Character Animator - Pradeep Singh Bal

Gesture Sketches - Charcoal Techniques

2012-02-05T02:31:00.002+05:30

Gesture Sketches

2012-02-05T02:23:00.002+05:30

Few more 30 sec Gesture sketches done in charcoal.

Gesture Sketches - CHARCOAL

2012-01-31T19:44:00.000+05:30

Ahhhh drawn few poses multiple times, experimenting my new CHARCOAL LEAD.

Few more 30 sec Gestures

Few More Gesture Sketches

2012-01-27T23:34:00.001+05:30

Gesture Sketches

2012-01-24T23:20:00.001+05:30

More Gesture Sketches

2012-01-24T22:26:00.000+05:30

More 30 Seconds Gesture Sketches.

Gesture Sketches

2012-01-21T22:15:00.000+05:30

Check whether traffic from your applications is being rate-limited/blocked by ISP

2011-12-15T21:44:00.000+05:30

Bittorrent Speed CAP Check

Airtel Broadband, check whether traffic from your applications is being rate-limited/ capped.

Poses for Sketching/Gesture Drawing

2011-12-13T15:06:00.001+05:30

Bringing out my Bad Drawings - Gesture Sketches

2011-12-08T06:52:00.000+05:30

Airtel the WORST 3G service provider

2011-11-30T22:41:00.001+05:30

Please do not ever throw yourself using Airtel 3G in NCR, the service is worst in the world of 3G SERVICES. Even now Aiertel couldn't afford hiring literates now the customer care is full of Dumbs they jsut try to get rid off the caller giving silly answers matching nowhere to queries put up. I have seen several fights going at Billing offices, the genuine customer is suffering because the service which used to be the Supreme atleast in India is rubbsh service provider now. UP Airtel sucks at top level. Despite several calls to customer care all my money and time gone waste because of inefficient Airtel 3G.

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64x Maya Playblast as Cinepak Coec - VitualDub ( FREE)

2011-11-17T15:37:00.000+05:30

Here is the LINK :
http://sourceforge.net/projects/virtualdub/files/virtualdub-win/1.9.11.32842/VirtualDub-1.9.11.zip/download

Thanks
Pradeep Singh Bal

Camera Switch MEL script

2011-11-17T11:01:00.000+05:30

For switching between cameras in MAYA, here is the script if assigned on HOTKEYS makes workflow easy and quick.

$currentCamera = `lookThru -q`;
string $allCameras[];
$allCameras = `listCameras`;
int $nextCamera;
for($pos=0;$pos="size($allCameras))" if($prevcamera<="0)" if="" int="" lookthru="" make="" modifications;="" size($allcameras);$pos++)="" string="" the="" to="" toggle="" wanted="" we="" would="" {="" }=""> http://www.parrystudios.com/

11SecondClub - November Dialogue Ideas

2011-11-04T23:55:00.001+05:30

Dragon Death Animation- Done sometime back

2011-10-18T20:56:00.000+05:30

Kind of quick animation test, could say not the final ouput instead Block stage II.

Sketching Unlimited Poses - with Timer

2011-08-03T09:11:00.000+05:30

Sketch Here

Contents : Male/Female Nude, Drapery, Heads and Animals

Thanks to Lovecastle for hosting this website and my friend A.Sendil for sharing this Link.

Collection of BOUNCING BALL tutorials

2011-07-30T11:27:00.002+05:30

Bouncing Ball Tuts/Tips Here

Pencil-Tests Here :

2011-07-27T14:17:00.001+05:30

PENCIL TESTS

Finally Bought- Micromax MMX 400R : 3G pocket Wireless Router

2011-07-17T02:50:00.000+05:30

Micromax MMX 400R

The new Micromax MMX 400R is a 3G pocket wireless router . It is an operator free device , that is you can use any 3G GSM service operator (Airtel , Vodafone , BSNL , or any other ) SIM inside it .You can connect up to five wireless enabled devices at any moment to share the Internet connection using its WiFi HotSpot feature .Just insert a 3G activated SIM card and carry your WiFi Internet network on the move .

