Image(s) 1.1:(1) Nicholas Ng Hwa Ee, TAR UC-FSAH Creative Arts student recognized at World stage ACA Championship. (2) Photo of Nicholas Ng Hwa Ee with Mr. Moses Wan,Vice President of Strategic Partnership Asia, Certiport Malaysia (left) & Mr. Yong Cheng Fei, TAR UC-FSAH-CA Lecturer (right with flag).

On 2nd September 2016, Nicholas Ng Hwa Ee, Malaysian ACA Champion, and Creative Arts student from the Tunku Abdul Rahman University College (TAR UC), Faculty of Social Science, Arts & Humanities (FSAH), once again made it into world finalist, awarded second place in the Adobe Certified Associate (ACA) World Championships held in Orlando, Florida on 7th August 2016.

Nicholas Ng, TAR UC-FSAH, Bachelor of Creative Multimedia (Hons) in Multimedia Design student, won silver beating 230,000 contenders worldwide. He was awarded scholarship worth US$2,500, a medal of achievement, certificate of recognition, together with Adobe Creative Cloud programme subscription.

In his winning artwork, Ng portrayed how future generations are able to express themselves creatively through arts and culture with elements containing a Malaysian twist such as the Rafflesia. "I decided to try a different approach designing this flyer as the style I chose required a lot of illustration and drawing. I spent a lot of time drawing and redrawing using Adobe Creative Cloud, especially Adobe Photoshop CC and Adobe Illustrator CC." added Ng.

Image(s) 1.2 : (3) Nicholas Ng Hwa Ee, TAR UC-FSAH-CA student with proud lecturer & supervisor for the ACA competition, Mr. Yong Cheng Fei, TAR UC Creative Arts academic with ACA award and winning artwork. (4), (5) & (6) Nicholas Ng Hwa Ee interviewed by the press about his winning artwork and webcast publicity.

'Make Creativity Bloom' is the theme for this year’s ACA Championship, participants were given 8 hours to design a digital advertising flyer for the International Child Art Foundation's (ICAF) 6th Arts Olympiad utilising tools from Adobe Creative Cloud. Judging was based on the use of creative ideas and skills as participants were assessed on their capability in applying ICAF's vision and message - equipping students for real world work task.

"I had to put myself in the shoes of the ICAF and immerse myself in the vision and messaging they wanted to epitomise. It was challenging to internalise and develop all of these in 8 hours. However, I kept my cool and did the best that I could. Winning second place was definitely the icing on top of the cake and to be able to do this in the midst of such talented individuals is truly humbling," Ng shared

Complete list of winners from the 2016 World ACA Championships could be viewed at the following link, "Malaysia recognised at World Stage at the 2016 World ACA Championships": http://www.maxit.my/2016/09/malaysia-recognized-at-world-stage-at-the-2016-world-aca-championships/

For further reading please click on the following link for TAR UC’s “Historic win in national level Adobe Certified Associate Championship”: http://web3.tarc.edu.my/v1/mainweb/events/jul16.htm#1307