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Wrong Answer!!

Hey guys check this stuff! Here's the link to the short film of a cool pal of mine. The quality of animation is A-class. Do check out the rest of the posts aswell. So without further ado.. Wrong Answer P.S. watch till the very last.. :)

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Wrong Answer!!

Hey guys check this stuff! Here's the link to the short film of a cool pal of mine. The quality of animation is A-class. Do check out the rest of the posts aswell. So without further ado.. Wrong Answer P.S. watch till the very last.. :)

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what i've been upto..

its been a while since i posted.. huh... lazy mee.. didnt hit the GE on the walk yet.. n m glad i didnt.. coz Moush took a look at it n found a bug..woohoo... she was so helpful she had a long conversation wit me.. on lotsa stuff.. n solved quite a few of my problems.. she gave me suggestions n corrections on 3 of my exercises :D.. one being the vanilla , the other a side walk n the third one being the half filled balloon jump that i did for cgtantra.. hehe.. m glad she spoke to me.. the balloon looks much better now.. still a long way off but i think the weight's there.. n that was the main aim for me wit this exercise.. cudnt find an appropriate rig ..boy dat was a pain.. anyways.. here u go take a look at the balloony thingy.. lemme know wat u think abt it.. i underestimated this exercise.. thought ild finish it real quick.. m sure the walk n the sidestep wud look better aswell once i m done with these few stuff i hav in mind.. Had a conversation with Mr. Keyframe after a looooooong time... the dude's havin a hellova time.. Imagine meeting James Baxter.. glad that both Moush n Amrit thought that the aim i had set wit the balloony thingy is acheived n suggested i sud move on to the next exercise.. ooh dat reminds me here r the three exercises over at cgtantra given by Dj (the dude).. i plan to do all 3 of em in the month..although ill compete in level 2.. Dj gave sound advise before i started the challenge started.. n thats wat i have kept in mind so far.. Level one : Beginners. - includes concepts of timing/spacing and energy (squash and stretch, anticipation and settle). Topic : A squishy water baloon anticipating and jumping over a few objects before coming to a stop. That is, a squash and stretching ball jumping over a small cube, a cylinder, etc. Two jumps and settle. It has to anticipate, jump, continue the momentum for the second jump and settle. Rigs and scene will be provided. Level two : Intermediate - Involves anticipation, basic body mechanics principles like balance, weight shift, overlap, etc. Topic : A guy doing two little single leg hops before stoping. That is, a guy will anticipate, hop twice (on one leg at a time) and then settle Level three : involves showing weight, anticipation, force, etc. Virtually all the body mech jingle bells involved. This includes basics of constraints too. Topic ; A guy jumps from a platform, catches a pole above, swings and leaps in the air (using swinging motion for momentum), and then lands on a platform. although the last time i touched the balloony thingy was on 8th.. ive been taking reference for the level 2 exercises.. drawing thumbs n yeaaa having fun.. most importantly.. just like Mr. Keyframe told me.. animation is about having fun.. if u arent having fun then how will others hav fun watching it?? i wanna do level 2 a showreel sorta piece so ill spend a lot of time wit it.. hav drawn thumbs on diff sorta hops but havnt thought abt which ones to go with.. lets see .. ill spend more time wit level 2 than with level 3 coz level 2 is the first time ill b animating a character with spine n the first time ill hit the GE.. so ill give it the time it deserves..n then try for level 3.. the week has been such an experience.. learned so much abt animation... from the dude..Moush..Ratul, Prasad..looking forward to Mahesh's update n Asterias' aswell.. hope DJ joins the party real soooon.... wud b awesome.. also missing are the two idiots (:D) Ranbir n Naveen... both hav suffered the same old WinAttack.. I hope the learnin curve goes up n up from here on end.. N m sure it will coz i finally got my tablet ....YAY!!!!! hurray!!! so now i can pester Jason... will try to get into Keith'z VTS aswell.. wooohoooo.. business is picking up... :) at the moment m just goin thru some stick figure sketching.. had a word with Amrit abt the prob of Weight (or the lack of it) it my anims.. so the dude suggested that i sketch poses wit weights everyday, not only subtle poses..so thats wat m doin.. dat reminds me.. look at the length of this post.. who wud read it till here??

