My Animated Short at Sheridan

[RhythmOfLine]

i was thoroughly impressed by this short. simply LOVED it!!!

everything was in the perfect amount, and the story just flowed.

great work man, this is front page material! keep it up!!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::)

[Kimotion]

Whoa!!!

This is awesome! Short, sweet, clear, and most importantly, very fun and entertaining.

My favorite is how the girl chases him around. The only critique is the final fish smacking his face at the end: it's a tad bit sloppy and is not consistent with the awesome quality of the rest of the animation.

Again, this is one of the best student shorts I've seen in a while!

Congrats!

[Ranimate]

Awesome!

I love it, the story is so simple, well told and executed.
I like the look/design and color scheme.
How did you do at industry day? any big interviews? ;)
Was tony rig changed? it seems like he has more volume on his limbs, looks better I think.
Anyway, awesome short!

:applause: :applause:

BTW, plz... plz say hi to Mark Simon from me...

Ranimate

[Chris Bacon]

Great work...short sweet and funny....all the best

[Timewaste]

Wow, totally impressive and very beautiful!
Everything fits perfectly, animation, storytelling and the sweet, sweet look. :-)
I love the first "smacking-fish-sequence", so smooth and fun to watch.

Good luck! :thumbsup:

[Shrinx]

Wow!!:scream: Really Amazing...the film looks great and the demo reel too.

Great flow of the film. The idea of irony looks really cute, keeps one guessing…


5Stars from me!! :bounce:





All the Best!!

[Wilson-3d]

Really nice film. Great concept and animation.

[mistasam02]

hahaha awesome!! loved the whole thing :applause: i could totally see this turning into a 30 min tv show or something lol.. good work!

[parasdutta]

Really really sweet !! short and sweet . ya i do agree with mistasam02 ...

IT REALLY COULD TURN INTO SOME TV SERIES....

AWSOME ....IT EVEN LOOKS LIKE A CLIP FROM TV SERIES . GREATTTTTTTTTTTT JOB SUSHANT ..

BEST OF LUCK FER ANIFEST .... U COULD EASILY WIN DERE .. I KNOW ,FINGERS CROSSED.

VERY HAPPY FER U ...
U DOIN GREAT ..

BEST OF LUCK.

[My Fault]

Really well done. The story was very simple, very clear and very cute. 5 stars!!

[RhythmOfLine]

hahaha awesome!! loved the whole thing :applause: i could totally see this turning into a 30 min tv show or something lol.. good work!

hehe, yea i feel ya! i couldn't stop watching it again and again. at the end of it , i was wanting for more and more...lol

i can definitely see this as a mini-series on TV :D

mad props to ya man! :applause:

[TheSoracle]

Sweet. I was thinking about going to Sheridan College. It is about time a graduate posted their work. Nice job though!

[sushanimator]

Thank you so much for your time and critiques. This is my first post at any of the forums and I must say I am pleasantly overwhelmed by the response.

Awesome!

I love it, the story is so simple, well told and executed.
I like the look/design and color scheme.
How did you do at industry day? any big interviews? ;)
Was tony rig changed? it seems like he has more volume on his limbs, looks better I think.
Anyway, awesome short!

:applause: :applause:

BTW, plz... plz say hi to Mark Simon from me...

Ranimate

Which year did you graduate, Ranimate? Industry day was awesome. For the first time we had PIXAR, Disney, Blue Sky and other big studios coming in. And yes, the Tony rig has changed, as u can see in my demoreel and is now called Alex.

Thank you again guys, much appreciated!

[Ranimate]

Hey,

I graduated in 2004 (2 years ago)
We also had Blue sky, dreamworks and disney.
Man, I miss Oakville, it's an awesome place to live in.

Good luck with the job hunt, I dont think you'll have any problems though, you have strong skills.

:deal:

Ranimate

[gaianix]

oo thats nice and funny:thumbsup:

[tarun jain]

congratulations on graduating .good job.i got a bit late on posting my crits on it,u know everybody who works in MPC becomes lazy! lol! good luck for job hunting!
after urvashi dholakia, u'll be the next to bring glory to the dholakia family name! lol
hey shrinx what did u write that stalberg deleted!huh:scream: badmaash ladki!:)

[RALawrence]

Nice work! I like it a lot. It brightened my morning

[HenningK]

Good story. Nice work all around.
Nothing much to crit... we could see a bit more of the fish slap at the end.
love,hen

[dalmanna]

thats fantastic man, well done one of the nicest feeling shorts i've ever seen. had a lot of heart.

keep it up dude :thumbsup:

[GoranNF]

Awesome short!I really like the look and the story is good too.4 stars

[nickfredin]

Nice to see that this quality of work is being put out by students. I'm really excited that there was a story and great animation in the same reel. There were some animation issues but barely and considering it's a student reel and probably had to be handed on a deadline there's no way they should be considered to bring down the reel. Good job and keep up the good work!!

