Tattoo Corner - Many Moods.

Made in maya with extensive amount of texturing and above all some tricky stuffs added up into it. Here I have showcased three different moods to show 3 different manners of lighting an exterior scene. Maybe this ain't that good, but still it was worth trying above all and that is what makes me feel good and contended to some extent.

T4 : A Hand

Modelled in Maya, texturing, lighting and rendering in Maya Mental Ray...Kinda this stuff was fun...helped me to learn some good lessons...

Afreed-Neo:Psychosis

A free complete rig model from the net, I downloaded it and took the liberty in texturing and lighting it. After doing so I kinda felt him very much closely related to the Neo-Psychotic version of Afreed from the Shadow Nova series. So, lets see how long he walks the dark lanes of Mumbai in search of Shadow Nova...

The Chrysler 300C 2009 Overhaulin' Edition Car. Modelled in Maya, Texturing and Rendering in Maya Mental Ray.

Mr. Looney White.

Friends, I have been waiting since ages for my lectures of texturing in maya to begin and lo behold! Finally it began a couple of weeks back and it has been a thrill ride until and I hope the intensity and integrity keeps on getting better as time passes. So Enough off my blabbering and here I present before you my first encounter with texturing in Maya in full fledged action form. I designed this character over one of our assignments and then went on to develop it for one of my stories. I have even used Adobe Photoshop for some minor tweaks and for overlapping some pass-layers from Maya. So fellas enjoy it and ya there is more to come very soon...

Mumbai 2050_View_4

A long-shot view of the Triple Towers from atop the buildings of the Industrial district. (Mumbai 2050, Shadow Nova).

Mumbai 2050_View_3

This is the view of the residential area of the Industrial District showcasing the watch tower and some more innermost buildings. (Mumbai 2050, Shadow Nova).

Mumbai 2050 _View_2

This is the view of the Triple Towers from another angle from between the smallers buildings of the residential part of the Industrial district.( Mumbai 2050, Shadow Nova).

Mumbai 2050_View_1

Mumbai 2050 made in Maya 8.5 software. I am still working on it and its just 50% complete. This view shows the majestic Triple Towers of the Mantralaya in the fictional story of Shadow Nova set in Mumbai in the year 2050.

This is my submission for the Character Creation Design Competition 2007 for the comic series Devashard published by Fluid Friction, So here is the description for my character, Tatvayogi(Tamharayogi).

a-Character Description- Tatvayogi took the opportunity of creating himself. He decided to blend the three states of matter- solid state, gaseous state and liquid state. He first took the saliva off the mouth of his dead son and smeared it over his forehead and back. This resulted in formation of liquid filled few strands of long white hair that had the power of releasing both highly pressurized water streams as well as the holy water. Next he took in one hand piece of burning charcoal from the fireplace, which he built in the cave where he hid with his son and in his other hand he held a rock smeared with extracts of some plants and hit his chest had with them. The blood flowing from the wounds of his chest created by these rocks fell upon the rocks and thus was created his hard rock like yet warty dark green skin. And the burning charcoal created a small pouch in his neck region which was his fury meter- the redder it was, the angrier he was and the more powerful he would become. It was filled with high temperature gas that would act as the balance meter of Tatvayogi’s fury meter. He developed two large but wide, snake like eyes on both sides of his head and a third eye just like Lord Shiva between the centers of both these eyes. This third eye helped Tatvayogi in distinguishing good from evil by just looking directly into the soul of any living creature from the entire universe. It would never close, unlike Lord Shiva’s third eye and would always be opened even while Tatvayogi would be sleeping.

And behind his left eye was a large yellowish red insignia burned onto his skin by Lord Shiva with his staff, which depicts the intensity of his power and his eternal life. Thus Tatvayogi developed himself into something that this entire universe had never seen before. He looked almost like a huge toad like creature with scars on his body occurred due to different fights with demons and greedy humans who try to fight him with the belief that they would get immortal, but the truth is that, fighting Tatvayogi means immortal pain…pain like never before….

