes its mind.
Three ways it could go
- It changes direction
- It turns back on itself
- It stops and starts again
Examples drawn for this page. Yours will be different, and that's the point.
Workshops
Two ways to experience Play Inquiry
Join a public session, collaborate with us to host one, or commission a creative experience for your team. Every workshop is built around guided prompts, playful experimentation and hands-on making. No drawing experience required.
For companies & teams
02Play Inquiry at Work
A tailored, facilitated creative workshop for teams and organisations. Using drawing prompts, structured challenges and collaborative making, participants explore ideas and different perspectives outside their usual work routines.
Also from Play Inquiry
FreeMonthly in Kaduna · Weekly on Instagram
The best part of small chops is puff puff
Play Inquiry's free art club: room for people to make things and play.
See the art club
For childrenPaid · Run with partners
Children's programmes
Art programmes for children, run with partners. In summer 2026: ages 4 to 16, with Spark School Studio in Kaduna.
See the summer programme
Field notes
Experiments, workshops & previous projects
A Play Inquiry Session in Lagos with Ayanfe Haven, the free art club in Kaduna, and a summer programme for children with Spark School Studio.
Play Inquiry Session · For individuals
From first lines to oil pastel: the Lagos session
A Play Inquiry Session for individuals, held in collaboration with Ayanfe Haven. Twelve participants with different levels of drawing experience moved from warm-up sketches to their own oil-pastel paintings.
Read the field note
Free · Part of Play Inquiry
The best part of small chops is puff puff
An art club that meets in person in Kaduna every month and online on Instagram every week: room for people to make things and play.
See the art club
With Spark School Studio · Ages 4 to 16
Summer art programme with Spark School Studio
Art classes for children aged 4 to 16 over the summer, in collaboration with Spark School Studio in Kaduna.
See the programmeFor organisations
Bring Play Inquiry to your space
Play Inquiry can take different forms depending on the people in the room, the setting and the questions worth exploring.
- 01Co-host a sessionWith artists, venues, brands and other creative collaborators
- 02Commission a team workshopPlay Inquiry at Work, for companies and teams
About Oselu
A practice by Oselu Irabor
I'm a visual artist, illustrator and designer interested in how we see, make and communicate ideas.
Play Inquiry grows out of my wider creative practice and my interest in making creative participation feel accessible. Through guided drawing, prompts and hands-on experiments, I'm exploring what happens when people are given room to try things without the pressure to get everything right.
The workshops are an extension of that curiosity: a way to make, learn and discover alongside other people.
See Oselu's portfolio of illustration, design and visual artYou don't have to be an artist to take part. You just have to be willing to try.
From first lines to oil pastel: the Lagos session
A Play Inquiry Session for individuals, held in collaboration with Ayanfe Haven. Twelve participants came into drawing through simple exercises, guided prompts and a progression from pencil sketches to oil-pastel paintings.
- Location
- Lagos
- Date
- 17 October 2026
- Participants
- 12
- Format
- Play Inquiry SessionFor individuals
- In collaboration with
- Ayanfe Haven
- Medium
- Pencil and oil pastel
The brief
Introduce a group of twelve people to drawing and help each of them develop their own work, starting with simple exercises rather than an intimidating blank page.
The purpose was to create an approachable, hands-on experience for people with different levels of familiarity with drawing.
The question
How do you help people begin making something when uncertainty or the fear of getting it wrong might otherwise stop them?
The response was to build a sequence of approachable activities, giving participants a starting point before asking them to develop their own work.
The approach
Instead of starting with a blank page and a big subject, the session moved in stages, each one building on the last.
- 1
Warm-up sketching
Simple, low-pressure exercises to loosen the hand and get past the fear of the first mark.
- 2
Easing in
Building from those exercises towards looking closely and drawing a real subject.
- 3
Drawing
Each participant developed an individual drawing.
- 4
Painting with oil pastel
Colour was added through layering and blending to finish the piece.
What participants made
Participants left with their own drawings and oil-pastel paintings. The subjects were simple still lifes: bottles, cups, fruit and flowers.
