Chitrakatha comics

Worked on the daily Chitrakatha newsletter this past week.(A 3-day International Animation festival;click on the link for more!)

The daily feature on the first page was an auditorium comic,which changed everyday.I had a lot of fun putting into practice what I do on a normal basis!

Drawing during important discussions

There was a consultative forum for the entire community, a while ago.
I was sitting in the nosebleed section,which gives you a wonderful view of the terribly vital reminiscences and heated debates happening below.
And I had my notebook and trusty microtip.

People watcher.

I miss the early hours in the studio and night-mess.
Facing the backs of people engrossed in conversation,chai and computer screens.
A ditty pen and notebook.
Peace in a design institute, amidst the hum-drum.

The dawn of Rabid Robots..

I was having trouble figuring out the armature while making an Ironman on Maya. A friend advised me to make my own bot,rather than suffer the consequences of referencing robots and Ironmen online.
These are the scribbles..from the rabbit-robot visualisation, to something close to what Im working on now.

Flight of the maya

Closer to the original>>


We have this Autodesk Maya course on,the purpose of which is to,well,get us familiar with this particular software.
I'm flying and flailing..its like a coded language that gives me exciting possibilities only to discover an evil eye watching me...also known as software slippage (the equivalent of butterfingers).

Sigh.
Prayers to the flight of the maya.

IF Topic:Flying

A Baatein poster

A quick poster I made for a Baatein session with Rajiv Eipe(whose work is rather brilliant,I must say,with a woebegone and worshipping air!).Eipe is an Animation post-graduate from NID,some details about his work experience is on the clipper in the poster.
Black ink on copier sheet.

Character design for Cravings

Yes,I have been working after all!
A 3 week long character design course brought back that rush I've been missing.

This assignment involved writing your own story and designing the character for it.
My title is 'cravings'; you know, that tummy monster that strikes at the odd hour?For some it's masala papad, others crave full course tandoori meals and then there are the souls I truly identify with..the chocolate cravers,with sadistic body-clock ravaging demons in their bellies.

She's meek, she's small and she can't see her toes. There's a pile of books on the table that looks an awful lot like a three tier wedding cake...
Will
Will power saves the day?