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Caption : Sweet sweet summer coconut water ☀️🥥 #summervibes #summerinindia #coconutwater #streetvendor #india #sliceoflife #vignette #streetcoconuts #roughanimatorapp #2danimation
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Caption : Quick Luca sketch 🌊☀️ It’s amazing this movie is 100% animated from home, and we had such a fun time despite that. Working with @enricocasa and the animation team was a real treat. *Edit- I just noticed Guilia’s right leg is missing 🤷🏽♂️ Watch it now on Disney+. Andiamo! #Luca #alberto #guilia #Pixarluca #animation #Pixar #fanart #sketch
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Caption : Lunch breaks 🏫🍱🍴 #lunchtime #lunchhangs #india #school #sliceoflife #lunchbreak #vignette #2danimation #roughanimatorapp #animation
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Caption : 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
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Caption : Ok last one. Chores 🚰👩👦 Happy Diwali! 🪔 #chores #vignette #india #2danimation #motherandson #sliceoflife #animation #indianartists #animationprogression #roughanimatorapp
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Caption : Study time 📚🏏 #studytime #examprep #distractions #cricket #india #vignette #2danimation #animation #indianartists #roughanimatorapp
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Caption : Afternoon nap time 🔆💤 #naptime #afternoon #india #grandpa #newspaper #canechair #sliceoflife #vignette #2danimation #indianartists #roughanimatorapp
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Caption : More Soul work! The ‘gyro’ argument and finding Moonwind. I think I animated this a year ago now. These were my first shots on the film and it went through a few iterations. The soul 22/Archimedes argument was a late change replacing a different gag. I had the human world shots but when I saw the new gag cut in I just had to request to animate those too! Probably the only time I might show acting reference of myself here 😂 – I found it really useful to quickly get the acting, timing and progression working so I had a clear idea of what to animate. Other than making the gag work, the interesting challenge here was to show that 22 is in Joe’s body, not completely used to it yet, and Joe being in a cat. On top of that they were walking, talking, with 22 eating a gyro, with a difficult moving camera to clearly stage it to. It was also fun figuring out how 22 might run, not being used to being human just yet. In some of my thumbnails I was trying out different options. I also had to animate some fun sign spinning with Moonwind, which I looked at a lot of crazy youtube reference for. Many thanks to the animation team for helping improve the shots through the process! Amazing crowds animation by @jamieryan5 Swipe for some Oscar worthy reference and thumbnails! #PixarSoul #animation #animatorprocess #soul22 #moonwind #soularchemedis #animationreference #pixar #Soul
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Caption : More Soul work! The ‘gyro’ argument and finding Moonwind. I think I animated this a year ago now. These were my first shots on the film and it went through a few iterations. The soul 22/Archimedes argument was a late change replacing a different gag. I had the human world shots but when I saw the new gag cut in I just had to request to animate those too! Probably the only time I might show acting reference of myself here 😂 – I found it really useful to quickly get the acting, timing and progression working so I had a clear idea of what to animate. Other than making the gag work, the interesting challenge here was to show that 22 is in Joe’s body, not completely used to it yet, and Joe being in a cat. On top of that they were walking, talking, with 22 eating a gyro, with a difficult moving camera to clearly stage it to. It was also fun figuring out how 22 might run, not being used to being human just yet. In some of my thumbnails I was trying out different options. I also had to animate some fun sign spinning with Moonwind, which I looked at a lot of crazy youtube reference for. Many thanks to the animation team for helping improve the shots through the process! Amazing crowds animation by @jamieryan5 Swipe for some Oscar worthy reference and thumbnails! #PixarSoul #animation #animatorprocess #soul22 #moonwind #soularchemedis #animationreference #pixar #Soul
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Caption : More Soul work! The ‘gyro’ argument and finding Moonwind. I think I animated this a year ago now. These were my first shots on the film and it went through a few iterations. The soul 22/Archimedes argument was a late change replacing a different gag. I had the human world shots but when I saw the new gag cut in I just had to request to animate those too! Probably the only time I might show acting reference of myself here 😂 – I found it really useful to quickly get the acting, timing and progression working so I had a clear idea of what to animate. Other than making the gag work, the interesting challenge here was to show that 22 is in Joe’s body, not completely used to it yet, and Joe being in a cat. On top of that they were walking, talking, with 22 eating a gyro, with a difficult moving camera to clearly stage it to. It was also fun figuring out how 22 might run, not being used to being human just yet. In some of my thumbnails I was trying out different options. I also had to animate some fun sign spinning with Moonwind, which I looked at a lot of crazy youtube reference for. Many thanks to the animation team for helping improve the shots through the process! Amazing crowds animation by @jamieryan5 Swipe for some Oscar worthy reference and thumbnails! #PixarSoul #animation #animatorprocess #soul22 #moonwind #soularchemedis #animationreference #pixar #Soul
