Animated Tee Shirts: Interview with Julian Ngui and Wenee Yap
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Photographer: Tim Tam
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Ngui, who is specialising in Film and Video with his Graduate Certificate in MAP says he chose to take on a Graduate Certificate to supplement his animation degree, reasoning, "it'd be very good to have knowledge in film and it would help with (his) animation."
Another of the pair's triumphs include being awarded second place in the New Media section for the Newcastle Poetry Prize. Together with friend Priya Vaughan, Yap and Ngui's piece 'Leaving the Woman' was applauded for its ruminative meditation on flawed romance.
Yap, who chose to study at a "progressive faculty", says she appreciates "being encouraged to be proactive in Humanities and Social Sciences."
"I think intrinsically the UTS degrees or at least the things that I've studied, is the inherent approach itself. As you said, we're thrown in and it's like, 'don't think of yourself as a student, think of yourself as a lawyer, or a writer or in this case, a fashion designer. It's about 'just go out there and do it.' So with that approach with what we're doing, it's really easy to take up."
Majoring in Film and Video in his Graduate Certificate in Media, Arts and Production, Ngui says that he enjoys the practical aspect of his postgraduate study.
"I'm having a lot of fun in all the classes really. Last semester we did Film and Video 1 and that was really good because there was a lot of practical, hands-on work and I learnt a lot from that."
With a successful launch of Catfox Design at the swish Statement Bar, features in several inner-Sydney newspapers and two photo shoots under their respective belts, Ngui and Yap agree that essentially, it's what you love that you do best.
"From a young age, I really enjoyed drawing," Julian says. "For a while I forgot that I liked drawing until I was almost finishing high school. That's how I got into the animation and film."
"I think that's something else that UTS encourages students to do - to invent your own style. Especially in one of my first classes, 'Writing, Style and Structure'.
To learn more about Catfox or to view some groovy designs, check out the Catfox website and the Catfox Cafepress site.
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