Showing posts with label character design. Show all posts
Showing posts with label character design. Show all posts

ACPI-TAP Original Filipino Character Design Contest

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The Animation Council of the Philippines, Inc., in cooperation with Toei Animation Philippines, is calling all budding and professional artists to join the original Filipino character design contest.

ACPI-TAP Original Filipino Character Design Contest

If you have a character in mind, whether it be human, animal, object, or any other creature, this is your chance to introduce your character to everyone. Just make sure that your character design embraces the Filipino concept or identity. So don't pass up this opportunity in having your character discovered and making it shine in the field of comics or animation!

ACPI is a non-stock and non-profit organization whose member companies specialize mainly in, but not limited to, either 2D or 3D animation. It aims to promote the Filipino talent both locally and internationally. With the cooperation of its members as well as the Philippine government, it is envisioned that the member studios will be considered competitive both creatively and technologically.

You may download the entry form and guidelines at www.animahenasyon.com. Deadline for submission of entries is on October 10.

For more information, please contact the ACPI secretariat at telephone numbers (632) 817-2727 local 108, (632) 483-9501, or e-mail animahenasyon@gmail.com. Please visit facebook.com/animahenasyon or facebook.com/AnimahenasyonPilipinas.

DOWNLOAD THE NOMINATION FORM HERE

Manila Design Week 2010

2:22 PM
Here's the schedule of this year's Manila Design Week 2010 on August 7 to 13, 2010. All events are free except for Graphika Manila and Cut & Paste.

MANILA DESIGN WEEK 2010: Design Everyday
07-13 August 2010

Co-presented by: Manila Beer, Power Mac Center, Bratpack

DAY 1:
Graphika Manila 2010
Saturday / 07 August / 9 am - 6 pm / SMX Convention Center
Wall Lords
Saturday / 07 August / 1 pm - 8 pm / The Collective
MDW Kick-off Party
Saturday / 07 August / 9 pm - 12 mn / The Collective

DAY 2:
Cut & Paste
Tuesday / 10 August / 8 pm - 2 am / The Collective



DAY 3:
Fashion Night: What's in your bag?
Wednesday / 11 August / 7 pm - 10 pm / Fashion Walk Greenbelt 5
Fashion Night After Party
Wednesday / 11 August / 11 pm onwards / Encore

DAY 4:
Student Day: Digital Voice - Graphic Design Freedom Wall (More Details..)
Poster Design Seminar and Launch of Big Shift
Thursday / 12 August / 4 pm onwards / Glorietta 5 Ayala Center, Makati

DAY 5:
Music Night: Manila Sound Vision
Friday / 13 August / 4 pm - 1 am / Cubao X
Launch of five music videos of Urban Dub, Up Dharma Down, SinoSikat?, Greyhoundz, Razorback by Big Top Media and First Academy of Arts
Musical Performances by: Imago, Techy Romantics, Gaijin, Taken by Cars, Sandwich and Juan de la Cruz.

reference: MDW facebook page

On Chowder and Paisleys

11:35 PM
Have you seen Chowder? Oh that cute stupid thing in Cartoon Network? Well, Chowder it the next cutest thing in TV. He is a squeezy toy inspired character who is an apprentice of a chef named Mung Daal. What I like about the show is the style of animation that they used. They used patterns on the characters' clothing or skin, when a character moves, their patterns do not follow, but display as a "static" background.

I also love how they used stop motion and puppets at the end of the show.
Anyways, I made this character while practicing drawing in Flash. I used one type of brush and created variations of thickness by zooming in and out while drawing. I created the bold outlines first and then zoomed it to created dots and dashes for the details. The design is inspired by paisley patterns. I colored and textured it in photoshop using this amazing victorian textures [link], of course inspired by the show "Chowder". I named it "Ambao" coined by my sister's goddaughter, Mica, which means daga or mouse. (she is afraid of tiny fury creatures.) Click on the image for larger view.

Ambao the Paisley

Summer 2009 seminars

1:35 AM
Since I won't be taking summer classes this year, I took job opportunities given to me by my generous mentors. I already finished one week of a series of ICT seminars in WMSU (Western Mindanao State University) for BS ComSci students. I gave a 2-day workshop about Adobe Illustrator and taught them how to create logos, icharacters, illustrations and 3D graphics. Here are some of my favorite outputs of my students.








For more photos and information about the ICT Seminars go to http://wmsuict.multiply.com/
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