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Caption : More Soul work! The ‘gyro’ argument and finding Moonwind. I think I animated this a year ago now. These were my first shots on the film and it went through a few iterations. The soul 22/Archimedes argument was a late change replacing a different gag. I had the human world shots but when I saw the new gag cut in I just had to request to animate those too! Probably the only time I might show acting reference of myself here 😂 – I found it really useful to quickly get the acting, timing and progression working so I had a clear idea of what to animate. Other than making the gag work, the interesting challenge here was to show that 22 is in Joe’s body, not completely used to it yet, and Joe being in a cat. On top of that they were walking, talking, with 22 eating a gyro, with a difficult moving camera to clearly stage it to. It was also fun figuring out how 22 might run, not being used to being human just yet. In some of my thumbnails I was trying out different options. I also had to animate some fun sign spinning with Moonwind, which I looked at a lot of crazy youtube reference for. Many thanks to the animation team for helping improve the shots through the process! Amazing crowds animation by @jamieryan5 Swipe for some Oscar worthy reference and thumbnails! #PixarSoul #animation #animatorprocess #soul22 #moonwind #soularchemedis #animationreference #pixar #Soul
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Caption : More Soul work! The ‘gyro’ argument and finding Moonwind. I think I animated this a year ago now. These were my first shots on the film and it went through a few iterations. The soul 22/Archimedes argument was a late change replacing a different gag. I had the human world shots but when I saw the new gag cut in I just had to request to animate those too! Probably the only time I might show acting reference of myself here 😂 – I found it really useful to quickly get the acting, timing and progression working so I had a clear idea of what to animate. Other than making the gag work, the interesting challenge here was to show that 22 is in Joe’s body, not completely used to it yet, and Joe being in a cat. On top of that they were walking, talking, with 22 eating a gyro, with a difficult moving camera to clearly stage it to. It was also fun figuring out how 22 might run, not being used to being human just yet. In some of my thumbnails I was trying out different options. I also had to animate some fun sign spinning with Moonwind, which I looked at a lot of crazy youtube reference for. Many thanks to the animation team for helping improve the shots through the process! Amazing crowds animation by @jamieryan5 Swipe for some Oscar worthy reference and thumbnails! #PixarSoul #animation #animatorprocess #soul22 #moonwind #soularchemedis #animationreference #pixar #Soul
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Caption : More Soul work! The ‘gyro’ argument and finding Moonwind. I think I animated this a year ago now. These were my first shots on the film and it went through a few iterations. The soul 22/Archimedes argument was a late change replacing a different gag. I had the human world shots but when I saw the new gag cut in I just had to request to animate those too! Probably the only time I might show acting reference of myself here 😂 – I found it really useful to quickly get the acting, timing and progression working so I had a clear idea of what to animate. Other than making the gag work, the interesting challenge here was to show that 22 is in Joe’s body, not completely used to it yet, and Joe being in a cat. On top of that they were walking, talking, with 22 eating a gyro, with a difficult moving camera to clearly stage it to. It was also fun figuring out how 22 might run, not being used to being human just yet. In some of my thumbnails I was trying out different options. I also had to animate some fun sign spinning with Moonwind, which I looked at a lot of crazy youtube reference for. Many thanks to the animation team for helping improve the shots through the process! Amazing crowds animation by @jamieryan5 Swipe for some Oscar worthy reference and thumbnails! #PixarSoul #animation #animatorprocess #soul22 #moonwind #soularchemedis #animationreference #pixar #Soul
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Caption : Quarantine hair part 2 SWIPE—> If you enjoyed this silly cartoon about being human, help our fellow humans out by going to https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ And finding out how you can contribute to black lives matter #quarantinelife #quarantinehair #2danimation
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Caption : Quarantine hair part 2 SWIPE—> If you enjoyed this silly cartoon about being human, help our fellow humans out by going to https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ And finding out how you can contribute to black lives matter #quarantinelife #quarantinehair #2danimation
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Caption : ‘The Moon from Dehradun’ is out on shelves and online today. Beautifully written by @shirinshamsi1 , published by @simonkids , the story is based on Shirin’s mother’s experience during the partition. I had the privilege of this being my picture book to illustrate. I cannot stress enough how important this book was for me in its substance. The story follows a girl named Azra who accidentally leaves her favorite doll behind when her family has to all of a sudden move from Dehradun to Lahore, in the midst of the Partition of India. After diving in to research for the book and getting as much information and pictures from the Author’s family, I arrived at the design of the family here. This evolved a bit in some details as I got through the book. Hope to share more in the coming weeks! Order link in bio (or hopefully available in a bookstore near you) #themoonfromdehradun #indiapakistanpartition #picturebook #illustration #kidlitart