[sachin3d]

simply great, thats wht i can say. great work buddy and sorry for late reply.
good to see somebody is there to compete with me...... ha ha ha . just kidding. great job and keep it up with it. hope to see more from u (better than this, certainly). and best of luck for ur future.
take care

[RhythmOfLine]

i agree with ya nick! i also think that the current advances in technology has enabled people to develop professional quality work at home without a team like in a studio. but yea, its the artists imagination and skill which ultimately is the deciding factor.

according to a student reel, i thought this was fantastic work!!! :)

[Anilchhetri]

Hey man!
Great work and very nice flow of the movie. good jod. its just the begening miles to go for you!
Best of luck for your interview!
Anil Chhetri

[Dipan]

hey buddy,
Great work and amazing animation, well i saw your film at anifest and man its kind of real good animation. five stars from me dude...........................

Cheers,
Dipan

[Cernunos]

very nice job

[tamahoma22]

It was a very enjoyable story and I really liked the look of everything... some of the movement seemed a little floaty, but you might have been going for that :)


http://strugglefest.com

[Lorne]

I already told you at school how much I liked it, but why not one more time!

Thanks for all your help with burning my film to DVDs btw, good luck with your movie and I wish you lots of success.

[Scotcho]

That final shot where the fish misses his basket has got to be the funniest things I've seen in a long time... great job!

[sushanimator]

Hey gaianix, tarun jain, RALawrence, HenningK, dalmanna, GoranNF, nickfredin, sachin3d, shiv_d, Anilchhetri, Dipan, Cernunos, tamahoma22, Scotcho..... thank you all for the encouraginbg words. I am so glad that you liked my work.

hey buddy,
Great work and amazing animation, well i saw your film at anifest and man its kind of real good animation. five stars from me dude...........................

Cheers,
Dipan

Hey Dipan, Do you have the web link of the film that won the Anifest Award?

Thank you again guys...for all the inspiring crits and comments....

Cheers,
Sushanimator

[Dipan]

hey dude,

Well i dont have the link but all i know is the guy who won the best film in student category is from NID(national institute of design). But will try to get the link and send you...........

Cheers,

Dipan

[dhruvsm]

hi sushant....nice to see u here and seeing u work with a 4* is amazing.....though i couldn't view the short right now i'll soon and seeing the shots, i'm sure...this will be great!!...congrats.....

[kantcho]

it's a really great piece all around. The story, the animation, and the sound all come together very nicely. Excellent work.

[theone17]

Hello Everyone,

I recently graduated in Character Animation from Sheridan College. This is the culmination of 4 months of hard work, an animated short - Lolly Poo Lee. Constructive comments and critiques are most welcome.

Thanks for watching :)

You can download/stream the short from my website http://www.sushanimator.com/shortFilm.html

Please 'Turn on the volume' to hear narration.

Regards-

Sushant Dholakia

Here are some screenies from the short. Hope you like them :)


http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/2126/lollypoolee18rr.jpg


http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/5698/lollypoolee21pw.jpg

http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/1559/lollypoolee35rx.jpg

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/5948/lollypoolee40el.jpg (http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/5948/lollypoolee40el.jpg)

Your animation is great and interesting. Did you do art and design before you started doing animation?

[sushanimator]

Hi theone17,

Thanks.
I did web/ graphic designing for over 2 years. Then I joined Moving Picture Company India Ltd (MPCIL), where I worked on television series for the Cartoon Network, Asia. I was mostly multi-tasking there (modeling, rigging, animation, lighting, rendering, compositing) and it was only during the last 6 months at MPCIL that I got interested in animation and since then I've been concentration only on this aspect of CG. I soon enrolled myself for a 8-month Digital Character Animation course at Sheridan to further hone my skills in character animation. That's my story...in short :)

Thank you kantcho!

Hey Dhruv bhai, it is so good to find you on Cgtalk. Thank you for the good words! Are you still working with DD? Gud luck and keep in touch!

Thank you Dipan for the information, much appreciated!

Cheers,

Sushanimator

[kerr]

i really like the enviroment, the colours, story.... really cool... congratualations!

[tango395]

exellent work sush animator, i really liked the character of boy, story telling is good, and the story is very sweet with couple of ironical twists as i see it. animation is good and i really liked the poses. very delicate combination of action and acting. flow of action is good. i wish you best of luck for your future and hope to see your professional work very soon. not to mention i really like the concept is ...... awesomely sweet..

have a nice day

[lewissatini]

absolutely fantastic work! great, simple story, really good animation, awesome sound, real good flow to the shots.

everything was in perfect amounts. 5 stars from me !!!

