Sorry about the drawings being too rough...attempted with a mouse in photoshop.....`d keep posting some more if the hunt for the logo is still on.

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Just doodling aroung

hey monsters, I am back in action like the good old days. Just started doin some designs on flash for the logo and some random stuff. Didnt really bother to work it out properly. Just some roughs.Check it out

Echo

Hi Guys I am Just trying to accentuate what Roshan has said in next post. Nothing new I'm doing just picking up exact lines. Roshan Said. To participate, doesn't really mean u have to put ur blocking for critics or u must not say comments on some work just because u r a fresher. Vinay said to me in one mail And we need to start makin everyone participate. Its wierd in india man. very very few people take it seriously. Comon guys its too much. Even before participating you all have to fill your Own blog. Wooooooooo... Kasana

Awesome Tips for demoreels & C.V and Cover letter

hey guys, if you havent seen this article yet than you should spare a moment and go through it. its must must read article, i found it at academyanimation.blogpsot.com (Thank You Jean Dennis). here is the link : http://academyanimation.blogspot.com/2007/10/keys-to-getting-job-by-pamela-k.html thanks and regards, Chints :D

Participation!

Well, it's good to see so many guy's joined this team. Really appreciate Vinay and Kasana for this attempt. For me,Learning the craft of animation is all about experimenting and sharing the result of each experiment so that the other person can always add on what you found :) Afterall, all kind of knowledge does it's function when u share it, not when u achieve it. I think this blog is going in the right direction and doing it's purpose really good. The only thing we lack is 100% participation. To participate, doesn't really mean u have to put ur blocking for critics or u must not say comments on some work just because u r a fresher. This is just a place to put your ideas,thoughts or suggestions on the posts.. Each post is someone's thought, realization,a new thing someone learned or someone's animation.. all these things will find a different point of view or an acting choice when it goes through another one's mind. because , we r all supposed to be creative people..and creative people think different from the normal thought flow. that 'difference..just put it in words..that's what i asked as participation. when ur thought start flowing in, it can take things to greater heights. A mere thought occurred to you can make someone's animation to a lever which he never had thought about. And that's what exactly went on our minds while starting this blog. Now we got more than 10 guys. Definitely 10 brains makes a stronger team than 2 or 3. but only if they work together and share thoughts. so C'mon guys! get in. comment those posts..put in new posts..pitch new ideas (crazier the better) ..participate.! It's a terrible thing to see so many names in the members list only a few does all the activity!:) And vinay, Kasana..we gotta finish off th design and logo character soon. the blog is growing each day even without participation :P. C'mon guyz! looking out for some action in here.!!

PUSH BLOCKING

New Section

Hey monsters, I added a new section called MONSTER DOJO. Here we ill be putting up tutorials, tips and tricks made by fellow monsters. Its a gr8 way to encourage people. So lets see how far it can go. cheers VINAY(Admin)

A Lipsync Idea

A trick recently learned that made my lipsync works 2 times faster. This clip is did..just the lipsync... in 20 minutes from scratch with the new way. It's just simple. only 2 controls of Moom i used to do this lil dialogue. the jaw open/close control and the one used to make narrow/wide mouths ( 'o' and 'E' shapes basically). I do this in linear mode of curves. The trick is to get take the jaw open/close ctrl, and do one pass through the whole dialogue..just to mark where mouth opens and closes. once you get that right..make sure u get the intensity of the opens and closes right..( just like for M,P,B mouth closes and holds for 2 frames... some sounds of 'A' needs a small cusion after the opening of jaw..etc etc). After u fix that..time for first playblast. check if everything hits on the exact sound and the opens and closes are enough for the intensity of the sound.. remember..we r not thinking about 'oo's and 'Ee's nw. Step 2 is go in and add those 'o' shapes and 'E' shapes.. same way, make sure the intensity of ur narrows and wides are good. most of the time u can put keys of the narrows and wides on the same keyframes of the Jaw control...so that we can move around keys in timeline/dope sheet much easier. After u r happy with the narrows and wides..go ahead ,another playblast.. this is where u play around with keys,adjusting the timing and adding settles for jaw.. the whole thing won't take more than 20 minutes once u get the idea and as u finish u'll get something almost close to the exact lipsync... the next step is detail..u'll probably find so much time and room to add in minor details with other available controls like 'F',V,G mouths.. animating the tongue..adding emotions etc etc... Happy animating... Here's a little clip i did this way.. just open/close and Narrow/wide stuff.. it might look crappy..but u can see if u get something like this in 20 minutes and u have the whole day left to do fine-tune ..u can go Crazy :D Enzoi!

Its a bad day

Hey fellows, Today i wanna share something i always experience. I am sure even u guys would ve experienced it. Somedays r real bad, Dunno y. Everything goes down to drain. Ur animation doesnt happen, Ur shots will not be done.Or ur assignment gets screwed up. hmmmm. Y? How to solve this prob .. who the hell knows. hehe. i personally think takin a break would really help. U would ve done loads of animation from weeks. Or would ve involved in the same. So ur brain is overloaded with tons and tons of data. One day its just blows up. That is the day u feel like u had enough.Well it happened to me yesterday. I was blacked out. Couldn do any thing. Just went home early and slept off. Today feeling fresh. hehe. u just need to switch off and do something else or take rest. Thats the best remedy. Or watch movies,play games.Do what ever u want to divert from animation. Manu Ittina always used to tell us tht growth doesnt happen constantly ,It always has ups and downs. So live with it. Keep ya energies high.Keep rocking. Thats it for now :) cheers Vinay(ADMIN)