Bacolod local artists gear up for animation
BACOLOD CITY -- Negrense artists actively responded to the need for a manpower pool to complement the campaign of Bacolod-Negros Occidental Federation for Information and Communications Technology (BNEFIT), Inc. for animation outsourcing.
Bacolod Councilor Jocelle Batapa-Sigue inducted officers of the League of 2D Artists (L2DA) last week and expressed the full support of BNEFIT for all initiatives to hone the artistic talent and creative instinct of Filipino animators in Bacolod and Negros Occidental.
The presence of our artists will help make our place one of the preferred outsourcing partner of big international production outfits worldwide, as what is happening in the Philippines now, told the L2DA members who number almost fifty, Batapa-Sigue said.
The core group of the League of 2D Artists include Von Caberte, Chalmer Relatorre, Christopher Mar Bayaban, Juvil Graciadas, Ramon Puasa and Leonard Samson. The officers are Lee Santiago, president, Barry Cervantes, vice president, Joan Fortu, secretary, Stephanie Hilado, treasurer, Mark Lester Jarmin, public relations officer and Guinevere Decena, Daniel Decena and Japoi Cequiña as committee heads.
Earlier, as chair of BNEFIT, Batapa-Sigue tapped the Animation Council of the Philippines (ACPI) to provide and orientation on animation outsourcing.
ACPI believes that aside from lower costs of services, big companies rely on us due to our English proficiency, consistent quality and speed in delivering output, and ability to comprehend concepts and story lines better than our Asian counterparts. The Philippines has been providing animation services to the world for over 20 years now. Filipino animators as the prime provider and the Philippines as the preferred outsourcing destination of animation and content creation services in Asia by the US, UK, France, and Japan markets, Batapa-Sigue said.
BNEFIT as a non-stock, non-profit organization for academe-industry, government collaborative undertaking on ICT for Bacolod and Negros Occidental, together with L2DA will request ACPI to help Negrense artists avail of the PGMA coupons for animation managed by the Business Process Association of the Philippines (BPAP) to learn more about 3D animation and other related skills. (Batapa News/PIA/EAD)