Improving Cartooning

R K Laxman was the best cartoonist in India. Bal Thackeray was also good. Mario Miranda too. Ajit Ninan Mathew too is. Sudhir Dhar had a fine humor and had simple lines.
But somehow I liked R K Laxman a lot. His cartoons seemed to tell stories which seemed close to my level of understanding.
But can I improve my drawing to his level? As I feel, I need to draw diagonals in a square, rectangles both ways fast and accurate quickly. Then I have to do this in ellipses and circles. But at the same time I need to make the squares and rectangles accurate in length and angles.If I master these, then my observation and imaginations will come into consideration.
I wish to cartoon better than Daniel Craig !!

Kuch Filmy Baatein !!

If I were to be a part of team making a film I would use the following strategies :-

1. Music - Music is important. And I will recommend my name to the team for music direction. I can play dafli and singing; and I am confident of driving inspiration to the music team. And together we can give good music.
2. Cameraman - I will insist on sets and costumes. Therefore, I will ask the cameraman to focus on sets and costumes. Not too much on character or actors.
3. Screenplay - I am confident of helping the team in converting a novel to screenplay. There is a good concept here. A funda !!
4. Acting - I will insist on hand and eye movements and also face movements more. Like Kathakali dance. It might be exaggerating but meaning will be conveyed more.

By the way, there are some good short films made nowadays. I have forgotten the website name. The movies are about 15 to 20 minutes and some of them are good. I saw about three short films, courtesy NDTV.

A 400 year old house

I was born in a house which was 400 years old. I was born on a Sunday in my village in Kumbakonam. I possibly picked up the habit of controlling evil immediately.
Later I went to Kolkata as my father worked there.
Delhi life was different.
But now I feel there is no point in dying for evil. Because I control evil pretty well.

Latest in IT World

So, these are the interesting happenings in IT and mobile arena.
1) Lima is a terabyte level personal cloud like device. You store media and files in Lima. All your other devices like tablets phone and laptops can then use these files. (By the way I have probably only 1000 songs. But I wrote higher number in my other blog because I had other devices with copies !!)
2) Microsoft's to be installed Windows phone app now has an extension .xapp. But I think you can make it available in Windows Phone Store. However, there is a payment. But the earlier .xap Windows Phone App is also supported. I have checked this out.
3) Windows 10 will make file sharing more synchronous across its devices. So possibly, a Windows phone altered file can be immediately accessed on the Windows laptop.

Youtube Offline Movies

I watched a few films offline from Youtube last week. I followed the cue about offline videos from a blog mate.
I watched "Ek Doctor Ki Maut","Sooraj ka Satwan Ghoda","Diksha","Train to Pakistan", "Kamla ki Maut". Currently I have "Shatranj ke Khiladi" and "Sardar- The movie".
It takes about 30 to 45 minutes for a movie to be downloaded. I think there is a day limit of 3 days within which you can watch the downloaded offline movie.
Some of my favorite movies are "Kahaani","Shaurya","A Wednesday","Sooraj ka Satwan Ghoda", "8 x 10 Tasveer" etc.

Self trained runner !!

No one teaches us to walk. We have packages in our genetic setup which enabled us to walk. As a kid we observed our parents and relatives and friends all around us walking and we probably asked ourselves "Why shouldn't I do the same myself ?".  And then we walked.
Walking when we are adults requires hardly any effort. It seems effortless like breathing. It comes natural. But because of our sedentary lifestyle we spend life sitting most of the time. We also overeat and eat wrong food. We put on weight and fat. Then walking for a longer time becomes a problem.
Jogging is different from walking. Almost all the body organs are stable in walking. Everything works effortlessly in walking. However jogging can be said to be a state where except breathing every other mechanism in our body requires effort. Breathing is the stable point in jogging. For people who want to jog and are habitual walkers, need to increase the speed of legs and raise them alternately. But they have to keep the breathing under voluntary control. You are jogging if your speed is below 6 miles per hour speed.
Running is a state where every activity in your body during running state requires effort. Even breathing. All the activities need effort at that particular time every time you run. It is a different feeling from jogging. I am gradually increasing the duration of my running. I plan to become a good runner in a month's time. By January end.
Later I shall improve my timing and duration and by God's will I shall participate in marathon in November 2015 and finish it as a runner. I am sure and confident and getting prepared for it.

Books to Music to Books

The above are the books that I have.
In free books :-
1) Around the world in eighty days. Finished reading this book. The sati and saving the girl was amusing and not the least felt controversial or insulting in this book.
2) Analyzing Character. Read first chapter. Career in India is not same as a career in foreign. Here clerks, accountants are needed. Hard work for laborers and industry workers.
3) Pride and Prejudice. A classic tale from which I hope to learn an English mindset.
In Kindle e books:-
1) How to read Music. A book to fine tune my understanding of music.
2) Thinking fast and slow. A difficult one to understand. I tried reading a few pages.
3) The Pupeteers of Palem. I have taken a cue from a fellow blogger.
4) Laugh with Laxman. Subjects to improve my cartooning ability.
5) David and Goliath. Understand people and their macro guiding principles.
6) The notebooks of Leonardo da vinci. The master genius is different. Completely different. I hoped for some similarity. An evil wish perhaps. But no, I do not think like him.
7) The Einstein theory of relativity. Above my head book. The grapes are sour type of book. His genius cannot be understood.