[ma13pramod]

Good work dude, animation is simple and characters r cute.....looks like u have been inspired a lot by THE BOUNDIN..

Good work .......hope to c more from u..



PRamod

[Blusoul]

Very nice short film. You say you did a 8 month course at Sheridan. Sounds like it was a great experience, and the film shows off your skills well. Cool work indeed.

[harmonic01]

Ha, how did I miss this one. Really cool short. Very neat idea and pretty good execution too. :D :thumbsup:

[sushanimator]

Hey Guys,

Thank you for the sweet sweet comments!!!

ma13pramod - Thanx man! The boundin....Well...not just me, any animation lover would be inspired by that short. It was just terrific. :)

Blusoul - Hi! It certainly didn't feel like a 8-month course...the time just flew and in no time the course was over. It was a very intense program and there was a lot to learn from other students and my instructors.

harmonic01 - Man, I am a fan of your Heavy Push animation. Have watched it so many times, and I just love it! Any new animations that I can watch?

Thanx and Cheers!

Sushanimator

[harmonic01]

oh man, I'm flattered, thank you. :) I have tons of new animations done, but unfortunately, they were all for a job that requires me to do about 15sec/day and lately 30sec/day, so they're all pretty crappy and I won't ever show them.... EVAH. :)

Anyways, back on topic. Really Cool short. :thumbsup:

[dhruvsm]

Hi Sushant.....how r u......nice to see your work...i don't have ur contact info or phone No..that's why i'm writing here......and really sorry not being able to answer ur call....if u have any phone and email id...u can mail me at dhruvsm@gmail.com (dhruvsm@gmail.com)
we left DD...and working as freelancer now......!!!...all the best for ur job...and to dheer also....

[pkanimator]

Nice animation and compelling story! Good job.

[sushanimator]

Nice animation and compelling story! Good job.

Thanks PKanimator for the nice words.http://forums.cgsociety.org/images/icons/icon7.gif

Saw your animated short "Being a King" and must compliment you on the great job you did on it. Hoping to see more animation from you in near future....keep up the good work!http://forums.cgsociety.org/images/icons/icon13.gif

Cheers!

[General Midi]

Very cute.
It has a nice atmosphere.
And it's simple, fast & no pretences.

[geekatplay]

Very well done, story flow smoth. Watch over and over, never become old.
Story almost complite, except why he avoiding girl? Cutes? He has other girl?
She is rich he is poor? Can add couple details to help find his motivation for avoiding her.
But this is personal sugetion. Animation is superb! And characters design better then many pro studios. Lokking forward to see more of your work!.
Thank you!

[sushanimator]

Thank you General Midi. It is always motivating to hear nice words.

Very well done, story flow smoth. Watch over and over, never become old.
Story almost complite, except why he avoiding girl? Cutes? He has other girl?
She is rich he is poor? Can add couple details to help find his motivation for avoiding her.
But this is personal sugetion. Animation is superb! And characters design better then many pro studios. Lokking forward to see more of your work!.
Thank you!

Geekatplay - Thank you.http://forums.cgsociety.org/images/icons/icon7.gif I agree with you that I could have added other details regarding characters' background. Unfortunately, our time limit for the film at Sheridan was one-minute. :( ...and believe me, from scratch to final product in 4-months, even a minute seemed a lot.

Here's some information you required. To begin with..Synopsis http://forums.cgsociety.org/images/icons/icon1.gif: This is a light-vein story of Lolly Poo Lee's unrequited love for Johnny Po and how her frustrated expression of this failed love still compensates Johnny for his matching failure in fishing!

Background - Johnny Po is a poor fisherman, who is a loser when it comes to fishing. He is innocently stupid and is more concerned with his fishing fortunes than actually noticing the girl. Lolly Poo Lee on the other hand lives in a big house and has everything to her disposal...except Johnny.

Hope this helps. :)

Cheers!

[zehnerbomb]

Awesome! Thanks for the background of the characters. I feel like it is displayed in the short but it's great to see the thought you put into the characters and their histories, where they come from. Terrific!!

[geekatplay]

LOL, Thank you! Well put!

[PaleCow]

Beautiful... I just love the stylization, and the animation is lovely. I certainly hope someone gloms onto your talent ASAP!!!

[sushanimator]

Hey zehnerbomb, geekatplay, PaleCow...Thanks guys, really appreciate that. :)

zehnerbomb - they are Chinese.

[amannin]

3 times now i watched it --- i wish it was longer. great narration, great story -- i simply love the concept.

ha, the end always makes me laugh.

hmm, as far as crits go:

i think you could have put more into that last shot (as someone else mentioned, it feels kind of sloppy/rushed when compared to the rest) -- i still like it though ;)

when he recovers from getting hit by the fish for the first time -- he has sort of a weird (subtle) wip-lash effect as he picks up the fish -- feels kind of weird to me (like out of place motion). maybe try it without the anticipation (its very subtle, but i thought i might mention it) --- then again, it could just be preference.