What I learned
What comes next
The Lagos session was a starting point for a broader workshop practice. I'm developing the format into repeatable creative experiences for individuals, communities and teams, using drawing and hands-on experimentation to make room for curiosity and discovery.
The aim is to keep testing the approach, refining the facilitation and exploring collaborations with people and organisations interested in creative participation.
← Field notes
The best part of small chops is puff puff
A free art club I run as part of Play Inquiry. It meets in person in Kaduna once a month, and online on my Instagram every week.
- In person
- KadunaOnce a month
- Online
- InstagramEvery week, on @oselucoded
- Cost
- FreePart of Play Inquiry
“I just want to create room for people to make things and play.”
Around the table
Photos from the meetups in Kaduna.
The drawings
Pencil still lifes: bottles, mugs, coffee pots, fruit and stacked cups.
More from Play Inquiry
The art club is the free way to take part in Play Inquiry. There are also two kinds of workshop, Play Inquiry Sessions for individuals and collaborators and Play Inquiry at Work for companies and teams, as well as art programmes for children.
← Field notes
Summer art programme with Spark School Studio
I taught art to children aged 4 to 16 over the summer, in collaboration with Spark School Studio in Kaduna. Programmes like this are part of what Play Inquiry offers.
- In collaboration with
- Spark School StudioKaduna
- Ages
- 4 to 16
- When
- Summer 2026
- Part of
- Play InquiryChildren's programmes
Around the table
From the summer classes. Children's faces are blurred to keep their identities private.
What the children made
Crayon, pastel and pencil drawings by the children.
Showing their work
Play Inquiry for children
Children's programmes are a paid Play Inquiry service, run in collaboration with partners like Spark School Studio. The terms are set by the arrangement with each partner.
Collaborate
Bring Play Inquiry to your space
Play Inquiry can take different forms depending on the people in the room, the setting and the questions worth exploring.
Artists, venues, brands and creative communities can co-host a Play Inquiry Session for their audience. Companies and organisations can commission Play Inquiry at Work for their teams. Both give people a starting point, space to experiment and an opportunity to make something together.
The format is adapted to the audience and context. Let's explore what we could make.
Two ways to work together
Play Inquiry Sessions
01Co-host a session
An artist, venue, brand or other creative collaborator co-hosts a Play Inquiry Session for their audience. Play Inquiry develops and facilitates the session.
The core experience remains the same, while the host, audience and setting can change. Commercial and operational arrangements are agreed in advance.
Play Inquiry at Work
02Commission a team workshop
A company or organisation commissions a workshop for its team, offsite or gathering.
Each session is adapted to the team's context, objectives, group size and available time. Prior drawing experience is not required.
In the room
A designed experience, not an art class brought into the office
Every workshop is built around guided prompts, playful experimentation and hands-on making, so everyone has a way in, whatever their experience. What it offers is the experience itself: time to try, make and talk about it together.
- People try things
- They make things, alone and together
- They exchange ideas
- They interpret the same prompt in different ways
- They reflect on the process
Planning a session? It helps to share
- Who the session is for, and roughly how many people
- Where it could happen, and how much time you have
- Any theme, occasion or question you'd like it to explore
- Rough timing. Nothing needs to be fixed yet
The Lagos session
A Play Inquiry Session for individuals, in collaboration with Ayanfe Haven: twelve participants, pencil and oil pastel.
Read the field notePlay Inquiry Sessions
Join the next experiment.
Public session dates are being developed. Register your interest and tell me what kind of experience you'd like to take part in.
Artists, venues, brands and communities can use this form to ask about co-hosting a session too.
Play Inquiry at Work
Plan a team workshop.
A facilitated creative workshop for your team, adapted to its context, objectives, size and available time. No drawing experience required.
Tell me a little about your team and what you have in mind. Sending this doesn't book anything. It starts a conversation.
More about working togetherChildren's programmes
Plan a programme for children.
Art programmes for children are run in collaboration with partners, like the summer programme with Spark School Studio in Kaduna for children aged 4 to 16.
Schools, studios and community groups can use this form to start a conversation. The terms depend on the arrangement with each partner.
See the summer programme