You Are Being Watched- Concept Still.

A concept tilt still from my wannabe first film (which is still in its preprepre production stages) about a 7 year old girl coming to terms with her conscience. This was a visualization for a scene where the girl sits on the table to eat and sees the food she doesn't like, as she looks up, she sees a certain friend watching her from the other side of the table; and this was also an option for background treatment.

The two strange demarcations along the length are to show as the camera tilts up, it goes up three units, or is supposed to go, for now... well.

Let me know if there are any suggestions on how I can vary it; any feedback welcome, as always:)

Stop Sleep Motion.

We juuuust finished shooting our first BIG project; which happens to be a group stopmotion/claymation film. It has been a mad ride, and looks like it is only going to get more mad. On mind blocked days with no hope inside a stuffy room, I'd take out my sketchbook and brush pen (or play Plants Vs Zombies; more often). During the shoot someone or the other would ALWAYS be asleep. Any surface would do. Floor, a sunken mattress, a chair, two chairs or sometimes even three! See for yourself.

Ha. Looking at all this is making me sleepy. Goodnight.

Feedback appreciated.

Alice Goes to Vegas.

A sketchbook cover reject for a college fashion show themed 'Alice in Vegas'. I still like it though:P

The front is the March Hare; the back, queen of hearts.

All feedback welcome:)

Illustration Friday: Dip

Yay! I'm glad Illustration Friday is coming up with topics I can relate to grub with! So here's another one; a shameless display of current needs.

Sigh. I could make a whole series on this:)

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Summer Is Here:'(

As must be clear by the post title, I'm not too fond of summer. In fact I hate it. Hate is a nice word, I detest summer. So here's to being optimistic and dedicating it to a lot of ice lollies.

Illustration Friday - Expired/ 'Hello, Can We Meet Again?'

I don't remember too much of my childhood, even though I'd like to believe it still isn't over. However, there remain a few things about it I simply can't forget. I remember the park near my house, it was too big for me; where mum used to go for her evening walk. Me and my cousins would tag along often, fascinated by the swings. There we sat on the lovely green grass and spent hours playing with tiny ladybirds. Most of the time I wondered how anything so small could be so amazingly pretty. Now I spend hours wondering where they all went. I don't see them anymore. Not even in the same park. Vanished.

It took me a while to realize the amount of time that had passed by since I had last seen a sparrow when I saw one the other day. I remember when I was small they would stop by often, bathing in a tiny pool of water, fluffing themselves clean; chirping away to glory.

I'm not going to pretend to be an environmentalist.

I'm not going to go around telling people how to behave with animals.

Extinct is a strong word. They can save it for tigers.

Yet all I'm left with is a few childhood memories and a pencil in my hand.

I'm sad; knowing I don't have a chance to relive the expired; I'd give my all to.

Barista Buddies

Sketching started sitting in Barista with coffee on a stressed, bored evening.

WaterMan

Another morning spent peacefully with my set of watercolors.

A refuge from Life.

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Illustration Friday - Brave/ PimpleburstMania

An Illustration Friday entry after ages.

A sketchbook cover I dirtied with make believe pus. A sketchbook cover my friends made and sold as a part of a course. Don't even ask me why it's called brawn. lol.

My obsession continues with Eruptions and the same character as he pulls his nerves together and braves to do what he does.

Is anyone else out there fascinated by volcanoes of these kind?

Do leave feedback!

Experimenting All the Way

My Experimental Animation Project is finally complete.

Animated with waste industrial felt rolls, empty coke bottles, some ink and a lot of shadow; soundscape created from environment and parts of a song 'The Big Bubble' by 'The Mole'.

Experimental Animation from Jasjyot Singh Hans on Vimeo.

Feedback of any sort will be appreciated:)

Another trip to Chennai

This is a late update. Have been busy with my stopmotion project. Unusually busy. But I've been wanting to write about my second trip to Chennai which happened quite a while back as I went to my sister's to chill. As much as I found the place strange earlier; I couldn't help but love the flavorsome city. There was too much to do, and me falling sick was trying to make it worse. I thankfully recovered, but only at the end of the trip. The place where they lived was absolutely beautiful. Right next to a hill with a shrine on top of it. The wind, the 'fruit shop', the beach. There was too much to take in. All put together in a lovely coconut that Chennai is. My sister has now shifted to Bangalore; and we will miss the city, always.

Here are some of the sketches I did there with my brush pen.

A shady couple on the beach:)

My brother-in-law and my sister at the beach.

My sister at home switching from channel to channel; an age old habit.

A construction happening somewhere on the hilltop shrine.

People praying as I shamelessly sketch.

More people and a lot of wind. And a couple.

I follow a couple in the dark as I try to draw them while walking.

And some more of my favorite thing to draw, people.

What a lovely experience. Made possible by my sister and her husband. Thanks. A lot:)

Love.

Climate Changes

My entry for the British Council Cartoon Contest for Climate Change.

Topic chosen: Melting of Ice Caps.

The event was judged by two amazing cartoonists, Ajit Ninan and Martin Rowson. I happened to bag the third prize.The craziest part was when Ajit Ninan pulled my cheek on stage as I went to get the prize and I also got an autograph of Martin Rowson on a book of his I had. I was almost in tears. This goes on to become one of the coolest things that have happened to my life:)

An online poll on the British Council website is on so you can vote for your 5 best entries. Vote HERE.

