"Heima" Trailer

Sigur Ros,One of my fav bands ever. Been a fan for 5 years now. Saw them in concert at Massey Hall last year!
They r insanely good Live.Infact,could not listen to the CDs after for a while!Just could not compare to the live performances.
They have a documentary coming out next month , about their music/tour with awesome performances from the tour too.
And i just found out that the documentary is directed by Dean DeBlois, Co-Director of "Lilo & Stitch" and fellow Sheridan graduate! Exciting!

Pic Of The Day:"Empty Curves"

Empty Curves
Originally uploaded by the_anim8r

Trying to look for more shapes in my compositions now a days.

Disney+Yashraj= "Roadside Romeo"

A few months back, Disney announced they partnering with major Bollywood production house,Yashraj films to produce Original Indian animated features under the Disney brand.Thus tapping into the LARGE untapped market of Indian animation catering to more Indian sensibilities!
"Roadside Romeo"the first production has the big bollywood voices and directed by child star turned writer/director, Jugal Hansraj.
A first look is up , and i must say..i was surprised.The animation isn't bad, though the facial animation leaves a lot to be desired, but the production standards seem miles ahead of the current state of Indian animated features (Hanuman etc)

Pic Of The Day:"Steps"

Steps
Originally uploaded by the_anim8r

Taken at Hampi, INDIA. Its actually a water tank from a few hundred years back! cool stuff!

Pic Of The Day:"Fall Wall"

Fall Wall, originally uploaded by the_anim8r.

Since am taking more pics now days more than anything else.Thought i'd share one a day here!
This i took at Mont Tremblant.

WDCC: "An Irresistible Lure"

My sculpture buying has gone down...hence the lack of updates on that front.
But the good part is, thanks to my procrastination, i got to take pics of this one with the new SLR! So much fun!:-)
On with the piece. This is another super cool piece from Peter Pan(2 this year).This one is by Tim Brcukner.
When this was announced, I was taken aback by the choice of scene to translate to sculpture! But only after i really studied the scene, i saw it was oozing with character and story.

I like the fact that there is so much happening here.Each character has his own state of mind and emotion and they all are captured so beautifully!
This is just when Hook has captured Tiger Lilly in hopes to get her to reveal Pan's whereabouts.
Hook is confident,thinking he now has Pan, unaware of his nemesis following him(Croc).
Tiger Lilly, proud as ever, determined to not break or be intimidated.
Mr.Smee (my fav)...caught in the middle of this cold war...trying to mind his own business.
And last but not the least, the Croc,ever watchful, lurches on..cant wait to get Hook between his jaws!
A spectacular piece with tons of story telling!

Joined "JPG" Magazine!

One submits pics...people see/vote...if people like it...it even gets published!
Unfortunately most of my good pics are taken from older Sony point & shoot cam...and those pics arnt large enough to submit! :-(
But now that i have my new Canon Rebel XTi DSLR, i can actually put in stuff!
So i thought...why not?
Oh well..here are a few that i entered in under the 3 themes they had.If u like...vote!
Thnx

TV :"Pushing Daisies"

Happened to stumble upon this new show on TV.And i have to confess, i thoroughly enjoyed it!
Visually and aurally,it evokes a very Tim Burton /Danny Elfman kinda mood.The narrative style is very "James And The Giant Peach" meets "Amelie".
And the stories themselves are "Six Feet Under" meets a Who Dunnit? with comedy and caricature sprinkled all over it.
The show's about the adventures of a gifted pie-maker ,Ned who can bring dead people to life but not without consequences.
The show is directed by Barry Sonnenfeld & has a nice cast of relative newbies,including Kristin Chenowith from the Broadway hit musical "Wicked".

As u can tell it's an uncanny mix of ingredients that go on to bake this very very Fresh and Special Pie.(Excuse the analogy here but Pies are a central motif on the show):-)

Its fresh and a joy to watch.Its only 3 episodes old, so i suggest you catch up and get hooked on. You wont regret it!

If u in Canada u can see it online for free here:
http://broadband.ctv.ca/primetime/

Why Commercials Before Movies Is Worse Than Piracy

Found this on Digg:
"I estimate the movie industry owes me $480 for uncompensated ad watching time out of the $456 million they made off pre-movie commercials. The principle for piracy and time theft is the same. Taking an asset (a movie, or your time) without providing the due compensation for taking that asset. So where do we start the class action lawsuit?"

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