Aditya Infotech & Autodesk: Exclusive look into the “exclusive” software AUTODESK SOFTIMAGE 2011

Autodesk and Aditya Infotech in the 1st very week of 2011 took the "artigeeks" on an exploration cruise of Softimage 2011.

Referring to our first opening statement of a package; Autodesk's Softimage Software is a bundle of joy for any freelancer, to a boutique studio to also the bigger-biggest studios…their life(pipe)lines being pumped by Softimage. Read More...

Making of CGTantra Digital Matte Painting Challenge 3rd Winner by Jan Šarbort

I am a 23 years old graphic designer and digital artist from Czech Republic. Around the end of 2009, I discovered the field of matte painting, and gradually I began to study it and learn it. Third place win in this competition is like a confirmation for me that I took the right direction. I am grateful for it. I think that this competition was very interesting. Read More...

What Made him Win CGTantra Matte Painting Contest “Across the Rooftop”

This month's challenge was to make a night time matte painting using day time elements. My first approach to this challenge was to find a suitable daytime plate. I decided to make use of a vacation photo I taken in Oxford, England. Working resolution was set to 5k so that I could resize the final painting and get a more satisfying result. It is always a good idea to work in a higher resolution because sometimes you don't know how much of the image you will have to crop. Read More...

Making of Band Baaja Baaraat the Brightest Entertainer with TATA Elxsi

The creative lead for ‘Band Baaja Baarat’ Ms. Scheherazade Bharda, Creative Supervisor, VCL (Visual Computing Labs), Tata Elxsi shares a few insights on giving more life to this already vibrant and full of spunk movie with the use of VFX. Read More...

The Making of The Mystic Evolution by IACG Students

International Academy of Computer Graphics (IACG) is the esteemed Discipline that has found a winner in "The Mystic Evolution" as it won at Asifa India under the category of Best VFX short Film. IACG with its courses in BMM and M.Sc is dedicated towards procuring creativity from students with its bachelor degree and post graduation. The Winners of the best VFX short film are students who took up The Mystic Evolution to understand and get hands on experience in the field of animation, CG and VFX. They aspire to attain and set examples and out do their own expectations…in the process winning the Best VFX short film.

We chat with them and get to know how they were inspired and how did this evolution happened as the camera rolled in Hyderabad. Read More...

SIGGRAPH Asia 2010 – Inspiring Greater Digital Creations

Not very far away from India...The art of animation;Han-guk Manhwa Aenimeisyeon bloomed in South Korea-Seoul. As you flip through the flip-books or television channels, you will be the spectator to popular series The Simpsons, Family Guy and many more that happened to be made in South Korea Seoul.

In December 2010 Siggraph Asia covered everything in animation that shone under the 2010 Sun. Siggraph Asia at Seoul Korea was a culmination of the highlights of the year, as they celebrated and covered emerging technologies, social networking and 3D graphics and technologies that support tomorrow's life-styles. The world of animation (45 countries participated) was seen at Seoul as they celebrated their own new year, awakening creativity and Inspiring Greater Digital Creations. Read More...

Frameboxx paved the path to Toonpur …Animation Revealed of Toonpur Ka Superrhero

The First Full Fledged Animated and Live Action combined movie in the history of Indian Animation. Director Kireet Khurana of Toonpur Ka Superrhero presented a comprehensive Making Of at Rang Sharda with Frameboxx supporting the event at full throttle.

Director Kireet Khurana overwhelmed by the presence of a huge crowd, the moment a major event in his life. On the day before the release of the movie he proudly shared with one and all the efforts they put in to create Toonpur Ka Superrhero. Read More...

Vodafone Behraam Antichaarwala: The Best Critique ever

Having a good old cup of tea, nothing short of having tea at Buckingham Palace we sipped through the evening, chatting. Vaibhav Studios' Vaibhav did not give us a sneak peak but a full view into the Making of Vodafone Anti4 Parrot TVC.

Vaibhav Kumaresh with his usual whacky sense of humor told the story of Behram Antichaarwala the villainous parrot of Vodafone to CGTantra. Read More...

Kireet Khurana, Director of TOONPUR KA SUPERRHERO as he prepares for the Curtain Raiser

The Indian audiences are now eager to watch innovative movies. As the viewer gears up to take on this fresh ride, here are directors like Mr. Kireet Khurana who offer something vibrant and entertaining.

Toonpur Ka Superrhero is a live-action, animated movie. It is LIVE, bigger than life just like the Star-cast with Ajay and Kajol (the very significant couple) and its lively. Why animated? Animated because this is the very first time in the Indian animation world that an actor will interact with cartoon characters!
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VFX War 1 (Revisiting District 9) Winning Entry by Slyfox8900

First of all, thank you CGTantra for allowing the 'VFX War: Revisiting District 9' to take place!

What's up everybody my name is Brandon Clements, and on behalf of Team Slyfox8900, Andrew Farris and I would like to thank everyone for their patience and understanding, as we have been very busy with school this semester. I am now on Thanksgiving Break from Purdue of New Albany, Indiana so I thought that it would be a great time to write this "making of" article. Read More...

An Interview with Winner for Best Cinematography in 48hours film competition

Blades of Grass is a brilliant product of 48 hours of film-making. The cinematography, a winner, the story heart-warming and the poetic fluidity a master-piece!

