CG Live Action Song : Rubdoot Song

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Rubdoot Song from the 3D Live Action Film " Toonpur Ka Superrhero

This song comes at a turning point of the movie when the villian Jagaaru challenges Aditya(Ajay Devgan's Character) and he takes help of Character Rubdoot who is a Cartoon world equivalent of the GrimReaper/Yamraj.

The overall length of this song now is 6 mins 8 secs but the originally recorded song was 9 mins 8 secs approx.We have worked and created the 9 min version which was axed later on due to certain reasons.There are total 33 Environments which change with each lyrical line in this song in the complete version.We had a challenge of creating maximum Environments with limited resources within a week.

With limited resources and less Technology support we completed this song.I agree there are few problems with the song but in the situation we were working on the song and out of all odds completed it, I am proud to say I have worked on this song.Working on this Feature Film was a major milestone in my career where I learnt a lot with every experience Good or Bad.

Following are the areas I have worked in for this Rubdoot Song :

1.Environment Modeling(The Major Environments are created by me and few of them are done by another artist)For a complete showcase of Environments I Created Please check my other posts on blog.
2.Prop Modeling
3. Character Rigging & Skinning (I have done RigSkin for all major characters including Rubdoot, Extra characters and also characters which got deleted during length trimming of the song)We had two rigging skinning artist including me.
4.Lighting for certain scenes
5.Concepts development
6.All the basic Compositing and daily updating of data and scenes in the song and getting approvals.
7.Effects and Dynamics for certain areas like Rubdoots Cape cloth animation and Cloud Simulation.
8.Supervision and being accountable for other artists work on time.

Proofs can be produced to prove work done on the Film.

CG Prop Modeling and Character Rigging & Skinning

This is the Key Character Rubdoot from the Movie Toonpur Ka Superrhero a 3D Live Action Film.

I have modeled the Accessories of this character which include the skull belt and necklace, the shoulder chest leather cover and  above all the TOONASTRA.

Toonastra is the weapon which is seen in Rubdoot's hand.This is his unique weapon which has an eraser on top of it and he uses the power to erase out other characters in the movie who are behaving wrongly. 

The Rigging and Skinning of the character started at a very early stage, even before the final script and story was in place.There were multiple changes in the characters design and outfit during the course of creation of the Film.Multiple rigs were created to suit each action and each sequence for the Rubdoot song.It was very difficult to manage with all the changes and the resources and time which was given to complete.Yet the final output is appreciated by whoever knows about the efforts.

CG Environment : Bollywood Mountain

This Environment was created with reference to the Hollywood Mountain in CA.In the Environment again the default Stone layers flooring is seen which was developed by me after a lot of versions and iterations.

This sequence shows that Rubdoot is a Bollywood (Indian Film Industry)Fan.

CG Environment : Last Rites

The Complete Environment except the Tower like Stones is created by me for the Movie Toonpur Ka Superrhero.

In this sequence Character Rubdoot offers his Life(Jaan) and just to rhyme the lyricist has matched it with offering of a Betel Leaf(Paan).The Props : Bamboo Platform, Pot, etc and the Betel Leaf was created by me.

Also seen here is the default cliff Floor, a very Rough Stone floor which consisted of multiple layers.It took me many days to create a unique stone layer and arrangement pattern.

This Scene has another Rig created by me for the Character Rubdoot where his head and hand get separated from his body.

CG Environment : Theatre

I have worked on the Modeling, Lighting and Dynamics for this Environment and Scene.

This scene was a lot more brighter earlier and a lot of areas of the theatre were visible earlier.There were these lit up Walls and speakers with a ceiling.But later due to the Directors insistence we made it more darker to focus only on the Theatre screen Character Rubdoot and the notes flying.

This Environment has specially Designed Seats and walls but due to the new lighting those are pushed towards the dark.

CG Environment : Posters

Lot of Poster Stands were supposed to be placed all over the Rubdoot Cliff which have all Ajay Devgan Films Posters put up on them. Except for one of the funny posters (Seen above) in which the character Rubdoot is the hero.

I had done the Rigging and Skinning on the Paper version of Rubdoot where he peels out of the Poster then changes back to himself.

