MANILA, JANUARY 25, 2013 – The biggest design conference in the South made by the designers for the designers is returning on its third instalment, February 9, 2013 at SM Cinema 2, SM City Cebu, North Reclamation Area, Cebu City.
The conference boasts of seven top VisMin graphic designers and artists who will cover seven various graphic design disciplines. During the conference, the home-grown talents will share their experiences working for their international clientele and present their world class works and design processes.
The roster of speakers showcase the Filipino’s love for design and the arts.
Alduane Mano is well-known in the field of graphic design and illustration. He pursued his love for the arts despite his degree in Civil Engineering. His body of work ranges from posters, CD art to merchandise design, catering mainly the entertainment and clothing industry. Driven by a desire to uplift and influence this visual generation, vintage-looking, cartoon-based artworks for his local and international clientele.
Charles Buenconsejo took after his photographer father despite his Fine Arts certificate from the University of the Philippines Cebu. He is currently based in Manila, dividing his time between personal projects, commercial and magazine work.
A creator through and through, Dan Matutina’s forte is a mix of handmade and digital, clean and dirty, old and modern aesthetics. The designer and illustrator loves to mix colors with different textures and shapes to tell a story. He is a co-founder and partner at Plus63 Design Co. His body of work include collaborations with GOOD Magazine, Google Think Quarterly, Mediatemple, WIRED, Rogue Magazine, Droga5 and other tech startups, ad agencies and design studios.
A filmmaker trained in the art and craft of Cinematography, Don Gerardo Frasco’s skill is derived from his initial education as a Still Photographer at the International Academy of Film and Television in 2006, and as a Director at the New York Film Academy in 2009. Under the tutelage of fashion photographer Indira Cesarine, Frasco learned about the intricacies of the art, shooting fashion videos for the online magazine XXXXMagazine. His freelance work includes experiences as Director of Photography, Gaffer and Assistant Camera on several shoots.
Frasco returned to the New York Film Academy in 2011 to complete the One-Year Cinematography program, where he became intimately experienced with the RED, 16mm, and 35mm. His portfolio includes over twenty short films, along with five fashion videos. He was also a creative consultant for John Henri Alston’s feature film, Red Butterfly. Frasco’s experience as a director has made him peerless in his sensitivity for lighting and camerawork. His cinematography is deeply influenced by the emotions of the characters, which makes his work subjective, unique, and powerful.
Dwynn Trazo holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at the University of San Carlos, graduating Cum Laude in 2001. He started as a Graphic Artist at Creatron (2001-2002) early in his career, then moved on to become Creative Supervisor at Bigfoot Global Solutions, Inc. maintaining various websites while briefly immersing himself in 3D projects.
In 2006, he accepted a position at Dubai-based media giant, Gulf News, as an Infographic Designer. Because of this job, Trazo has received 30 international awards and recognitions as visual journalist for Gulf News: 25 Awards of Excellence and 1 Silver Award from SND (Society for News Design), 2 Golds and 1 Silver from WAN-IFRA (Asia Media Awards) and 1 Bronze from Malofiej (the infographic summit). Additionally, 5 of his editorial cartoons have also been recognized and published by the WPC (World Press Cartoon) for four straight years now.
Gem Cadiz is a Creature Technical Director for Industrial Light and Magic under Lucasfilm Animation Singapore. He started doing 3D animations as a hobby back in 2004 and got his first job as a junior video editor in 2005. He then became a 3D generalist and got into infomercial work for 2 years and about a year and a half in architectural visualization as well. He’s been with Lucasfilm Singapore ever since he got into the Jedi Masters Program back in 2009 as a Creature Dev apprentice. He has had the privilege to work on great projects such as Rango, Transformers: 3 (Dark of the Moon), Transformers 3 The Ride (Universal Studios Singapore), Star Wars: The Clone Wars (animated TV series), and more recently Pacific Rim.
Harvey Montecillo Tolibao studied Information Technology and has held various jobs including furniture designer, cartoonist, graphic artist, illustrator, web designer, tattoo artist and messenger, but he was determined to pursue his dream of becoming a comic book artist. In 2007, Marvel gave him his big break on the Iron Man Annual. Since then he has been working as a freelance artist for Marvel Comics and is popularly known for his mini-series in collaboration with Christopher Yost in "Psylocke", "X-Men: Hellbound", "Uncanny X-Men" and variant covers for Heroes For Hire. In 2011, he worked on "Star Wars Knights of the Republic" and "New Guardians" in the Green Lantern series. In 2012, DC had a deck shuffling and created a new team which gave him the chance to work on the Green Arrow series with writer Ann Nocenti.
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