Resolve, reconcile, ride.

Its one of those midnight sketches that make you go on and on till you fall asleep. This just had to be done. The ball pen with which this was done cost Rs. 5; so much for spending Rs.20,000 on a Wacom tablet!

Resolve, reconcile, ride.

Its one of those midnight sketches that make you go on and on till you fall asleep. This just had to be done. The ball pen with which this was done cost Rs. 5; so much for spending Rs.20,000 on a Wacom tablet!

Reclamation storyboard... funny how the mind works

Resolving to doodle every day is one thing, actually settling down to do something substantial is another. Anyway, some time was spared for storyboarding, that stage of movie or comic-book making where things start to have some semblance to the finished piece. What's funny is that the final frame occurred to me first, and I worked backward to the first frame!
Do movie ideas come from one visual? A flash of imagery from where people work around, get inspired to make a story out of?

This 'opening frame' was created last-

This was the filler-

This frame occurred first, something that came from random doodling. The rest followed.

Still wondering how to take this forward. 

Reclamation storyboard... funny how the mind works

Resolving to doodle every day is one thing, actually settling down to do something substantial is another. Anyway, some time was spared for storyboarding, that stage of movie or comic-book making where things start to have some semblance to the finished piece. What's funny is that the final frame occurred to me first, and I worked backward to the first frame!
Do movie ideas come from one visual? A flash of imagery from where people work around, get inspired to make a story out of?

This 'opening frame' was created last-

This was the filler-

This frame occurred first, something that came from random doodling. The rest followed.

Still wondering how to take this forward. 

Apple-Samsung bite-off

You could see the Apple logo as the bite Samsung has taken in the smartphone market share. Apple's stocks are tumbling and Samsung is gaining on the smartphone/phablet turf. Tables appear to be turning. At this point you may wonder what's ahead for Apple-Samsung. Here's my take on this.

Every company has a DNA of its own. The company stays 'that way' irrespective of changing times. Apple is an innovator. Samsung is a supplier. Knowing Apple, it will innovate in a way that whatever Samsung has 'created' will totally become irrelevant! If you look back at Apple's history, it has ruined competition by constantly disrupting itself. Apple may do so on the OS or the hardware that Google-Samsung may not be able to adapt as smoothly or 'cool'ly.

A follower who gets ahead for a while will always look over its shoulder to see if its tor'mentor' is catching up. Apple has its most formidable opponent today of all time. It can rise like the champion it is. and it will because innovating from the core is in its DNA already.

Apple-Samsung bite-off

You could see the Apple logo as the bite Samsung has taken in the smartphone market share. Apple's stocks are tumbling and Samsung is gaining on the smartphone/phablet turf. Tables appear to be turning. At this point you may wonder what's ahead for Apple-Samsung. Here's my take on this.

Every company has a DNA of its own. The company stays 'that way' irrespective of changing times. Apple is an innovator. Samsung is a supplier. Knowing Apple, it will innovate in a way that whatever Samsung has 'created' will totally become irrelevant! If you look back at Apple's history, it has ruined competition by constantly disrupting itself. Apple may do so on the OS or the hardware that Google-Samsung may not be able to adapt as smoothly or 'cool'ly.

A follower who gets ahead for a while will always look over its shoulder to see if its tor'mentor' is catching up. Apple has its most formidable opponent today of all time. It can rise like the champion it is. and it will because innovating from the core is in its DNA already.

Brainstorming- the God of all things

A few years back I did a course on 3d animation and film editing from a local institution. Here, we learned about high-end software, special effects and tips, and about computers that are needed to help execute ‘cutting-edge’ effects. Today, all those things are outdated. What stays with me though are the discussions we had with the faculty which still holds in this fickle, tech infested world.

The main thing we talked about was the creative process. Eccentric ways that make the mind conjure ideas, what others add to it, and how all this gets translated to paper and then machines. We talked about inspiration- what travelling does as an input, great food, interesting people, wacky things children say, funny pets’ behavior and the world in general around us. We discussed a major component about the creative process- brainstorming. This is also the first stage of any venture.

There’s pre-production, production and finally post-production – three main stages of film-making, but we’ll take this forward to making any marketing material. My mentors argued that the pre-production stage is where all the efforts should be concentrated on. That’s where the entire team gets clarity on the final product. What we create in collaboration is much greater than the sum of our parts. If we all align on a single idea, our individual efforts will take the product way beyond our own expectations.

Today, these thoughts have become idealistic. Our timelines have become so demanding that even the thought of brainstorming has become a luxury. What is sadder is that the products we create in this hurry remains unappealing and average. I’ll be glad if you have a culture in your workplace where you are able to have brainstorming sessions for the products you intend to create. The more inclusive your approach is, further everyone goes.