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Caption : ‘The Moon from Dehradun’ is out on shelves and online today. Beautifully written by @shirinshamsi1 , published by @simonkids , the story is based on Shirin’s mother’s experience during the partition. I had the privilege of this being my picture book to illustrate. I cannot stress enough how important this book was for me in its substance. The story follows a girl named Azra who accidentally leaves her favorite doll behind when her family has to all of a sudden move from Dehradun to Lahore, in the midst of the Partition of India. After diving in to research for the book and getting as much information and pictures from the Author’s family, I arrived at the design of the family here. This evolved a bit in some details as I got through the book. Hope to share more in the coming weeks! Order link in bio (or hopefully available in a bookstore near you) #themoonfromdehradun #indiapakistanpartition #picturebook #illustration #kidlitart
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Caption : #Repost @pixar … Trip to the Indian Store “Living in the U.S, the moment I step into the local Indian store I feel transported back home. It’s heartbreaking to see the current escalating situation in India, I hope people are aware of it and are able to help in some small way. Thinking of you, India.” – Tarun Lak (He/Him), Animator #AsianAndPacificIslanderHeritageMonth #Pixar #indianstore #thinkingofindia
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Caption : Some Soul work! It was awesome to get cast these shots- some serious acting from Soul Joe, and some fun comedy from Soul 22. One of the tricky things here was to switch gears to serious to funny really quickly. Luckily the storyboards for this sequence was so good, I just had to not mess it up. The close up of Joe is one of the first times I’ve had to animate something so sincere- learned a lot from fellow animators and the leadership team. And for the 22 stuff, I was particularly inspired by Chuck Jones Bugs Bunny sensibilities- such fun to animate. Swipe for some animation planning thumbnails! #PixarSoul #Soul #animation #joegardner #soul22 #animatorprocess #pixar #disneyplus
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Caption : Some Soul work! It was awesome to get cast these shots- some serious acting from Soul Joe, and some fun comedy from Soul 22. One of the tricky things here was to switch gears to serious to funny really quickly. Luckily the storyboards for this sequence was so good, I just had to not mess it up. The close up of Joe is one of the first times I’ve had to animate something so sincere- learned a lot from fellow animators and the leadership team. And for the 22 stuff, I was particularly inspired by Chuck Jones Bugs Bunny sensibilities- such fun to animate. Swipe for some animation planning thumbnails! #PixarSoul #Soul #animation #joegardner #soul22 #animatorprocess #pixar #disneyplus
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Caption : Some Soul work! It was awesome to get cast these shots- some serious acting from Soul Joe, and some fun comedy from Soul 22. One of the tricky things here was to switch gears to serious to funny really quickly. Luckily the storyboards for this sequence was so good, I just had to not mess it up. The close up of Joe is one of the first times I’ve had to animate something so sincere- learned a lot from fellow animators and the leadership team. And for the 22 stuff, I was particularly inspired by Chuck Jones Bugs Bunny sensibilities- such fun to animate. Swipe for some animation planning thumbnails! #PixarSoul #Soul #animation #joegardner #soul22 #animatorprocess #pixar #disneyplus
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Caption : ‘Soul’ finally comes out tomorrow (Christmas day) Feel so fortunate to have animated a little on this beautiful film from @petedocter and the team at @pixar Be sure to check it out on Disney+ (and in theaters in a few select countries) Happy holidays! #PixarSoul #joegardner #Soul #pixar #fanart #disneyplus
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Caption : Excited to share the first image of our short film, ‘Chaat’. A film by Tarun Lak, produced by Lara Arikan. Be sure to follow @chaat_shortfilm for regular updates on the film’s progress. We have some amazing artists on the crew and we’re really looking forward to sharing their work with everyone. This lovely development piece is by Anjali Vaikil @av.scribs #chaatshortfilm #chaat #streetfood #animation
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Caption : Ercule! I had a lot of fun animating this douche of a character. Channeling some memories of douchebags while I was growing up, I tried to caricature them in a way that’d make for a character you love to hate. The storyboards for these scenes were inspiring and funny already, so it was more about milking the entertainment value. His unique character design also let itself to some fun posing. The second scene here was a collaboration with two other talented animators, Paulie who handled Cicco and Guido, Maria who animated the police woman and the fisherman while I handled Ercule. The idea that Ercule would slap Cicco in the nose was a happy accident while we were blocking the shot out, luckily it got a laugh so it stayed. Poor Cicco. As always, big shout-out to everyone who helped with these shots and for the other department’s work on them. #Luca #Pixar #animation #ercule #ciccoandguido #animationthumbnails #Pixarluca
