My Little Steps

Hello, Forgot to post these on the blog... So here they are! Vertical pan shot animatics: Horizontal pan shot animatics: thanks for watching! see ya! ~~~~~~~Chinmayee. S

Hey guys! I'm back with another assignment...! It's storyboard time!  We were asked to make storyboard and animatics, based on the theme 'Treasure hunt'. We had to think up a small scene where the protagonist finds some ancient treasure or knowledge. Here is my small animatics: Thanks for watching! Bye! ~~~~~~~Chinmayee. S

It's the final assignment of the semester! Time runs fast doesn't it? So let's not waste any and get right to it! We had to animate Disney's Mickey Mouse for this assignment. I used this version of Mickey. Here is the animation: Thanks for watching! Bye! ~~~~~~~Chinmayee. S

Hey everyone! I'm back with a few animations. These are special effects animations: Fire, Smoke and Water. I watched a lot  (more like ALL...) of   Avatar: The Last Air Bender episodes for reference and a few slow motion videos on YouTube. So, here's: FIRE! SMOKE! AND WATER! hehehe... Thanks for watching! Bye...! ~~~~~~~Chinmayee. S

Have you ever felt your body shake with fear, excitement, anger, shock? Well, we all have at times. But how do you show that small shake, in animation? We achieve that through Staggering. It is a visual trick, where the frames of an animation is jumbled so that there is a loop in the action, resulting in a quiver in the animation. Here, I have tried to do two methods of stagger. In the first one, I have drawn on each frame. In the second one, I have moved the same image around. Each gives a different effect. X sheets for the animation: Hope you enjoyed! Thanks for watching! Bye! ~~~~~~~Chinmayee. S

Character Animation assignment again! And this time it's jump animation...! So, Let's jump right to it...! ( Hehhee...get it?) Here you go! The X sheets: This assignment was harder than I thought! But it's finally done. That's all...Thanks for watching! Bye! ~~~~~~~Chinmayee. S

The next assignment of the semester! Digital anatomy sketching...! We had to design a Male, a Female, and a Child character. Here is the process we use to draw... First, we have to draw a skull base anatomy i.e. a stick figure sketch. Second, we have to give volume to the skull base by drawing spheres, cylinders, cubes etc.  (I have actually done the two steps together in the drawings, sorry...) Third, we add the muscle structure. Fourth, we design the features, the clothes, etc etc. And last, we colour it! So, here are the end results:   For the child anatomy, I used this artist,  LuigiL 's work as reference. I really liked the style. Anyway, that's all for now! Bye! ~~~~~~~Chinmayee. S

It's the First assignment of the semester! And it is Character animation! We had to animate a character by using the 12 principles of animation, cushion, accent and moving hold. I was inspired by The Umbrella Scene  TM from 'The Miraculous Ladybug' Show, and I came up with this small animation. Here is the scene: Yes, I do watch Miraculous. #bigfan And here is me, acting out the idea of the animation: (watch me make a fool of myself) And finally, here is the Animation! Yay!! I also prepared an X-sheet for the animation: Well, that's all for now. See you next time! Bye!

Mewar art or Rajasthani art is one of my favorite art styles. This is a Traditional art style. It is one of the most important schools of Indian miniature paintings of the 17th and 18th centuries. It was developed in Hindu principality of Mewar(in Rajasthan State). It is very similar to Mughal art style and is often confused. I really love the beautiful features of the Men and Women depicted here, mostly from the royal families. The colors are also bright and very lovely. I tried to draw a Queen in this style. I used a picture of Rani Padmini as reference. click here to see the  Reference . That's all for now! Bye! ~~~~~~~Chinmayee. S

Kalighat Paintings or Kalighat Pat was an art form popular during the 19th century, in Bengal. This art style was mostly seen in the vicinity of the Kalighat Kali temples. These group of artists are called 'Patuas' A very famous artist in this style is Jamini Roy. I have taken his art work as reference here. The things I love about this art form are the simple shapes, bold colors, and the perfect line art. Here is one more drawing in this style:   This art style might look simple, but it is not! Well, that's all! Thanks for stopping by! Bye!

Here's an assignment about perspective.  This one is called '2-Point perspective' in which you have two vanishing points. This method makes it look three dimensional.  Hope you like it! Bye! ~~~~~~~Chinmayee. S

I wasn't kidding when I said that people were obsessed with monochrome... I'm obsessed too! Here, I've done a composition using only triangles and filling it in with black ink: (I wonder where Bill Cipher is now?) Here is one using only squares: Here's one using only circles: And here's the one in which all the three shapes are combined: Well, that's all...! Bye! ~~~~~~~Chinmayee. S

What can I say? I love cats!! So, have some cat sketches... Here's some more of Mr. Fur Ball... I looked up some kitten poses for references, and created a cat in my style. That's all! Bye! ~~~~~~~Chinmayee. S

Human anatomy is a very complicated subject. I used to find it very hard to draw human figures. But after this assignment, I feel a little confident about drawing human beings. Thanks to pose reference websites, the difficulty was reduced. Here are some of the sketches of female anatomy: And here are some male anatomy sketches: Well, that's all for now! Bye! ~~~~~~~Chinmayee. S

Ants are amazing creatures. They can lift objects 50 times their actual weight! They started farming way before humans!! Crazy, right? So, here you go. Angry red ant. I used Donald duck as a reference for this one...! That's all! See ya...! ~~~~~~~Chinmayee. S