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really great short though -- hope to see more like this. and like i said, excellent story / execution.

[Suryawanshi]

Hey Sushant !!
Sweet short there :)
Keep animating and keep makeing shorts even after u start working at some great studio okayyyyyy :D
Cheers !
Sachin S. Suryawanshi
www.onelittlekeyframe.com (http://www.onelittlekeyframe.com)

[JPavitt]

This is a great short film, I love the contrast between the narration and the action and it's a story well told, perfect length and genuinely funny :)

[sushanimator]

Hey amannin - Thank you for the comments and suggestions. I had 3 endings in my mind during the initial stage, but decided to stick to this one eventually. However, I agree that the execution could have been more elaborate.
About the wip-lash effect. Would definitely incorporate your suggestion in that shot and see how it looks. That's an interesting observation. Thanks! :) images/icons/icon13.gif

Hey Sachin - That's exactly what I have in mind...Given a choice I would make one short film every year...but all depends on how busy I am with work. Thanks for the motivation though :)

Hi JPavitt.... Thanks for the nice words. The contrast between the narration and the action was to add gags to the short...I am glad it worked.

Cheers! :D

[echoBars]

Excellent work! It has a bright, innocent feel about. You managed to tell a complete story in 1:30 and the narration added history/depth to the characters and proceedings. The editing was smooth and kept the whole thing flowing nicely. Only crit would be where he jumps out of the boat at the end and gets hit with the fish. It seems slow and unrealistic compared to the rest(unless its intended to be slow motion, in which case I think a quicker take would be better-like a sharp punchline at the end of a joke-since the moment is intended to be humurous). Still though, all around excellent, 5 stars.

[sushanimator]

Thank you burdennwoe!

The last shot was indeed slow motion. As I said earlier in the thread, I wasn't so sure about the ending. After brain-storming for a while with fellow classmates and instructors, we took an unanimous decision to go for the slow motion.

And now that two of you have pointed that out, I guess the execution lacked the punch from my side. If I ever get to work on it again, shall implement your suggestion to see how it looks. Nice suggestion though :) http://forums.cgsociety.org/images/icons/icon13.gif

Thanks again....!!

[vfxinsane]

hey sush...
i love ur short n characters...really cool n appealing...is the music specially created for this?? the flute was awesome...
hav u got ny detailing of ur short?..i mean the making clips or ur site...something like tht...love 2 c all ur works...
- bala

[Flog]

that was fun, cute, simple, and I loved the lighting.

[Gashina]

Incredibly well done! I can't believe I missed this one. I think this was the best short I've seen so far at the CGTalk Gallery.

[sushanimator]

Hey guys...thanx a lot for sharing your views with me. Really appreciate your time and concern.

Hey bala - Thank you. The music is by Bao Yuan-kai. You can download it from http://www.classicalarchives.com/inspire/bao.html It was edited somewhat to fit my film by PRI STUDIOS, who also did the audio post for Lolly Poo Lee. Really talented guys!
And regarding the making-of my film...i am compiling it for my website..should be up soon.

Flog - Hey! Thanx man. Digital Fusion came to my rescue as far as compositing and final looks are concerned. An awesome package I must say. images/icons/icon13.gif

Gashina - Woah!! I am at loss of words. Thank you for liking my film so much.

Also, I would like to share a news with you all. 'Lolly Poo Lee' has been selected for the TELETOON Canadian Student Animation Scholarship 06, under 'most promising student competition' category. It will be screened this September at the Ottawa International Animation Festival. Special thanks to everyone instrumental in creating this film. :)

Cheers!

Sushant.

[vfxinsane]

hey sushi...
thnx for the composer's link...n congrats 4 getting selected to screen ur film in Ottawa Film Festival....sure u'ill reach gr8 heights soon...keep it up...

[Minximation]

What better way to kick off my posting then to say a big congratulations Sush.

I'm so happy for you! Ottawa film festival too, that fantastic! Let me know how it goes. Hope that work isn't making you too tired.

Thats fantastic news! Good to see the hard work is paying off!

Minx

www.minximation.com

[sushanimator]

Thanx vfxinsane and Minx for the good wishes!

Hey Minx. Nice to see you here. Happy to know that you inaugurated your postings on CGtalk thru my thread. ;) Ya, u r absolutely right. Feels really good when all your hard work begins to pays off.

Cheers!

[Minximation]

Hey Sush,

No Problems! I was honoured to kick it off with your film thread. Good to see that many of the alumni are getting a lot of attention and respect for their hard work.

Look forward to hearing the outcome of Ottawa! Oh and hopefully seeing you soon?

Minx

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