Shadow Nova:Genesis.

Friends, here is my final representation of Shadow Nova. I have decided to show him in a Noir York format with black depicting the pain and turmoil surrounding his life. Also the different colored patters show the different types of incidents that have occurred in his life. I named this pic genesis, because this is where from the real show begins, the pic which defines the phrase that, "A SUPERHERO NEVER BECOMES A HERO BY THE POWERS HE INHIBITS, BUT BY THE CHOICES HE MAKES IN DUE COURSE OF TIME".

Shadow Nova:Gensis.

Friends, here is my final representation of Shadow Nova. I have decided to show him in a Noir York format with black depicting the pain and turmoil surrounding his life. Also the different colored patters show the different types of incidents that have occurred in his life. I named this pic genesis, because this is where from the real show begins, the pic which defines the phrase that, "A SUPERHERO NEVER BECOMES A HERO BY THE POWERS HE INHIBITS, BUT BY THE CHOICES HE MAKES IN DUE COURSE OF TIME".

Vertex-Super Villain.

Okay guys, here is the super villain who is pitted against Shadow Nova. He is half Russian and half American and his age is unknown to anyone. He was a weapons designer by profession before he became Vertex, when he purposely swallowed the Nano Lord balls designed by him for future weaponry making. His abilities are as follows:
a- He can transform to the very smallest of size of metals which includes titanium, steel, iron and brass. Also can transform to larger sizes but to a limit of proportion and also he can't form complex machinery like automobiles or chip-sets. His body is not made up of muscles, veins or blood. Each component to the minutest of his body is made up of a mixture of above metals and hence he doesn't need food nor oxygen. His only mode of survival is to exercise regularly in broad sunlight which charges up the Nano Lord balls present somewhere in his body.

b- He can alight his body into flight by just mere mental command, but flight is limited as the metal of his body only has a limited period of lightweight ability. This helps him in sneaking and stealth mode operations.

c- He can withstand rust for millions of years as his body metal is anti-corrosive. He can also control metal objects for some period of time but still can't control complex machinery.
So friends this is vertex, arch-nemesis of Shadow Nova and a super-villain who despite a metal body has a good heart to an extent as he would never harm children or women due to an incident occurred in his past life.

Techno Ganesha.

Guys this was made for another competition in which one had to show Lord Ganesha in a completely different and innovative manner. I decided to go ofr the Techno look, as I knew it would match along with Lord Ganeshas' always excited and cool character. So with some paperwork and an 18 hour work on almost 160 layers in Photoshop CS, I managed to give him the appropriate look. Lets see how cool, the jury feels about it or whether it goes all cold in front of them, but for u all here i present u with, 'Techno Ganesha'. Here I have uploaded the lower resolution version because the original version was too big and heavy to upload due to its high resolution format and quality.

Ramayan 3392 AD

Friends lets go for something bit mythological this time. Acclaimed Film-maker Shekhar Kapur teams up with divine guru Deepak Chopra, to recreate one of the biggest stories ever told....Yes, friends, I am speaking about Ramayan. This time the story gets a superb twist as it is set in the year 3392 AD and has all the characters recreating the story again, but this time in an all new futuristic world...Wow, and you all know what, this is being made into a movie in Hollywood, with Keannu Reeves( The Matrix Series, Chain Reaction, Johnny Knemonic, Speed etc.) and an array of awesome artists from around the world...So Ravan, get ready to face ur destiny once again...

30 Days of Night: Return to Barrow

This is the cover of the highly acclaimed comic series, '30 Days of Night', which look deeply into the secret society of Vampires among us in this present age and how they tend to survive and and ultimately take advantage of us in due course of time. A truly different story that has an excellent and innovative artwork that will make u literally addicted to it forever...So friends have blood...Haaaaaa....

30 Days of Night: Dead Space.

This time, Space turns too Bloody...

Yup guys....this time the creators of 30 Days of Night take their adventure to the dark, depths of space, when one of eight astronauts sent to space by NASA turns out to be a vampire and he wrecks havoc in space...bloody space actually....Heeee....Cry....Baby...Cry....No ones gonna hear you cry....Haaa.....