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what i've been upto..

its been a while since i posted.. huh... lazy mee.. didnt hit the GE on the walk yet.. n m glad i didnt.. coz Moush took a look at it n found a bug..woohoo... she was so helpful she had a long conversation wit me.. on lotsa stuff.. n solved quite a few of my problems.. she gave me suggestions n corrections on 3 of my exercises :D.. one being the vanilla , the other a side walk n the third one being the half filled balloon jump that i did for cgtantra.. hehe.. m glad she spoke to me.. the balloon looks much better now.. still a long way off but i think the weight's there.. n that was the main aim for me wit this exercise.. cudnt find an appropriate rig ..boy dat was a pain.. anyways.. here u go take a look at the balloony thingy.. lemme know wat u think abt it.. i underestimated this exercise.. thought ild finish it real quick.. m sure the walk n the sidestep wud look better aswell once i m done with these few stuff i hav in mind.. Had a conversation with Mr. Keyframe after a looooooong time... the dude's havin a hellova time.. Imagine meeting James Baxter.. glad that both Moush n Amrit thought that the aim i had set wit the balloony thingy is acheived n suggested i sud move on to the next exercise.. ooh dat reminds me here r the three exercises over at cgtantra given by Dj (the dude).. i plan to do all 3 of em in the month..although ill compete in level 2.. Dj gave sound advise before i started the challenge started.. n thats wat i have kept in mind so far.. Level one : Beginners. - includes concepts of timing/spacing and energy (squash and stretch, anticipation and settle). Topic : A squishy water baloon anticipating and jumping over a few objects before coming to a stop. That is, a squash and stretching ball jumping over a small cube, a cylinder, etc. Two jumps and settle. It has to anticipate, jump, continue the momentum for the second jump and settle. Rigs and scene will be provided. Level two : Intermediate - Involves anticipation, basic body mechanics principles like balance, weight shift, overlap, etc. Topic : A guy doing two little single leg hops before stoping. That is, a guy will anticipate, hop twice (on one leg at a time) and then settle Level three : involves showing weight, anticipation, force, etc. Virtually all the body mech jingle bells involved. This includes basics of constraints too. Topic ; A guy jumps from a platform, catches a pole above, swings and leaps in the air (using swinging motion for momentum), and then lands on a platform. although the last time i touched the balloony thingy was on 8th.. ive been taking reference for the level 2 exercises.. drawing thumbs n yeaaa having fun.. most importantly.. just like Mr. Keyframe told me.. animation is about having fun.. if u arent having fun then how will others hav fun watching it?? i wanna do level 2 a showreel sorta piece so ill spend a lot of time wit it.. hav drawn thumbs on diff sorta hops but havnt thought abt which ones to go with.. lets see .. ill spend more time wit level 2 than with level 3 coz level 2 is the first time ill b animating a character with spine n the first time ill hit the GE.. so ill give it the time it deserves..n then try for level 3.. the week has been such an experience.. learned so much abt animation... from the dude..Moush..Ratul, Prasad..looking forward to Mahesh's update n Asterias' aswell.. hope DJ joins the party real soooon.... wud b awesome.. also missing are the two idiots (:D) Ranbir n Naveen... both hav suffered the same old WinAttack.. I hope the learnin curve goes up n up from here on end.. N m sure it will coz i finally got my tablet ....YAY!!!!! hurray!!! so now i can pester Jason... will try to get into Keith'z VTS aswell.. wooohoooo.. business is picking up... :) at the moment m just goin thru some stick figure sketching.. had a word with Amrit abt the prob of Weight (or the lack of it) it my anims.. so the dude suggested that i sketch poses wit weights everyday, not only subtle poses..so thats wat m doin.. dat reminds me.. look at the length of this post.. who wud read it till here??

