FIEND South Africa

INSTAGRAM@archfiendco
A digital artwork depicting two bunnies wearing large metal collars, with a cloudy blue sky as the background.

FIEND, aka Abel Emmanuel, is a 3D artist born, raised and currently based in South Africa where he studies Computer Science. Having lived, breathed and reinterpreted internet culture since Tumblr’s 00s heyday, Abel can trace the digital zeitgeist like the back of his hand, and creates shiny pink cyberpunk-inspired futurisms that blend robotics and Sanrio cute culture.