My new Rig for home

July 16, 2010 by Leave a comment

Finally got the PC upgrade done.Something I have been postponing for a long time.Not exactly the config I had thought of.But quite close to that one with some addons  missing here and there.But good enough to help me get my work done without any compromise on the performance side.Here are the specs of my new Rig.

Decided to go with AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition with a total cache(L2 +L3) of 7MB, AMD 785G chipset based motherboard from GIGABYTE(GA-785GMT-USB3) with support for DDR3 1800 and on-board  ATI 4200 with ATI Hybrid Graphics Technology support(Planning to go for ATI HD 5670 next month of course…badly need better graphic support).4GB DDR3-1333Mhz RAM from KINGSTON.This time I was very particular not to compromise on the chassis part since I am planning more addons in the coming months.So got hold of CM690 mid-tower chassis from COOLER MASTER with SLI certification.

So now its time to put an end to the excuse of longer working hours at office and get back to this online space with new techniques which I explored during the past few months.

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Bee in the Bonnet by DNA INC BATCH I

February 17, 2010 by 1 Comment

This is the first High-Definition short film from batch I of DNA Inc. And also my first assignment as Mentor since I got associated with DNA Inc. The task handed over to me was that of supervising and reviewing the asset building process and also setting up an efficient pipeline at par with the one available in high-end production houses.

The execution of the project in the scheduled time frame was indeed a challenge with 70-plus shots spanning across a duration of 4 mins. But I am glad that the effort was paid off in the end with the successful completion of the film as scheduled and also an amazing portfolio for every student who was involved in project.

The film was done entirely in Maya 2009 and rendered using Maya Software Renderer.

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Wearing the cap of Mentor for DNA Inc.

February 16, 2010 by Leave a comment

The year 2009 had been a wonderful year in terms of the professional assignments taken up.Relocating to a new city like Hyderabad too added enough thrill to life.But the most remarkable one being my new avatar in the form of mentor for the students of DNA Inc, a Path-Breaking initiative by Dilsukhnagar Arena.

The challenge of managing the work schedule at the same time wearing the cap of a mentor helped me in improving my time management skills. The last three months had been quite productive in terms of the tasks taken up, but at the same time found myself completely disconnected from the online space since the free time after work was minimal.

Now that I feel my absence in this space has crossed the tolerance level, I thought its time to get back and share the new things which I explored in the past few months.

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The Flawless Arm Rig Challenge at CGTANTRA

December 5, 2009 by Leave a comment

Flawless Rig???If u feel skeptical about the possibility of such a rig, head on to CGTANTRA. The first among the Monthly Rigging Challenges that started in CGTANTRA will leave you speechless with innovative setup techniques from students and professionals alike. I have been handed over the task of moderating the challenge which has proved to be a double edged sword that restricts me from participating in the challenge. So planning to follow the same guidelines as that of the challenge and post my work in this space so that it doesn’t go against the rules of the challenge.Watch out for flawless arm rig from Virual Puppeteer.

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Subscribe to Pragmatic Artistry

November 27, 2009 by 1 Comment

One more addon to favor the frequent visitors to this page.Now you can sign-up with your e-mail to get live updates of new techniques and tutorials covered in this space in your mail inbox. I just loved this new widget that wordpress introduced couple of days back which will help you keep track of your favorite blogs. Enter your e-mail address on the subscription widget and hit the Sign me up button and there you go!!!!

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Performing arts with shiamak’s winter funk’09

November 25, 2009 by Leave a comment

Like always, there is a valid reason for the prolonged silence in this space. This time I am not getting away with the excuses of hectic work schedule, because thats never a new thing in our industry. I got myself enrolled for the Winter Funk’09 conducted by Shiamak Davar’s Institute for the Performing Arts.After delaying the plan for more than a year I finally made up my mind to join for the same. Getting trained by professionals who got trained by Shiamak himself has been a really wonderful experience. Last weekend turned out to be even more exciting for me with participation in the Hyderabad 10k run representing Shiamak’s Victory Arts Foundation.

