Our company at MDeC had hosted an event called the MSC Animation Pitch 2006 Awards for a tv series recently on the 24th of July at the Cyberview Lodge in Cyberjaya. Sure it's nothing and no where near as good compared to the recent San Diego Comic Con,but it got quite a lot of participants and guests from the local animation industry to come and cramp into one lovely conference hall and that in itself was a very fun day.
This is some of us at MDeC working on the Saladin project. That's from left to right...Choong Chi-Ren our scriptwriter, me (Hiya!),Melissa/Mel,artist extraordinaire and storyboard artist...and finally Ezatul,our project's researcher.
This is Inspidea Studio delivering their winning pitch. Their project's entitled 'Drop Dead!'. Smooothhh!
Another winning pitch given by local comic artist,Reggie Lee, entitled 'The Stalk'.
3 guys having a blast...from left to right,my ex-animation lecturer and good friend Syed Hassan,currently working with RK Studios...Johari and William B. DuBay(what an honor!) from Vision Animation. Both coming out as winners during the event.
I see people....
The judges....from left you can see two of my colleagues Kamal and Vernon...the grandfather of our local animation industry,Mr. Hassan Muthalib and Steve Bristow, our project's director for Saladin. Another one of my colleagues with his hand cupped to his mouth standing there is Aik Wee.
A group pic of all the 5 top winners during the event...RK Studios, Vision Animation, Inspidea, Reggie Lee and Animasia. Each of the winners received an RM50K grant to help start up their original IPs for a tv series done locally.
This is some of us at MDeC working on the Saladin project. That's from left to right...Choong Chi-Ren our scriptwriter, me (Hiya!),Melissa/Mel,artist extraordinaire and storyboard artist...and finally Ezatul,our project's researcher.
This is Inspidea Studio delivering their winning pitch. Their project's entitled 'Drop Dead!'. Smooothhh!
Another winning pitch given by local comic artist,Reggie Lee, entitled 'The Stalk'.
3 guys having a blast...from left to right,my ex-animation lecturer and good friend Syed Hassan,currently working with RK Studios...Johari and William B. DuBay(what an honor!) from Vision Animation. Both coming out as winners during the event.
I see people....
The judges....from left you can see two of my colleagues Kamal and Vernon...the grandfather of our local animation industry,Mr. Hassan Muthalib and Steve Bristow, our project's director for Saladin. Another one of my colleagues with his hand cupped to his mouth standing there is Aik Wee.
A group pic of all the 5 top winners during the event...RK Studios, Vision Animation, Inspidea, Reggie Lee and Animasia. Each of the winners received an RM50K grant to help start up their original IPs for a tv series done locally.
My niece, Dinah Aria Lyndon....isn't she cute? ^___^
Roughs sketches on those fancy writing papers the hotel provides you. I took a bunch home along with a handful of pencils during one conference hosted by the company I work for. XP
Among some of the goodies in Silly Symphonies is Egyptian Melodies 1931,to my mind,must be the first attempt at virtual reality or something(Lemme know if I'm wrong),and below,The Skeleton Dance and The Ugly Duckling which I didn't check out coz I must've seen like hundreds of time already when I was growing up.
What a great opportunity to study such magnificent beasts close up. I must thank my twin,Debs, first for winning those 2 free tickets in order to see the show. Thanx Debra! These shots were taken last month on the 27th and BOY! was that really a great event. I thoroughly enjoyed the entire competition that night from start to finish eventho' I did feel like a riffraff among the majority of high profiles and even the horses up me a hundred notches being more valuable n all that. I did wanted to get more drawings in but was distracted from the fact that most of my time spent there in the front ,just behind the railings that seperate us from the main arena, was about studying and observing the movement and reacts of the horses with the riders. 
This sketch was done some time ago but I thought it'd be nice to it here.
Yes!Finally managed to get the photos from my recent trip to Penang(last month to be exact) with my mum uploaded in my Flickr site. Ain't the image above, beautiful? First things first when I hit Penang soil,apart from visitting the ol' folks first,is to sink my teeth into those delectable Char Koay Teows. Jennifer,if you're reading this,here's a quick link to the site.http://www.flickr.com/photos/81755819@N00/
These animal sketches were done one day when our company had a talk held at the KLCC Aquaria. We were given the privilege of a full day's free pass,so I took advantage of it naturally. ^^ So far,the best nature exhibit I've been to or seen here in M'sia. Definitely worth a second trip next round.