vijayworks

Our film article in animationfocuz.net

2010-07-12T14:32:00.000-07:00

click the link for animationfocuz
http://animationfocuz.net/more_detail.php?id=23

future film production

2010-07-03T18:24:00.000-07:00

http://minveli.com/

Past six month i can't post anything because i am involving in future film production.

Minveli is a Tamil word means 'Digital Space', located in Chennai, India. Our maiden animation feature is based on the great Indian Epic 'Mahabharata'. We have a tiny but passionate team and We have completed our 'Trailer Project' in two months.

toon boom

2010-07-03T18:18:00.001-07:00

"We use Toon Boom Animate Pro in our production pipeline. Toon Boom‘s President & CEO Joan Vogelesang has visited our office and she is highly impressed with our promo. She has extended a great support"

Article

2010-07-03T17:08:00.001-07:00

Article about our production in www.animationxpress.com

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My New Website

2010-01-05T14:32:00.000-08:00

2009-09-29T03:08:00.000-07:00

10 Top Tips To Become A Better Artist

Written by Lloyd Harvey
wanted to share. Very Inspiring. In case you missed it.

10 Top Tips To Become a Better Artist

To become a better artist takes years of dedication, passion, energy and time. There are no short cuts but here are some art tips to send you in the right direction. I hope you enjoy what I have wrote here and look forward to the community's response.

Tip 1: Learn the Importance of the Sketch

Sketching is one of those things that every artist MUST do and do often. Sketches don't have to be perfect, nor do you have to show them to anyone. They can be as rough or as scratchy as you like but the thing to keep in mind is it's readability. The purpose of a sketch is to quickly illustrate or develop an idea you have, to capture or study some form of reference so that it can be worked on at a latter date. Because of this, the sketch only needs to convey the right information to you and you alone (unless you are drawing an idea out for a client then the message needs to be crystal clear).

Tip 2: Draw, Draw and Draw Some More!

This is a similar tip to the first but what I mean by this is draw anything that comes to mind or visually interests you. Sketch on the bus, train, in bed and even on the toilet. Seriously! The more you draw from your mind and from reference, the better you will become and the quicker your skills will develop. Take the time to doodle lots of different subjects and in lots of different environments as this will all help build up a mental cataloge of images to draw upon latter when you may become stuck for ideas or inspiration.

Tip 3: Build a Reference Library

This is a great tip that I learned from years back. As you begin to fill sketch books with illustrations of ideas and reference material, you should build up that stack of books with more books. By this I mean buying art books, books on clothing, guns, tanks, other cultures, animals etc. The list of what you should look into is endless and should extend beyond your general interests. But it mustn't stop there. You should also collect images off of the internet and save them to your computer and organize them correctly. Take photos of things you see if you don't have time to sketch them. The purpose is to have a nice big collection of images that inspire you, inflame your imagination and, more specifically, if you need to draw something right, having the material there to draw from will add realism and clarity to your work.

Tip 4: Explore Different Mediums

This is when you take an idea from sketch to final painting. Exploring other methods of creating that end piece can really yield some unexpected results and challenge you to push yourself further into new situations. Playing with different types of paints such as oil, acrylic, water colour or gouache are the options most people would suggest trying, but there is more than experimenting with these. You could try air brushing, pastels, using charcoal or taking the leap into the digital realm. All these different mediums have their strengths that you can harness but you will never know them unless you try them out.

Tip 5: Learn Some Colour Theory (At Least)

This is a big one. Colour theory is a massive, massive subject and I can't do it justice here. What I would strongly suggest is investing time and money in a good colour theory book and learn from that. Even learning only a little bit, will help your work massivley. The more you push yourself to learn, the better and better you will become.

Tip 6: Play With Perspective

Now, by this I don't mean completely bend the fabric of reality or attempt to mimic the works of M C Esher (but looking at his work couldn't hurt). No! What I mean is take the time to learn about vanishing points, 2 point and 3 point perspectives and how to create objects in three dimensions correctly. As this is just a tip, I'm not going to go into the details here but there are numerous books and places on the web that cover this important area. Learning the rules of perception will open up the possibilities of what you can draw and will broaden your artistic horizons greatly.

