My first day in Starz Animation Studio

Now when I am writing this post we already have worked for four days in Starz.And still I feel that I am getting too much surprises for my little brain to handle.Life was never so exciting before.
Well,..to start from the beginning,I and six more students were selected from Seneca College this year to be a part of an internship program in Starz Animation Studio in downtown Toronto.And it started from 19th May and already it has started casting its spell on us.Surrounded by some of the finest Canadian animators and artists we feel blessed.
Our first day in Starz started with an obvious shaky feeling of "whats gonna happen?", mingled with an excitement of "yeahh..we are at Starz!!".We were invited to sit in an executive board meeting room kinda place! We were nervous! Then came our production manager Graham Moloy and our short film director Rob Silvestri,animation department head Dave Bass and other directors from respective departments. We had a introduction session answering three 'very very' personal questions..to have a better look at each others personalities! They are-
Whats my name?
Whats my favourite Ice Cream?(waaat...!!??)
and What is my favourite movie? hmmm...
Well by now three big plates full of delicious fruits,bagels n butter and muffins were in front of us to make things even better!Then we were shown our work desks with our names stuck on them!After that we had a tour of the whole studio..! About how things get done! We were pretty amazed to see how organized the work flow is! We had a clear idea of production pipeline.
We got introduced to various animators.And at this time I saw the celebrated Canadian animators Charlie Bonifacio,the acclaimed animator of several Disney movies(including the Mushu in Mulaan).I was bowled over by the fact that he was actually working behind me..(yeahh,..and still i see him everyday behind me busy drawing story board in his cool 'cintiq'!).Anyway, after all this..to make the day more memorable Graham gave us a treat during afternoon launch in a nice road-side sunny restaurant.In short this the experience of the first day..but perhaps there were more that got our attention which probably skipping my memory,but that's enough to say "Im lovin it!".Isn't it guys?

From college days...

To start with, I thought to put some of my previous works back in India. Here they are!

These sketches were mostly done on the railway station platforms of Calcutta (presently Kolkata). There is a parallel life runs on the streets,platforms of India. While sketching the figures of people one rewarding experience was getting a glimpse of this dusty, poverty stricken yet so lively life. Life on the railway platforms of Calcutta means ,hundreds of thousands of passengers running madly to catch a train from one platform to another! And under the shadows of this bustling life there are porters, under aged drug addicts,eunuchs,homeless vagabonds and many many more people who have nowhere to go! They sleep,wander,eat,make love and die there..on the platforms!

And in between these two contrasting lives we,the students from various art colleges struggling our way to be artists, used to gather and sketch 'figures'..relentlessly! With its virtually huge stock of characters,the station always amazed me!

Overture

I once read in a journal that research shows that the people who write diaries recording day to day affairs,tend to be suicidal! I don't know what leads them to this conclusion or what make this special group of people trying to perpetuate the bits and pieces of their mundane lives in the white pages of closely held diaries, so near to death! But that information made me apprehensive towards the thought of writing one. Well,I was in my early teens at that time! So you can easily imagine how matured i was! Anyway, in later times I often had an idea of writing down my course of thoughts,my opinions and my reflections about what I do- designing and animation.Though I was never courageous enough to put them in a blog in front of everyone. But somehow the thought of placing my works and ideas in a platform and getting opinions of fellow coleagues,constantly challenging or enriching mine was at the same time overpowering and luring to me!So I am here!

So do give me suggestions..things that should be improved,critiques of my work,thoughts!