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8 March 2007

Learning MAYA

I've finally got on to the 3D bandwagon with Maya 7.0. Will be working with this software till the end of the semester (April 16th). Considering that I'm already really enjoying this, I'm sure that come April, my fingers will be glued to the mouse!

Till then, I'll keep seeing polygons and texture maps everywhere I go.

6 March 2007

Deepak

12 February 2007

KEEDA Continues...

Stop motion animation is a lot of fun as well as a lot of hard work. Here are a few more images from the set of our film "KEEDA" -

The characters are built first...
But looks can be deceiving!
Hi.
Bye.
The look and feel of the set is very important.A forest of lights sets the mood...
...and once the actors arrive...
...it's time to animate!It helps to follow the storyboard, of course...
And one can't forget to fill up the dope sheet!
Some of the more stubborn actors have to be forced into action.
But it all comes together...
...eventually.

31 January 2007

KEEDA Begins!

Sets, props, models and production stills from our stop-motion animation project, "KEEDA" (Click for larger images) -







5 January 2007

JACK - Expressions

4 January 2007

Jack Model Sheet

Sorry for the delay in posts. Was ill during Christmas. No excuses now though. Here's Jack... a character from my Kinetics exercise. The turnaround is useful for animation. It helps to know the proportions. Jack has a springy body, but it's in three different parts; all suspended magically!

19 December 2006

Rakshas Doodles


Ketoo - Rough Sketch

13 December 2006

The Man Eating Tiger

Visit http://maneatingtiger.blogspot.com/ - the production blog for my animated short film. There, you can see the process, research, sketches, illustrations and designs for the film which is as of now untitled.

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3 November 2006

The Silent Treatment

Sketched during juries...

25 October 2006

Our hours are spent in maintenance.
We are the janitors of our lives.

22 October 2006

Illustrating the Mural...

My incomplete concept art for the mural, the poem was supposed to come above the steaming cup of chai and the last line flows out towards the bottom left corner where it splats.


The final illustration selected. This one was made by recomposing illustrations by different people based on the poem. The grid is only for reference.


Pictures of the process coming soon!

17 October 2006

One Messy Night...

(Click on the pages for larger versions)


This is poem I wrote as inspiration for the mural we're planning to paint on our mess wall.

16 October 2006

The great thing about a drawing is that...


...you can make yourself look as good as you want!