Tip 7: Hunt Down Your Artistic Weaknesses & Destroy Them!

I was told this by an incredibly exceptional artist called Chet Zar. This tip is something you should approach regularly and be really tough and honest with your self. By knowing what your not good at artistically and making a conscious effort to attack it (them, could be lots of things), will enable you to systematically grow. For instance, if you draw a lot of humans but avoid drawing feet because you know your not that good at it, set aside time to draw lots of feet, over and over again until they look right (just be sure not to get a foot fetish). This links to a previous tip I did of Draw, Draw and Draw Some More! Drawing things that you don't draw often or at all will increase your repertoire and will enable you to paint and illustrate more complex pictures.

Tip 8: Ask For Help & Critiques

I heard this one from numerous sources and I have to say that this is something you don't have to do all the time. Joining online art communities and forums will give you access to professionals who do know their stuff and can really help you improve, but having thick skin is advised. At one point or another, you will get some harsh and unfair comments but that is the risk of being an artist who puts art out for viewer consumption. Never be afraid to ask for help.

Tip 9: Develop an Original Style

Ah, a real tough one this as developing your own style takes time and experimentation. By exploring lots of little different mediums and genres, you'll soon get to know what you like and how you like to do things. Over time, by doing things the way you want and in the subconscious way you approach a painting, a style will emerge that will be recognizable and more importantly, it will be your style.

Tip 10: Learn to Accept Failure as a Positive Thing.

Possibly one of the most important lessons an artist (or almost any professional) can learn. Not every picture you create will come out looking the way you wanted it too and the same goes with any experiment to try out. There is no such thing as a bad result... there are just results. Learning to take something positive out of everything you do will change the way you look at you next piece and how you approach it. If something doesn't work or you don't like it, don't do it again or use it as a bench mark to launch yourself from in your next piece.

So, I hope that that is enough information to digest and apply into practice.
__________________
Lloyd Harvey

Digital painting demo

2009-07-30T16:54:00.000-07:00

Pujari"priest"

2009-07-02T09:38:00.000-07:00

Pujari"priest"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pujari

Meenkaaramma (fish selling women)

2009-06-26T09:27:00.000-07:00

Pettikadaikarar(small shop owner)

2009-06-13T22:50:00.000-07:00

Pokkaramma (Women selling flowers)

2009-05-26T20:23:00.000-07:00

Elaneerkaarar(Tender-coconut seller)

2009-05-26T20:14:00.000-07:00

Dravidian-Araciyalvaathy(politician)

2009-05-15T09:51:00.000-07:00

Dravidian-politician
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dravidian_people

Some of the old stuff(2004) for my present students.

2009-04-28T20:53:00.000-07:00

When i was worked as a assistant director in film industry i h'v done lots of pre-viz and pre production for my friends in their films.

Acrylic portraits...

2009-04-28T09:33:00.000-07:00

New characters

2009-04-21T09:48:00.000-07:00

Digital painting on saturday midnight .

2009-04-18T18:48:00.000-07:00

new colored drawing

2009-04-05T04:16:00.000-07:00

photo shop experiment..

2009-02-17T10:05:00.000-08:00

photo shop experiment..

New character design for television show.

2009-02-08T00:55:00.000-08:00

new work

2009-01-20T09:52:00.000-08:00

NEW WORK..

2009-01-12T09:47:00.000-08:00

New one..

New character designs..

2008-12-24T10:12:00.000-08:00

lady

2008-12-12T19:01:00.001-08:00

more scalpting works..

2008-12-09T08:26:00.000-08:00

Thank you CGTANTRA....

2008-12-05T11:42:00.000-08:00

Today my works got a showcase award..

http://www.cgtantra.com/

Thank you CGTANTRA..FOR YOUR ENCUREGEMENT..

some of the sculpting works..

2008-11-28T06:29:00.001-08:00

My son first doodle..

