Compositing

I’ve taken a lot of inspiration from the traditional local wood carving to for the composition of the final piece. I would like to manipulate and experiment on some of the local motives with my own visuals. I’ve sketch a few composition to give me an idea before I did the the final one using After Effects.

Sketches on composition for final output

I realize a lot of the wood carving composition is symmetrical in the vertical reflection. It creates sense of balance into the composition and I wanted to explore on that.

Traditional malay woodcarving sketches — Malay woodcarving sketches

After experimenting on a few composition I felt that I would like to have a series of work instead of just one final piece for the final exhibition.

Abdul Shakir

Abdul Shakir (also known as ‘Grasshopper’) is a multidisciplinary multimedia artist and one of the co-founders of Filamen, which focuses on projection mapping, light installation and interactive installation projects. Shakir has worked in post-production and production agencies, and has done various projects related to design and art: graphic design, motion graphics, projection mapping and interactive installation. His projects have gone beyond Malaysia and reached an international level, displaying his works in China, Hong Kong, Spain, and the USA. Some of the notable platforms in which he has shown his work are LAMPU Festival, Urbanscapes Art Festival, Rainforest in the City, and George Town Festival.