In this Environment the original Rocky Floor is visible of the cliff.After a lot of Iterations and changes this particular look n feel was approved by the Director for the Floor.This Rocky Floor is the default floor for the Rubdoot Cliff Environment.

CG Environment : Qawali Set

This CG Environment is created for the Feature Film " Toonpur Ka Superrhero ".
The whole set with the Musical Instruments which the Characters are using have been Modeled and also the Lighting has been done by me.

From the total 30 Environments which change during the song, this one is a Qawali Set(Qawali is a folk music art form in India, which is used in many films) 

CG Environment : Fantasy Seq

This Fantasy Seq Environment is created for Toonpur Ka Superrhero Film by me.Its a Fantasy Sequence with typical dream like colour combinations clouds and the moon.This is Modeled by me on the basis of a concept sketch provided by the Pre Production Department.

CG Environment : Nautanki Set

This Environment has be Modeled for the 3D Live Action Film Toonpur Ka Superrhero.

This is a Nautanki Set(In India Folk Art or Small time entertainers which tour villages and develop small skits to educate entertain people is known as Nautanki)

A lot of research and after studying different Nautanki Sets the final look was developed with the elements selected by choice.As the Nautanki Group doesn't have much money so their sets are also not lavish but serve the purpose for them.

In this situation Rubdoot is seen Impersonating Shahrukh Khan & Hrithik Roshan's Moves as the backdrop rolls and changes on two instances for each actor.

Compositing& Effects : Look & Feel on Comp to Create an Old Film Look

 This scene has no modeled objects the structures(Roads, Street Lights, Trees, etc) is a high resolution Matte painting.The Director wanted an Old Film Look and Feel to this particular sequence as in the song when this part comes the song mimics the old era songs of the 50s. To be precise this section recreates the magic of Raj Kapoor and Nargis's Song "Pyar Hua Ikraar hua".

The Compositing, Digital Rains with different layers and the Old Film Look were created in a span of 5 days till the Director was satisfied with the authenticity of the look.

CG Environment : Circus

This Circus Environment was created by me for the Film 

Toonpur Ka Superrhero a 3D Live Action Film,

All the Environments for the Rubdoot Song were a challenge for everyone who was working on it, as each aspect was completely different right from popping environments out of thin air to transforming characters and exaggeration of limits.

The Circus Environment had few objects spread over an huge area where Character Rubdoot is balancing over two bicycles mimicking scene from Ajay Devgan's first movie. 

CG Environment : Aditya's Birthday Party + Pooja Thaali

Aditya here is Ajay Devgan's Character in the film where his Number one Fan Rubdoot(The Character  above) Celebrates his Birthday every year without fail on 2nd April.

This is a very tricky Environment as the Director wanted to create an Environment with improper perpective angles, hence the walls if one observes are very differently showcased.

Had to model a lot of gifts, baloons, caps, decoration and not forget had to design a special cake loosely based on a rough sketch done by the director.

I had done the Lighting for this shot as well as we were running short of artists.The Lighting has two sets of lights with few common lights for both sets.One is before the candles on cake are lighted and second after those are lighted and then scene blends from cake closeup to a Pooja thaali (A plate with oil lamps, flowers, incense sticks used in India for Lords worship)I had modelled the Pooja Thaali as well, pls see the image for it.

CG Environment : Awards Function Alternate BG

Environment made for Toonpur ka Superrhero a 3D live action film.This CG Environment was made by me in a hurry, as it was unplanned earlier while discussing the whole song. The existence of this environment came when the song was improvised during the shoot with Ajay Devgan.

A simple Background which shows the opposite side of the SuperrFan Award Function set.This has the technicians recording the Awards with trolleys, jimmy jib, Lights etc.

CG Environment : Bar

In the "Temple Keertan " CG Environment I have described about the "Bar" Environment which is created inside the character Rubdoot's Mouth.

This is also an exaggerated concept where a Bar with the bugs in mouth enjoying the party are seen.

It was difficult creating such an environment by adjusting the inner area of Rubdoots mouth yet keeping it anatomically viable.

The rigging-skinning was also done for the bugs hitting the xylophone(Teeth turned into xylophone) and a female bug dancing.Fitting those HMI Focus lights was also difficult as they had to animated which converting from teeth to lights.

