Playing pitch and winning FREEJ :)

This is a sample animation we had created in 3D for required poetry sequences for Freej Season 4 - a super hit animation series in UAE by Lammtara Pictures. They loved the idea of giving it a cut-out-3D-feel and we ended up animating all poetry sequences in the same style using some of their awesome 2D artworks. We also produced their episode opening shot for the sequence.
Here's final animation montage that was aired for their Ramandan special episode!


Freej Montage from VIVI5_ANIMATION | ART | DESIGN on Vimeo.

Agency: Lamntara Pictures, Dubai
Producer: Vivi5 Animation | Art | Design
Art Works: Lamntara Pictures, Dubai
Cut-out Style Visualization and Animation Direction : Rita Dhankani
Animation: Mehul Mahicha, Vaibhav Dheer, Shakeelbhai


Enjoy!

Design & Animation of AHLAN MSN Emoticons + The 'All about' video by the agency:

Emoticon designs* for the emoticon and RnD of existent emoticons to maintain the iconic MSN brand style:
** To see more emoticon designs> 'Designing of the MSN emoticons'
Feedback, corrections and refinements:

Final Arab MSN emoticon!

Storyboards for our 3D artist Manoj suggesting how animations should work:

Video by Wunderman, documenting Ahlan and it's success:



Agency: Wunderman, Dubai
Character Design + Animation Direction : Rita Dhankani 
Modeling + Animation: Manoj Joseph

Cheers!

More from the Dubai Lynx Awards this year_Ahlan MSN gets shortlisted

Now this is a good morning news, indeed!

Ahlan MSN was shortlisted for the prestigious Dubai Lynx Awards, in the Interactive category!

Integrated Campaign
Best Integrated Interactive Campaign for MICROSOFT MENA
Agency: WUNDERMAN Dubai, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Vivi5 Animation | Art | Design is proud to be part this celebrated emoticon-al moment ;) and is glad to have worked with the wunderfull wonder team!

For more info on site:
Dubai Lynx awards_ shortlisted
Our previous post on 'Designing of the MSN emoticons'

Cheers!

Rita Dhankani

Riggy's coming to life:

Treatment...

Next step after script and the ikea-man storyboards was to animate it in Maya. This was my first ever experience in the software.

Animation tests...

'Riggy' short was an attempt to show we can animate almost anything and it need not have any physical features. Narrowing down to the basic idea of a good mime artist who enacts with least and expresses the most. Riggy who is a sweeper at a theatre performs series of acts, just like pro!

I really think the rig in it's grey un-textured surface would have served our purpose better :)

But neither the less it was some precious learning and experience making it. Thanks to my maya guru Gareth! Here's one of the initial animation tests in all it's crude greyness just for you.

In the test shot you here, Riggy is in a pretty stormy situation ;)

Enjoy!

IKEA = IDEA!! :)

So I was to animate a rig. And what would have been best medium to help me with storyboarding? Yes, the Ikea Man, of course and indeed :)

Good day!

Adobe Acrobat Machine_design & animation

This one was with Dubai based agency. One of the very interesting projects _ Adobe Acrobat.

Brief was to design a imaginary adobe machine that's magical!
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Clients liked our first option and we went ahead with creating and animating it.

You can see the final product on Acrobat website here > amazingacrobat!

Meanwhile here's the animation clip for preview:

Agency: Wunderman, Dubai
Machine Design + Animation Direction: Rita Dhankani
Modeling + Animation:  
Compositing: Mehul Mahicha 

VIVI5 animation showreel 2009!!

Dear people!
My baby brand VIVI5 expands. Mehul joins in from Delhi, India.
Here's a sneak peek to our animation works.

Big Cheers!