30 Days of Night: Annual 2005

Arghhh Who walks there???

Man this book indeed drives the hell out of me...This time a Vampire hunter, John Ikos from an already vampire affected village in Alaska, comes to the deadly city of Los Angeles in search of a Vampire FBI Agent named Norris and friends Johns' got company too...and that company too is bloodthirsty and kickin' hard....Grrrr....Thats so warm...Red Blood dripping of ur lips baby.....Grrrr.

30 Days of Night: Spreading The Disease.

Eat Baby...Eat....Yesssss...Baby....Yesss....more Blooddddd...

Hey, I ain't a vampire yet guys...Here I was just interpreting the story this time, where a Vampire Priest tries to spread the Vampire disease through a very naughty plan. He is pitted against a group of four people who know the intentions of the priest but are unaware of how he is going to put his plan in work. Due to which they are all helpless and completely surrounded by....wellll....Grrrr...Vampiresssssssssssss...Oh Yeah....

Krishna Verma

Krishna Verma-

One of the most pivotal and ultimate characters of the Shadow Nova saga, he is a scientist who works for 20 years from the age of 14-34 in researching stem cell serums to help high powered regeneration among handicapped people. In the due process he shuns off his parents and is supported by the crafty Prof. Bakshi. But when he completes his research he is dumped off by Bakshi and instead of him, Bakshi decides to show the patent to The International Society of Science. Due to this, Krishna destroys the formulae and research material before that but in due process he himself comes in contact with large quantity of the serums and while escaping from the lab guards he falls of the top of the research facility into a bush pile. Due to his contact with the research serums he is completely transformed physically and these changes come up in him:-

a- Flight- Due to his fall of from the building and in contact with the serum, the serum alters his chromosomal structure and thus he develops the ability to fly and also to lift any objects but with the emission of large amounts of heat from the speckles created on his body. Due to this Krishna is not able to wear any clothes on the upper part of his body as there are speckles spread over from his head to waist area. Even in extreme cold conditions his body acts as a heater for himself and his surrounding people.

b- Camouflage- While falling from the building he land upon the pile of bush and was all hidden from the guards. The bush chloroform and the serum both help in the second alteration of his chromosomal structure keeping the first alteration as it is. Due to the high carbon dioxide emission from plants and the chlorophyll content in them, Krishna develops green skin and high heat emission. These in turn developed his camouflage ability due to which he can reshape himself into different forms as well. Due to this heat emission he has no hair on any part of his body but speckles even in place of his eyebrow.

c- Super Brain- Being highly intellectual was one of Krishnas' all time abilities. With his contact wit the serum his chromosomes now has developed the third alteration which in turn developed his brain. Due to this he is able to use more than 50% of his brain compared to the 10% used by average people and 40% used by scientists and scholars. He can focus on various activities at the same time and is also able to judge the behavior of people to a certain extent just by looking at their face once. He is even able to make slight predicaments. This quality of him helped in making all the gadgets for Shadow Nova.

d- Alpha Flame- Due to the high heat emission from his body, Krishna is able to create fire out of it which is green colored. He is able to create large amounts of flame but this reduces his physical strength at a very fast rate and may prove fatal if used for a longer period of time.

These are the powers inhibited by Krishna Verma after his contact with the stem cell serums but it also had a negative impact on him as he was physically changed forever and he is way too weak physically. He is only able to eat vegetables that too in raw form and when walking he walks with a bend posture. He has developed a much more thin physical structure from his earlier thin physical structure. He has developed red eyes due to his brooding structure and the heat emission from his eyes. He can always be seen rubbing his eyes due to he flow of tears from it regularly. Hence, in order to avoid that he has developed another serum from his own and Shadow Novas' blood which reduces the intensity of the flow of tears from his eyes, but he has to take them at least once every day so as to control the tears. He is way to complex about his image and shuns the public face. Due to all his powers, Shadow Nova calls him, 'Alpha'.