The Fox and the Crane

The Fox and the Crane

Posting after quite some time!  This one is from the story of the Fox and the Crane, in which, the Fox invites the Crane over for lunch and serves him food in a flat dish. The Crane, because of his long beak, is unable to enjoy his meal.  So he decides to teach the Fox, a lesson.

GIMP, Wacom, about 16 hours

Evening Song

Evening Song

Two friends who travel places in their caravan, halt for the night. One of them sings an evening song by the campfire.

GIMP, Wacom, about 32 hours

ZZZZuuupp!!

This is a short film that I was a part of, working with my colleagues at Rhythm and Hues.  We made it during some free time at work.  We tried to achieve a flat look using a 3d software.  Since we had limited time in hand, we wanted to get the idea out as quickly as possible.  Simple rigs were used and more emphasis was given on making it look visually good.  Blend shapes were used for eye blinks and face deforms while receiving punches.  The title ZZZZuuupp!! comes from the sound that the spaceship makes when disappearing into the sky.

ZZZZuuupp!! from Chandrashekhar Ramprasad on Vimeo.

Time taken: 26 days from concept to final, excluding weekends

Software: Gimp, Maya and Blender

Team: Sagar Funde, Shuchi Singhal, Srikanth Bhogi, Chandrashekhar Ramprasad

Dream Flight

Dream Flight

Started drawing from a plastic airplane toy initially.  Turned out to be something else.  Done in GIMP, using a Wacom, in a little more than 26 hours.

Cosmic Apple

Cosmic Apple

Came to me as an early morning dream.  Couldn't get it exactly as I saw it, but somewhat close.  Hadn't thought of a title, until a colleague at work gave it a title, and I decided to keep it.  Done in GIMP, using a Wacom, in roughly about 7 hours.

One year at RnH, India

The team, with CJ on VC (Video Conference)

Wow!  It is already a year at RnH.  Time flies by pretty fast.  Last year, on the 14th of Feb, I remember, we had joined for the Animation Apprentice programme.  I have a lot of good memories, of all the new things learnt, of the times spent with friends and colleagues and of all the fun outings we had during the past one year.  What a year it has been! 

Thanks to Alex Bryman, Senthil Velan, Ruth Daly and C.J.Sarachene, our educators, without whose guidance we wouldn't have learnt so much.  They enabled us to think in different ways and made us understand the medium of computer animation a lot better than we ever did.  With these new learnt techniques and ideas, we hope to progress and march forward to create appealing and believable characters in the computer world.  Also, thanks to the fellow animators who gave us their support and valuable time to learn better and faster.

Here is a video clip put together by my colleague Aram Lakhotia, to remind us of the memories of the past year.

Update, 23.02.2012 - A week later, our training concludes.