Video On What It Means To Be Malaysian Wins Penang Prize

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A scene from the winning animated video featuring scenes typical of Malaysia life.GEORGE TOWN: An animator from Petaling Jaya has won a RM5,000 prize from a state technology company with a 95-second video summing up what unites Malaysians — food and good times.
The video, “Malaysiaku Unik”, features food (such as nasi kandar, the love of cendol), culture (the gentleness of the Ngajat dance), and sport (the love of badminton and football) among other scenes typical of Malaysian life.
Izzuddin, an art director at an animation studio in Petaling Jaya, also brought nostalgia by recreating an old stamp with the federal star, which was common during the early days of Malaysia.
Izzuddin also brought nostalgia by recreating an old stamp with the federal star, which was common during the early days of Malaysia.
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He said his inspiration was primarily based on Malaysia’s love for food, with the first scene based on the busy Nasi Kandar Line Clear shop in George Town.
He said he spent three weeks to come up with the video. A friend wrote an accompanying Malay poem.
Mohamad Izzuddin Asyraf Ismail with Hanafi Shafie (right) and Tajrin Taqiyuddin.Izzudin’s video came out first among 99 others in a Malaysia Day competition by Digital Penang, a state government technology company, for works using non-fungible tokens (NFT).
Izzuddin said he started putting up his artwork for sale via NFT since March and has been dabbling through it since. His winning artwork is now being offered close to RM4,500 on Pentas.io, a state platform for NFT sales.
Second place went to Hanafi Shafie for his colourful work, “Merdeka Jiwa”, which features the late Tunku Abdul Rahman and the Jalur Gemilang.
Tajrin Taqiyuddin bagged third place with his acrylic piece “Alif, Mutu dan Lee”, a doodle of three schoolchildren. - FMT

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