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One Question

here's a vid i saw on Maciek Gliwa's Blog. If you havnt seen it then i recommend its the first thing you try. Fifty People, One Question: New Orleans from Benjamin Reece on Vimeo. its the kinda stuff that i would like to see wen i wake up. Plus its a great resource to study people. check it out, u wont b disappointed. u can bank on it. ciao

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Planning!

Yup, Planning, Planning, PLANNING. So many times ive been told to plan things out and its been said in all the resource available over the net, that i thought i should make a mental note for myself. N thats y this post. Better late than never, i guess. It not that i didnt plan my anims b4. I didnt plan it enough. I was always more anxious to jump in n start animating. And i guess thats why it took me a such a lont time to finish the turn, becoz i myself wasnt sure abt how the final anim should look. I remember gettin up from my chair n turning around in the room, whenever i got stuck. IT HAPPENED SO MANY TIMES!! Dad caught me a few times, turning around the computer, when he woke up at nyt. heh. Hopefully, i stick to my senses n do more of planning from now on. Pretty soon Planning wud b my middle name.. :D . Its always fun to dream. k then ive spent enough of my time over this post. M planning to plan my shot now. -gracious muchachos

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Noodle Mania!!

m starting to like noodles.. so much so that i took an old anim of mine.. n m splining the bad boy now. m the best part is that it aint that drag afterall.. m almost thru wit this one tho.. will put it up online once m done wit it.. that is in the next few hours.. in the mean time if ya'll havnt checked Eric Goldberg's podcast and Richard Williams splinecast then check em out!! peace out homies..

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Monty Python

Hey if u were wondering "what the heck have i been reading these last few weeks?" here's a part of the answer, ive always wanted to do some programming, so i picked up Melscript n Python n a few other books :) Went through the Maya Help for Melscript, m glad i know a bit of C. There are lots of question that i havent got the answer so far, in any case m going through Mel Scripting for Maya Animators, looking for a good book on Python, any suggestions?? Lemme Know, Thankx Adios

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Lets the games begin!

Heyaa, m back. Had a loooong break from animation, but now i am gettin into the groove, slowly but steadily.Cant keep DW waiting, ryt! All this while i had been reading, reading, watching movies, thinking and READING!! To compensate this 40 odd days break, ill stick to more planning and tighter deadlines. Which means more update at crazy hours of the days n more playblasts!!! Will warm up with a few bouncing balls. Time to put the blabbering to the sideline n get to animation!! Woooohooo P.S. I got a nice surprise from Prasad over at his blog. Lifted my mood. Check it out. Thanks a lot bro!!

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Jason Ryan goes live!!!!

Just got the mail that Jason Ryan Animation is going live this Sunday!!! wooohoooo.... time to pester my dad a lot more..coz i really need to get my hands on those tuts..so i think ill hav to postpone the tablet for the time being..lets see.. pray that i can get my hands on them pretty soon.. god bless you.. adios

