Jathilan - A Photo Shoot

Kuda lumping / jaran kepang / jathilan: a traditional Javanese dance featuring a group of soldiers on a horse This dance is using a horse made of wicker and bamboo that cut like a horse. This horse matting decorated with colorful paint and fabric. Jathilan is usually only shows the saber scene, but some performances will also serve lumping horse possessed attractions, immunity, and magical powers, such as the attraction of eating glass and immunity against flogging whip. Jathilan is part of the reog dance performances. Though this dance came from Java, Indonesia, this dance is also inherited by the Javanese settled in Malaysia and Singapore.Jathilan is an art that is played with a horse property imitation, made from woven bamboo. None of the historical record can explain the origin of this dance, only verbal history passed down from one generation to the next. [source: wikipedia - translated in english by writer]


There was a people party in Kayen Village, the place where studiokasatmata studios presents. There gonna be a Jathilan. Since I didn't have so much to do on this weekend, I pack my gear and came to studio on Sunday ..and I'm not dissapointed I did. Rain didn't mean a pulldown, though I need to be more careful in protecting my camera, but it made the Jathilan trance even more dramatic!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Resume is Done

Just new update for the site. I'm done with the resume page, though I'll still add link to download the pdf or doc version of it. At least the link won't just shows up blank page now. That includes drawing, 3D modeling, and animation page. I'm still working on the photography page, other than this one page, else is good to go.

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Animation Showreel 2010

At last I had finish this project, Phew. Took quite some times.
Now I just need to apply this everywhere, and wait for the magic to come :)

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Punyu's Complete Walkcycle

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Igniting my own spirit

Change is nature, Dad. The part that we can influence. And it starts when we decide. - Remi, Ratatouille

Best quote from my best pixar movie. I always remind myself of that words often, especially lately. It gives me spirit, for my plan, for my future, to give the best course for my life. Eventhough it means I need to move from my comfort position and do something risky, but I know that I won't ever be dissapointed on failing. The things that could dissapoint me is never tried, never took the chances, and my life is left without I ever fight with my best.
I want to fullfill my dream till the fullest. I don't want to survive but feel shame and empty at home. I want to go fight out there, because  in the warfield, either dead or survive, both is glorious.

Wish me luck.

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Animate at Work [My Early Animations]

This is some animations I did on my job where I work as the animation and director. Copyright of studiokasatmata.

Jogja Asian Film Festival 2007 Opening


Wedding Season [It got runner up of a competition that I forgot what it was ^^;]


BROKEN [Indonesia ICT Award 2009 nominator]

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New Face!

The holidays had just pass. It is time for me to get back into my reel project, and this time.. crunch time.
One more punyu walkcycle and the reel is as good as a hot baked cake. But it's not easy since I got to manage time between this personal project, work, life, play and rest.
The best thing to get through with that is a brand new spirit. There I change the look of my site, Not a big changes but more like putting small and nice add ons.
The main theme obviously been changed and you' ll notice that I had add new portofolio banners. It is cool! But.. the contents are still under construction. Won't be long, coming soon, just be patient.
Also now commenting a post is far more easy with the embeded post window just under the post. so go on. comment ;)

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Hunts on Eid Mubarok

People, kids, elder, everythings, we meet lot of them on the holidays. Always keep your camera ready, because you'll encounter alot of interesting moments, frequently.

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Eid Mubarok!

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Temple of the Seven Gold Camels

Got this link from Keithlango's Blog when blog-walking last night. This is another gold mine! had placed it on my favorit blogs list.

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Acting Animation - Not As Simple As..

This should be the last acting clip for my 2010 reel. Then after I'm done with punyu walk/runcycle, the reel would be considerly done.



The workflow:



A friend asks me to make the clip less shakey for an analyzing purpose. I already like the handycam version, so rather than change the final result, I'll upload the steady version, the one without camera animation in order you to see the animation clearly. Hope it could help.

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Jalan Jalan - Lotus [Dragon Hunters OST]

I rewatched Dragon Hunter [Chasseurs De Dragons] when I refound this music. What a superb mucic, and more, it uses a very familiar Indonesian instrument. Kinda sounds like Javanese/Balinese music that arranged into some masterpiece with Hans Zimmer quality. Curiously I googled it and found that The song's title is Lotus, performed by Jalan Jalan[!] and the album name is: Bali[!]. Do you think that's surprising enough? Well.. that's not the biggest twist. Jalan Jalan is not an Indonesian music band, orchestra, or something, but it is actually a Japanese! here's more about Jalan Jalan Bali CD:

The stunning debut by Japanese ensemble Jalan Jalan evokes the island of Bali via authentic instrumentation, moving melodies, artfully arranged ambience, and stylish flourishes. Balinese gamelan is at the center of the music: with gongs, the gender (the metal keyboard used in gamelan), bamboo flutes, and percussion, making BALI feel particularly rooted in traditions of its geographical namesake. Yet the compositions here--simple, plaintive, and pointedly beautiful--unfold with an elegance that recalls 20th-century minimalism. The combination is immediately appealing, and sustains its fascination over multiple listens.