CG Environment : Temple - Keertan

A Toonpur Ka Superrhero CG Environment created for the concept Temple Keertan.

The main Character expresses his feeling of happiness when he meets his idol Aditya(Ajay Devgan) by Singing a Keertan(A Prayer song to please Gods, India).

The situation and the behavior are exaggerated here where Rubdoot is so overwhelmed that his Ribs start dancing with happiness.

Again a very challenging scene in terms of character.I had to create a Rig where the lower and upper body should be together yet perform separately at a distance after Rubdoot's Ribs jump out of his body and dance.The Modeling and Rigging_Skinning was also done by me.

This scene later blends to a small time Bar in Rubdoot's Mouth which is enjoyed by the bugs residing in his mouth.

CG Environment : Loads Of Onions

This Environment has literally as the name says " Loads of Onions ". This is funny scene in the Rubdoot Song, the situation is Rubdoot being Non Alive - Non Dead character doesn't get humanlike Tears so to get those he tries to cut onion to forcefully have tears.

This Environment was created for Toonpur ka Superrhero a Live Action 3D film.

I had to create with Duplication yet keeping the look different for each of the sacks and onions.After a lot of alterations and trying different placement combinations this is the final output.

A lot of people would have a question why the " Temple like structures " are seen in the background, well the Director had an idea that before the scene changes and so does the environment too..a slight suggestion of the next CG Environment should be shown in the present one.This was done for anticipation of whats coming next and blending between change of environments.

Also being the Technical Lead at Climb media for CG dept had to learn the art of cutting onions the chef style to get it right for this scene.The Animators had a fun time...though no real onions were sliced, the deadlines were enough to make us cry. ;-)

CG Environment : GYM

This CG Environment was created for the 3D Live Action Feature Film : Toonpur Ka Superrhero
A very simple BG but the challenges for this were in the character.The Character Rubdoot being 7ft tall blows 4 times his height in the scene with a overgrown ugly muscular body.I had created 4 different types of Rigs for this character(Rubdoot) which includes basic bone, biped, facial rig, stretchy rig etc.As the requirements for each scene within this song changed had to change accordingly.

CG Environment : Toonpur Ka Saara Saaman (Garbage Dump)

This Environment Model was created for the 3D Live Action Film Toonpur Ka Superrhero

This Particular Environment " Toonpur Ka Saara Saaman " was created because the character Rubdoot being Ajay Devgan's character's Fan, offers him all things which he has of Toonpur (A Cartoon Town) But in reality he just has heaps of useless Garbage as much he can offer. 

A Challenge at that time for us to create something like this as the machines were non supportive of such a huge data and we had to divide this scene into multiple files for rendering and compositing.Also the depth was created with the help of Render Passes and compositing.Not to forget the challenge to match the Stabalized Cam from Live Shoot.

CG Environment : Court Room

This the " Court-Room " CG Environment which I had created for the 

3D Live Action movie " Toonpur ka Superrhero "

The Environment is the part of the Rubdoot Song.

The concept Art was given for the BG and was improvised on feedback in 3D Softwares later to suit the situation and technical perfection.

A very uniquely designed Environment which mimics the real world Court Room with a twist.

CG Environment : RUBDOOT'S DEN

This is an Complete CG Environment which I created for the 

3D Live Action Movie : Toonpur Ka Superrhero.

We were provided with Concept Arts from the Pre - Production Dept and also improvised the design/Concept while creating in 3D.

This Environment is of a Character " Rubdoot " who is the Cartoon equivalent for the Grim Reaper/Yamraj who finishes off other characters with his weapon.

The Rubdoots Den is an unique concept with a complete stone environment which had rocks which looked similar to humanoid faces yet having a distinct rock like look and feel.

The main area of action is on a platform supported by a skull tower and a rickety bridge to support.

We had studied different types or rocks and live textures and pattern studies.A lot of samples were brought to the Studio for referencing.

The complete Environment is developed by me including Modeling, Lighting, Cloud Dynamics and Compositing.

This is a very Dear project as I have worked Extensively on this one right from inputs in concept development for story, gags, Supervision and creating great visuals.Helped me grow as an artist