"What stories can be created or visualized to highlight distinct Filipino traits that can lead to a better normal?"

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Throughout the past year, the COVID-19 pandemic has forced us indoors, taking a huge chunk of our routines away from us and putting life as we knew it to an indefinite halt. How does an artist thrive in these conditions? How can we continue to fulfill our roles as storytellers given these limitations? And how do we stay in touch with our values as Filipinos, and use these traits to inspire hope during a time we need it most?

 

Working with the mediums of Comics and Storyboarding, the Graphic Illustration and Animation strands hope to inspire you with the exciting original stories they've put together amidst our collective hardship. Through the themes of life and hope, they wish to inspire a better normal for the world. Their craft is proof that good stories can spring from anywhere, despite everything.