Saturday 26 May 2012

Ctrl+Z

26th May 2012

So this is what happened today. Since I've gone all digital my hands are ALWAYS, and I mean - ALWAYS on the keyboard. So when I picked up the pencil and sketched out Francis (my character), this is what happened.

I was intensely drawing, totally into it.

 Damn his nose went wrong again!




I tried stomping on the keys Ctrl+Alt+Z, but nothing seemed to happen!
 
And suddenly, the magic eraser appeared!


So much for going digital.

Friday 25 May 2012

Wednesday 23 May 2012

Goro Fujita's Speed Painting Gyaan!

TREASURE! TREASURE!!!



Well I'm a big fan of Goro Fujita's work. I've been having a lot of trouble painting my backgrounds and coming to terms with myself regarding the look of the film. Anywho, I was about to request Goro to put up a digital painting tutorial, and then I stumbled upon this! I can't tell you guys how useful this was. It makes everything clear - and as long as you practice it, you'll keep getting better. One major mistake I made was I always kept the bg color white - which doesn't allow me to set the mood or play with the values!
Enjoy!!

http://chapter-56.blogspot.in/2006/11/speedpainting.html

And here's another one on the making of 'the hunt' another one of his works - stepwise.
http://www.cgsociety.org/index.php/CGSFeatures/CGSFeatureSpecial/the_making_of_the_hunt


Tuesday 22 May 2012

Keep it togetha!

22nd March 2012

Most of the time these days we're more like this:





 Animation takes up your time, patience, it tests you and your will, your determination. It is hard. But we gotta keep it togetha! :)



Friday 18 May 2012

It wasn't me

18th May 2012

Lately the computer lab that I work in has been.. well - discomforting. Someone's releasing a lot of gas in the air conditioned lab, and this is how I deal with it.





The Greedy Pencil

This blog is a collection of (some of) my work, the art I do for fun, my inspirations and the sweat that goes into making animated films. Enjoy!