It manages multiple roles as effortlessly as it manages multiple devices . Portable and handy it provides high speed Internet access with secured access to any Wi-Fi device within 10 metres . It has battery backup up to 4 hours .
Micromax MMX 400R 3G WiFi router features :

Multi User- Multi device Capability
Secured Access
Portable & Handy
High Speed Internet
Long Battery Life
Independent Operating System

Micromax MMX 400R 3G WiFi router specifications :

3G/2G Technical Standard
- HSUPA : 3GPP Release6, up to 5.76M bps UL,category 6
- HSDPA : 3GPP Release6, up to 7.2M bps DL,category 7/8
- UMTS : 3GPP Release4, up to 384 Kbps DL and UL
- EDGE : 3GPP Release4, Multislot class 12, up to 237 Kbps
- GPRS : 3GPP Release4, Multislot class 10, up to 85.6Kbps
3G/2G Frequency Band
- GSM/GPRS/EDGE : 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
- UMTS/HSPA : 2100MHz
WiFi : 802.11b/g
Frequency Band : 2.4GHz
Data Transmission Speed : 802.11g: 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, 54Mbps 802.11b: 1, 2, 5.5, 11Mbps
Encryption :
- WEP Encryption, 64/128 bits WPA, WPA2
- + Authentication: 802.1x, Pre-Shared Key (PSK)
- + Encryption: AES, TKIP
SSID : Single SSID Broadcast
User amount : max. to 5 WiFi users and 1 USB user
External Interface
- micro USB : For LAN, Charger, Debug
- USIM/SIM Card Slot : embeded in battery box
- Micro-SD Card Slot : embeded in battery box
Function Button
- Power/Internet
- WiFi/WPS
- Reset
State Indicator
- Power
- WIFI/WPS indicator
- Signal Strength indicator
- Network Type indicator
OS
- Windows : Windows 7/Vista/XP(SP2 and above )
- Mac : OS X 10.4.9 and Later, Up to X10.6.0
Browser
- Internet Explorer
- Safari 3.0/4.0
Battery
- Lion Battery 500mAH
- Working time 4Hours
- Standby time 20Hours
Dimension (mm) : 95.5X51X14.8
Weight (g) : 60

Standard Package Contents

3G WiFi Device
Lion Battery
User Manual
Charger

Micromax MMX 400R Price

The new Micromax MMX 400R 3G WiFi router is available at price of Rs.4,700 .
BUY Micromax MMX400R from Naraina Industrial Area, Phase II, New Delhi -110028 , Phone No- 011-49790000 ( Micromax Customer Care No- 18605008286) or Buy it from Computer Empire, Nehru Place, Delhi. Not available at any store in GURGAON.

PIXAR STORYBOARDS

2011-06-25T22:13:00.000+05:30

PIXAR Storyboards HERE @ Thanks DAVID CROCKETT FEITEN.

Root Any ANDROID DEVICE

2011-06-03T13:57:00.001+05:30

Parent Source or Detailed Discussions Forum, HERE

SuperOneClickv1.9.1-ShortFuse.zip
SuperOneClickv1.9.1-ShortFuse.Drivers.rar

Compatibility list
Please note that if you device is not listed here, it doesn't automatically make it incompatible. The list is definitely incomplete.
Use the search feature to search for your phone model: http://forum.xda-developers.com/sear...hreadid=803682

Acer Liquid Metal

Incompatibility list

With the absolutely beautiful ADB exploit I use, titled rageagainstthecage (ratc), absolute ALL devices can be rooted. This is because it exploit is ADB which all devices use. There is an issue though. Some devices have a NAND lock which does not allow you to write to the /system mount. Because of this, you can't copy su, sqlite or busybox to /system/bin. This creates some issues but there is a work around. For things that don't need access to /system (like enabling non-market apps) I can use the ratc exploit to make those changes. If your device cannot use su in /system/bin then you can simple select a checkbox (as of v1.5) that says to use ratc.

There are 3 levels of "root" we can define:
Level 1: Shell Root (with ratc rooting the adb shell but no /system write access)
Level 2: Temporary Root (/system/bin/su installed but lost on reboot)
Level 3: Full Root (/system/bin/su installed and sticks)

Some devices have a NAND lock. SuperOneClick will only give a Shell root until you remove this lock.
The following phones can use http://unrevoked.com to remove this lock:

Sprint EVO 4G (HTC Supersonic)
Droid Incredible (HTC Incredible)
HTC Desire GSM
HTC Desire CDMA (HTC BravoC)
HTC Aria
Droid Eris (HTC DesireC)
HTC Wildfire (HTC Buzz)

THe HTC Legend and My Touch 3G 32A also have a NAND lock and need more specific methods to unlock.

