Today's Morning Paper the HINDU BLUE

I  looked at the paper today  morning .. and .. the front page !! .. THINK BLUE ???... the whole front cover !. As I turned inside the pages .. bottom was this  Ad ..on .  Wolkswagon    and the last page !..At least they didn't raid the whole  paper like Mahindra did a few days back!!! http://1o1frames.blogspot.com/2011/03/todays-morning-paper-hindu.html&nbs...

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Match Results !

Today morning in the papers !!  KNOWN FACES ...

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World Cup Cricket at the Studio

Cricket fans crowded  in front of a small screen to watch  India - Pakistan  battle it out at Mohali  .....mobile uploads ..from the  studio ...  World cup at the  studio !! We shifted  to a bigger 'gallery'  Lining up  Crowd Its a rare moment !! Mobile shots!! In true Cricket Spirits go India go !! Small Tv ...size does not matter .... the Game Does !!! Media Coverage...

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Body Mechanics

Yesterday  at the 2d to 3d  training ...I did a very short session on body mechanics... although the session was termed as body mechanics...the really subject about the  energy of a character and how to identify the energy , how energy is  built up and released ..so  wanting to stay  true to the subject title , I found this at Animation Mentors  new letter which I thought was worth mentioning ..so  please see BODY MECHANICS(click here)   under TIP on the menu bar .Enj...

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Progressive Walk with out Slide

I had posted a few days back of  trying to  put out a video tutorial on  Constraints..but still  been  running into  some technical stuff on posting a clear vid over here .. so  as a test and also  sharing knowledge ..I have put out a 4 part Video  Tutorial on " Converting a walk cycle into a progressive walk with out the foot sliding " ..on the  Tips  page , Many of you might know this or there might be other methods used ,  if so please let me know for those who dont't hey  here it is !!! ..so Enjoy and hope it helps , please give some feed back on it . Thanks "...

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TEST POST

Hi, Just testing the follow by  email option I  recently added... to my blog .. this post will be deleted  later...

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While I was kinda browsing around I chanced to hit up a article , I thought it might be interesting to read ,   It gives us a bit of info sometimes we all  forget .. and you or  I am no exception to it also and we come across this at least once if not many  in our life time at the studio ... At times its not just the animation poses that you set so well and have the timing of the action thats spot on  or even  if your acting is the  finest ... at times its something more than all this ..its something that will clear your mind to get all the  above mentioned done ... I have extracted this from animation...

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Today's Morning Paper the HINDU

Wow .. Mahindra  will definitely be in  peoples minds  today morning, they made sure of that  in the morning HINDU  daily !! They got a full cover on  almost every page!!!!...they really  must have  pumped in  some heavy cash  for this...

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Good morning !

My Green tea at 3 am : left pic :-)Good morning !!!!....Hmm that wud be a very early good morning ..its 3 in the  morning!!,..sitting at my desk  at home thinking about the  2d to 3d trainees back at the studio ..and their   topic  CONSTRAINS ( Maya 3d software) ...many of us coming from a 3d background might me able to get a hand on it but there are many who can't , asking them the go through the  Maya help files .. well thats even worse ...yeah I agree there are some who can grasp  but on  asking many artist , the feed back I got was .. May docs dont too well in  giving explanations...

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Weekend : was Good

Man that weekend went fast .. it was a so long waited for weekend .. and now its over ! SUNDAY : Recently the city has re introduced the Double decker bus so we took a very inexpensive ( now a days ) trip to the beach .. and had high angle view of the city from the the East fort to Shangamugam beach and back .. I have posted the pictures in PHOTO GALLERY (CLICK HERE)! ..enjoy...

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OPERATION: PANTS STITCH | patchstravelog

OPERATION: PANTS STITCH | patchstrave...

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super pic

Cool painting .. right?....see how its done Super Artist !!..click here to see how its done...

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Girl play piano with no finger on one hand

Got this  from Digg .. and saw it on you tube ..thought I might share this over here .. its amazing ...

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Cemented Scooter !

My friend Vasanth has a concrete scooter ... all the front panels are plastered with cement !!..ok just joking ..We are of f to " Man-nan's " for lunch !!.Once the fish fry started coming in .. I forgot to take pictures of lunch ! ...

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Art at a Animator's desk !

Just was interesting ..&nbs...

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Ice Cream !

Interestingly delightful,.... treat ! ..Why coz this is the 1st time I  have seen  ice creams given out as treats for one of the artists becoming a parent !..well sweets are sweets ....jellabbies or ladoos .. or even  ice creams !! :-)...I think Ian was more surprised at the ice cream in a plastic  ball ...

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Double decker bus

The picture tag said ... new introduced ... but frankly the  Double Decker was there in  Tvm  in 2005 when I  came here.. was only able to take a ride in it once ... now its back  true its not the vintage looking thing ..but hey its back !!! ..planning to  take Dee on it This Sunday  .. !...Hmm should get a better picture too !:...

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Devilish cat !!

This is not  photoshoped !!Hmmm...I wonder why  the eyes of animals shine out  or glow out when we take a picture of them !!...We humans get a red eye  but never seen our eyes glow out...

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Monday Morning Blues

No matter how much you love the kinda of job you  do .. you still have the  Monday  morning blues !!! .. Dad was right ...

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101frames intro!

Did this little bit when I was trying out flip book ....wonderful software ..for quick bits of animation...off course used a bit of  Photoshop also in to it  ...

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Manga

Japanese Anime /Manga ..after my conversation on Manga anime a few weeks back ..I want to know more ..I know I like it  .. especially the Mecha side of it !!..So  take a look  at the Snippets section for more stuff on Manga ....

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Morning Breakfast ...Hmmmm

: ( Sheethal's  Friend )  Rosy's Mother send this over ..They are originally from  Nagarcoil .. Hmmm  love the taste of  " This Sambar " ( South Indian Vegetable curry) ... that went down fast ..all gone except for the  red and green chillies ...:...

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Last Weekend : Trimmed

Last weekend ... Trimmed my hair .... ( ok!!!...  fell a sleep in the barbers chair )&nb...

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Is this true

Did they base Shrek off from this  Guy ? ...

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Taller along with Shorter or ..is it...a formula

Whats common among  Shrek ,  Ratatouille , Monsters Inc , Up  ...other than they were good ( some really good ) movies ... Something I even asked  my last  Interns....They kinda most of the timed  paired the heroes as  Taller Character along with  Shorter Character  or ..is it.just a . formula..that worked ...?.. I  Put this question the COO of the studio  . Was a very interesting observation , Its a beautiful combination .In nature we see nothing similar ..and we know that asymmetrical things do have class and beauty of their own . If we look at the mountains .. there is a range...

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