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Recently nike used some clever TVC using action packed stylised 2D animation. these ads really hit the target. in such a short duration only animation can convey so much. In my earlier version of post there were links to those videos, now they have taken down them from YouTube. the series was called  HYPERVENOM and the agency was BUCK. So I can only share a screen grab and there are a few more images still left at motionographer website: http://motionographer.com/2015/08/17/buck-for-nike-hypervenom/ I am wondering if the same ads could have worked in live action or CGI? Disclaimer:  All the images/screen shots, videos and links shown here belong to respected owners and shared here for appreciation purpose.

It has been always a big question to me, why does blogger not support animated GIF images? all the great new website and mobile chats are having a fun time with  animated images. dribbble.com and behance.net are a fine example. anyway.. recently I compiled my conference room doodles in an animated gif format and I wanted to share it in a blog post so I looked for answers through a google search. most of the people suggested to host your gif images to a image site and get a link to incorporate in the post. at the moment that seems to be the most effective solution. though uploading your gif images to a image site and then getting a link is a absurd and long task.  So I looked at the choices in front of me and decided to upload my images on google drive and get a share link.  to my surprise it worked really well. So I guess this is a fine way to jazz up a blog post with animated images.  random numeric doodles on post it some unintended shapes ...

If you have a smart phone then I am sure you must be having multiple chat apps on your app screen. In my opinion whatsapp, wechat and line are the main players at time. I had to download all three. some friends were on whatsapp and some on line and wechat. this give me a chance to test all their features. some give talk time some audio call and video chat. oh, there is facebook messenger and google hangout also (I have not used them that much so will not talk about them) one thing is common in all these apps that they all have a library of emoticons and stickers. and what I feel wechat has taken the lead in sticker section. They have introduced animated stickers and they are really cool. mostly I used use these apps freely during the festival season with these animated stickers coming in my daily usage has increased. I loved Vaibhav Studio's stickers done for Line and I think that was kind of turning point. when these apps started thinking of local content rather than giving s...

The post title might be a little dull but this what exactly you will do with the App I am going to talk about. There is an app called "Tiny Fractions" published by "Tap to Learn" the company I am working with. This app simply is a gem when it comes to clear your concepts of Fractions.This is not a promotional statement. first you download it and play, and after that you do't feel the same, please! feel free to fill my comment box with your blasting comments. check it out on apple appstore . Right now, its only on iOS. I wish it was available for the Android users. on the apple appstore  there is a Davyhulme Primary School blog which has shown their students having a good time with Fractions of course they all have Tiny Fractions on their iPad.  this is just the screen shot. Please, go to their blog and view the pics. http://davyhulme.primaryblogger.co.uk/numeracy/tiny-fractions/   this could prove to be a good testimony for you before you...

I don't know how many people have written about this but I am sure most of us have heard Manoj Kumar movie songs on 15th August or 26th January. It is hard for me to celebrate Independence Day without these songs. I have fond memories of growing up hearing these songs in my school days. When you are a kid feel for country and respect for its freedom fighter is high. I used to get goose bumps listening these songs. Those were the days of VCR and VHS tapes. Usually on such occasions our school used to run these patriotic movies on VCP (video player). I remember watching Manoj Kumar's Upkar and Purab aur Paschhim  it had a lasting impression on me for days the images form the films used to re-run into my head.   Manoj Kumar aka Bharat Kumar had spread the feel for the nation and ideals. In those days I was unaware that it's not Manoj who is singing but it is Mahendra Kapoor who is doing the task.  Mahendra Kapoor's voice perfectly matched Manoj Kumar's ima...

I had seen Marcos Oliveira's Scientific Illustration about a year ago in a feature by behance called : illustrationserved. I was impressed by his subtle and soft colors and seeing him working on location with his sketchbook and watercolors. I had thought about sharing his work through the blog post. I bookmarked the site and forgot about it.(this is a habit, I keep bookmarking a lot of stuff but hardly go back to see my bookmarked list) any way here I am writing about it. good things always, stick some where at your back of mind. I wanted know more about Marcos Oliveira and googled for it. The first thing which appears in the search is a professional mixed martial artist from Brazil of the same name. Then I found his blog   according to profile description :  He is from Lisbon, Portugal. Born in 1967 at Santa Maria da Feira "Professional illustrator since 1994, specializing in scientific illustration, biological and archaeological as well as ...

It was a pleasant piece of information I chanced upon. I was surfing the net for some visual research on "Art style and Games". There I came across a game called " a Little Turbulence " which reminded me a mobile game I was working on and was left unfinished due to fund crunch. I felt a little bad because the game had the potential, if given the right push could have been a good play. I moved on. almost forgot about it and was busy in new work environment, a different kind of set up. I could not keep the discovery of  ALT with me, I shared the link with my previous boss. The surprise was from him, he sent me mail about the publishing of the game on both platforms iPhone and Android. Though the game they published is not polished, the fact is they got it out and the story is exciting. and I like the music they have done. there was only a generic loop in demo version with place holder noise effects. here is the Game summary: The Cloud Catcher mobile game...