Gesture Drawing : 15/12/09

New Animation and Podcast Site On The Block

If you have been following my blog, you will know that I am a huge sucker for Podcast in the field of Animation(besides other areas like Music, Health, Educational and so on).

In terms of Podcast for Animation the only two which comes to mind(and the only two that exists in my knowledge!) is Animation Podcast and Spline Cast. The good news is there is one more now !



To quote from the site -

Who are we?

Well, we’re four professional animators currently working in the animation industry. Having been inspired by Animation related podcasting ourselves, we sought out a chance to help give back to the same community that informs, inspires, and entertains us. Speaking of Animation was created to deliver even more engaging content. Come along with us as we interview our friends and fellow artists about their craft and thoughts on animation.

Now these professional animators are from DreamWorks Animation Studio and they would be speaking to super talented people within their studio(not only Animators), people who are not in the lime light or very well known but nonetheeless they play a huge role in entertaining us thru the work they do to make those movies.

For me these Podcast are a huge source of information and inspiration as after hearing their experiences and journey, we realize that in our continuous struggle to grow in our creative pursuits, we are not alone and that everyone goes thru this at some point or the another. If they can do it, so can we !

Also my huge respects to these four guys doing this and also to the people who would be interviewed in the Podcast. These things takes time and to take out time from their as it is grueling and busy schedule is a very noble thing to do and simply shows their community spirit and their passion to share their knowledge !

So head straight to this site without any detour !


@|b

Starting A New Habit - Gesture Drawing !

I used to do gesture drawing on and off, but unfortunately it never really transcended to a habit. But now I really want to nail this down as an everyday habit like I brush my teeth/take a bath/eat breakfast and so on.

It will be my endeavor to post at-least 10 drawings everyday. These drawings will not be a mark of my draftsmanship but rather my effort to understand human anatomy, line of action and how just the body language in a few very rough lines can convey so much. All this is to help me in my Animation in terms of posing, as poses are without doubt the foundation of any and every good animation. Once you have the main key/storytelling/golden poses working for you, then its all about building on top of that.

So here my poses for today -







Any suggestions on how to improvise in this direction is very much appreciated.

Cheers!

@|b

Weekly Movie Recommendations : 12th December 2009 - 18th December 2009

Rocky III(1982)

Genre - Action/Drama/Sport

Directed By - Sylvester Stallone

Cast - Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Carl Weathers

What's It About - When Rocky is defeated by a brutal challenger, Apollo Creed offers to retrain him in order to regain his fighting spirit.

Weekly Movie Recommendations : 5th December 2009 - 11th December 2009

Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)

Genre - Comedy/Crime

Directed By - Robert Zemeckis

Cast - Bob Hoskins, Joanna Cassidy

What's It About - A toon hating detective is a cartoon rabbit's only hope to prove his innocence when he is accused of murder.