The T-Mobile (HTC) G2 has something different which may or may not be a hardware flaw. I have yet to really research the device, but while it may root, it won't be permanent since copying /su to /system/bin/su has problems. I believe this is a Level 2 root, but to be honest, I need to research more.

All other devices has a Level 3 root via SuperOneClick

nJOY
:)

OFFICIAL UPGRADE to ANDROID 2.2 ( Motorola Milestone/ A853)

2011-03-26T10:57:00.001+05:30

After a long wait, visit here to upgrade your Android Motorola to Android 2.2.
http://direct.motorola.com/hellomoto/support/update/
Enjoy :).

Waiting- Animation Short

2010-08-23T00:41:00.002+05:30

My Workstation : Smackdown Vs Raw 2012 -- Behind the scenes

2010-08-05T23:47:00.000+05:30

More Animation Scribbles

2010-06-10T21:49:00.001+05:30

FlipBook WarmUp scribbles

2010-06-10T01:21:00.000+05:30

Facial Expressions

2010-05-19T14:52:00.000+05:30

Link To : http://www.face-and-emotion.com

Great elaboration on facial expressions along with images.

DISNEY MODEL SHEETS

2010-05-09T01:20:00.006+05:30

Came across this great resource of model sheets . Thanks to Micheal Sporn.
VISIT MICHEAL'S BLOG :

NORMAN MODIFICATION WORKSHOP TUTORIAL : By Vaughan Weigert

2010-04-19T14:18:00.002+05:30

Now modify NORMAN rig in easy steps :taught to the AAU Animation Club by Joshua Slice.Thanks for great effort.

3D Reel(Jan_2010)

2010-01-22T02:07:00.004+05:30

Scribbles

2010-01-19T13:22:00.002+05:30

GenericWalk

2009-12-27T16:06:00.004+05:30

Was experimenting with different curve types in Graph Editor, so animating a walk cycle was the best idea.

Another Great 2D/3D Animator : Pedro Daniel

2009-11-21T21:38:00.004+05:30

Visit this BLOG to see his amazing 2D/3D animation works.I am thankful, SIR you shared this great stuff.

JAMES BAXTER'S : HOW TO

2009-11-21T01:19:00.012+05:30

I came across these amazing videos from great Animator James Baxter .Must go through this great stuff.

My Desk- Animation+Gaming

2009-11-21T00:36:00.005+05:30

My Desk : Dell Studio 1555(Artist's Version) + T220 22" LCD + AirBox USB External Enclosure + Bamboo + Gaming Mouse: Razer DeathAdder 1800 dpi + Microsoft 1000 dpi mouse + Surface: SPHEX™ Gaming Grade Desktop + WebCam: VX3000 + Belkin Laptop Cooler + Hp Keyboard + Canon Ixus 100IS

Animators at Sony Pictures Imageworks-- Must VISIT

2009-10-03T10:06:00.004+05:30

MUST VISIT

Scribbles

2009-09-08T13:06:00.002+05:30

Dog Run - Flipbook

2009-09-05T18:29:00.001+05:30

Another flipbook scribble .. dog run cycle.

Punishment -- Upcoming Short

2009-09-01T19:21:00.005+05:30

Posting few screen shots of new short- PUNISHMENT, I am busy working on,in free time and mostly at night. I video referenced myself and my buddy , Manav helped me performing a character here .I'll soon post few blocked animation shots as well ..

Purchased Jason Ryan-Series 1 WEBINAR

2009-08-24T23:22:00.003+05:30

I am also going to subscribe for JRA Series 2.

I Got ACCEPTED at Animation Mentor

2009-08-21T11:36:00.003+05:30

Yeah .. news is I got accepted at AM for Fall 2009 batch . I was so worried after I missed few questions in WONDERLIC test .. but I made it .The only thing left is fulfilling other formalities ,payments ..etc .Hope I'll be among Fall 2009 batch Ninjas.

