Animation Commotion

Evolution Of The Batman Logo by Andrei Robu

2012-02-15T12:32:00.000+05:30

About a month or two I came across an image talking about Evolution Of The Batman Logo by Andrei Robu on some blog. This study really had something catchy about it. specially, I could see some movement in the bat logo if rolling your mouse roller in a particular up and down rhythm.
I thought, what if you take these bat logo as a frames and put them into a timeline how they will look like. so I made a video out of sequence of those images (without using any metamorphosis or re-arrangement).
here is what it looks like:

here is the actual study image :

Evolution Of The Batman Logo by Andrei Robu

Disclaimer: All the images/ logo shown here belong to respected owners and shared here for appreciation purpose.

Leonardo animated series

2012-01-05T17:31:00.001+05:30

Just found out there is an animated series on Leonardo cartoon book by Tturk De Groot . The video looks true to comics.
Leonardo is a Belgian/French comics cartoon character based on Leonardo da Vinci. I have 2 or 3 album from the comics series. I was impressed with the visual style and innovative gadgets which were the essential elements of the humor of the series. Now watching all those elements come to life is a pleasure.

Here is the official trailer for the TV series:

you can know more about it on the official site: http://www.leonardlegenie.com/

info about authors: http://www.actuabd.com/Turk-Bob-De-Groot-Leonard-est-ne

There is also a web game: http://www.leonardlegenie.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/catapulte/ELI_LNRGAME_Catapult_vCJ_2-1-7.html

Disclaimer: All the character images/videos shown here belong to respected owners and shared here for appreciation purpose.

crazy interpretations

2011-11-02T18:24:00.002+05:30

Interpretations of a visual concept can be really unexpected when you leave space for the ambiguity.(may be sometimes being over smart) This is the case I feel might be in the billboard ads from Vaseline.
What do you feel at first when you see this ad? and how much the copy helps you to grasp the concept here?
First thing that strikes is the high quality print and the framing of the visual. Then you try to figure out what happened to lady's hand? The ad got the viewer hooked and curious to figure out what it is all about. Before the viewer reaches on the final conclusion, he processes a series of thoughts.

lady got a crippled hand.
your lips will become as good as a baby's feet.
you should kiss a baby's feet after using Vaseline
love of a mother for baby

the copy of the billboard :" Healthy pink lips, Never stop caring" doesn't really help you to inform but adds to your confusion.

Asifa India 2011 and Comic Con Express Mumbai

2011-09-22T11:34:00.000+05:30

Asifa India 2011 International Animation day.
It's here again. a chance to showcase your films and get due appreciation.
This time we don't have anything to send there.
looking at past events I think this one is going to be better. It is heartening to know that there are a lot of events are being organized to showcase creative work and bring in industry to collaborate on the same forum.
http://www.asifa.in

Comic Con Express Mumbai is on 22-23 Oct.2011.
I had visited Delhi version of this event. It was small but a good start for generating momentum. I got to meet a lot of friends and seniors there. I hope Mumbai version is bigger and better.
http://www.comicconexpress.com

Disclaimer: All the email flyers shown here belong to respected owners and shared here for appreciation purpose only.

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web games with logic

2011-07-21T00:55:00.004+05:30

Every now or then I browse through the web games. Currently, I have been drawn to puzzle and logic games.
I avoid playing games where there are too many key instructions and furious clicking. Here is a list of my picks,
there is no particular sequence.

Splitter
Snail Bob
Cover Orange
Ninja Painter
Cube Droid

These are not new games but I happen to discover them recently.
Snail Bob has pretty charming graphics. others also have appropriate visual appeal.
why I am writing a post? It is because I enjoyed these games quite a lot and so it's kind of shortlisted bookmark. It usually happens when you want to play something for 10-20 minutes, then if you search for a quality time pass game form a huge heap of games.it is frustrating to choose from thousands shiny thumbnails (when the game is loaded you realize the game is a trash). that's the reason for the post.

Disclaimer: All the screen shots shown here belong to respected owners and shared here for appreciation purpose only.

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first Indian comics con in Delhi

2011-02-12T23:46:00.001+05:30

Finally, Indian comics industry seems to be organised and market savvy. it seems it is going in the right direction by organising it's first Indian comics con in Delhi.
cheers!
their mail flyer are interesting and indicate that the event is going to be really cool.
I will try to be there. what about you guys?

I really loved this aunties are attending flyer!

Disclaimer: All the email flyers shown here belong to respected owners and shared here for appreciation purpose only.

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virtual/ video ride of " Chakada"(shared auto) in millennium city Gurgaon.

2011-01-09T17:21:00.001+05:30

this is a series of 4 videos taken from my LG Cookie PEP cell phone to give you a taste of real life. enjoy your virtual ride of " Chakada"(shared auto) auto in millennium city Gurgaon.

