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Light,Shade and Memories

2011-10-14T10:52:00.000+05:30

Nothing feels better than relaxing with a cup of coffee and some music at a nearly inaudible volume level..That's what I do every Sunday evening.Clicked this photo of my friend while he was relaxing on the couch and looking outside the window.We shared the same flat in Mumbai during our animation course at ZICA.I miss those days when we friends used to stay together.Back then the only meaning of life was fun.Each one of us is in a separate world now, but thankfully because of Facebook we are still in touch.

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Art Clokey's 90th Birthday Google Doodle

2011-10-12T01:19:00.000+05:30

Arthur "Art" Clokey (October 12, 1921 - January 8, 2010) was a pioneer in the popularization of stop motion clay animation.It all began with an experiment in1955 called Gumbasia,influenced by his professor, Slavko Vorkapich, at the University of Southern California.From the Gumbasia project, Art Clokey and his wife Ruth invented Gumby. Since then Gumby and his horse Pokey have been a familiar presence on television, appearing in several series beginning with the "Howdy Doody Show" and later "The Adventures of Gumby".

The characters enjoyed a renewal of interest in the 1980s when American actor and comedian Eddie Murphy parodied Gumby in a skit on Saturday Night Live. In 1990 "Gumby: The Movie" was released, sparking even more interest.Clokey's second most famous production is the duo of "Davey and Goliath", funded by the Lutheran Church in America.In honor for his contribution to clay animation Google doodle of October 12,2011 was based on his animated clay characters.

Born in Detroit, Michigan, on October 12, 1921. His birthname was Arthur C. Farrington. When Clokey was nine years old, his parents divorced and he stayed with his father, Charles Farrington. After his father died in a car accident, he went to live with his mother in California, but his stepfather had no interest in raising another man's son, and so Arthur was sent to an orphanage.

When he was 12, he was adopted by Joseph W. Clokey, a classical music composer and organist who taught music at Pomona College in Claremont, California. He schooled Arthur in painting, drawing, and film making while also taking him on journeys to Canada and Mexico. The aesthetic environment later became the home of Clokey's most famous character, Gumby, whose name derives from his childhood experiences during summer visits to his grandfather's farm, when he enjoyed playing with the clay and mud mixture called "gumbo".

Art Clokey died in his sleep on January 8, 2010, at age 88, at his home in Los Osos, California after suffering from a recurrent bladder infection.

Born : Arthur Charles Farrington

Died : Los Osos, California, USA, January 8, 2010

Occupation : Animator and Director

Known for : Creator of Gumby

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ART CLOKEY

Colours Of Nature - My Photography

2011-09-27T02:39:00.000+05:30

I Love Photography.It helps me develop as an artist.I never learned photography anywhere,it's something I love doing.It doesn't matter if the output is good or bad,I just keep clicking.I improve day by day.To me everything I do is art, but I do accept comments from my readers and friends, as they help me unlock the world of creativity.Do leave your thoughts on this one,I will reply I promise. :)

Shot with Sony Ericsson 1. 3 MP mobile cam

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Selective Color Correction

2011-05-12T08:35:00.000+05:30

Selective color is a post-processing technique where most of a photo is converted to black and white, but some parts are left in color. This is usually achieved by using layers and masks in photo editing software (Photoshop, SilverFast, Adobe Fireworks or The GIMP for example).

A common example for selective color correction is portrait, to keep the eyes and sometimes the lips in color, against a black and white photograph. Small regions of color in a monochrome image immediately draws the viewer's eye.

This technique is also commonly used for Landscape photography.Colorful leaves or flowers against a b&w scene can breathe life into a photo. Of course the technique can be applied to any genre, but it's commonly used for portraits and landscapes.

Original Photo[ Photographer-Anirban Saha ]

Edited Photo[Photo Editor-Abhisek Panda(Me)]

I hereby Thank my friend my brother Anirban Saha for allowing me to edit and post his original photograph in my blog.

