Some early Ember performance tests on #elemental back from 2021.
This is roughly what our models looked like in animation- before fx, sim, shading and lighting made it look pretty.
These were also done while we were working with riggers to figure out appeal and controls we might need to animate her.
We were also exploring what fire movement might be incorporated into performance.
Some of partial disappearing effects on the arms(we called it presence), head flame size, fire intensity, breaking of skeletal structure were explored here.
The big key component that wasn’t figured out by this point was how much we were going to drift fire character movement, especially after they landed in a pose.
I had a lot of fun doing these, sound is removed here since internal scratch dialogue was used.
#ember #animation #animationtest #pixar
I joined the #elemental team early in preproduction, back in spring ‘21, before the characters were going to get built. My first assignment was to explore something in 2d that could help inform what we might wanna do with the characters. So I came up with this test- I wanted to see how a fire character would have to perform human like physical actions. Given that she was going to have a delivery scooter, I thought I’d play with that.
Fire having no solid definition, would morph, shrink or grow in different situations. It can get lost in quick movement and regrow itself due to the person’s “life force”.
What was fun to discover was that fire people would need to exert more energy, equaling more intense fire to lift heavy objects or push/pull anything.
The lack of bones or flesh meant they weigh very little so it lent itself to a very lose style of movement, making sure we never felt too much structure in the body, only enough to keep them looking like their design, reading their acting and distinguishable from other fire people.
All this also allowed for some really fun loose firey shapes, abstract smears, fire trails, etc, that made these characters uniquely fun to explore and animate.
Never thought I’d have a chance to do 2d professionally, even as exploratory tests, so this was really fun to do. More work soon!
#pixar #elemental #2danimation #animationtest #ember #lumen
#elemental is out in theaters now and it was such a pleasure to work with the talented team and @petesohn18 to help bring this movie to life.
Ember is a character that I personally feel very close to, having had very similar struggles in life, so it was honor to contribute to her character development in the preproduction phase, and then in production in helping realize her performance in the final film.
Hope you get a chance to check it out 🙏🏾
#elemental #pixar #animation #EmberLumen Pixar Animation Studios
Another test from #elemental !
With this one I was interested in exploring how Wade and Ember interact, with both their personality and their element coming into play. How does one influence the other?
It was fun to discover how the emotion could play up their elemental nature. When Wade cries, he also melts and loses sense of structure due to his vulnerability. When Ember blows up, her fire intensity could explode momentarily, returning to her natural state when she calms down.
Not everything here stayed in the final film, but this helped in early exploration when we’re still throwing around ideas to see what we could do with these unique characters.
#ember #wade #pixarelemental #animationtest #characterexploration #2danimation #pixar
“Clickety-clack, chugging along the track. We cannot go back”
This was the first spread I worked on for ‘The Moon from Dehradun’ 🌙 and also took the longest. It was the heaviest scene to draw to carry the reality of hoards of people having to flee across the border on trains, literally packed to the roofs of the carriages. I tried to show a little story with each of the individual people in the crowd, since they would’ve all had a unique experience going through the traumatic Partition.
This still being Azra’s story, it was important to show it from her point of view. I played with a few compositions before landing on this one, with the help of my art director on the project.
A print of this will be hung up at the Original Art Show by the Society of Illustrators in New York. If you’re around November 10 to February, feel free to drop by. I’m thrilled to be featured in their show.
Text by @shirinshamsi1 ✨
Published by @simonkids
#themoonfromdehradun #picturebook #illustration
#indiapakistan #partition #kidlitart
“Clickety-clack, chugging along the track. We cannot go back”
This was the first spread I worked on for ‘The Moon from Dehradun’ 🌙 and also took the longest. It was the heaviest scene to draw to carry the reality of hoards of people having to flee across the border on trains, literally packed to the roofs of the carriages. I tried to show a little story with each of the individual people in the crowd, since they would’ve all had a unique experience going through the traumatic Partition.
This still being Azra’s story, it was important to show it from her point of view. I played with a few compositions before landing on this one, with the help of my art director on the project.
A print of this will be hung up at the Original Art Show by the Society of Illustrators in New York. If you’re around November 10 to February, feel free to drop by. I’m thrilled to be featured in their show.
Text by @shirinshamsi1 ✨
Published by @simonkids
#themoonfromdehradun #picturebook #illustration
#indiapakistan #partition #kidlitart
“Clickety-clack, chugging along the track. We cannot go back”
This was the first spread I worked on for ‘The Moon from Dehradun’ 🌙 and also took the longest. It was the heaviest scene to draw to carry the reality of hoards of people having to flee across the border on trains, literally packed to the roofs of the carriages. I tried to show a little story with each of the individual people in the crowd, since they would’ve all had a unique experience going through the traumatic Partition.
This still being Azra’s story, it was important to show it from her point of view. I played with a few compositions before landing on this one, with the help of my art director on the project.
A print of this will be hung up at the Original Art Show by the Society of Illustrators in New York. If you’re around November 10 to February, feel free to drop by. I’m thrilled to be featured in their show.
Text by @shirinshamsi1 ✨
Published by @simonkids
#themoonfromdehradun #picturebook #illustration
#indiapakistan #partition #kidlitart
*check my story highlights*
A little over a year ago, I wanted to try storyboarding something. At the time, I had recently read a beautiful collection of short stories by Rabindranath Tagore, the legendary Bengali writer. I thought it’d be interesting to try and adapt one of his stories. This was my attempt at telling a simplified version of his story. Some creative liberties were taken, and looking back at it some of the boarding seems rough.
But here it is anyway. You can find it in my story highlights. ‘Kabuliwala’ p1 & p2.
I would highly recommend reading the original story, as it’s much more poignant and beautifully told than I could manage to adapt.
#kabuliwala #storyboards #rabindranathtagore #shortstory
India/Nepal sketchbook
post 1/2
#sketchbook #watercolor #India #amritsar #jaipur
India/Nepal sketchbook
post 1/2
#sketchbook #watercolor #India #amritsar #jaipur
India/Nepal sketchbook
post 1/2
#sketchbook #watercolor #India #amritsar #jaipur
India/Nepal sketchbook
post 1/2
#sketchbook #watercolor #India #amritsar #jaipur
India/Nepal sketchbook
post 1/2
#sketchbook #watercolor #India #amritsar #jaipur
India/Nepal sketchbook
post 1/2
#sketchbook #watercolor #India #amritsar #jaipur
In the spirit of food, we wanted to share the first image that sparked the idea for this short. Drawn by @tarunlak, sometime in 2020, while we all were cooped up in self isolation. Thankful to be able to have a relatively more carefree November this year. Happy Thanksgiving for everyone who celebrates in the US!
#chaatshortfilm #chaat #indianstreetfood
