I have always been fascinated with robot animation and the merchandise that come with them, especially the toys. The interest I have for Super Robots spurs from the creativity of the art of animation combined with the science fiction story line that has ever since got me hooked as evidenced by my constant interest in working with Creatives and Technology.

For the first 11 years of my life, I was an only child and I almost got every toy I desired except for the 1970's Voltes V toy which I was supposed to get as a Christmas Gift until my dad found a way to trick me into getting a pair of Lone Ranger guns instead. Until now I'm dumb-founded as to how he was able to convince me to give Voltes up and that particular toy remains elusive from me until now due to its steep market value.

But non-the-less, as a kid, I always saw to it that all my toys were all properly stored in my cabinet after playtime and I always made it a point to line up and display them all in front of our Christmas tree during the Holidays. Too bad I never had a chance to keep them in my adolescent years 'coz I had to give them to my brother as a customary hand-me-down Pinoy tradition. Eventually he too, got to share the same passion and interest for animation and toys which has given us a common bond though our ages are more than a decade a part.

Sometime June 2007, my brother and I joined a Toy Photography contest at the 6th Philippine Toy Convention which was a challenging yet fun experience for both of us ("Click Here for the Full Story"). Although we lost in this contest, the exchange of creative ideas between my brother and I was immensely fulfilling and I have learned a lot from him since. I try to keep up with some of his other interests, but I guess our age difference sometimes makes it difficult for us to do so.

A month ago, I installed Adobe Creative Suite 3 on my computer and I was pretty amazed to find an animation tool integrated into Photoshop CS3. I was instantly inspired to work on animating our "Optimus Prime: More Than Meets the Eye" entry to the Toyclicks Photo Contest as it already had the basic keyframe elements I needed to pull-it-off.

So I basically worked on the in-betweens to complete the transition from one keyframe pose to another, went ahead a few frames, then worked on the next pose. As I finally got the results I desired, I began scouring the web for sound effects and started laying in the score using iMovie. This is basically my first major attempt in stop-motion animation and I'm pretty satisfied with the results. Due credit goes to my brother Ryder, who has kept me young at heart, and has inspired me to imagine and reach beyond things that I thought I could ever do. You have truly sparked my creative nature Bro!