Shifted

Given the poor quality of compression on blogspot... I've shifted the blog over to tumblr at:
http://headbumped.tumblr.com/

Join me there.

Best,
hamza

Mehr Nigar: Test Render

A turntable of Princess Mehr Nigar.

Graphic Design & The Printing Process

And here is the second workshop that I am offering.

Computer Animation & Visual Effects

This just materialized in the last couple of days. I will be conducting a seminar on the 30th of this month to talk to potential students for this course as well. So... if anyone is interested drop by.

Time: Thursday, September 30 · 7:00pm - 8:30pm

Location: Kuch Khaas, House, 1, Margalla Road, F-6/3, Islamabad

Update!

Well... There is a reason why I have gone under. There is a new short film underway. The story is written by my good friend Bilal Tanweer. We are in the storyboarding phase nowadays. The screenplay is being polished and translated to Urdu. Yes... this one will be animated entirely in Urdu and will also have an English dubbed version. I will start sharing the preproduction material very very soon. Till then... have fun with I have on so far. :)

-hamza

Mehr Nigar

So... I was told that a princess does not dress up in such a vulgar fashion as what had been posted earlier... so I had to rework the clothes to go with a more modest Mughal theme. Well... here goes. Textures are currently being worked on.
I am also uploading screenshots of what the mesh looks like in the final phases of modeling. The face mesh is intentionally kept a bit heavy to cater for a more realistic set of facial deformations (Avatar inspired). Let's see how that goes.

I prefer a much simpler and a less dense mesh for more cartoony animation. You can practically get away with murder in that case. So... all in all... it really depends on what you want out of your mesh in the longer run.

Enjoy!

Mehr Nigar

Ok... almost done with Princess Mehr Nigar. Here are a couple of screen shots of what we have at the moment. Now the jewelry should make more sense to those who were wondering... "WHAT THE...???!!!???". Once the texturing is done, I will start putting up animation tests for Mehr Nigar.

Enjoy!

Teenage Spaceman v.1.0

This has to be the quickest model I have dished out... EVER! More renders of the same after texturing and rigging. This character has been created for a music video. Details to follow in the next few days.

Enjoy!

Rashidabad

I recently got a chance to visit Rashidabad, 30 minutes from Hyderabad, and I was blown away to see a fully functional mini-city (a free eye hospital, 2 subsidized/free secondary level schools, 1 public school, a hostel for students and orphans, an old people's home, a mosque, apartments for the teachers and administration, and a hospital under construction) in a place where the terrain is parched, the people are poorer than poor, children are undernourished and education is a distant priority.

I had heard a lot about Rashidabad before i visited it. And frankly my cynicism ruled my perception of the descriptions i was given. Well... there are few things in life that have changed my initial judgement of them... and Rashidabad has done just that. Rashidabad does provide the underprivileged of our country a new lease on life.

One visit and I can't stop thinking of how I can contribute to such a humane cause. I am a changed man.

More Jewelry

Well... Here is the almost finished necklace. The only thing left on this is the chain links and threads etc. Other than that, it is still not textured... that will happen once i am done with the entire set.

The base is all gold with rubies, emeralds and semi-precious gems and polki. Pearls and colored beads make up most of the links between the jewelry.

Enjoy!

The Dreaded Jewelry!!!

Ok... heres a high resolution render of one of the pieces of jewelry that I have been working on for the past week or so. Next step is to have a lowres version look exactly like this. This just has simple Blinns and Phongs slapped on to it. No fancy texturing at the moment.

42nd Street

Well, here's a WIP matte painting. Next post will definitely be a 3D one.