I handled the illustration and animation, working closely with the director, Ong Shu Yang, to achieve a rubber stamp-style aesthetic that felt old-school, a little dark, and slightly grungy — just as the story called for. The illustrations were done in Photoshop and animated in After Effects, with pacing and tone designed to evoke both nostalgia and quiet grit.
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📰 Based on the article “On the Trail” by Zhuang Wubin, published in BiblioAsia (Vol. 10, Issue 4).
📖 Watch the video & read more: https://biblioasia.nlb.gov.sg/vol-10/issue-4/jan-march-2015/on-the-trail/
Finding Francis
Created for BiblioAsia by the National Library Board Singapore, this animated video traces Singapore’s elusive Francis P. Ng, author of possibly the first notable work of poetry in English by a Singapore writer.