Proud and shame comes to me massively..
Proud because our country has a beautiful music potential that charms and inspires peoples from other country, and shame because other country appreciates and values our tradition more then ourself. I didn't yet found our musicians has arrange our traditional music into masterpiece like this. Apart from it, it is a beautiful music indeed. I'm in love to it maybe I'm gonna use it as background music for my animation reel.

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How I Met My Internet Customer Service

It has been 5 days that the internet in my home is dead!
What a pain. I can't live this way, unbearable, I am dying, need to.. Go to provider shop and make them revive it again! 3 sessions of "How I Met Your Mother" helped me alot bearing through that ..and kept me from making any progress in my animation exercise o_o;;
 Thanks God it does connected now, after a long debate with the shop customer service.
Now everything is back to normal, I can continue my animation now, but wait.. Made brings me session 4 of "How I Met Your Mother", nooooooooo.....!!

Half kidding. Fortunately I had done another acting clip.



..But seriously, I'm gonna watch the series now.

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Punyu - Walks

Casual Walks

I always used template, note, or reference drawing to make walkycle. True, that solved the problem but it lacks some principles of understanding motion.
So I relearn it. 2 chapter of Richard Williams' Animator Survival Kit helps me alot. By knowing how and why we walk now I don't need note anymore. It's all about understanding.
If you feel like you were missing something in animation eventhough you already a professional in it, don't hesitate to goes way back for basical things. You'd be surprised by what you would find. It's just like what Richard Williams said, "You don't know what you don't know."
I need to watch the next chapter to make Punyu runs, so before that, here she is in casual walking in 12's. In the end it was become my 1st frame by frame animation. I think It's much better than the walkcycle without understanding of the basic which I ever made.





Sneaks

Wow, this is a little harder than the casual walk. Maybe it's because I am trying to make it more dinamic, not just a cycle, but more into a scene where she sneaks backward, turns her body, then sneaks forward.
Animator Survival Kits is still my holy guide on this one. Here is the first blocking.


Work In Progress 01 - Contact + Passing Position


I got trouble on the transition move between the backward-forward sneak, so I shot video of me and my friend doing the sneak for the reference . Thanks to Arief Suranto for the help.

Human Sneak Reference


Work In Progress 02 - Breakdown along with pose refinements

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Light's Out!

It was 11.00 PM, raining, and I was alone at my house. I was doing walkcycle for Punyu when the electricity was suddenly out.
It is a third world country, electricity is out often. Yeah, that's suck. I couldn't sleep that early, my PSP battery was almost out and I got bored by games lately anyway. So I picked my camera, thanks God it still has lot of power, looked like I just full recharging it some times ago, and got creative with the lights shortage, wich was one pair of candles.

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Animator Madness!

To all fellow animators, why so serious ?!
Video of us being crazy at work ..It is legal for animator to be crazy.

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Punyu Doing Caramelldansen

Time to give Punyu animation. Let's start with simple but catchy animation. Caramelldansen!

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Merdeka!

Merdeka means free. I put that word as my post title because this is a special day for my country, Indonesia. In exactly 65 years ago, our nation finally got its freedom from the invader.
Now most of the heroes who did that are gone. Let's not make their sacrifice went in vain. Time for us the youngster to fight in our own way for this country.
As an artist, I will keep creating and doing my best on it.

I put new picture as a banner. Punyu's expression is 80% done, I can already use her. So here she is, and of course, the indepence spirit along with it.

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Random Elite Shots

Playing Water
Kedung Kayang, Muntilan, Magelang, Central Java

Cherry Blossom Girl
Japan Exhibition - Indonesian University, Jakarta

The Bride
Fika&Lilik Wedding - Ponjong, Gnkidul, Yogyakarta

The Warmth of Silaturahmi 
Fika&Lilik Wedding - Ponjong, Gnkidul, Yogyakarta

Mbang Telon
Studiokasatmata - Sleman, Yogyakarta

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Punyu Promotional Picture

Technically, she is the mascot of this website. I'm still in progress finishing her - need to add expression. Here is the progress so far. Maybe later I'd make her do the caramel dance xD

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