Boosha

 

Here is my latest Painting. Boosha. I think this one is really different. I did something that I don't do, and that's great. Tell me how you like it or if you don't, still say something...ha ha! BOOSHA!

The Animation Conclave

Teams can be formed online. Yes. and this is our endeavor. I will not say much but I can tell you this is the Rebel, this is the Sharing and this is Teamwork. And its fun. Find out on the blog itself.

Go to http://animationconclave.blogspot.com/

That's me.....in Peace

Be a Rebel

Now the waters up to the nose. I am fed up of devouring pathetic stories about those pathetic so called institutes having their pathetic deluding and deceiving ways to earn money in the name of Animation Education. Innocent young minds are unaware and then they are ripped off by some promising, as they call themselves, school who just focus on filling their own tummies. Faculties themselves have no production education and just teach some tools outta the software and send students home. Those who Guarantee jobs, and students are stupid to believe them first, never keep their word obviously, and some don't even hand over the course completion certificate (As though their Certificate is gonna matter) saying that the students were unable to reach up to their standards and didn't complete their work.
Then students are bedazzled and thrown to the streets and they mourn over how their Lacs were wasted for nothing. I saw many cases. And I have to say .... STAND UP AGAINST THEM.
I know how it feels when you are betrayed and misleaded on your career path. But cryings not gonna help. Fight for it. Fight for your right. Start a REBEL.
And this is what I thought I could do for now. Wallpapers! I sketched it in Photoshop :-)

This is currently HD (1920*1080) format. I will soon upload the standard 1024*768 one. Please help by forwarding this to all the pain stricken Animators you know. Happy Animating!
PS: click on the image to download the HD size.

Roborade

Here's the second installment. I think this is much better than the previous one. Much more to Model, Texture, Rig and Animate. I'll add up some Transformation features and details in the design.
It looks nice as a wallpaper by the way.

Extra Time Doodles

I have made a habit of this you know. But its good.
I am Practicing Character Animation and I spend most of the time on it, and whenever I need a break....I sit with my lovely Tablet and scribble around. These are the result I get some times.....Rough work, But I enjoy sketching them. The First one is a try for clouds and the second one is the proposition for modeling ( I had a reference in mind while making it. I loved it). Lets see if our Modeler would like to Model it.

 

Tell me.

The Ghost Lake

Mist and peace and some mystery lurking....
I am working on this ghost lake. Simple and stylistic, but this is just the first draft...I mean there is no ghost yet...he he he! Planning on having a boat with a ghost in it sailing to nowhere. . . . .lets see. Any suggestions on ideas are welcome.

Improvising

Nothin to tell.....I watched an Oscar winning short film, 'The old womann and the Pigeons' and was inspired by it.
That evening when I sat to sketch this style and this house just came up....glad it did, I liked this one..:-)

Flipbook

Nah! I am not writing about the software...though its one of the best tool I used.
Flipbook tempts me to draw and animate more and more...and its so easy. Here are some tests I did and the first ever complete walk cycle in 2d...haha! I did those before but this seems a bit complete...tell me how you like it.

Exploring

A great explorer like Bruno in 'The Boy in the Stripped Pajamas' inspires you without seeming like it but just doing it sometimes without knowing or even wanting not to know but still pursue what you feel is what I learnt from that beautiful film.
One thing definitely to do in life is to be the Greatest Explorer you can be....

Sketches

More random sketches....
I got Adobe Photoshop Elements with my Wacom and by just looking at the interface you want to sketch and paint something.

The Cubes

Here we go making films on our vacations!
Sumit was here in Kolhapur for vacations and we were planning on some fun business and then just decided out of the blue to make a Clay film, and we had our first shot at DIALOGUE animation in stop motion. This gag took 2 days to make and it was FUN. Sumit and Tanmay P made the set and lighting set up and I did the animation. Finally figured out, again by myself, how to SYNC lips in stop motion where you don't exactly get the Timeline like Maya or something. We thought of the whole series but I don't know...Hope when we'll be together again, we'll make the series....perhaps on vacations again....ha ha!

Bard

'Bard, a fighter, had won duels spectacularly in his days and was a glorious idol for many. But now forgotten and old, his life has nothing to offer him.... until......'
I was just doodling with my new Wacom when I met him. A great Accident. I created a character just like that and now he is alive in my mind. I have a story to tell and he is the protagonist.
I don't know what am I gonna do about it. I'll write the script or I will not. I hope I will. Let's see.

Painted

OK.....can't stop myself. Wacom Rocks!
Painted the previous sketch....fast.
took around 20 min. tell me.

Wacom Intuos 4 - Sketches

I GOT IT!....YIPEEE!
A new WACOM INTUOS 4 ....ha ha!....
Its so sexy and its magic. Cant tell how happy I am to have it.....the best tool I ever had.
Here are some ten min sketches I did..THIS IS JUST THE START.

Charlie Walk

Good Old Charlie...Ha ha!
Really enjoyed making this....I came across some great Charlie Music Libraries because of this. And I really really want a Wacom DESPERATELY.....Can somebody donate it....?...anybody?...hello?..Oh ..oh wait!..where are you all going?!!! 

My First Flipbook Animation, with a mouse. -_-

My first Flipbook Animation. Straight Ahead. DONE WITH A MOUSE! Gosh I really jumped like him bcoz of frustration. Can't draw a line without making 3 to 4 attempts. Gotta get a Wacom soon. Hope you like it! :-)

Cleo

A new character design. Smart (by mind), kind but naughty, loves Hip Hop and playing games on his comp and hates school.
Again I did this sketch long time back, and actually I did many. Its a habit of mine to make such doodles anytime and forget about it. (Bad I know). But yeah, I am still going through  my old work and finding things......Will post some more if I find something interesting. Hope you like this one!

Run GHOST Run!

My dad says I always tend to go with ghost stories...whenever we used to make short films with my handycam (timepass wale) I used to get good horror ideas. what else should we do when we have one night to shoot and our room or our house? And even when I made my first animated gag, it was a funny GHOST story...ha ha! Maybe my Dad is right.
This is my recent doodle. I had made the sketch long ago and I just filled it in with colors. (My Net connection was out and I was getting bored...but it helped.. he he!)

Hope you like it! tell me :-)

Snaps!

      Hi there! I was going through some of my old data last night and gosh, you always find something interesting when you explore your ancient cupboard or a drawer or a shelf or even under your bed, dressed in spider webs and bathed in dust. You blow, sneeze and look, there they are.....old  memories!
      These are some snaps I shot long ago when I had a good quality cam, which was a sufficient reason to make me constantly look with wide eyes and shoot what seems interesting...to me at least. Here are some of them....

 

 

      Hope you like em! :-)
PS: I'll be writing the next one in the series of MY INSPIRATIONS soon.