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an awesome trip

Beginning Destination Dont know how to start..saying that the trip was an adventure wud b an understatement. Oh boy! Here it goes, Spoke to my mentor on monday after weeks, so we where talkin abt animations n his preparations for his departure.So he said he wud be going to Haridwar the next day. So that rang a bell in my head.Immediately decided to go to Haridwar the next mornin. He said that he would be either in Rishikesh or Haridwar till 17th. Since its a 30-odd hr journey from my place, i had to leave the next day to get there on 17th n then play on my luck. So planned out the event wit help of my cool pals (naveen and ranbir), so as we found out there were two trains from Howrah to Haridwar. One at 12.50pm and the other at 8.35pm. The one in the morning takes at night would get me there at 4am, whereas the one at nyt wud get me there at 4pm. I decided to board the morning one. Slept at 6am, so got at 9am, n missed dad. So cudnt board the morning one.Spoke to dad abt the trip when he cam back home n got the money.Oh yea,i went to see my life.. Ranbir called up and said u get the current reservation when u get to Howrah in the evening. So i said hey dats great, i wudnt hav to run for the ticket now. So came back home.Asked for permission from the home ministry. So around in the evening, at 6.45 i left home for the station, as usual late. So we went to the ferry, n in a hurry got on the ferry that goes to the opposite direction.hehe. So came back to the same station got on the correct ferry. I was so excited for the trip.Had loaded the ipod wit so many new tuts n podcasts n stuff.Was saving the battery for the journey coz i can only charge my pod using a system, since i dont hav an adapter. So my friend wanted to listen to some songs, so i happily obliged. Lovely wind blowing that day i remember.Perfect to begin an adventure. So finally 15 mins before the departure i get to the station, no reservation, no platform tickets, nothing. So anyways therez always hope ryt, so i got in the queue for current reservation hoping that ill get the ticket in 10mins, IF they are available.As i was in the line, my frend came n gave me a good news..(no tickets left for Haridwar) phew.. no more standing in the queue.. hehe so got into the station..it was 8.29, 6mins to departure..so i ran towards the reservation bogie, coz the general bogie was ummm lets just say.. that IF i cud get in, i wud b like a needle in a haystack.So i ran upto the TT n spoke to him, told him i got to go n m boarding anyhow, so u temme wat needs to be done. The fellow was nice, told me to talk to one another TT named Kali babu, n get up on any bogie between S1-S5. so rock on m going to Haridwar, lalalalala. So i got on the train n luckily found a place to sit until this stupid unfriendly person started blabering, as if the entire bogie was his.Plus i realised to my horror that my pod was with my friend who was no way near the train.DAAMMMMMM, wat wud i do the entire journey alone, no anim, no music, no tuts , no books!!!! I was like " hey lemme get off the train". Looked at my other pals faces, bid gdbye n went to another bogie n sat at a place. Was missing life, felt so lonely for the first time in months. Sat at the place for a while after which this stuuupid grumpy fellow starting asking me question abt my ticket. N gave a lecture as if he owned the entire train, was so disgusted but i was talkin over the cell, so just got up gave a smile to the idiot n went to another bogie. Met Kali babu on the way spoke to him. Kali babu gave me a seat, nice fellow. So i met an air force fellow sitting next to me. Was talkin to him. Got to know a bit about Haridwar, where to stay n how to go where. Spoke to the TT again, everyone told me to get a ticket from him anyhow so that in case another TT comes i can show a ticket. Kali babu was nice he got me a berth, but said it would cost Rs. 1000, said that the ticket along wit the fine amounts to Rs.750, n the rest ummm..u know. So i told him to reduce the amt, the guy kept on persisting. He said he'll come back later. So i called up a few frendz n ummm ... umm...and then dozed off. Woke up at 1am, saw the train was at a platform, thought Dhanbad is near, coz the train's scheduled time for Dhanbad was 1.30am. So i got down from the train, asked a few shopkeepers, they said some blockage up ahead, will take half an hour to get cleared.So i roamed abt talkin over the phone. Was feeling great after the nap and the breeze blowing.An hour passed by still no go.Went upto the TT asked him for the ticket, the fellow said "u dont worry go n sit at the berth, ill come up to u in a while". So i called up Ranbir, the dude was waiting for me at Dhanbad station.Gave the news and told him to go home, will inform once i get to Dhanbad.So i roamed around Asansol station, n was amazed to see soo many ppl sleeping here and there in the train, without a berth. Talkin talkin talkin over the phone. Time just flew. So at 2am and the train still stuck at Asansol. I got this annoucement that the train will go via Patna, Gaya. So i immediately called up Ranbir, coz i thought that it would add more hours to the journey. And Ranbir confirmed it that it would add 10-12hours. So i got up the train, kept everythin inside the bag n got off the train!! Roamed around Asansol station a bit more. Ranbir said that there's a train at 9 from Dhanbad that i cud catch.So he suggested that i sud come to Dhanbad n stay at his place for the time n then carry on with the journey.Got out of the station, roamed around and then gave a call to Ranbir who informed that the train is it 9pm not , 9am unlike i assumed. So no chance of meeeting the Man. Then at 3.30am with no either returning back home or goin to Dhanbad, i chose the latter. Was informed that there's a bus to Dhanbad at 4.30, took a rickshaw n got to the stand. After getting there found out that the bus is actually at 6am. Sat at a tea stall all the while, was still excited, dont know why. So 6am, got another good news, the bus for Dhanbad has been cancelled. Called Ranbir, the fellow told me to come to Maithan n from there its very near! So i hunted for a bus to Maithan, got up on the bus n got to know that its Jharkhand Bandh today! yeeeey!! Took an hour of bumpy ride to get to Maithan, nice place though. So from here i was supposed to go meet someone Ranbir had said earlier n he'll take me to Dhanbad. So called up to get the name of the person to meet. Was told to get up on an autorickshaw to Dhanbad. So finally m going to Dhanbad, phew! A really bumpy ride. Now, this rickshaw stoped at someplace i dont know where n told me to get a train from there to Dhanbad, i was like Maaaaan cud hav told me earlier, i wudnt hav come so far. So i got to the station, heard there's a train scheduled for Dhanbad in the next 5mins. Got the ticket quickly. Got to the platform, two trains came n went in 15mins or so. Me at the station Go to this link and try zooming in on the Station, maybe ull see my scratching my head. No sign of the local i had to get up on. Waited there for 1 and a half hours , no sign of single element on wheels..so got up n called Ranbir cudnt get his cell. left a msg. Came to Maithan, then got on a trekker with i think 20 other fellows, man i was sandwitched, on the way to Asansol. Then finally i thought i am done with the travelling, so one last ride to take. Got on the government bus to Calcutta , the City of Roy, oo i mean The City of Joy .. hehe.. Slept more than half of the way back home. Unfortunately the bus dropped me off at Esplanade which is like an hour or more away from my bed!!! So took a metro n then an auto, n finally i was at home sweet home!! Sat in front of the system n the first thing i cud lay my eyes on was this link The Reason The reason for all this!!!

