Trese

• Type // Main Title Sequence
• Role // Design, 3D, Animation, & Compositing
• Year // 2021

I designed and animated the opening title sequence for Netflix's Trese, one of the first Filipino anime, based on a popular comic book of the same name.

Inspired by the grungy, sketch-like look of the original comic, I made the sequence a similarly-expressive collage. Taking footage from the show and imagery from the comic, I overlayed them on top of each other like an organic and freeform collage.

I scanned in pencils scratches I made on paper overtop the footage to give the piece an organic, tactile feel--similar to the expressive look of the original comic.

Trese is a Filipino word for the number 13, so I drew the roman numeral XIII by the Main Title.

I built a 3D model of the main character's dagger in order to have more freedom to position and animate it.

Credits

• Agency // The Refinery
• Head of Motion Graphics // Stewart Hopewell
• Editor, Animation, & Compositing // Devin Ballard
• Design, 3D, Animation, & Compositing // Tom Bloczynski