What Jamaican? is a creative studio in Detroit. We make 2D animation, graphic design, illustration, storyboards and video for brands, organizations and people with a story to tell.

Founder Irving Thomas is a Detroit native with Jamaican roots. He studied advertising at Michigan State. He has spent nearly ten years building brands for other people. Now he builds them with you.

We call our approach community design. We work with local, grassroots and culture-driven people who care about what they do. You bring deep knowledge of your world. We bring the craft to shape it. We judge the work by what it does for the people and communities behind it.

We also make our own stuff. Look out for The Adventures of Plantain Man, our first graphic novel, with preorders opening soon. The Dirty Mitten Tee is available now.

Want to build something together?