VAF is a non-profit organisation with a mission to spread the power of of the performing arts to bring joy to the less privileged, specially challenged, visually impaired, terminally ill children and young adults, and all those infected/affected with HIV/AIDS, committing to making dance a meaningful experience for everyone.

So these days more time has been set aside for activities apart from work, which means less experiments in the digital space. Will get back soon with more updates on character setup techniques.

Here is a promo of Shiamak’s Winter Funk’09

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Awesome PIXAR Intro parody featuring killer luxo

November 2, 2009 by Leave a comment

Came across this awesome video on the famous PIXAR Intro.Thought of sharing with you all.Must watch for all luxo fans.

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Pycon India 2009-day2

September 29, 2009 by Leave a comment

The main attractions of the day 2 were the talks on .NET and Python and also the Road to InPycon 2009. The talk on .NET gave an overview of the use of IronPython, thus utilise the best of both worlds. The talk covered what Dynamic Language Runtime and Common Language Runtime meant in .NET and how they could be put in to use while dealing IronPython. The second session turned out to be quite inspiring one for the python fraternity in india with a presentation on what went behind the making of Pycon India 2009 a success. The conclusion was that there needed to be more regular user group meetings and time in order to organise an event like this. The message was clear. We need to keep this going in the coming years also.

On the other side of the globe, with just two days left for the Pycon US 2010 proposals, pythonistas around the globe are awaiting the conference to be held at  the Hyatt Regency Atlanta in downtown Atlanta, Georgia from February 17 through 25

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Pycon india 2009-day1

September 26, 2009 by Leave a comment

Before I go in to the details of the talks of day1 of Pycon India 2009, I would like to congratulate the volunteers for putting the effort to make this event  a success by bringing in professionals and students across the country for this wonderful event held at CSA Lecture Halls, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. The main attractions of the first day included talks on buildout, design patterns in python and also on the idioms and several language features that very few people were aware about. There were other sessions also which received considerable appreciation from the audience, but since those were conducted simultaneously in other halls, I had to make a choice between them so as to make sure the day1 turns out to be beneficial enough for me.

The talk on buildout turned out to be quite an informative session for me with the speaker shedding light on the various features and also the process of setting up a successful build system for develpment and deployment of application from multiple parts, some of which may be non-python based.

Most of the slides of the day1 have already been uploaded in the Pycon India 2009 website.You can browse the slides here.

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Reinvigorating weekend

August 21, 2009 by 1 Comment

I couldn’t get a better tag to define the last weekend, off the city limits.Had a long ride to a coastal village along the shores of Bay of Bengal.Kickstarted the journey on saturday morning.In a couple of hours we were outside the city limits, thanks to the relatively less traffic.Got down at Nagarjuna Sagar Dam on the way and took some snaps.In a few minutes we were cruising through the countryside.The climate became more pleasant with the advance of the journey as it started pouring in.It was quite surprising to see heavy rains in that part of the state while the city was still torrid.Got down at one of those punjabi dhabas along the NH5 stretch.Got our bellies loaded with enough stuff.Reached the sea shore by around 7, just missing the opportunity to get the snaps of sunset.But the good part was that we had one more day left to explore the place.The next day proved to be even more interesting with the whole day being spend in the sea.By evening we started off from there reached city in the wee hours.

Its quite common that you feel you are missing good things in life when you come across such pleasant moments in you life.But the good part is that if you come across them quite often you fail to realise the worth of those.

Duty calls, and now its time to get back to work.And here too things are  going to get interesting(or even more interesting ) in the coming days.This time the task is to setup a proprietary tool for Digital Asset Management.So thought of starting a development blog for the same.But confused at the point whether to start a new one exclusively for that or to stick on to pragmatic artisty only.

I couldn’t just get away without putting any visuals, ofcourse it gives me a heartburn when it comes to text-only posts.Just posting some random snaps taken during the journey.

And this one, a panoramic image taken by my friend.Got all the images stitched up in photoshop.There are some artifacts here and there.But considering this one was taking without a tripod setup,it certainly deserves appreciation.

nagarjunasagar

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