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Shobha KK goes online

2011-01-05T14:53:00.001+05:30

Shobha K.K is an independent filmmaker, and mostly works on commissioned projects.she has worked on documentaries and music videos. currently she is writing script for a short fiction film which I plan to produce.
I know her for a long time.when she came to attained osian's cinefan 2005, Talent Campus.
she is good at shot selection and a good story teller. sometimes her idea are abstract and have a feel of "alice in wonderland" kind of fantasy. her music videos are aptly sweet with a Malayalam filmi taste.
she keeps herself a little away from new technologies. but on my insistence. she is slowly bringing her work online.
her web portfolio link: http://www.coroflot.com/shobhakk
youtube link: shobha's channel

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"leaf hopper" makes it to iphone now!

2010-12-30T17:11:00.004+05:30

leaf hopper is a puzzle game based on randomization of array.

you could visit our game site : http://www.punflay.com

or you can see my previous post ,which I had written earlier.

please, refer this link: post

link to itunes: leaf hopper

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vibrant Designs of Karishma Shahani

2010-12-22T20:01:00.002+05:30

Karishma Shahani who is a fashion designer from" London College of Fashion" her work is bursting with colours and reflects the vibrant raw energy of India's colours.
her designs have a grace and beauty balancing the world trotter gypsy feel. I don't know much about fashion, apparel and textiles but I loved her work and found visually stunning! I must not keep blabbering and let you explore about her and her work yourself.
here are the web links: Link-1 Link-2

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season's greetings! Punflay launches a very simple web/flash game

2010-12-16T17:29:00.003+05:30

season's greetings!
Punflay launches a very simple free web(flash) game on the festivities of CHRISTMAS.
just enjoy the game and share it with all your friends.
we did it in just 4 days team of 2. It's visual look and feel is cheaply peppy(clip art style), but has it's own charm.
let's not keep blabbering and simply give you the game link: PLAY "my xmas tree"
NOTE : it take 3 to4 minutes to load.

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chinese toy caterpillar

2010-12-16T01:10:00.046+05:30

I was crossing sector -14 market, Gurgaon and this "Chinese toy" it got my attention!
I liked it!
No! actually I, liked it very much.
you know, I don't buy each and every toy like Ganesh.(he always, buys such toys and materials. he always, thinks of stop motion animation)
This toy, really! walks like a caterpillar.
Then, I gifted it to my home town friend's small kid. I don't know about the kid but his father liked it.
I, took some pictures of this toy at the real plant at my home. It was really cool and exciting, putting real and natural plant with "Chinese toy".
So, I share those pics with you which I,had in my cell phone(LG Cookie PEP) for so long.

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chandausi ke chole! mouthwatering stuff !!

2010-12-09T12:32:00.000+05:30

Chandausi ke chole!
why I am writing about it? because of my liking to it and my school time association with this guy called "Braham Bazar ke cholewale pandit ji". I have seen him from my school days when I used to get some very small of pocket money for midday break, but I used to spend that money in between only while on my way to school crossing Braham Bazar and having hot and delicious dal-chole at panditji chole wala.
I just like the eating stalls at my home town Chandausi. It's like old delhi stalls taste.This time when I was at my home, I was on a routine grocery buying route. I again happen to be in Braham Bazar and I could not resist my self having 2 pattas of chole. then suddenly, idea clicked to me take his pic and ended up making a short cell phone video of him. it was a spontaneous thought no planning done. that's what I like about my "LG cookie PEP" It allow to capture my sudden observed moments.

anyway, here is the video:

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"In the mood for love" finally watched it ! Loved it !!

2010-12-05T15:45:00.000+05:30

The film " In The Mood For Love"directed by Wong Kar Wai was in my wish list for a long time. Finally, I watched it on Moserbaer/Palaador world cinema DVD at my home (hometown: Chandausi). watching a film like this in the comfort of your cozy home all alone and seeing your favorite chapters many times is an experience, man! it made my weekend at home really special.
Simply LOVED IT is my review.

two still taken through my cell phone camera (LG cookie PEP).

if you want to here it's heart rendering music then go my previous post : Trippy Blues from Wong Kar Wai's Film 'In the mood for Love'

and here is Moserbaer/Palaador world cinema DVD which I bought form "Landmark" Gurgaon. they have really good collection of world cinema DVDs. thanks to my PG room-mate who accompanied me to my quest to buy/search these DVDs.

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exploring the amazing world through my cell phone camera

2010-12-03T17:01:00.002+05:30

I have been thinking about writing this post for quite sometime but never actually got down with it.
anyway, it's never too late to start.

here are some pics which have its own humor if interpreted.

read top to down without differentiating the posters. then you will see sometimes good intended communication can go wrong an can generate weird humorous situation.

read left to right without considering the gap in between.

same spot different poster have amazingly funny sentences if read top to down crossing the gap between.
SEE ! enjoy :)

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Facebook beyond the social networking

2010-12-01T20:16:00.000+05:30

It is amazing how facebook has become a forum for almost every thing surpassing beyond it's initial usage as a social networking website. people showcase their professional work here. write reviews of books and films. discuss social cause and play cool games here apart from checking out pretty faces.

recently, "Airtel" a mobile phone service provider got a new corporate identity designed and apparently spent 300 crore rupees. somebody (actually, I just got his name after going back to Facebook and finding the name he is mr. Rohit Shirke) has done a comparative visual study of some existing mobile phone service provider's corporate identity in India and this was really striking for me.
here is the image I am talking about:

check out the comments given to this visual study:

I have recently, watch the movie called "The Social Network" based on the life of Harvard undergrad a computer programming genius "Mark Zuckerberg" who started the "facebook". the film was inspiring and pumped up my moral. May be that's why I am writing a lot many post about n around facebook.
anyway, that's it here I end the post.

