Dawud Anyabwile graduated from
Central High School of Philadelphia. After high school, he attended Mason Gross School of Arts at
Rutgers University for a year (1983–84) followed by
Tyler School of Art at
Temple University for a year (1985). He began his career as an artist in 1984 by airbrushing T-shirts at
The Gallery Mall of Philadelphia. In 1989, he collaborated with his brother
Guy A. Sims to create and self-publish the
Brotherman: Dictator of Discipline comic book series. Guy A. Sims wrote and Dawud Anyabwile illustrated eleven
Brotherman: Dictator of Discipline issues. The first one was published April 1990 and the last one was published July 1996. Anyabwile worked for WanderLust Interactive in New York City on the
Pink Panther CD Rom games and for
MTV on
Daria in 1996. Then, he relocated to California to work for
Klasky Csupo on
The Wild Thornberrys and
Rugrats from 1999 to 2001. Finally, he moved to
Atlanta, Georgia where he landed a production designer position at
Turner Studios from 2005-2013. There he created storyboards and many other forms of design work for brands such as
Cartoon Network,
TNT,
TBS,
Boomerang,
Turner Sports,
NBA TV and many more. He also illustrated
Walter Dean Myer's
Monster: A Graphic Novel in 2015 which is an adaptation of
Walter Dean Myer's original novel,
Monster. Guy A. Sims wrote the graphic novel. == Awards ==