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.