Tags: Animation
By KC Santos
PASAY CITY, METRO MANILA – Outsourcing continues to be a lucrative industry, but there is a need for Filipino artists in the animation industry to band together to maximize their potential.
The group Tuldok Animation seeks to unite Filipino artists and in the process make the industry even bigger.
“Most Filipino artists work for themselves, but it’s more fruitful if all these artists would come together in a consortium to create original animation content, that we can proudly say is ours,” says Ben Carandang, Tuldok Animation co-founder.
According to Carandang, the outsourcing business of animation in the country is worth $110 million, proof that given the adequate resources and the will to do it, the local animation industry can still grow.
He says part of his group’s goal is to “magnify” Filipino talent in the arts.
Carandang adds that for 25 years, the Philippines has become a prime outsourcing destination for animation but Filipino artists still need to realize that they can use intellectual capital to become entrepreneurs.
“Filipinos are innately talented but they don’t exploit their intellectual capital. They fail to recognize that they can use it for creative entrepreneurship,” Carandang says.
For Tuldok Animation, “creative entrepreneurship” is a realistic goal.
The group, derived from the Filipino word “tuldok” which means “dot,” or the very basic part of drawing, also aims to nurture local artists and push for the creation of original Filipino-made animation.
After gaining support from the National Center for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) in 2006 for their short animation film entitled “Libingan,” Tuldok Animation is seeking to undertake more projects.
“Part of our future endeavors is to animate Filipino folk tales,” Carandang says.
“The patronage of local animated films in the Philippines is really low. The lack of patronage of what’s truly Filipino is the problem. We have to change the mind set that just because the artists are Filipino, that our creations will never be at par with foreign animated films.”
He laments that most foreign animated films actually employ the talents of Filipino artists. Carandang also says there is lack of Filipino animators in the country due to the lack of interest on the part of today’s youth.
“Most kids would be pushed to take the usual courses in college. That’s not bad at all but the arts can also be a lucrative and developmental area that students should consider to pursue,” he says.
He says Tuldok Animation will continue to work to “reshape” the people’s mindset toward Filipino artists in the animation industry.
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im interested to join animation community so its my pleasure to b part of
im kevin and i want to join toyour group because ur so great
my talent is draw somethin my dream is to join ur great gruop i have character name levi he is 12 years old who lucky discover an antingantig the antinganting’s power can transform any monster like wildplant
i like ur group i want to join
I would like to join your Team as an animator.
Hello, Ben, we were classmates in dlsu if you still remember accounting yata or law hehe forgot already, saw your interview on ABSCBN’s Bandila, congratulations and God bless, keep helping and inspiring people!
Good day.. I’m Disserre, a third year Fine Arts student majoring in Advertising Arts. The main reason why I chose the course is because of my interest in the world of animation. I would really love to join your group if you would let me. I like the idea that a group is starting to reshape the perspective of the many artist here in our country and of course while you’re at it you’ll be able to show the world to what we Filipinos could do. I heard from the news that you’re group’s going to different universities, I hope you could visit our university here in Bulacan. I’ll look forward to that day if it were to happen. I really hope it will. More power to you Sirs and Ma’ams.
i want to join your group because i love to draw and it is my profession.please help me to join and i do my best to help.
ayus mga ser… mga mam : D keep up the gud work…. paunlad animation di2 sa pinas…
i’m interested in joining the group but i don’t know how..ijust want some information because i also want to share my talent to everyone,in some ways..thanks very much to all of you!
Hello there! Can you help me how to join this group? i am just 11 yrs old and my hobby in my laptop is always animating using pivot and i wanna join this group because i wanna improve my skills in animating and prove to other countries not only them can do it also us can do what they can do.