2008-11-23T10:25:00.000-08:00

My son Vishan A Amarnath's first doodle....... he's 11 month old .

International Animation Day Celebrations Across India-CHENNAI

2008-11-14T20:10:00.000-08:00

I was invited to give a seminar for the students,its a great day for me to show my experiment to the students.

New character designs

2008-10-16T08:20:00.000-07:00

My new rough animation blog..

2008-09-30T11:45:00.000-07:00

My new rough animation blog..
animating the characters is always very intrasting... so am posting my rough in this blog ....

www.vijayanimation.blogspot.com

my live TV interview

2008-09-04T10:38:00.000-07:00

my live interview on national TV (pothigai)

2008-08-10T01:10:00.000-07:00

India Today(simply Chennai)-My Interview.......
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LINK
http://indiatoday.digitaltoday.in/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12685&Itemid=1&issueid=68&sectionid=20&secid=30&limit=1&limitstart=1

Pakati..comic satire talk show in Tamil -First time in India
Pakati pakati (meaning satire) is a characteristic feature of
Hittappa, the comic host of the talk show. His show has celebrity
guests from all walks of life (sports, politics, movies, scientists
etc). Hittappa also has an associate 'Perumal' who has no single
professional career. He switches his job at will, as per the current
market scenario. And finally, Hittappa has a close association with a
middle-class Indian family. He shares the comical story of this
family on his show.

In the pilot episode, Hittappa has Sachin Tendulkar and Sania Mirza as
his guests. Also, Hittappa finds Perumal occupied on a roadside job,
making money by offering creative titles for Tamil movies. Perumal
started this job, after TamilNad Govt announced tax exemption for
Tamil movies thathave "pure" Tamil names. Finally, Hittappa takes
us into Mahadevi'shouse where the feminist writer has a female
visitor with full of surprises for Mahadevi.

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Direction-Vijay Amarnath
Executive producer-Jeyprakash
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INDIANS

2008-08-08T10:02:00.000-07:00

first metro movie- with my small contribution

2008-07-27T22:07:00.000-07:00

This is first metro movie mr.krishna direct the film and i have done 2d animation in one song pls check the site more about the film and crew..

http://www.m3v.asia/

making of ......

2008-06-30T22:43:00.000-07:00

MY OLD WORK

NADHI STUDIOS

2008-04-13T06:36:00.000-07:00

From march onwards am a creative director for NADHI STUDIOS..we are going to produce animation content..for television & film..

www.nadhistudios.com

when i got the opportunity as a Creative director i remember and thanked my mentors ...Mr Trotsky Marudhu sir and Balumahendra sir

Trotsky Marudhu sir

marudu sir first time showed me the animation light box that is 1992,that time onwards my vision are totaly changed , In Chennai my only animation reference source are marudu sir and landmark book store thats is teach me the animation.

about him
http://andhimazhai.com/mysite/marudu/aboutme.html

Balumahendra sir

and when i joined as a assitant director to mr balumahendre that time i worked the future film ATHU ORU KANAKKALM that is great moment in my life time i spend over 4 years with him he is a master in film and five time nationaward winner.

about him
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balu_Mahendra

Film animation

2008-01-24T07:41:00.000-08:00

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This Tamil film's tittle animation was DESIGNED & SUPERVISED by me, director simbu gave the concept and the animation was produced by"INDIAN ARTIST"

new concept art for my personal project..

guard 21

guard 22

mobile apartments

under water clubs

taxi

administrator ship 31

administrator ship 32

the "k-1" and groups

2008-01-07T08:18:00.001-08:00

the "k-1" and groups

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"jest came from the market"

2008-01-03T08:41:00.000-08:00

"jest came from the market"
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colored

2007-12-26T13:18:00.000-08:00

"the mentor grandma"
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new characters

2007-12-21T08:26:00.003-08:00

its my new character design for my personal project

my new web site and D-2

2007-11-14T19:46:00.000-08:00

this is D-2........the new conceptart.
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new designs..

2007-11-03T09:35:00.000-07:00

"HYENA"

2007-10-12T09:46:00.000-07:00

my new character design with progress stills..

