Somewhere in Time

Comic-bookturned-NFT artist Felix Ip revives disappearing fond memories of old Hong Kong in the metaverse

By Zabrina Lo

You may not know the name Felix Ip, but chances are that you’ve seen the popular animations that this Hong Kong artist has worked on: he was the creative director of Imagi Animation Studios, which worked on DreamWorks’ 2004 sitcom Father of the Pride; he co-produced Mirage Studios’ 2007 Ninja Turtles movie TMNT; and was the creative director of Astro Boy in 2009. He also adapted Hong Kong novelist Jozev Lau’s Blood and Steel into a comic book, which won China’s comic festival Golden Dragon Award’s Original Animation and Comic Competition in 2011. Now, as the artist turns his attention to NFTs, his comic book art is sought after by both galleries and malls. In K11 Musea’s spring exhibition Metavision earlier this year, 19 of his digital art pieces, in…

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Tatler Hong Kong (Digital) - 1 Issue, July 2022

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