IAD ’10 concluded with grand celebrations in Mumbai

The Mumbai leg of International Animation Day (IAD), was celebrated with grand affair on Sunday, 31st October at NCPA in Mumbai. Organized by ASIFA India, the celebrations also took place in Hyderabad, Pune, Indore and Bangalore. Apart from the seminars, Read More">the highlight included modules for students and enthusiasts that provided a great deal of entertainmentRead More

The Mumbai leg of International Animation Day (IAD), was celebrated with grand affair on Sunday, 31st October at NCPA in Mumbai. Organized by ASIFA India, the celebrations also took place in Hyderabad, Pune, Indore and Bangalore.

Apart from the seminars, the highlight included modules for students and enthusiasts that provided a great deal of entertainment which comprised drawing workshops, acting workshops, charcoal sketching, pottery, sculpting, tribal art and tattoo amongst several fun and frolic activities.

Awards of Excellence: ASIFA Awards of Excellence assembles the fresh and unique talents each year for the occasion of International Animation Day from every where around the world. It’s a huge platform for many talents from darkness to come under lime light. Like every year, Read More">this year also a lot of talented students and professionalsRead More

Awards of Excellence: ASIFA Awards of Excellence assembles the fresh and unique talents each year for the occasion of International Animation Day from every where around the world. It's a huge platform for many talents from darkness to come under lime light. Like every year, this year also a lot of talented students and professionals made their entries with full enthusiasm.

The event concluded with a special movie screening of My Neighbour Totoro by Hayao Miyazaki a renowned Japanese Manga artist, animator and film director.

The drawing classes were organized for students to understand the principles and basics of drawing. Right from drawing objects, expressions, actions and faces, students got to learn drawing. Later in the day, Read More">the animation team from Dreamworks presented a brief understanding of the different process involved in the making of the series ‘Scared Shrekless‘. StudentsRead More

The drawing classes were organized for students to understand the principles and basics of drawing. Right from drawing objects, expressions, actions and faces, students got to learn drawing.

Later in the day, the animation team from Dreamworks presented a brief understanding of the different process involved in the making of the series 'Scared Shrekless'. Students were amazed at the intricacy of work undertaken by the Dreamworks dedicated unit at Technicolor in Begaluru.

The clay sculpting workshop: The practicum shared the nitty-gritty’s of playing with the clay. Students got an opportunity to design the clay, play with them and make a lot of models including birds, Read More">God and human faces demonstrating several expressions. In addition to it the highlight was the making of Alpha and Omega by MehulRead More

The clay sculpting workshop: The practicum shared the nitty-gritty's of playing with the clay. Students got an opportunity to design the clay, play with them and make a lot of models including birds, God and human faces demonstrating several expressions.

In addition to it the highlight was the making of Alpha and Omega by Mehul Hirani of Crest Animation Studios who gave a detailed presentation on the 3D stereoscopic film. The audience praised Mehul's revelations on the production pipeline of the film.

Caricature stalls at the event: The caricature portraits made by the artists were quite exaggerating and reflecting the true essence of fun and humor. Apart from that, Read More">International speakers at the event left the professionals and enthusiasts in awe as they presented their production pipelines. With activity brimming everywhere the animation charm was evident allRead More

Caricature stalls at the event: The caricature portraits made by the artists were quite exaggerating and reflecting the true essence of fun and humor. Apart from that, International speakers at the event left the professionals and enthusiasts in awe as they presented their production pipelines. With activity brimming everywhere the animation charm was evident all around.