PENCIL SHADING

Done by using HB pencils and a tissue paper for smudging.

MEMORY DRAWING..

The first one is a scene of a bus stop and the second one is a cloth market.

my potrait

Pencil shading ysing HB pencils..!!

CARICATURE

The wierd cartoons in the magazines inspired me..!!

My Creativity..!

Object drawing..

These drawings were done by keeping the respective objects in front.

1 point perspective..

Pluto turns 82 today..!

Mickey Mouse’s much loved pet and his adorable friend Pluto celebrates his 82nd birthday today. Also called Pluto the Pup, this animated cartoon character was created in 1930 and appeared in 24 Mickey Mouse films before receiving his own series in 1937. Pluto is also famous for his powerful sense of smell. According to Mickey, Pluto can find anything and anybody with his nose. He is often paired with Mickey, Minnie, Donald or Chip and Dale. On the occasion a special Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Space Adventure movie will be showcased on Disney at
11:30 am.

HUMAN ANATOMY

All the things present in nature are in a proportion of 1:1.618 .
According to Virtuvius, the measurements if a man's body are as follows:
a palm is four fingers
a foot is four palms
a cubit is six palms
four cubits make a man
a pace is four cubits
a man is 24 pal

HUMAN ANATOMY

Leonardo Da Vinci introduced 'human anatomy'. He studied dead bodies from the grave yard. Vitruvius Markus Polio, a Roman architect, gave the detailed study of human anatomy as 'vitruvian man'.

Sequential drawing

Eg., Running sequence, stick figure doing head-stand.
Helps in doing character animation.

Memory drawing..

Very important topic for animation students...!!

Reflection photography...

In photography, there are many styles and types of photographs that can be taken and attracts the attention of viewers. Reflection photography is one such type that are taken by experienced photographers creating stunning pictures that cannot be distinguished from the real image to the reflected image. In Reflection Photography, the photographer uses water, windows and mirrors for reflection of an object. The photographer must know the right angles and techniques and should be more familiar with the camera to capture a perfect image.

1. Bubble

This snap was taken with Camera-Canon EOS 50D,Focal Length 168mm,Shutter Speed 1/400 sec,Aperture f/5,ISO/Film 400.

The Work of MasterConcept Artist Feng Zhu

Feng Zhu is a veteran concept artist whose list of clients include Microsoft, Electronic Arts, Sony, Activision, Industrial Light+Magic, NCSoft, Warner Brothers, Lucasfilm, Bay Films, Epic Games, and many other top studios. He has also worked closely with well established Hollywood directors including George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, James Cameron, Michael Bay and Luc Besson. In this article we will take a look at some of his amazing concepts!

For the Gronckle, the How to Train Your Dragon animation team studied the way walruses and rhinoceroses move for inspiration, and then imagined what that creature would do if it had the size and speed of a hummingbird's wings.

Hotel Transylvania Trailer Official 2012

In theatres on 28th September,2012.

Young Animators at mercy college..

Planning to become an Animator?

You''ll need to develop the following qualities...

• Be sure about your drawing skills, because you'll surly need them
• Start developing your thinking skills and try manipulating objects.
• Detailed study of human and animal anatomy is must for those planning character designing and animation.
• Also some concepts like perspective, weight, volume, proportion, etc are required.
• For becoming a Visual Development Artist, a rich imagination, a sense of caricature and design, strong colour sense, a mastery of human and animal anatomy, architecture, the ability to work with different mediums and the versatility to conceptualise visually in a variety of techniques are required.

Animation

Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images to create an illusion of movement. The most common method of presenting animation is as a motion picture or video program, although there are other methods. This type of presentation is usually accomplished with a camera and a projector or a computer viewing screen which can rapidly cycle through images in a sequence. Animation can be made with either hand rendered art, computer generated imagery, or three-dimensional objects, e.g. puppets or clay figures, or a combination of techniques. The position of each object in any particular image relates to the position of that object in the previous and following images so that the objects each appear to fluidly move independently of one another. The viewing device displays these images in rapid succession, usually 24, 25 or 30 frames per second.

Types of Animation
There are three types of animation in Flash - Motion, Shape and Frame-by-Frame tween. "Tweening" is a term coined by the pioneers of Flash to denote in-betweening. You will learn what in-betweening means in the next section when we discuss frames and keyframes.  Scroll down to see more.

• Frame-by-Frame Animation

Frame-by-frame was the conventional way of authoring animation. Real movies are really a form of frame-by-frame animation. Each frame contains different content and animation is achieved by running the playhead through the frames. In Flash, a keyframe can be a frame that effect a change in an animation or when it holds new content, Frame-by-frame animation is very tedious or painstaking to develop but it is sometimes necessary.

• Motion Tween

Motion tween can be referred to an object that travels from one point to another and involves no change of shape over time. Sometimes motion tween can also mean changing colours over time. In Flash, the Playhead sweeps the frames from left to right. To author motion tween in Flash, you place a graphic in the first frame (a keyframe) and one in the last frame (another keframe) and tell Flash to spread the change in position over a certain number of frames. Click the image to playback movie.

• Shape Tween

Shape tween means an object travels from one point to another and involves change of shape over time. Sometimes motion tween can also mean a stationary object changing shape over time. Click the image to playback movie.

Top 10 Colleges For Designing

1. NID-National Institute of Design
2. NIFT-National Institute of Fashion Technology
3. IIT-Indian Institute of Technology
4. CEPT- Centre for Environmental Planning & Technology
5. Pearl Academy of Fashion
6. Vidya Institute of Fashion Technology
7. Raffles Millennium International
8. Arch Academy of Design
9. IMS-DIA-Design & Innovation Academy
10. IAM-Institute of Apparel Management

Some Careers In Designing

1. Fashion Design
2. Textile Design
3. Game Design
4. Footwear Technology
5. Product Design
6. Furniture and Interior Design
7. Ceramic and Glass Design
8. Transportation and automobile Design
9. Architecture 
10. Civil Construction
11. Graphic Design
12. Animation Design
13. Film and Video Communication
14. Exnibition Design
15. Planning

Career After 12th In Designing.

• By the end of 10th standard we suggest one should be clear about which field to opt for after 12th standard studies. Accordingly the child can choose the subjects in 11th standard.

• Students from any stream (Science, commerce, arts at 12thstd) can get into designing field. But few institutes require science compulsory at 12th std for admission. So it’s better to list out by 10th Std the colleges you will be opting for further education after 12th.

• The field of designing is also having good placements and income just like other fields such as engineering, medical, financial planning and so on.

• Here we would strongly like to emphasize the fact that 12th standard education and clearing entrance exam for admission to designing college both are equally important. Passing both are the eligibility criteria for admission to the design college. Child had to create balance between both.

• Because of the extreme pressure of 12th standard studies we recommend the student to prepare for entrance exam from 9th standard onwards.

• How to decide whether child is fit for the field of designing: If child is having good observation power, designing and imaginative expression he/ she is surely fit for the field of designing.

• If you wish to check the child’s aptitude that whether he/she is fit for designing field, you can visit our studio with prior appointment for aptitude test of child. This test is conducted in presence of parents.

• Best time for preparation: Student can start preparing for entrance exam from standard 9th onwards. The sooner you start, the better are your chances of success.

What is Designing?

It is when we create a solution form our basic problems in a very creative way. Example; invention of wheel was done by the early man, later we made bullock carts and used it to minimise our travelling time. Then we modified the bullock cart into a very aesthetically appealing form named 'car'.
          It is very closely related to art, and therefore we can also use it to express our feelings and emotions.