P2 Class!

This is a little late to post oh well - I Got accepted again in Pixar 2 class - Performance and acting! taught by Austin Madison and Paul Mendosa from Pixar! This is the Final P class after completing p0 and p1 and also my very last semester! next thing on the list is getting an animation JOB! oh yeah!
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Demo reel 2012

My new demo reel for now,still lots of work in progress,will update very soon.
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http://vimeo.com/36474163

Pixar Class Week 2

Pixar Class Week 2

Not showing anticipation-----feel like some other force applied to
accelerate until foot leaves
after contact frame-----spacing is getting more small
need show very obvious contact frame!!
it is difficult to stay at the same place when the torso moves so much spaces-----step forward
contact frame is STRAIGHT
at least 3 frames are required to let audience see what it going on the screen
heavy ball takes a lot more frames to stop-----root is the heaviest part of the body(ball)
every frame should be able to tell a story-----posing is very important

Polish Checklist

Show People
Pose++
(Drag) Loosen Body
PBJ-----Physics Believable Jiggly
Intersection
Arcs&Spacing-----trace root, nose, wrists, elbows, feet and knees
Show People!!

Trace nose-----can see what causes weird movement going on the torso
Jiggling-----(ex, 4frames-6frames-8frames start move around with 4 frames)
GLEN KEANE-----TILT, RHYTHM, TWIST
SEE contact poses!! not only feet but hands, contact pose is straight!
Neck-----massage overall shape of the torso

source : Ryo Wakasugi (my class friend)
http://ryowaks.blogspot.com

Next week onwards I'll be creating my own posts!! every week I'll try and put some stuff that I learnt from the p1 class,these 2 posts were copied and pasted due to lack of time :S

Pixar 1 class notes week 1

Pixar Class Week 1
A brief summary of my first pixar class, oh, it seems like there are a lot of great animators are there :D

Rhythm, Timing, Beat
Rhythm-----pattern, texturing, timing
Learning drawing is vital!
Anticipation------every movement in animation should have
Arc-----every single thing in body should have
No overshoot, no energy
exaggerate first and then pull it back until it's fit with animation(Don't be afraid of exaggerating too much)
focus on PRINCIPLES-----staging, posing, anticipation (mainly missed)
Rhythm, Timing, Spacing-----nail them down FIRST
KEEP IT SIMPLE
They never seen good timing and spacing for Jump assignment
contact frame-----right before and after the energy applies, foot touches the ground, stretch legs
look for contact poses-----key
video reference-----cool motion, we could get the acting that people can't think of consciously
video-reference-----push things more, search what makes animation unique
show 5 times before dailies
be careful the gap between keys-----graph editor
Smooth out until the keys faded out-----I don't know which frame is the keys, ease-in and ease-out

source : Ryo Wakasungi (my class friend)

http://ryowaks.blogspot.com/

P1 - Physics of Computer Animation

Yaaay!!! Got accepted into P1 Class taught by Pixar animators Mark Harris and Kevin Chesnos! This semester is going to be AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Demo Reel Summer 2011

This is my current reel which I submitted for Pixar class at AAU,lets see if I get in this time or not,still more stuff to work on,this is the progress so far...

Demo Reel 2011

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My first imdb credit!!

I guess this is kinda late,I forgot to post this for some reason anyway...Got my first imdb credit for working on a live action short called "Crazy beats strong everytime" which got in SunDance film festival and many other film festivals all over US and Mexico,even though I Didn't get a chance to see the short yet,hoping it must be very good!


http://www.imdb.com/name/nm4410110

Will be posting my new demo reel soon,Pixar class application deadline is on 1st august,there's gonna be a lot of competition this semester!!
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Them Greeks :D

Got accepted to work for "Them Greeks" a 3d animated short under production! really excited to work with the team from around the world!
http://www.themgreeks.com/

Pixar class "P0"

Finally got accepted in P0 class,really excited for this semester,2011 feels good already!

Demo reel 2011

Happy new year everyone! Finally found time to upload my demo reel,it contains 2-3 pieces done recently,more stuff yet to come..
Thanks for looking..
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My new website!