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Caption : Ercule! I had a lot of fun animating this douche of a character. Channeling some memories of douchebags while I was growing up, I tried to caricature them in a way that’d make for a character you love to hate. The storyboards for these scenes were inspiring and funny already, so it was more about milking the entertainment value. His unique character design also let itself to some fun posing. The second scene here was a collaboration with two other talented animators, Paulie who handled Cicco and Guido, Maria who animated the police woman and the fisherman while I handled Ercule. The idea that Ercule would slap Cicco in the nose was a happy accident while we were blocking the shot out, luckily it got a laugh so it stayed. Poor Cicco. As always, big shout-out to everyone who helped with these shots and for the other department’s work on them. #Luca #Pixar #animation #ercule #ciccoandguido #animationthumbnails #Pixarluca
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Caption : Ercule! I had a lot of fun animating this douche of a character. Channeling some memories of douchebags while I was growing up, I tried to caricature them in a way that’d make for a character you love to hate. The storyboards for these scenes were inspiring and funny already, so it was more about milking the entertainment value. His unique character design also let itself to some fun posing. The second scene here was a collaboration with two other talented animators, Paulie who handled Cicco and Guido, Maria who animated the police woman and the fisherman while I handled Ercule. The idea that Ercule would slap Cicco in the nose was a happy accident while we were blocking the shot out, luckily it got a laugh so it stayed. Poor Cicco. As always, big shout-out to everyone who helped with these shots and for the other department’s work on them. #Luca #Pixar #animation #ercule #ciccoandguido #animationthumbnails #Pixarluca
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Caption : Ercule! I had a lot of fun animating this douche of a character. Channeling some memories of douchebags while I was growing up, I tried to caricature them in a way that’d make for a character you love to hate. The storyboards for these scenes were inspiring and funny already, so it was more about milking the entertainment value. His unique character design also let itself to some fun posing. The second scene here was a collaboration with two other talented animators, Paulie who handled Cicco and Guido, Maria who animated the police woman and the fisherman while I handled Ercule. The idea that Ercule would slap Cicco in the nose was a happy accident while we were blocking the shot out, luckily it got a laugh so it stayed. Poor Cicco. As always, big shout-out to everyone who helped with these shots and for the other department’s work on them. #Luca #Pixar #animation #ercule #ciccoandguido #animationthumbnails #Pixarluca
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Caption : Ercule! I had a lot of fun animating this douche of a character. Channeling some memories of douchebags while I was growing up, I tried to caricature them in a way that’d make for a character you love to hate. The storyboards for these scenes were inspiring and funny already, so it was more about milking the entertainment value. His unique character design also let itself to some fun posing. The second scene here was a collaboration with two other talented animators, Paulie who handled Cicco and Guido, Maria who animated the police woman and the fisherman while I handled Ercule. The idea that Ercule would slap Cicco in the nose was a happy accident while we were blocking the shot out, luckily it got a laugh so it stayed. Poor Cicco. As always, big shout-out to everyone who helped with these shots and for the other department’s work on them. #Luca #Pixar #animation #ercule #ciccoandguido #animationthumbnails #Pixarluca
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Caption : Ercule! I had a lot of fun animating this douche of a character. Channeling some memories of douchebags while I was growing up, I tried to caricature them in a way that’d make for a character you love to hate. The storyboards for these scenes were inspiring and funny already, so it was more about milking the entertainment value. His unique character design also let itself to some fun posing. The second scene here was a collaboration with two other talented animators, Paulie who handled Cicco and Guido, Maria who animated the police woman and the fisherman while I handled Ercule. The idea that Ercule would slap Cicco in the nose was a happy accident while we were blocking the shot out, luckily it got a laugh so it stayed. Poor Cicco. As always, big shout-out to everyone who helped with these shots and for the other department’s work on them. #Luca #Pixar #animation #ercule #ciccoandguido #animationthumbnails #Pixarluca
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Caption : Ercule! I had a lot of fun animating this douche of a character. Channeling some memories of douchebags while I was growing up, I tried to caricature them in a way that’d make for a character you love to hate. The storyboards for these scenes were inspiring and funny already, so it was more about milking the entertainment value. His unique character design also let itself to some fun posing. The second scene here was a collaboration with two other talented animators, Paulie who handled Cicco and Guido, Maria who animated the police woman and the fisherman while I handled Ercule. The idea that Ercule would slap Cicco in the nose was a happy accident while we were blocking the shot out, luckily it got a laugh so it stayed. Poor Cicco. As always, big shout-out to everyone who helped with these shots and for the other department’s work on them. #Luca #Pixar #animation #ercule #ciccoandguido #animationthumbnails #Pixarluca