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Recent Work

KKKKK so at the moment m hooked to the basics of Jason Ryan and Mr. Keyframe so ill upload dem once i have some time.. will get back to ya'll.. thanks for visiting.

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Pimp My Blog

Well as always i tried to be oversmart and wanted to customize my blog, so what do i do, simple, google to the rescue.I googled on to a page called pimp my blog or something, n i was so damm glad i found it, i cud make the changes according to my liking and it would generate the code.Then i take the code n paste it in the blog.N wallaaah there we hav it a nifty customised blog!! It all seemed working smoooth till then. So i wake up the next day n guess what i cant post!! Blogger folks thought my blog is spam n blocked it!!! So i got emails from them, replied back to them n then they uudid watever they did n here i am.. So first up, get rid of the customisation.Besides i am here to post my animations, ryt so from now on, this is the template i shall b using, if u done like it...DEAL WITH IT.. hehe.. leave a comment n ill change it. Rock on.. more posts and anims coming up....

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Redeemed

Hey there.. Changed the entire layout and deleted the previous posts.Let me know what you think abt the new layout. Since all the posts are lost.Ill repost all of them. So gimme sometime ill b back in a while. Thanks.

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One Question

here's a vid i saw on Maciek Gliwa's Blog. If you havnt seen it then i recommend its the first thing you try. Fifty People, One Question: New Orleans from Benjamin Reece on Vimeo. its the kinda stuff that i would like to see wen i wake up. Plus its a great resource to study people. check it out, u wont b disappointed. u can bank on it. ciao

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Planning!

Yup, Planning, Planning, PLANNING. So many times ive been told to plan things out and its been said in all the resource available over the net, that i thought i should make a mental note for myself. N thats y this post. Better late than never, i guess. It not that i didnt plan my anims b4. I didnt plan it enough. I was always more anxious to jump in n start animating. And i guess thats why it took me a such a lont time to finish the turn, becoz i myself wasnt sure abt how the final anim should look. I remember gettin up from my chair n turning around in the room, whenever i got stuck. IT HAPPENED SO MANY TIMES!! Dad caught me a few times, turning around the computer, when he woke up at nyt. heh. Hopefully, i stick to my senses n do more of planning from now on. Pretty soon Planning wud b my middle name.. :D . Its always fun to dream. k then ive spent enough of my time over this post. M planning to plan my shot now. -gracious muchachos