Ranbhoomi - Kurukshetra wins in Communication Design at DNA Paris

The game was an effort of love, research and design. Built on a shoestring budget with passion it is a bestseller in the Indie games category of India. Congrats to the Sutradhar team that worked on it. Gaurav Tiwari Satish Meena Anupam Tathawadekar Keyur Karvande and myself Shaunak Samvatsar. A good decision was to take on Studio Bandwagon Vivek Vikram Singh and Akash Ranjan to design the game to a finished product. The game launch was an adventure in itself. Most Indie games are launched with explainer videos, we wanted a marketing video which external vendors quoted 8L for. We shut them down and decided to do inhouse. Gaurav and I designed the narrative, I storyboarded the same with limited camera moves, dynamic angles and careful blocking. Anupam did the 2D animation and Keyur used his blender knowledge to animate. We created a blockbuster. https://dna.paris/winner/zoom.php?eid=71-92123-24 https://playranbhoomi.com/

Story Shortlisted for San Diego Comic Con 2024.

A few days ago I came across a call for stories by the legendary Scott Morse, his goal was to turn them into 1 page comics live at San Diego Comic Con. I jumped at the opportunity to showcase my work to an international audience and wrote a few stories outside my comfort zone of comedy as the theme was Space/Crime. An lo I was shortlisted!! So if anyone in my network is going to #SDCC24 please to visit Scott.

EcoGPX residency

Co-facilitated a workshop on sustainable practices with the talented Alice Motta as a part of the #EcoGPX Coventry Residency organised by Intercultural Roots for Public Health .It was a great learning experience interacting with artists and citizens of Coventry to chart a path for the city. Thanks Alex and Wendy for having me.

Then we had a wonderful session on zines workshop facilitated by @franklin.lavender @laurenelizjames & @gnomi_omiart. A manifesto was created with these residents of Coventry for a path towards the future, responsibility and sustainability. With materials and artists zines took on varying forms.

About Carl Barks

I discovered the beauty of Carl Barks in my 30's. What a talent. Great to learn about him.

First book contribution.

Felt really nice contributing Verite'01 to the library of Cartoon Museum Pune. My first graphic essay "Research Ramblings" is a part of this anthology.

Cartoon Museum Pune University, 1st Anniversary

On the occasion of the first Anniversary of the "Cartoon Museum" at Savitribai Phule Pune University, the team has organized an exhibition of the works of certain cartoonists. I am privileged to have a few of my works displayed at the same. Please do attend.

Update: It was a nice small event. Pune University offered the cartoonists the best support for the progress of cartoons as an academic as well as art pursuits. The cartoon museum is hosted in the heritage main building of Pune university. All cartoonists who come to Pune please do visit the museum and meet the team. Help in all possible ways to help this art form flourish.

The chief guest was Dr.Sanjeev A. Sonawane Pro-Vice Chancellor

Inside the museum hall.

Sutradhar turns two!!

It has been more than two years and today is as good a day any to tell everyone what has Sutradhar been up to. We have been publishing new content everyday since we started and haven't missed a day. Follow this post to know about our shows. 1. Monday Mythbusters Every Monday morning we publish a video busting a popular myth about our scriptures by referring to authentic sources with quotes. This Monday we released Episode 7 of Season 2. (25 Episodes available on our app) 2. TempleTales Tuesdays Every Tuesday morning we publish a video about the stories around our temples. These stories are from scriptures, folklores, history and help us develop appreciation for our immensely rich heritage. There are 70+ episodes currently available on our app. 3. Wednesday Wisdom Every Wednesday we bring to you words of wisdom covered in our scriptures, which help us prepare for the situations we encounter in our lives. 21 Episodes of Bhishma Niti and 9 Episodes of Nahusha Samvad are currently live on our app. 4. Mini Tales Every Thursday we release short stories from Mahabharat/Ramayan/Puranas where we try to tell an interesting story in less than 2 minutes. People can share these on Whatsapp and it will encourage people to explore more. There are currently 300+ episodes live. 5. Podcast Every Monday and Friday we release new episode of our Ved Vyas ki Mahabharat Podcast, which is serialized retelling our Mahabharat based on the version published by Gita Press. Today we have published 6th Episode of Season 3. 6. Stories from Ancient India Every Saturday we publish a long story where we cover mostly unheard tales from our ancient scriptures. 100 stories have already been published so far and are live on our app. 7. Stories for Kids Sunday is reserved for Kids. Every Sunday we publish moral stories targeted towards teaching valuable life lessons to younger generation. More than 50 stories have been published on our app so far. 8. Meditation Music We have included some divine chants on our app, which are good for listening while going through your day. Just put them on loop and connect with divine. 9. Gita Everyday at 7 pm we publish one shloka of Shri Ashtavatra Gita and at 9 pm one shloka of Shrimadbhagwadgita. We believe there cannot be a better way to end the day. 10. Festivals of India During festivals we release special episodes covering the stories from our structures and folktales around respective festivals. This is a good way to remember how our culture has shaped up over generations and why celebrating these festivals in important. We do not show any ads so you can be assured that your time on the app is well spent. First three months are on us, after that there is a very nominal annual subscription which costs less than 1 Rs/ Day. (It's 299 Rs/ year) Please do check out our app and if you like it tell others about us. play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sutradhar