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Caption : Ercule! I had a lot of fun animating this douche of a character. Channeling some memories of douchebags while I was growing up, I tried to caricature them in a way that’d make for a character you love to hate. The storyboards for these scenes were inspiring and funny already, so it was more about milking the entertainment value. His unique character design also let itself to some fun posing. The second scene here was a collaboration with two other talented animators, Paulie who handled Cicco and Guido, Maria who animated the police woman and the fisherman while I handled Ercule. The idea that Ercule would slap Cicco in the nose was a happy accident while we were blocking the shot out, luckily it got a laugh so it stayed. Poor Cicco. As always, big shout-out to everyone who helped with these shots and for the other department’s work on them. #Luca #Pixar #animation #ercule #ciccoandguido #animationthumbnails #Pixarluca
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Caption : Last Soul post. The barbershop scene, when I first saw it in storyboards was so full of charm, life and grounded in reality that I had to try and animate on it. Dez the barber, only showing up in one sequence in the movie, made a big impact to Joe in the film, offering him a different perspective on life. Dez became one of my favorite characters to have animated, because of the depth in his character, but also his fantastic design, voice and rig. One of my favorite experiences at pixar was going on a little trip to visit a few barbershops around Oakland with other animators before starting on this sequence. Talking to the barbers there, learning about what they do, why they do it, and a bit about their tools and process informed us so much, and gave us a deeper understanding to bring to Dez’s character. One direct piece of observation was tying a neck strip before putting on the barber cape, that I tried to pitch in my shot, so it felt more real and observed. These shots were also a lesson to me in collaborating with other team members and how that can lead to stronger work. The comforting hands over Joe’s shoulders gesture was something I would’ve never thought about, if it wasn’t for a fellow animator, Rob Denovan who suggested it to show Dez needed to be comforting Joe in the moment. Other interesting things to animate here were 22 Joe trying out a lollipop for the first time and Dez talking while doing his regular barber routine. I have no thumbnails to show here, but as a student I always wondered the kind of thought animators put in before getting into a scene, so I’ve shared some of my notes breaking down the characters and beats involved in these shots. I was only responsible for animating Dez, 22 Joe and Joe cat in the shots in color here. This film was a dream project to be on, so I can’t thank the people involved enough, supervisors, leads, and especially @petedocter who’s work I’d loved since I was a kid. End of my long ramble. Thanks all! #PixarSoul #animatorprocess #animation #soul22 #joegardner #dezthebarber #barbershop #pixar #soul
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Caption : Last Soul post. The barbershop scene, when I first saw it in storyboards was so full of charm, life and grounded in reality that I had to try and animate on it. Dez the barber, only showing up in one sequence in the movie, made a big impact to Joe in the film, offering him a different perspective on life. Dez became one of my favorite characters to have animated, because of the depth in his character, but also his fantastic design, voice and rig. One of my favorite experiences at pixar was going on a little trip to visit a few barbershops around Oakland with other animators before starting on this sequence. Talking to the barbers there, learning about what they do, why they do it, and a bit about their tools and process informed us so much, and gave us a deeper understanding to bring to Dez’s character. One direct piece of observation was tying a neck strip before putting on the barber cape, that I tried to pitch in my shot, so it felt more real and observed. These shots were also a lesson to me in collaborating with other team members and how that can lead to stronger work. The comforting hands over Joe’s shoulders gesture was something I would’ve never thought about, if it wasn’t for a fellow animator, Rob Denovan who suggested it to show Dez needed to be comforting Joe in the moment. Other interesting things to animate here were 22 Joe trying out a lollipop for the first time and Dez talking while doing his regular barber routine. I have no thumbnails to show here, but as a student I always wondered the kind of thought animators put in before getting into a scene, so I’ve shared some of my notes breaking down the characters and beats involved in these shots. I was only responsible for animating Dez, 22 Joe and Joe cat in the shots in color here. This film was a dream project to be on, so I can’t thank the people involved enough, supervisors, leads, and especially @petedocter who’s work I’d loved since I was a kid. End of my long ramble. Thanks all! #PixarSoul #animatorprocess #animation #soul22 #joegardner #dezthebarber #barbershop #pixar #soul
