By Jaclyn Truss
“Hello,
this is your Captain
speaking, there will be
a short delay in takeoff as the are orcas
breaching on the runway again. We thank
you for patience and apologize for any
inconvenience.”
And so goes the undomesticated
imagination of Jerick Van Ortiz.
“I can't really call myself a real artist or
designer because it really just doesn't suit me.”
Perhaps not, but at 17, this self-taught “digital
artist” from the Philippines is already showing
compelling creative prowess beyond his years,
regardless of what label he bestows upon it.
Van Ortiz transfers his wild imaginings to
the screen with tacit skill, creating everything
from counterfeit worlds turned on end, to
baffling whale migrational patterns to an
magical ocean of galaxies.
In elementary school, Van Ortiz had a
natural proclivity for drawing, but eventually
found himself drawn to filmmaking, a
passion that carried through to high
school. He then began dabbling in digital
artworks, discovering the mobile apps he
uses today: Union, Brainfever, Unsplash,
Mextures Collective, Pixite Source, PngImg,
and Pixabay.
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