We Suggest You Watch It!

We ask Ankur Kapoor, how he and his team "Q", about what they did in those 48 hours, here is their story: Read More...

12th TBS DIGICON 6 - Awards Announced

Tokyo Broadcating System Television established in the year of 1951 organized TBS DigiCon 6 Awards in 2000. TBS is one of the major television stations.

Asian talent has been well recognized on this immense platform and in their 12th Edition it has brought forth the best creative minds in Asia.

They received 2,000 entries from across the continent, the countries being China, Hong Kong, India, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, Taiwan and Thailand.

東京の愛 The love for Tokyo, the love for TBS, the Love for Creativity

The warmth spread through in the winter of Japan as creative geniuses exchanged shared and communicated their movies. Read More...

ARTT War 5 - Studio Mentor : Rhythm and Hues

This is some good news for all the teams that intend to or are already particpating in ARTT WAR 5... We have Rhythm and Hues supporting ARTT WAR 5 in its full swing with Mentors to guide and critic teams at each stage of making their Art Work... Read More...

ARTT WAR 5 - The Survival Story of the Fittest "Animation School"

ARTT WAR 5 - The Survival Story of the Fittest "Animation School"

IT HAS BEEN REVEALED

A CGTantra member on 27-06-2010, 09:42 PM asked "What About Artt War 5 ????"... We have the answer to numerous students' questions and today we tell you

CGTANTRA announces the Comeback of ARTT War!

Commence preparing for the battle ground, the tablet's metal will clink, the left brain will be at war with the minds of the world! Read More...

Digital Kranti, FX School brings The Industry Maestros……to lead you into the revolution

When experience tells you, you learn the world. FXSchool had the world lined up for Digital Kranti. They provide a holistic learning experience to a student of art. He or she is exposed to photography, visual effects, animation film-making and digital-painting. FXSchool is India's hottest new education centre specializing in Digital Content Creation and the talk of the town is Digitalization of content. It is ever growing, ever changing and with it ideation and creation is becoming faster, easier and adaptable. Read More..

Dominance War V - The Biggest Game Art Challenge Surfaces Again

"DOMINANCE WAR IS BACK AGAIN WITH YET ANOTHER EDITION TO GET YOUR ADRENALINE RUSHING DOWN, ALL THROUGH THIS SEASON and once again, CGTantra is joining hands with the Biggest Game Art Challenge to hunt for a robust , kickass team of artists with the best Game Art..

CGTantra invites all the artists that have the much needed Game 'Keeda' in them to come and participate in the Biggest Game War between communities from all over the world. IF YOU HAVE GOT IT, YOU GOTTA SHOW IT :) This time round, CGTantra along with arttalk.ru and render.ru represent a team that would get everyone's spirits soaring through the Challenge. Read More...

ARTTWar 5 :: MONSTERS TEA PARTY

ARTTWAR 5 starts from November 6th - is a Students Team competition that runs online. Form a team of MAXIMUM 4 students.

To keep the learning curve higher while you work - you will have to keep posting Work-In-Progress images on CGTantra Forums in your team thread. The critics will be posted to the artworks in progress by the members as well as by our senior Forum Leaders and Mentors. Read More...

Krish Trish & Baltiboy - A Series of Animated Movies Retelling Indian Folklore

Flipping through the pages of a folk-tale book, making journeys to far-faraway places; now the stories lie deep in history, waiting to be explored by a child.

Then came the excavators named Munjal Shroff, Ram Mohan, TilakRaj and their followers. The excavators are called Graphiti Studios. They unraveled the folklore that is long forgotten by generations and are carving a remarkable graffiti of their own…

The treasure box opened again! Read More...

Autodesk’s 2011 Creative Suite: The Epitome of a Creative Future

When the term technology was coined who would have ever thought what scale it would reach. It is the future or a more humble way to put it is a tool that helps us act and think faster and better. Autodesk has the best tools for and at the artist's disposal.

Singing "(You're)-(Autodesk) a Genie in a bottle" all the way... An artist can dare to dream. With Autodesk's 2011 Creative Suite that consists of Autodesk Maya (or 3Ds Max or Softimage) Mudbox, Motion Builder, an artist can surf through the software due to their interwoven architecture at the tip of a button, and make most use of its tools. Autodesk 2011 Creative Suite therefore can be called a tool in its purest form that opens new avenues of creativity and dissolves boundaries that artists faced formerly.

Autodesk is forging ahead, showing us the possibilities of the future. Before Autodesk brings a "2012" let us take an overview of "2011"! Read More...

Tasi brings the Crest Pack - A Detailed Behind the scene of Alpha and Omega

Red carpet limousines caviar and bling! Nah that's not what we got to see at the TASI event on the MAKING OF ALPHA AND OMEGA! On 6th October "animationwalle" came face to face with the artists of Alpha and Omega, the behind the scene guys. TASI had the entire team-Layouts, Set design, Character Design, Modeling, Rigging, Animation, Texture, Fur, VFX, Lighting, Compositing, Rendering... did we miss out on anything, did we? No! They did not... They definitely did not. The event must have been the most comprehensive makings ever seen. Read More...