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Caption : Last Soul post. The barbershop scene, when I first saw it in storyboards was so full of charm, life and grounded in reality that I had to try and animate on it. Dez the barber, only showing up in one sequence in the movie, made a big impact to Joe in the film, offering him a different perspective on life. Dez became one of my favorite characters to have animated, because of the depth in his character, but also his fantastic design, voice and rig. One of my favorite experiences at pixar was going on a little trip to visit a few barbershops around Oakland with other animators before starting on this sequence. Talking to the barbers there, learning about what they do, why they do it, and a bit about their tools and process informed us so much, and gave us a deeper understanding to bring to Dez’s character. One direct piece of observation was tying a neck strip before putting on the barber cape, that I tried to pitch in my shot, so it felt more real and observed. These shots were also a lesson to me in collaborating with other team members and how that can lead to stronger work. The comforting hands over Joe’s shoulders gesture was something I would’ve never thought about, if it wasn’t for a fellow animator, Rob Denovan who suggested it to show Dez needed to be comforting Joe in the moment. Other interesting things to animate here were 22 Joe trying out a lollipop for the first time and Dez talking while doing his regular barber routine. I have no thumbnails to show here, but as a student I always wondered the kind of thought animators put in before getting into a scene, so I’ve shared some of my notes breaking down the characters and beats involved in these shots. I was only responsible for animating Dez, 22 Joe and Joe cat in the shots in color here. This film was a dream project to be on, so I can’t thank the people involved enough, supervisors, leads, and especially @petedocter who’s work I’d loved since I was a kid. End of my long ramble. Thanks all! #PixarSoul #animatorprocess #animation #soul22 #joegardner #dezthebarber #barbershop #pixar #soul
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Caption : So excited to share the cover of the first picture book I’ve had the pleasure to illustrate. Set during the partition of India and Pakistan 😭 ‘The Moon from Dehradun: A Story of Partition’ is written by the talented @shirinshamsi1 and is being published by @simonandschuster this August, on the 75th anniversary of the partition. Honored to have illustrated something so heartfelt, in the context of a heartbreaking and important moment in the Indian subcontinent’s history. Unreal to see it listed online. Preorder it from the link here or in my bio. https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Moon-from-Dehradun/Shirin-Shamsi/9781665906791 #themoonfromdehradun #picturebook #simonandschuster #kidlitillustration #picturebookcover #india #pakistan #partition
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Caption : Some Luca work! This small scene, part of the “swim” sequence was my first casting on the show. It also happened to be the first sequence in animation, and the “Silenzio Bruno” shot ended up being the first shot to be finaled in animation, a sweet way of diving into the film. Being the first sequence in animation, we spent a lot of time figuring out the personality, style of movement and appeal even though there was a ton of great preproduction done beforehand. It was fun to figure out how the physicality of Luca would change between his human form and his sea-monster form, and to show a subtle difference between Luca and Alberto. I’ve included my very early thumbnails on these. Though similar in spirit, the details evolved through the process. We tried several versions of these shots, with some great feedback from the animation team, sweet drawovers from @deanna_marsigliese, the other leads and ofcourse, the man @enricocasa before landing on this. Shout out to all the other departments for their stellar work on this too! Silenzio Bruno! #Luca #alberto #seamonster #Pixar #animation #animatorprocess #animationthumbnails #silenziobruno #disneypixar #Pixarluca
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Caption : Some Luca work! This small scene, part of the “swim” sequence was my first casting on the show. It also happened to be the first sequence in animation, and the “Silenzio Bruno” shot ended up being the first shot to be finaled in animation, a sweet way of diving into the film. Being the first sequence in animation, we spent a lot of time figuring out the personality, style of movement and appeal even though there was a ton of great preproduction done beforehand. It was fun to figure out how the physicality of Luca would change between his human form and his sea-monster form, and to show a subtle difference between Luca and Alberto. I’ve included my very early thumbnails on these. Though similar in spirit, the details evolved through the process. We tried several versions of these shots, with some great feedback from the animation team, sweet drawovers from @deanna_marsigliese, the other leads and ofcourse, the man @enricocasa before landing on this. Shout out to all the other departments for their stellar work on this too! Silenzio Bruno! #Luca #alberto #seamonster #Pixar #animation #animatorprocess #animationthumbnails #silenziobruno #disneypixar #Pixarluca
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Caption : Some Luca work! This small scene, part of the “swim” sequence was my first casting on the show. It also happened to be the first sequence in animation, and the “Silenzio Bruno” shot ended up being the first shot to be finaled in animation, a sweet way of diving into the film. Being the first sequence in animation, we spent a lot of time figuring out the personality, style of movement and appeal even though there was a ton of great preproduction done beforehand. It was fun to figure out how the physicality of Luca would change between his human form and his sea-monster form, and to show a subtle difference between Luca and Alberto. I’ve included my very early thumbnails on these. Though similar in spirit, the details evolved through the process. We tried several versions of these shots, with some great feedback from the animation team, sweet drawovers from @deanna_marsigliese, the other leads and ofcourse, the man @enricocasa before landing on this. Shout out to all the other departments for their stellar work on this too! Silenzio Bruno! #Luca #alberto #seamonster #Pixar #animation #animatorprocess #animationthumbnails #silenziobruno #disneypixar #Pixarluca