Tailor_Having Fun

2009-08-20T17:53:00.003+05:30

Longest and interesting 2D animation I ever did ... This time I tried few perspective moves. Did around 350 Drawings and took 3 days to complete..actually I cut down the story and colorful BG plans as it was getting longer.Drop critiques ... plzzzz!!

Ball_Turned_Balloon

2009-08-11T19:17:00.001+05:30

Was trying my hand on animating balloon ... again it's a quicky.

Quick Scribble

2009-08-05T19:02:00.004+05:30

Here's a quicky , done in Flipbook .... actually i started as a warm up scibble before i started working on animatic for my upcoming short - PUNISHMENT . I'll be soon posting WIP's for PUNISHMENT as it's still in pre-production phase , struggling with storyboards and thumbnails ....It's Fun .!

WIP_Javelin Throw

2009-07-24T16:07:00.001+05:30

ahhhhh lots of tweaking and Graph Editor work to do .......!!!!

Save Forests

2009-07-10T12:33:00.002+05:30

Clay Modelling

2009-07-01T15:12:00.002+05:30

Was trying my hand on Clay modelling .... my first clay model .!!

Overlaps

2009-06-02T23:51:00.001+05:30

W.I.P - Attitude Walk

2009-04-20T20:14:00.002+05:30

Another W.I.P walk cycle ,this time i tried to add an attitude,suggestions are most welcome as I am still adding flavour to it.

Flipbook Plan for Dialogue Scene---Boomstick

2009-04-19T23:39:00.003+05:30

W.I.P ..Attitude Walk

2009-04-17T14:04:00.004+05:30

Posting work in progress .. as i have planned it's going to be a waiter's walk.

Life Drawings .. busy street

2009-03-20T01:22:00.002+05:30

Few quickly scribbled sketches....while sitting on a busy street near studio...(during recess time).

Assignment 1

2009-02-22T03:04:00.004+05:30

Assignment One by Stephen Gregory ,in which i tried to animate different moods and weight of same object.In the beginning it's light and falling freely later it's energetic and gains weight,therefore hitting ground with heavy weight.

Sack ICE AGED - MP4

2009-02-12T13:26:00.002+05:30

High Res Version ... I can see Render faults,looks bit bright will try re-rendering.

Sack ICE AGED

2009-02-11T19:17:00.003+05:30

Inspired of Ice Age 3 trailer .. in my free time i tried to achieve that great timing ...

W.I.P SACK Polish 2

2009-02-09T01:32:00.001+05:30

W.I.P Sack POLISH 1

2009-02-08T22:52:00.004+05:30

Added few IBs .. re-touched timing and spacing with few overlaps on ears..It's lots of fun doing this sequence with SACK ..!

W.I.P Sack -- Snappy Moves Exercise

2009-02-08T18:19:00.002+05:30

Trying few snappy moves with sack ... this is 1st phase of BLOCKING with passing positions.Still need to add IBs and Breakdowns ... readjust timing and tweaking poses

Scribble Warm Up

2009-02-08T01:09:00.004+05:30

Now ,I can say I am into habit of warming up scribbling thumbnails before I go animating.

Jump --- Work In Progress

2009-02-02T15:33:00.002+05:30

This is work in progress,which was on hold for quite a long time ...ahhh was busy with office work.Now posting this WIP ,woW that means i've started fetching sometime out of my busy schedule and complete pendig animations.

Scribbles

2009-01-31T01:27:00.004+05:30

Post.. after a long long time ..!!! Trying to finish an animation Short working over at home, after long long office hours.

Starting your Shot: THINKING, FEELING, AND PLANNING

2008-12-13T20:29:00.001+05:30

Nice notes by Matt Williames (2D Animator Disney).

Rocket Jo : by Julien Charles

2008-11-09T12:53:00.002+05:30

Compressed Good Quality .MOV Playblasts : by Jean-Denis Haas

2008-11-09T11:12:00.005+05:30

Tips from Jean-Denis Haas

Once you did the playblast in Maya, open that .avi movie in quicktime. Then go to File>Export..., choose Movie to Quicktime Movie, then Options. Under Settings use H.264, Key Frames: Every 100 Frames, Quality around 65. OK all that and save the file.

Jump Exercise

2008-09-29T14:35:00.001+05:30

Practising Jump hang time. Nice Pixo Jr Rig for jumps .