'indyies'

2007-09-28T12:18:00.000-07:00

This indiyan ladys are going to act in my animation..

creatures....

2007-09-21T20:34:00.000-07:00

comic style ...

2007-09-14T10:29:00.000-07:00

this is comic style illustration..

blue skull

2007-09-08T08:05:00.000-07:00

blue skull..

'MUNIYANDI"

2007-08-14T12:02:00.001-07:00

Today i colored this work.
This type of characters are in south tamilnadu.thay feel they are local rowdy so they act like rowdy this person wear white shirt white "veasti"(over garment on under garment its not a pant) the style is they have to show the undergarment..
than only people will fear .

New wakcys..

2007-08-02T22:09:00.000-07:00

This is yesterday sketches+colured in PH..

you can chk this guy walk
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/56158540/

My colored one..

2007-07-30T10:02:00.000-07:00

this my new colored drawing..

"TOWN" concept works

2007-07-24T10:49:00.001-07:00

This is my new character design for 3d animation the tittle "town".It is very funny concept about MIXERD CULTURE.....

village guard(concept art)

2007-06-29T11:02:00.002-07:00

In down south of India, people in village believe God "IYYANAAR". Many thrilling stories prevails about this God. This made me to sketch this picture.

Detail work..

CONCEPT & FINAL

DEDICATED to film banner ARTIST

2007-06-01T11:13:00.001-07:00

This work(photo shop) dedicated to film banner artist in India..
for the tecno development banners are fades..more than 10,000 artist are affected ..

Test animation

2007-05-22T11:19:00.000-07:00

This is my first test animation in flash..

resume

2007-03-31T22:13:00.002-07:00

J. VIJAY AMARNATH
Chennai-India
E-mail: vijayamarnath@gmail.com
Mobile: +91 98413 80066

MY WORKS IN WEB
http://www.vijayamarnath.com/
http://www.vijayworks.blogspot.com/

Presently I am working as Associate Creative Head in www.minveli.com

Previously I worked as a Creative Director in Nadhi studios There I directed animation contents.

Before “ Nadhi studios” I worked in a Visual EFX company named “INDIAN ARTIST”. My nature of the job over there is to taking care of the studio, meeting the clients, attending the shoots, split the work to the animators and to the compositors. I had a great experience of meeting and interacting with different set of creative people from the background of film and video industry.

Before “INDIAN ARTIST” I worked with a veteran Tamil film director “Mr. Balu Mahendra” who has won “Nation Award” for five times. He is a writer & cinematographer cum director.
I started as an assistant director and then finally worked as an associate director for a period of four years. I worked a feature length movie and two short films. It’s a remarkable time for me in my lifetime because in this period of time I watched more than 200 hundred movies like from short films to classical films. My favorites are Kurosawa and kubric and unfamed world directors.

Before “Indian Artist” I worked in a company called “Studio FPS” organized by a Visual FX director Trotsky Marudhu who is an artist having an experience of 25 years in the field of film and media.
I worked in the area of VFX for three films and we have done so many promos for Vijay TV, which is a part of Star TV net work.

Before working in the “Studio FPS” I worked in a company called “Dataquest”. I am one of the 25 members of that scratch team in that company. My main contribution for that company is the logo “Mascot” design. I have done some storyboards and cell animations for their pilot projects.

Before “Dataquest” I worked in a company called “Milltoon” it s part of “Millimages- France”. I worked as a key animator and we have completed so many episodes like
“Pense Bets” - French TV Serial (about 60 episodes).
'Celestin' - French TV Serial (40 episodes).
'Red Fox' - French TV Serial (60 episodes).
'Vampire Pirate and Aliens' - English TV Serial.
I had a great experience while handling on these foreign episodes project.

And then I worked in “Pentafore” as a senior animator and as a team lead for a set 10 animators. In that time I handled some animated storybooks and Disney’s pilot projects.

And in my college time to support myself economically I worked as a visuliser for an advertising agency, and as a multimedia artist for Multimedia Company and as an illustrator for some magazines.