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Caption : Some Luca work! This small scene, part of the “swim” sequence was my first casting on the show. It also happened to be the first sequence in animation, and the “Silenzio Bruno” shot ended up being the first shot to be finaled in animation, a sweet way of diving into the film. Being the first sequence in animation, we spent a lot of time figuring out the personality, style of movement and appeal even though there was a ton of great preproduction done beforehand. It was fun to figure out how the physicality of Luca would change between his human form and his sea-monster form, and to show a subtle difference between Luca and Alberto. I’ve included my very early thumbnails on these. Though similar in spirit, the details evolved through the process. We tried several versions of these shots, with some great feedback from the animation team, sweet drawovers from @deanna_marsigliese, the other leads and ofcourse, the man @enricocasa before landing on this. Shout out to all the other departments for their stellar work on this too! Silenzio Bruno! #Luca #alberto #seamonster #Pixar #animation #animatorprocess #animationthumbnails #silenziobruno #disneypixar #Pixarluca
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Caption : “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
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Caption : “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
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Caption : “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
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Caption : “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
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Caption : “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
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Caption : “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
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Caption : “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
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Caption : New year, older me #selfportrait #profilepic #art #doodle
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Caption : Morning coffee ☕ #morning #coffee #emeryville #berkeleyhills #windowview #relax #sketch
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Caption : Highlights of my recent sketches from my trip to India. This was planned to be longer covering more places, but unfortunately Covid had other ideas. Some of these are more successful than others. I’m not a watercolor artist by any means, but these were fun to do. #sketchbook #watercolor #ink #india #chennai #bengaluru #sketches
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Caption : Highlights of my recent sketches from my trip to India. This was planned to be longer covering more places, but unfortunately Covid had other ideas. Some of these are more successful than others. I’m not a watercolor artist by any means, but these were fun to do. #sketchbook #watercolor #ink #india #chennai #bengaluru #sketches
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Caption : Highlights of my recent sketches from my trip to India. This was planned to be longer covering more places, but unfortunately Covid had other ideas. Some of these are more successful than others. I’m not a watercolor artist by any means, but these were fun to do. #sketchbook #watercolor #ink #india #chennai #bengaluru #sketches
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Caption : Highlights of my recent sketches from my trip to India. This was planned to be longer covering more places, but unfortunately Covid had other ideas. Some of these are more successful than others. I’m not a watercolor artist by any means, but these were fun to do. #sketchbook #watercolor #ink #india #chennai #bengaluru #sketches
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Caption : Highlights of my recent sketches from my trip to India. This was planned to be longer covering more places, but unfortunately Covid had other ideas. Some of these are more successful than others. I’m not a watercolor artist by any means, but these were fun to do. #sketchbook #watercolor #ink #india #chennai #bengaluru #sketches
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Caption : Highlights of my recent sketches from my trip to India. This was planned to be longer covering more places, but unfortunately Covid had other ideas. Some of these are more successful than others. I’m not a watercolor artist by any means, but these were fun to do. #sketchbook #watercolor #ink #india #chennai #bengaluru #sketches
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Caption : Highlights of my recent sketches from my trip to India. This was planned to be longer covering more places, but unfortunately Covid had other ideas. Some of these are more successful than others. I’m not a watercolor artist by any means, but these were fun to do. #sketchbook #watercolor #ink #india #chennai #bengaluru #sketches
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Caption : Highlights of my recent sketches from my trip to India. This was planned to be longer covering more places, but unfortunately Covid had other ideas. Some of these are more successful than others. I’m not a watercolor artist by any means, but these were fun to do. #sketchbook #watercolor #ink #india #chennai #bengaluru #sketches