Do leave feedback on my entry though:)

Like Tea and Water

I drew a girl. Another one. She wanted to be colorful but fate had other plans. I saw a plastic cup of leftover tea and colored her up from head to... erm.. calves. She still looks just as happy:)



A day when you just don't want to use a pen or a pencil.

Feedback of anyanyANY sort welcome:)

FloatMan

My set of watercolors continues to be my best friend as I find inspiration in more unclothed floating beings on a hopeless day to restore faith in life:)

Have a sexy inspiring day!

Erupting in 3D

My Maya model is finFINfinished! Well, apart from the rigging and other stuff, which remains undone.

This is what it looks like and I am obscenely proud of myself because truly, I never thought I'd get even this far:P

For all who don't know the character, it happens to be the character from my first and only comic book, Eruptions, which I completed as a part of a course.

You can catch the comic book here.

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Have a good day:)

Illustration Friday - Clumsy / All the Utterly Horrible Things That Can Happen to Your Precious Double Half Fried Egg

Ok. It has been a while since I last posted on Illustration Friday. But 'better this year than never', right?

Me and a few others were sitting and wondering what all could go wrong with the eggs in your first meal of the day; if you happen to get up on time for it, that is:P

All the haunting memories of the days I've had to eat my eggs NOT the way I want it start flashing. And I pen it down immediately.

The most tragedy struck breakfasts are generally when you ask the hostel mess chef to prepare double half fried eggs. If you're lucky, that's what you'll get, if you're not, which is usually the case, these are some of the things you could be in for... Though I do blame personal clumsiness for some of them:P...

Scenario 1: Both the egg yolks will be broken already.

Scenario 2: The egg yolks will be riiiight next to each other, so if you want to eat the yolk by trying to get one of them to reach the spoon safely, you know the other will break.

Scenario 3: The chef blatantly ignores you and makes for you double full fried eggs instead.

Scenario 4: You've managed to get the yolk separated. You carefully put it on the spoon, get it to your mouth, shivering and hoping it wouldn't break midway.

Scenario 5: All your fears come true.

Scenario 6: You feel like having an omelette and by the time you sit down on the table to eat, you wish you had asked for double half fried eggs; again:'(

Have a lovely breakfast and a happy day:)

This has got to be the post with the longest title yet on this blog. I mean, who the hell names a post 'Illustration Friday - Clumsy / All the utterly horrible things that can happen to your precious double half fried egg'?!?

Life in Current State

It is exactly what the post title says. After so much time spent staring at the computer screen watching Maya progress at the speed of nothing, I try to make myself feel better by looking at others' work on the blogosphere. Then I'm a mix of being mildly inspired and greatly depressed and as I open up my sketchbook, clutching onto a pencil, we blankly stare at each other for about half an hour and then I just wham my head against the table:'(

Any cure?

Another one goes by.

A new year. A fresh start. New resolutions. Not sticking to them. New friends. Old friends. And the feeling of the new-ness disappearing creeping in. Yet again.

This year has been an amazing one for Lady GaGa and well... me, in a lot of strange, un-understandable reasons. Some of them, I wish to pen... err.. type down.

So here's to a year of:

Two lost pendrives.

Watching the world and work evolve.

Sorting good friends from better ones.

Not losing any. Any. ANY weight.

Drinking fruit beer straight from the packets.

A dying keyring. RIP.

Lost of books bought.

Loving living in a single hostel room.

More confusion regarding future post college.

Going down south and finally seeing a bit more of the country.

Trying to keep sanity intact. Trying hard.

LOVING ADIDAS.

Realizing fonts can fascinate.

Downloading A LOT of music.

Realising 'Happy Bunny' is my idol.

Hoarding sketchbooks and not knowing what to fill them up with.

Being a regular at picking up a copy of Rolling Stones magazine every month.

Getting to know what 'de-veining' prawns is about and realizing its an absolute bitch.

Flu and cold and cough and aching and fever. And trying out medicines and capsules of all dimensions.

Looking at people I knew and not recognizing them anymore.

Owning a pair of HOT patent sneakers.

Amassing more & more junk and finding absolutely no space for them to be kept.

Lady GaGa obsession.

Loving early morning gurudwara trips.

Knowing for sure people won't, JUST WON'T sit through a film's end credits in a theater even though they last merely five minutes.

I like my new bunny suit.

I like my new bunny suit.

I like my new bunny suit.

When I wear it I feel cute.

Realizing a whole freaking decade is over!

So well,

A SAXXY NEW YEAR TO ALL from me and the blog:)

P.S. - The illustration has me surrounded by medicines and little mucous-monsters:)

Illustraton Friday : Undone

After a long, long time, I update again. This time, for Illustrationfriday.

It was a secret plan. Rajat used to flee from the tea shop, where he used to lend a helping hand for a few rupees. Meeta, with her hair undone, away from the bucket and the broom. Sarita, who didn't like washing uensils at all, but had to would come along just as quickly. And the little stray pup wouldn't mind joining in for a little bit of fun. They used to play in the valley all evening till dark, leaving their odd jobs just how Meeta liked her hair as she chased the wind in the unending valley.

Have a lovely day:)

Scribblebook

A fancy little note book my friend gifted me once upon a time:)

I used it to fill it with stupid Maya software notes. And scribbles, and more.

Dipankar, a batchmate, longs for a kiss and admires his sexy, big lips as sultry Maya seduces him:D (bottom right)

And Ranjita, a PG batchmate of mine, sits on the computer with her lovely long locks serenading the chair she sets herself on.

And my unsuccessful attempts at getting used to a brush pen.

Life must go on. Mustn't it?