1 minute scribbles

2008-09-19T21:47:00.002+05:30

Water Color FUN

2008-09-18T01:18:00.003+05:30

Wow.. I'm enjoying now ...it's great feeling painting with Water brush .. wacom could never give that color feel on your fingers.

Water Coloring

2008-09-09T20:55:00.003+05:30

Bought JAPANESE Water Color PEN ( Mizu Fude ) .. never done water colors before ... here's my first water colored doodle.

The Animator's Survival Kit – Animated

2008-08-24T00:36:00.004+05:30

So here's the next best thing..... ONLINE videos ..All Animators live for this stuff!

http://www.theanimatorssurvivalkit.com/volumes_1_4.html

Ordered Mine

2008-08-18T13:15:00.003+05:30

Waiting for my precio...........us book .

Anatomical Drawings

2008-08-12T22:13:00.003+05:30

Yaaaa i know i'm not good at anatomical stuff .... but i'll definitely improve.

LightBox

2008-08-12T11:18:00.004+05:30

Another Acting scene i'm working over .. in my free time at office.

Storyboard for LightBox Animation ...Good enough for me to understand ...what i'm going to animate .!Ahhhhh did so many scribbles to plan the end .

Posing

2008-08-07T22:11:00.005+05:30

Few Action Poses ... !!

hunter & etc

2008-08-07T21:43:00.004+05:30

WAR

2008-08-07T21:22:00.003+05:30

Soldier

2008-08-07T20:21:00.002+05:30

Ahhhh atlast i got sometime for my blog .... was damn busy at office ..WWWE legends. Now pulled up my soXes .. will fetch sometime and try updating blog with new ideas..artwork ,.. animations ..!

Overlap Study

2008-06-17T19:53:00.002+05:30

Was studying overlaps ... so i planned to do jumps as well.

Turn_Around_FLIPBOOK

2008-06-09T13:57:00.004+05:30

Original 3D version by Ben Krolic (Animation Mentor Student).I was really inspired by presentation and the cool moves ... so i couldn't stop myself from animating this and finished it doing, quick and rough sketches in FLIPBOOK.

Blocking_2- Weight Study

2008-06-09T00:16:00.004+05:30

Overlap Exercise

2008-06-06T22:41:00.001+05:30

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2008-06-04T17:27:00.002+05:30

Weight Study

2008-06-03T00:39:00.003+05:30

Falling Statue_Plan

2008-05-30T23:55:00.003+05:30

Planning a museum scene .. the character is busy looking around at scenaries .. and he's stepping back and back .. finally.. hits a statue behind.

Acting

2008-05-26T06:49:00.002+05:30

Under Polishing phase.

Acting

2008-05-25T02:53:00.003+05:30

This is the first phase of blocking of my dialogue based acting clip.

Doodles & sketches

2008-05-08T13:35:00.003+05:30

force drawings

2008-05-07T18:41:00.003+05:30

Comical Bhakti Poses .

2D

2008-05-07T14:12:00.004+05:30

Pole Jump which is started animating over Light Box ,this is how it looked after been FIXED up (almost 85%) by Vinay Vikram Singh (Art Director, Lakshya Digital).

Started working over 3D version of Line Test above ... coming soon ..!

... more sketches

2008-05-03T12:33:00.004+05:30

......few more

2008-05-03T12:19:00.003+05:30

....trying to improve my strokes

2008-05-03T12:04:00.002+05:30

Good Readin'

2008-03-16T14:25:00.001+05:30

I know I'll be opening them a lot and would hate to break the spine,so I spent a little extra and went with the hardcover versions.

Storyboard for my new Comedy Scene

2008-03-05T17:33:00.003+05:30

Walk Cycle

2008-03-03T00:32:00.006+05:30

Walk cycle i created 1 year back

How to Breakdown an Animation Walk Cycle

Walk Cycle

2008-02-29T00:48:00.001+05:30

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2008-02-20T01:02:00.002+05:30

Bouncing Ball -Chart

2008-02-17T11:57:00.002+05:30

Robo

2008-02-09T21:52:00.000+05:30

Chamatkaari Andaa

2007-12-20T13:58:00.000+05:30

Week 3 _POSING

2007-11-28T16:25:00.000+05:30