MTV Ahoy!

Hey, folks!

I'll be working as an intern at MTV India in the On-Air Promotions department for the next couple of months. Working in Mumbai is exciting and challenging at the same time. Will post some new stuff as it comes along.

Isn't It Iyeronic presents "KEEDA" (Bugs/Fun)!!!

A stop-motion short film about bugs who just want to party! It's a pool party in a toilet. But when a guy's gotta go, a guy's gotta go. See what the bugs do to save the day!


NOTE:

-You need to have Quicktime 7 to view the video. You can download that here.
-The sound and music are only temp (The music is from The Incredibles OST)
-The titles are going to be redesigned.
-Other than further small changes, you can consider this pretty much the final cut of the film.

Enjoy! :)

Mmmmmmm......

The Science of Sleep...

...is like a really long short film.

The Virtual Coke Cup

300 - What a waste...

...that it takes an extravagant visual treat of a politically-basic, big-budget, mega-hollywood event of a film to get people to appreciate a brilliant book that they haven't actually read and probably never will.

It's opera and I loved it. But what a waste.

UPDATE: Hmmm... could I be wrong?

The End

The guy taking our course is a final year student from the Royal College of Art, named Martin Ruyant. He's French and he did his graduation at Supinfocom school in France. There he made a film with a couple of other people called, The End.

Although the visuals and animation are really good, I was much more impressed with the simple story and strong concept. Have a look below!

Starting Animation...

Starting to learn Maya animation now. This is a ready-made rigged model that I'll be working with. Soon you'll be able to see some walk cycles and other animation.

3D Jack

Colour reference:

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.

Deepak

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.

KEEDA Begins!

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

JACK - Expressions

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!