Finally got my website up and running,It will contain only my latest work,while this blog will act as a place where I will post all my work in progress animations once the Fall semester starts.

Link - http://www.romitdodhia.com/


Thanks for looking :D

Norman expressions - just for fun!

So we had this assignment - where we had to change one expression to the other with a break down, just a fun exercise,I don't know why i am putting it here,but yeah I had fun doing them..
Check'em out! I am working on lots of new stuff,which I will upload as I finish them one by one..
Thanks for looking,
R.

Story boarding!

Once again after a while...I have a trend of posting stuff after long months for some reason,which I hate to do but I can't help it,unfortunately due to time issues.
This semester is just better like one of the best semesters so far
Character animation 1, Animation for games and story boarding.

I m posting some stuff from the assignment and it was one of the scenes from this cartoon show on nickelodeon called "hey Arnold" from the episode "Stinky goes to hollywood" we were given scripts and we had to do something different from the tv show episode,my class was divided in 2 teams and it was a fun assignment.
check it out! more stuff coming soon (hopefully).
Thanks for looking!
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My final version of Flour sack !

Its been a longtime,I have been working on my final assignment (2d animation) since almost a week,its going to be probably 1 min or longer,hopefully i will make people laugh,keeping fingers crossed..Its about a bear and a gumball machine in forest and how the gum ball machines pisses off the bear.
Anyways,Heres the updated version of flour sack,which i finally ended working on today..I wish i could add more in the end which i might once i get some freetime.Maybe a chandelier falling from the roof or something..lol.
Thanks for looking.
R

2D animation - flour sack!

My assignment that I finished today,Which will be submitted tomorrow for critics,I am not really happy about how it came out,but yeah awaiting my instructors response and might correct it then, but oh well, next thing I would love to post is my new monster model that I have been working on since the beginning of the semester,hopefully I will finish it within this week.Critics and comments welcome,
Thanks for looking,
R.

Real or CG?

ok,no prizes for guessing..umm,here goes - alright so I have been working on this alley since almost 6 weeks,the pictures were taken from san francisco,I had to wander everywhere in sf to search for these textures and guess what the more dirty the place the more better,these textures were taken from the dirtiest places and composited together with some techniques to make it look real,I might work on it abit more,I am not yet satisfied with it.

Halloween is coming close,Guess what? next assignment is all pumpkins :D .

Btw the answer is CG - it was done in Maya and adobe photoshop.

Thanks for looking,

R.

Some of my previous works done in charcoal.

Here's some stuff that I didn't post,its from my second semester,two charcoal drawings ya charcoal is my favourite,I just love charcoal so much you know? the second one is one of my friends portrait that I had to do - WAIT! I did his portrait because it was the final assignment and my instructor asked me to do it. btw thanks for looking

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My first 2 D animation

Hey there people,finally I have decided to start posting my stuff as I get time,Since I have taken 2d animation classes for this semester,I will be uploading my 2d stuff,What should I say about 2 d animation,well its a pain in the butt thats for sure (well atleast for me) However its a good feeling to watch the stuff that you spend so much time on and especially when it comes to life,but one thing for sure- Its all about timing,its not how good it looks (well it is but the primary thing is timing) So whats timing? In the words of an animator - Timing is the speed of an action,it gives the meaning to movement to both physical and emotional,it is something which keeps the entertainment alive,the perfect gag or the perfect movement which makes spectators laugh etc.

Here is one clip that I worked on for now and new stuff will be up soon.

Thanks for looking,

R

New stuff coming soon..

My apologies for not updating my blog since almost 6 months,There's so much going on and I have got to show so many things,I will try my best to update it as soon as I get some free time,The blog will be updated by the end of next month or december with all the latest stuff.
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My 3-D stuff

Its almost a month left for the semester to end..and i have been drawing and working on my 3 d stuff..Maya software is complicated..but its fun when you get the hang of it...i m in a rush as usual..i will post my drawings as soon as i get sometime..watch these 2 demo's ! Its actually Lotus temple..made in maya,the first one is a turntable and the second one is a composition (like in a real enviornment)...hope u like'em
thanx for looking.