Disclaimer: All the character images/image grabs shown here belong to respected owners and shared here for appreciation purpose.

My special thanks to Mr. Rohit Shirke !

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VibranTribes on facebook

2010-11-30T20:42:00.000+05:30

Our Gurgaon office Mlab emantras is been doing a lot of cool work to show case" Indian tribal arts". we have done 3 short animated films utilizing varied " Indian Tribal Art" styles.such as Warli, Gond, and Shadow puppet art from Andhara Pradesh. there is a facebook page called: "VibranTribes" where we have pics and updates related to tribal art and new happenings. so if you got a craving for Indian art do visit the page you might get something which will strike a cord with you.
here is the link: http://www.facebook.com/pages/VibranTribes/117194791254

Warli art printed mini skirt(Lakme Fashion Week 2006 - James Ferreira) which I just happend to view on LFW Archives - A decade in Fashion on facebook.

isn't Nina Manuel looking great here? so you see having facebook page is cool.

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Asifa India International Animation day email flyer

2010-11-12T18:57:00.000+05:30

It's been long since I posted anything here. anyway, here are a few images I want to share which were part of

Asifa India International Animation day email flyer of this year.

for the people who do not know what is ASIFA I am copying and pasting a few words from wikipedia: Association Internationale du Film d'Animation or ASIFA (the International Animated Film Association)

the email flyer were designed well and were based on popular comic icons. what I liked about it was IAD 2010 mascots (the Indian girl and elephant) used in different comic era. characters are adorable and brought back memories of my childhood comic reading. execution of the graphics recreates the characteristics of that 'comic era' theme really well.

see this one is really cute based on Inderajaal comics icon Betaal.

and here are the real ones. nice! I like it.

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quick character sketches

2010-08-26T17:52:00.000+05:30

sometimes your quick sketches capture the right mood effortlessly. these characters were done as dummies
to block the screen space for the time while final characters come in.
just wanted to share it here.
thanks

Greetings! Amar Chitra Katha is now coming back!!

2010-08-21T23:49:00.000+05:30

This is a great news!
I just got to learn from animationxpress.com, Amar Chitra Katha is starting to launch new titles every two months from August, 2010 onwards.
ACK is making a come back with the title called Mother Teresa (little acts of love) on 26th August, 2010.

mundane explorations behind super looking things

2010-08-05T16:16:00.000+05:30

One of my friends, keeps telling me you must update your blog more often. He says there is no harm in sharing your mundane explorations because that's the process which goes behind super looking things. so here I am sharing one poster (exploring Photoshop brushes).
of course, it's not my technique, I was learning it through a tutorial from Josh-Overton of abduzeedo.com
but composition and style is mine in the poster below:

if you also want to try such stuff you can go to the tutorial which explains the technique step by step. also gives you the link to download brushes before you get started.
good luck!

New symbol for Indian Rupee

2010-07-30T17:52:00.000+05:30

Yes, I know this is an old news. I am not here to give you a breaking news. have you seen how the new rupee symbol design was presented to jury?

No?

then, here is D Uaday Kumar's (wiki link) Rupee symbol Design presentation which I happen to see from my Designer batch mate who share it on facebook. I just took some liberty to reorganize it to fit a blog post.

enjoy!........:-))

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Aha a new video from BLU

2010-07-17T13:54:00.000+05:30

BIG BANG BIG BOOM - the new wall-painted animation by BLU
there is nothing much to write about, you just enjoy the video. it is fantastic!!!!!

BIG BANG BIG BOOM - the new wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.

Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows : Why in 2 part release?

2010-07-16T17:51:00.000+05:30

finally, I got to see the trailer of final saga of Harry Potter Film Series. I thought this will be the last film, but here is the twist they are releasing it in 2 parts. I think this will the first movie ever which has it's final sequel end in 2 part release.
Why in 2 part release?
May be one part was not enough to cover the details of the book.
anyway, the trailer looks good. and they are also cashing on 3D trend of these days. eagerly waiting for the film.

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SIFF 2010 Promo

2010-05-08T19:08:00.000+05:30

every now and then I come across some interesting clips of visuals which compel me to share with others. I try to avoid the habit to store the data on hard disk and keep it for later viewing. I think once you stored the data you rarely go back to it unless you doing some research.
recently I saw SIFF (Seattle International Film Festival) 2010 Promotional Trailer. I liked it's peppy pop feel
or may be I have soft corner for comics like visual treatment.
any way enjoy the video: