BACKLOGS !!

Just as i was done adding a few illustrations to this post i was down with health. While recovering i was able to see Rio. Thoroughly enjoyed it. The colors and characters were absolutely brilliant. As i was reading about the film i found out, the protagonist was initially a penguin. Wow !! that would have been a very different film. Among the screenplay writers, Don Rhymer is my favorite one. He also wrote Surf's Up. Which i personally consider as the top ten animation films. Ok ! This particular post is dedicated to some of my work i was unable to complete earlier or could not add to the blog.

This is what remains of what was supposed to be an animated promotional film for Chitrakatha Student International Animation Film Festival '2011. Sadly the ambition didn't come to life because of the realities of Mumbai professional life and ambitious plans.

I had earlier posted this illustration. But i wanted ot further work and detail it a bit. All Flash and Photoshop editing. The new Avatar is here!!

It seems as if it has been ages since i have been working on this illustration. The basic idea was to dedicate this illustration to our beautiful planet and it's creatures living under water, on land and conquering the sky. Nature is my biggest inspiration. It's mesmerizing colours and forms triggers my creativity endlessly. All Photoshop.

This was a map postcard that i made a few months back for the store CMYK in Pune. Had great fun doing something fresh.

Collage is my rediscovered love. I love to do things to images. I often feel that a captured image is hiding a lot in itself. Some how i want to bring that out.I tried playing around with a friends Photograph and apparently she liked it a lot. She herself is a brilliant designer. (http://carciofocontento.blogspot.com/).

TOMORROW NEVER COMES !!

Good god !! For a while i was convinced, i will never be able to get back to my blog and peacefully write a few lines. Past few months have been demanding and i had to be more than myself . A list of songs were my companions through the highs and lows. In fact most of the numbers are soundtracks of the popular Television series, "SCRUBS". I am hooked, not only to the songs but the series as well. I am currently watching the eighth season.The unmissable songs among them are, " Dreaming of you", this song is from a brilliant band called the "The Coral", formed in the mid 90's. "Superman", by Lazlo Bane. "Good Time", by Leory and "Overkill" by Colin Hay. Pomplamoose, numbers without failure, were always on the playlist.

Apart from this for months, i am stuck with a book which is a compilation of detective stories. I simply am unable to get through the last few stories. But in the mean while a friend from work, who is a brilliant Illustrator ( http://jsmarur.blogspot.com) lent me this graphic novel. The Rabbi's Cat, which i am thoroughly enjoying. Below are images of some of the projects i was working on a few months back which did not materialize.

The above two frames are from the packaging project which fizzled. I used Flash and Photoshop for this project. I basically had to package their show reel They had different programs under the same company.

    

    

Another project which fizzled out. I had to create a fake identity and create design layout for graphic animation.

These are among the promo concepts for a holi promo. Sadly they didn't materialize. Would have been enormous fun.

BUSY SUMMER TIME!!

HEELLLOOO "Mumbai Summer" !!!! The heat and my stress are competing with each other. The plummeting rickshaw rides. Noisy, honky, fumy, nauseating and perpetually under construction roads. The jittery and suffocating trains. Amidst this madness a number of songs teleport me to a music heaven. A few among them are: "Bin Tere (Reprise)" from the movie, I Hate Love Stories. Shekar's voice in the song is amazing and it's lyrics and composition by Vishal is right on the money. "Stop Me" a cover of a 80's British band, "The Smiths", by Mark Ronson. This song features one my favorite recent singer Daniel Merriweather. "Beggin" cover by the Norwegian hip-hop band Madcon. The song was originally sung by the 60's American band, "Four Seasons", and apparently they were the most popular band before the Beatles. Well, so much for the songs. Below are some of the illustrations i made when i had some spare time. I will soon be writing about my on going projects.

This sketch is dedicated to my all time favorite movie, "Ratatouille". Pentool is my recent love in Photoshop. I get sharp and crisp forms and selections.

Say hello to MOONALISA!! Another one with pentool in photoshop.

A quick e- card i made for my little sister. All Flash!!!

A quick illustration with Photoshop.

Some experiments with Flash and Photoshop.

Some experiments with Flash and Photoshop.

FLASH ! FLASH ! FLASH !

Wow, finally i am being able to spend sometime on my blog and upload some work i like. Last few months have been hectic. After long Eminem made it to my playlist with his number " I love th way you lie", but i don't really give him all the credit for it. Rihanna sounds fresh and soothing, and i wished to hear more of her in the song. Another song i liked lately is, Animal by Neon Trees. Well, below are some Idents. All flash and some post work. Really enjoyed detailing the characters and animating them, though the deadlines were backbreaking.

The Initial design still

The Initial design still

Below area  few programme packaging work for UTV Bindass

The images below are of the spots i worked on a few months back. The characters were made and animated in flash. The background images were cutouts from images made on Photoshop.

YAHOOOOO !!! ANIFEST TASI 2010

This is my fourth month, in Mumbai. I am slightly settled in the city. A number of projects, are on. My stereo short "RAMATIYA", was a winner at ANIFEST 2010 and a still of it luckily made it to the cover of the Animation Reporter Magazine.

Last two, months have been a marathon of POMPLAMOOSE music. These guys do brilliant covers and originals. Recently, i was glued to Vh1 and HBO. Got to have a look, at some brilliant shows and saw some old movies again. This was a brilliant, Diwali treat. Below are some more fortunate interviews and articles on my short film. 

Finalist for The Art of the Comic !!

Got some great news from ART & THE CITY, online art journal. I was one of the finalist, for a COMIC STRIP competition. They, publish my work on their site and commission me for more five strips, which will follow up on their site. The theme, was city life. I enjoyed, working on them and am looking forward to the other strips coming online. Below is the link to the site.

http://www.goethe.de/ins/in/lp/prj/kus/bil/en6557638.htm