To keep the ball rolling...

It has been quite a while in ACK. Unfortunately, I still do not have the permission to share anything from the film* that I have been working on. Meanwhile, here are some of the pages that our team has been working on (in free time) for the Tinkle** issues.  Fortunately, I was involved in the process and hence these found their way here.

Here, I must acknowledge Rajesh Sakpal for his beautiful inkings, Vasant Pawar and Shailesh Ambre for their mouth watering coloring.

And yes, the rights do belong to Amar Chitra Katha Pvt. Ltd.

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*An upcoming film by director Kushal Ruia. Should hit the theaters in India by August '12. The characters here are from the film, however the stories have nothing to do with the film's original story.
**A popular kid's magazine by Amar Chitra Katha Pvt. Ltd. It has been around for over thirty years now. 

My Red Sofa...

... and a lazy me... zzZZZ!

Wassup Candy Kid?

Many of you who do not know that I have been working on my student film even after my graduation, might be interested in the new look of the old film. It was hard working between jobs, and though the film's post production is over, I am still struggling to get the music in place. I do not know, how much time that would take. But it'll surely be the day when I finally look ahead :)

You might be familiar with two of the clips. The older version is available here. Hope you like what has been done with it :)

That Madam Q!

A addtional note: This is a fictional character. It has nothing do with this, this, this and her. Nor does it have any political reference. I got two Anonymous comments which I was unsure of publishing. I haven't yet deciphered what they meant. They had no links and did not seem malicious in any way. However, I refrained from publishing them due to their cryptic nature. I allow (to be read as welcome) all sorts of comments/suggestions/critiques etc, but do avoid posting seemingly harmful links in the comment section. This is however, that rare occasion when I made an exception.

I am pasting the comments here though. If any enthusiast wants to decode the message, he is most welcome to.

Comment 1: "Bush and the nurses are into SEC, and that came straight from COLES."
Comment 2: "Cheney talks REDPATH.
                     NICE - FRENCH FEES.
                     With HEINTZ."

Rejected Designs

A few exploration designs done for my last commission. They were looking for something less toony- so these landed here :) And by less toony I simply mean they had a certain style in mind- inclined more towards realistic art.

Back..

Centrefruit Ravana

One of my designs is finally on youtube (courtesy my previous employer)- just a ten seconder though... nothing much to brag about! This was the first time I got exposed to the issues 3d modellers face with a design. What came out was pretty different from the final design on paper but nevertheless I am happy it has found a space on youtube. Copyrights belong to Cornershop Animation Pvt. Ltd.

A little insider: The story we had done had a lot of stuff- each head was a different personality- one was sort of 'the perpetual angry', the other a whiner, one lazy, one snob, one whimsy cynical, a goofy, etc etc! The hand was planned to be digging the third head's (left from centre) nose. Two would be banging each other's heads due to a conflict... the whiner would howl, and the centre head would just yawn in boredom. We had to chop it all off when we got the ten second deadline. Huh! Deadlines... grrrr! Must acknowledge Atul, Aadesh, Ajay, Rupesh and Paresh (apologies, in case I am missing anyone out!) who worked on the production :)

The Rowdy Boxer

Having fun after a long time :)

The other forgotten film

It dawned on me today that I never put in stills from my last student film, "Vishwarakshak". The whole 5 month project was a nightmare, and I really struggled to get the visuals right, as it spanned from the old hand painted style of movie billboards to the 8 bit nintendo game designs. Here are some of them :)

Christmas gift

Hope everybody got their gifts :)

Merry Christmas and a happy new year!

Six Strands

Chunky's (Chaitanya Tamhane) film, 'Six Strands' made its way into Clermont Ferrand Film Festival (The International Competition section),International Film Festival Rotterdam, Slamdance and High Desert Shorts 2011. 

I was fortunate enough to be a part of the film doing tit-bits from poster to story board to special effects...

Wishing him all the success:)

Son... If you want to be a Mafia, be the Italian way!

Chowkidaar

The lonely kid

And got busy

I cannot recollect the last couple of months. Things were too fast for me to keep track of. Right now I am working with a studio doing character designs for an upcoming episodic series- thankfully we nailed most of the characters. Got involved in a couple of other projects too. The sad part is, I cannot share them. All in all it has been a busy life post IDC.

Trying to give my blog another start. Will keep posting doodles :)