In my school days I worked as a signboard artist in our home town.

DETAIL REUME

Academic
IPC (Integrated Preparatory) Govt. College of Arts &
Craft (1991-1993)
B.F.A ,Govt. College of Arts &
Craft(1993-1996)

Experience Profile

1,NADHI STUDIOS Chennai,
Working as a CREATIVE DIRECTOR((at present)

2,ARENA MULTIMEDIA (Anna nager) Chennai,
Worked as a ASSISTANT MANAGER
Teaching animation , character design & direction for diploma students.

3, INDIAN ARTIST
Worked as a (freelance visual efx supervisor for films)
1,23 rd pullikesi
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p66/vijayamarnath/0019.jpg
2,Sivappathigaram
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p66/vijayamarnath/fx.jpg
3,Corporate works

4,BALU MAHENDRA(film director)
Worked as a ASSISTANT DIRECTOR(2004-2006)
Project Profile:
Feature film and 30 minutes telefilm for national tv
.Athu oru kanakkalam(tamil film)
http://www.musicindiaonline.com/n/i/tamil/965/
http://www.hinduonnet.com/fr/2005/11/04/stories/2005110402330200.htm
.Parisu(tele film)
.story board artist for p.c.sriram(pothys.chennai silks)
.freelance illustrator for(India today,etc)

5,STUDIO FPS
Worked as a FILM GRAPHIC ARTIST(2002-2003)
Film efx for tamil movies
Vijay tv(promos)animation and graphics

6,DATA QUEST COMMUNICATION LTD
Worked as a COMPUTER GRAPHIC ARTIST (2000-2002)
Project Profile:
Pilot projects for canada and uk
3d character design& animation

7,MILLITOON ANIMATION STUDIO
Worked as a KEY ANIMATOR (1998-2000)
Project Profile:
Television Serials for Foreign Channels
Pense Bets' - French TV Serial 60 episodes.
'Celestin' - French TV Serial 40 episodes.
'Red Fox' - English and 60 episodes French TV Serial
'Vampire Pirate and Aelieans' - English TV Serial.

8,PENTAFOUR SOFTWARE & EXPORTS LTD
Worked as a SENIOR ANIMATOR (1996-1998)
Project Profile:
"Walt Disney" '101 DALMATIONS'(Pilot Project)
T.V.Serial, Animation in-charge of the main character
(Cadpig).
"Proto" (Pilot Project) T.V. Serial for Singapore
Company, Key Animation and Team Leader for 10
Animators.
Animated C-D".
American Fairy Tail Stories 'Snow white seven drafts'
and 'Three little Pigs':
Character design and Animation.

9,PIXEL GRAPHICS
Worked as a ANIMATOR(1995-1996)
Project Profile:
TVS Suzuki Touch Screen multimedia presentations for
Auto tech. Program in Delhi.
'Pancha Thandra' Animated story book: Character
design, animation and Background Painting&
Commercial Title animation

10,COMMUNICATION ACTION NETWORK
(World Health Organization)
Worked as a VISUALIZER(1993-1995)
Project Profile:
World health organization Concepts, Designs for
Brochure Design. Designing pamphlets and posters for
school, college student and public.
Set Design for AIDS Awareness Programs.

vijay amarnath

shooteres_002

2007-01-18T10:07:00.000-08:00

shooters

2007-01-18T08:28:00.000-08:00

From concept to final..

2007-01-11T10:33:00.000-08:00

when i was in DQ http://www.dataquestinfoway.com/ i have created some character design.. beginning of that time Mr,Thapas(M,D) like this character so he took this character as mascot of company.this character elements influenced by my fellow colleges like chandru ,siva mukvana,aroop and...really that is my happiest movement..

This mamy character design for radan media , there media promotion (cellvi 450 episode) for Malasiya

2007-01-11T10:25:00.000-08:00

2007-01-11T10:12:00.000-08:00

2007-01-11T10:00:00.000-08:00

2007-01-11T09:50:00.000-08:00

2007-01-11T09:40:00.000-08:00