Malaysian illustrator goes big screen, super-sizes batik art for digital show


'This project is a new challenge for me compared to other batik art initiatives – I've never worked on this scale before,' says Arif about the digital art project 'Hanya Batik', set to open at the RXP.KL digital theatre space next month. Photo: The Star/Muhamad Shahril Rosli

Award-winning comic book artist and illustrator Arif Rafhan Othman, also known as Superdoofus, is set to take his artwork to the big screen with an upcoming digital art production.

The new project, titled Hanya Batik, will premiere at the REXPERIENCE (RXP.KL) digital art theatre in REXKL, Jalan Sultan in Kuala Lumpur on Aug 9.

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