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Caption : Highlights of my recent sketches from my trip to India. This was planned to be longer covering more places, but unfortunately Covid had other ideas. Some of these are more successful than others. I’m not a watercolor artist by any means, but these were fun to do. #sketchbook #watercolor #ink #india #chennai #bengaluru #sketches
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Caption : Highlights of my recent sketches from my trip to India. This was planned to be longer covering more places, but unfortunately Covid had other ideas. Some of these are more successful than others. I’m not a watercolor artist by any means, but these were fun to do. #sketchbook #watercolor #ink #india #chennai #bengaluru #sketches
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Caption : Last post on Luca. This was a sequence called Rooftop, Luca dreaming about what the moon and stars are and what the human town is like. I had asked to work on these shots because it seemed so endearing, and I wanted to try and animate a quieter scene than I typically do. These quieter scenes were what I loved about Pixar and Ghibli movies, so I’m glad I was trusted with it. It was tricky for me to balance the graphic style of posing and animation we were chasing with the sincerity of acting it needed, but with the help of the rest of the team I think it came together alright. Shout-out to the lovely work by the other departments too! Working on this movie is one of my favorite experiences in my career so far. There’s more that I’d animated on Luca but I think this is a nice scene to end it with. Thanks all! #Luca #alberto #animation #pixar #rooftopluca #animatorprocess #animationthumbnails #Pixarluca
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Caption : Last post on Luca. This was a sequence called Rooftop, Luca dreaming about what the moon and stars are and what the human town is like. I had asked to work on these shots because it seemed so endearing, and I wanted to try and animate a quieter scene than I typically do. These quieter scenes were what I loved about Pixar and Ghibli movies, so I’m glad I was trusted with it. It was tricky for me to balance the graphic style of posing and animation we were chasing with the sincerity of acting it needed, but with the help of the rest of the team I think it came together alright. Shout-out to the lovely work by the other departments too! Working on this movie is one of my favorite experiences in my career so far. There’s more that I’d animated on Luca but I think this is a nice scene to end it with. Thanks all! #Luca #alberto #animation #pixar #rooftopluca #animatorprocess #animationthumbnails #Pixarluca
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Caption : Last post on Luca. This was a sequence called Rooftop, Luca dreaming about what the moon and stars are and what the human town is like. I had asked to work on these shots because it seemed so endearing, and I wanted to try and animate a quieter scene than I typically do. These quieter scenes were what I loved about Pixar and Ghibli movies, so I’m glad I was trusted with it. It was tricky for me to balance the graphic style of posing and animation we were chasing with the sincerity of acting it needed, but with the help of the rest of the team I think it came together alright. Shout-out to the lovely work by the other departments too! Working on this movie is one of my favorite experiences in my career so far. There’s more that I’d animated on Luca but I think this is a nice scene to end it with. Thanks all! #Luca #alberto #animation #pixar #rooftopluca #animatorprocess #animationthumbnails #Pixarluca
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Caption : Last post on Luca. This was a sequence called Rooftop, Luca dreaming about what the moon and stars are and what the human town is like. I had asked to work on these shots because it seemed so endearing, and I wanted to try and animate a quieter scene than I typically do. These quieter scenes were what I loved about Pixar and Ghibli movies, so I’m glad I was trusted with it. It was tricky for me to balance the graphic style of posing and animation we were chasing with the sincerity of acting it needed, but with the help of the rest of the team I think it came together alright. Shout-out to the lovely work by the other departments too! Working on this movie is one of my favorite experiences in my career so far. There’s more that I’d animated on Luca but I think this is a nice scene to end it with. Thanks all! #Luca #alberto #animation #pixar #rooftopluca #animatorprocess #animationthumbnails #Pixarluca
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Caption : Last post on Luca. This was a sequence called Rooftop, Luca dreaming about what the moon and stars are and what the human town is like. I had asked to work on these shots because it seemed so endearing, and I wanted to try and animate a quieter scene than I typically do. These quieter scenes were what I loved about Pixar and Ghibli movies, so I’m glad I was trusted with it. It was tricky for me to balance the graphic style of posing and animation we were chasing with the sincerity of acting it needed, but with the help of the rest of the team I think it came together alright. Shout-out to the lovely work by the other departments too! Working on this movie is one of my favorite experiences in my career so far. There’s more that I’d animated on Luca but I think this is a nice scene to end it with. Thanks all! #Luca #alberto #animation #pixar #rooftopluca #animatorprocess #animationthumbnails #Pixarluca
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Caption : Ray. #satyajitray #sketch #inspiration
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