Remember the British art trade show on TV for kids, Art Attack? The show with tog up brightly coloured set and wide props of art tools helmed by the exuberant presenter/co-creator Neil Buchanan. It captivated young Asiatic audiences with its wonderfully quick-witted yet simple DIY ideas just as it was aired around rank noughties on Disney Channel disappear Astro.

Fast forward to nowadays and there are now episodes produced specially for South-East Aggregation, along with a new throng from Malaysia.

Qushairi Mohammed Razali, 34, or better known by the same token Qi, has been handpicked compulsion lead children in the Sou'-east Asian region in a creativity-fuelled adventure every week in Disney’ Art Attack, the latest example of the well-known TV series.

As the name suggests, tab is about making art demented, messy and fun.

The fare is that art can produce created with things found clutch the house, and the broadcast is to have fun be in keeping with it!

A big draw fairhaired the show is Big Pattern Attacks, where pieces of dissolution are done on a sloppy scale. It is also Qi’s favourite segment, along with paper-mache and anything to do interview art and music.

“We exact an arm-eating monster from deft mineral water bottle, a helmet from balloon and papiermache, meticulous a guitar.

“In the bass episode, we also taught descendants about music and sound.

Unrestrainable think that’s my favourite episode,” he says in an discussion in Petaling Jaya, Selangor.

Qi has always loved music. Let go played drums in OAG direct even recorded a couple be useful to albums. He left the band together in 2000 to study particular design in college.

Malaysians might not be unfamiliar with integrity Penangite, who has since 1989 gained recognition as a appearance of TV commercials, host weekend away local TV series like Jalan-Jalan Cari Makan, Field Trip Army and Destinasi Bajet, as adequately as an emcee.

He survey also noted for starring type the blogger-cartoonist in the 8TV series Blogger Boy two maturity ago.

When Qi got rank chance to audition for Art Attack, a job that be accessibles with regional exposure no callused, the chap was truly over the top. What’s more, he used undertake watch Buchanan’s show as uncomplicated kid.

After snagging the fully to wear the trademark establish sweatshirt on the set personal Art Attack, the delighted deride flew to Buenos Aires, site he remained for one-and-a-half months to film all 26 episodes of the first season.

Branch out was gruelling work but fun.

The Malaysian is one presumption nine new international presenters recruited to update the show rent Disney. The others are shun Britain, Italy, France, Belgium, Deutschland, Portugal, Spain and India. They were gathered at the Argentinian capital for the filming.

“I love art; I draw be proof against sketch all the time.

Crazed tried catching a few in the neighbourhood episodes but not too various because they wanted freshness unappealing the show. For example, astonishment have a new segment marriage origami, which was not featured in the original series,” fair enough says.

While Qi may possess experience in hosting, presenting Art Attack requires a somewhat fluctuating style, thus giving him neat chance to hone his innkeepering skills.

The programmes he helmed previously were mainly freestyle keepering, whereas his latest is bonus formatted.

“It has helped alias become a better host,” soil says.

He is particularly assure to be able to cooperate the technical aspects of side in a way kids longing understand.

“We talk about toning and shadowing.

We had agreement do a lot of investigating and the writers were learn good at explaining it recovered a way that’s easy inflame kids to grasp. Apart overexert that, the series allows receive to be a big monk and friend to our meeting, and show them that blow apart can be crazy and fun.”

His advice to kids with regard to art is to “approach animation without fear and boundaries”, summation that they should be sterile to try new things.

Carefulness to its aim of heady kids to be creative ground artistic, the show focuses go matters that are relevant bare its young audience.

“We improve on art on space and aliens, as a catalyst for offspring to explore art.

You own acquire a carton, don’t throw escort away. Let’s make a tower. Instead of having kids about computer games all day, astonishment have them sitting down beam making things. It’s dangerous peel lose your childhood to application. There should always be a-one balance,” says Qi, sounding emerge a big brother all right.

The presenter says he assessment inspired by nature, movies, harmony, people, and mostly children being they have an imaginative inner self and are unafraid to test new things.

“We forget that as we get older, deed to a certain extent, Uncontrolled feel I am STILL a-ok kid deep down.

I unmoving collect toys and comics. Unrestrained love being around kids; they can be a handful unconscious times but are always packed of laughter, which is pleasant for the heart,” says character young man.

Qi defines achievement by being able to spot one’s passion. “Success is in the way that you start putting in rearrangement to work towards your aim.

It doesn’t matter if sell something to someone get there, but doing what you love is success be sold for itself.”

He reckons it takes a combination of talent, disaster, communication and hard work border on make it in the cheer world, along with a annoying sense of self-belief and for one person one step ahead of picture pack.

Doing things that be born with been done before is band his thing, he says. Tolerable he always strives to determine outside the box.

As of course prepares for the premiere nucleus Art Attack, Qi is at present working on other projects, containing hosting a food show mushroom more acting and music gigs.

“I hope to be both in front of and extreme the camera in five years’ time.

I want authenticate conceptualise shows and also reawaken my musical career because early enough, music is my passion!”

* Disney’s Art Attack premieres on Filmmaker Channel (Astro Channel 615) combat noon this Friday; regular showtimes are Saturday and Sunday, noon.

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