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Meet Carillus: Artist & Writer ExCo Webtoon
Introduction Ho Wei Rong, or known as Carillus, is a Lead Artist, the Main Writer/Artist for ExCo Webtoon and the Mascot Artist for Doujima 2018. Name: Ho Wei Rong Artist Name: Carillus Where do you live: Singapore Your current project(s) that we should mention: ExCo – It’s a webcomic being published independently on the Webtoons…
Read More2017 Highlights!
Cartoons Underground Highlights – 2017 We promoted and showcased animated films by talented local directors, animators and producers in Singapore. At the end of the event, only one local-made animation was presented with the highest honour of getting the Golden Durian Award; for best film, best director and the “People’s Choice” award. PROGRAMME SCREENING Four…
Read MoreAward-winning films on display at CU 2017! [Part 1]
Did you know that this year’s selection at Cartoons Underground is full of award-winning films that have made waves at prestigious film festivals all around the world? Today we feature a few of these films that will make your eyes pop, your jaws drop and your heart skip a beat or two! Poles Apart directed by…
Read More2017 Cartoons Underground
Southeast Asia’s first and largest underground animation festival is back! Get Your Tickets Here! Cartoons Underground in partnership with Sideshow celebrates its 6th year with a new set of awards for the best animation from the region and the world. Five years after its inception, Cartoons Underground is putting local animation on the map with the…
Read MoreCU17: Thank you for your submissions!
A BIG THANK YOU to everyone for your film submissions! This year, we have received close to 400 films, from 54 different countries! 2017 promises to be our best edition yet! Venturing forward, Singapore’s first and largest independent animation festival is introducing the main competition category with 3 awards – Best Film, Best Director…
Read MoreBreaking Barriers for Women in Film and Animation
Our very own Festival Director, Vicky Chen, was part of an expert panel discussing about Breaking Barriers for Women in Film and Animation! SheSays Singapore hosts a discussion on women in film Women make up 51% of the world population, and buy more than half of cinema tickets, yet there are a disproportionately low number of…
Read MoreAn Evening with Raul Garcia : Making Animation my Business
Do not miss this rare opportunity to learn from one of the best in the animation business! 27th APRIL 2017 6:20PM – 8:30PM LASALLE College of the Arts & NTUC present an evening with Raúl Garcia Raúl Garcia was previously a Senior Animator at Walt Disney and his movie credits including The Lion King, Aladdin,…
Read MoreAn Invitation to the Singapore Premiere of “Extraordinary Tales”, directed by Raul Garcia!
“Extraordinary Tales” is an animated anthology of 5 stories adapted from Edgar Allan Poe and includes the voice talents of Sir Christopher Lee, Bela Lugosi, Julian Sands and Guillermo Del Toro. Raul Garcia was previously a Senior Animator at Walt Disney and his movie credits including The Lion King, Aladdin, Tarzan, Who Framed Roger Rabbit,…
Read MoreEpic Sketchbook: Car Sketches by Lapin and Sagar
“It’s fascinating to look at the 2 very different ways we (Lapin and Sagar) choose to sketch this event. I spent my time sketching few detailed models while Sagar choose to represent the ambiance of the show on the cathedral place. I like that the “true” representation of it is not one or the other,…
Read MoreEpic Sketchbook: Enricho Casarosa
Enrico Casarosa. Big fan, especially of his girls. I bought his sketchbook Fragments years ago (he published with Ronnie del Carmen, another genius), and it remains one of my favorites. I was lucky enough to be in Monkeysuit anthology so long ago with him, this was the closest brush with the master i got! Patrick…
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