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Zamboanga Hermosa Festival 2014
With the city's grandest festival big comeback, we bring you the Official Motion Graphics for the Zamboanga Hermosa Festival 2014 featuring the event highlights such as the Cosechas de Zamboanga, Regatta de Zamboanga, and Danza la Vida. Let's embrace the fiesta spirit! One Love. One Life. One Zamboanga. This is the #ZamboHermosaFest2014 Viva Zamboanga!
So i created this simple animation for a group of high school student's class project. They asked me to animate a baby from its conception to birth. It was challenging but i guess i need to do this coz i want to practice my animation skills. At first I thought this would be so difficult but they told me they just want a simple animation. So i created this simple masking animation and add a bit of animation with the text presentation, too. The time limit was 2minutes only that's why some text went so fast. Anyways, here's the video.So here's my process for doing this. First, i looked for references online and i found these images and became my references for the shapes and colors.
I traced the basic shapes of the sperm and egg cells in Illustrator. Then, I imported the layers in AfterEffects and animated them. For the tail of the sperm cells i used the wave warp effect. I also used some 3d camera for the zoom. I duplicated the egg cells for the cell division then introduced a new layer for the cell with multiple divisions. Then a pink layer comes in which represents the uterus wall where the fertilized cell attaches. Then the little fetus slowly grows. I used one layer for the body during the entire animation that's why there are awkward parts like the part where the hands are deforming as it animates. I added a new layer for the right arm and leg add added some gradients to add a little depth.
For the stages of labor i transitioned the pink background into the reproductive system. This is the toughest part. I have to create a lot of keyframes so that the vagina (haha) layer will follow with the baby's shape as it is moving outwards. I also added a hand for the nurse/doctor to usher the baby as it goes out of the womb. ;) Well, basically that's it. I learned many things from this project, too. I realized that i don't need to trace the shapes in illustrator. I can do it directly in AfterEffects. It will also help reduce the number of layers. I'm looking forward for more Motion Graphic animation in the future.
Here's a simple video invitation or Save-the-date i made in Adobe AfterEffects. The coordinator told me that the theme is somehow Japanese-inspired so I used falling cherry blossom petals for the background. 
Yup SDD! Not STD. Since STD is already a known for a disease, im calling it SDD (Save d Date?!?). It's basically an invitational video to make people reserve the date for an event. It is just like a trailer / teaser but it can be as simple as animated texts to motion graphics. Here are two SDD's i made for upcoming parties this month.
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Comic Relief, known for their Chabacano serenade rock song "Cuando?", became Zamboanga's #1 radio band and gave rise to original Chabacano music. The first music video we made with their song is "
This is my first animated love story that i made for a wedding. I made this for two days from the character design to backgrounds to the animation. I created the characters and backgrounds in Illustrator and animated them in AfterEffects.
April 22 marks a special day for the planet. This is a day to appreciate the bounty of nature and to make ourselves awared concerning the issues that affect our environment like global warming. Today, I celebrate Earth day through my craft, which is art. I serve as an instructor during the 1-month arts summer program of the Gallery of the Peninsula and the Archipelago, where I instruct 7 students in developing image acquisition through Adobe Photoshop CS2. One of our activities is to create a poster for earth day which also promote enviromental issues. Here are some of their outputs.
Cedrick S. Zabala "CSZ97" is a multimedia artist based in the City of Zamboanga. He graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Information Technology major in Multimedia and Computer Animation. Currently he works at the City Government of Zamboanga under the Mayor's Office as a Public Information Officer, and as a part-time Instructor in Ateneo de Zamboanga University. He is currently taking his Master's Degree in Public Administration in Western Mindanao State University. He lives a life with a passion for the arts, culture, and travel. This blog contains his works and travel journals. Carpe effin' Diem!