You may be interested in doing the same with your photographs.To save you time I added a video tutorial for the same below.Enjoy :)

The Invisible Art

2011-01-22T03:12:00.000+05:30

Image By jucoolimages.com

Hi friends, how are you all?Thanks for liking my works and sharing them.I love you all.Specially I welcome all my new friends following CG magic.I know I have not posted anything new for quite some time and I am really sorry for that.But I promise I will be posting some new work soon ☻.Meanwhile visit my other blog on film editing,film making and film info here The Invisible Art.It is a regular blog so far and you may like it.Thank you friends, takecare. ☻

The Invisible Art

Merry Christmas and Happy new year

2010-12-25T02:53:00.002+05:30

Hi Friends at last the wait is over.Christmas is the time of the year when we wait for jingle bells and wishing our near and dear ones the best of everything.Christmas is the time the children wait for their gifts from santa.Christmas is the perfect time to spread love and joy.This celebration is not complete until we pray to God and wish our loved ones.So, what can be better than sending Christmas wishes to all friends who are near or far from us.CGmagicDblog wishes all friends and followers a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy new year.May God bless you with the best of his gifts this new year.May success chase you through out the new year.Here's a small part of cgmagic's unlimited wishes for you.You can download the CG magic christmas & new year wallpaper from the downloads page.Click the image below------------->

What music do you like?

2010-12-15T12:01:00.001+05:30

Watch this funny animation.I did this in 10 minutes by the help of text to animation.It's really funny and it's specially for my blog visitors, my friends.Watch it and laugh as much as you can.The scene is two stranger guys meet in a street and then one of them starts conversation.But the other one is a bit showy fellow.So the conversation turns into a cold war of who like what music.Just for fun animation.....have fun and comments are needed.Takecare friends.Will be back soon.

Sketch of a Maharastrian Man

2010-12-10T22:19:00.005+05:30

Last night I was trying to draw something and ended up with this.Was feeling really bored and no particular idea was coming to my mind.In fact I was so bored that I kept on drawing things again & again and then throwing them here and there because I was not liking them at all.Hope my friends will like this one.It’s a sketch of a Maharastrian man with a Maharastrian topi(cap) and a long moustache.
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Digital Painting Of an Indian actress

2010-11-29T18:27:00.003+05:30

Hi friends.How are you all?I am back again and this time with a new digital painting.I tried to paint Indian actress Sonal chauhan.I like her specially her smile :).So

Photorealistic Rendering with Mental Ray

2010-11-21T19:42:00.003+05:30

Hi Guys,how are you all?After a long time I am back with some new work.I was really busy and was unable to update my blog,sorry for that.This time I have tried my hands on photorealistic rendering.The image posted is the final output which took around 5 minutes to render with final gather on and
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A Study Room

2010-06-08T21:39:00.003+05:30

This reminds me of my High school days.Studying for the exams late night.This work is still in progress.Dark night,study room with a lamp,total silence and those book monsters.May be thats the next Pixar story ....hahahahaha.I must say I love Pixars story telling ,So many nice animation movies they made for us and are still making.The power of
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The Vue Magic

2010-05-28T20:43:00.002+05:30

This is a test work.I used E-on Vue for this.Vue is an excellent software to create extremely realistic looking scenes.E-on Vue and other E-on products were used in feature films such as “Avatar”, “Clash of The Titans”, “The Wolf Man”, “2012”, "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus", "GI Joe – The Rise of The Cobra", "The Proposal", "Land Of The Lost", "Terminator 4, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”, "Indiana Jones 4", "Monster Vs Aliens", "Australia", "The Spiderwick Chronicles", "KungFu Panda", "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" proving itself the leader in realism when it comes to Cg.Very user friendly software I must say and it's fun using this master tool.Creating complex cg shots like in 'Avatar' & '2012' and that to believable ones is fun with Vue.I just love this software.Takecare and keep the art alive.Love you all.

Caustics Test

2010-05-19T06:30:00.003+05:30

Just a r&d work I did to clear the idea of caustics in Autodesk maya.Lighting in a virtual environment needs a lot of R&D,just to get more natural lighting in the virtual environment.I am still developing my skills.Will post more.Love you all.Thanks.

My Fairy

2010-05-15T06:24:00.009+05:30

This is my first photoshop painting painted with my new wacom tablet.I am not much into sketching and painting.Actually I was not,but from the day I got my wacom tablet I am trying more and more digital painting and sketching.It's an awesome experience for me.Thanks Dad for giving me such a wonderful present for my birthday.I love it & will paint more and post them here.I also do 3d lighting and texturing and will post those works too.So keep visiting at regular intervals to comment on them.I need your comments.Thanks for visit.

The Graveyard

2010-04-04T19:59:00.012+05:30

This is one of my recent 3d work.The setup here is a graveyard in the middle of a deep forest on a full moon night.Inspired by films like van helsing,underworld etc,by the colour theme of those movies which were awesome,I tried to do something like that and here comes the output.3D setup,texturing and lighting done in Autodesk Maya,Rendered with Mental ray,composed in Adobe after effects.Hope u guys like it.Do post your valuable comments.Thanks.