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Dixa Barooah | Mdes AN 15-17


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Source: India,   IDC IIT Bombay

Date: 2015-2017 

Medium: Photograph

Credits: IDC


Detailed Description

Dixa Barooah is a 2D animator, illustrator, and graphic designer. She received her M.Des in Animation Design from IDC (IIT Bombay) in 2017. In 2014, Dixa graduated with a bachelor's degree in communication design and animation from the Symbiosis Institute of Design. From 2017 to 2020, she was an artist at MINTE. She is currently employed with Cozy Niche as a co-founder.


Related Links:
https://www.behance.net/Dragonranaries


Reference Links:
http://ddsidc.com/2017/portfolio/dixa/


Projects

Interactive Comics: A Study

Interactive books are a subgenre of literature that require participation by the reader. Reader interaction is vital to the progression of the story. Interactive books engage the reader and pull them into the story. This includes books that incorporate the use of modern technology or computerised books. This medium of storytelling allows the reader to dive into the story in more ways than one. The outcome is not always fixed, and it can vary as per the decisions made by the reader. Interactive comics grab hold of the reader’s attention by involving their senses. Readers must use multiple senses to participate in the story. Some examples of multi-sensory interactive books include touch and feel books, pop-up books, hidden object books, books that readers can respond to, digital books, colouring books, and game books.


Summer Internship at Hop Motion Animation Studio

Hop Motion Studios is an efficient studio when it comes to handling projects both in India and internationally. In the entire duration of one month. Over the four-week period, our work was neatly divided into easy-to-understand sections, and work was given depending on how much we had learned. For the time being, Hop Motion was working on three live projects. The main one being Choti Anandi for Colours TV. They were also working on WWE Camp and their own web series called Modern Activity. We got a chance to learn the software tools used in the above animations and were also given enough time to experiment with the software we learned. We got to work on a few shots that have simple animation, prop making, shadows, and finalising animation shots. We were treated as an important part of the production team. The COO made sure he conducted meetings and get-togethers at regular intervals to monitor our progress, assign new work, and explain certain processes. He made sure we had no doubts along the way and made sure to inquire after us if there was anything else or anything extra we wanted to learn. We were explained in detail the software features, project cycles, animation flow, background art, layout designs, prob designs, and library making. After we were finally done with the whole internship, we were skillfully equipped enough to be absorbed into any company’s production team.


The Quest

As a kid, I had always drawn inspiration from wonderful master storytellers and writers. Alice in Wonderland, The Wizard of Oz, The Nightmare Before Christmas, and Alice Through the Looking Glass were just a few of them. Over time, I came to realise that they all have a genre in common. They all talk about a journey that they have undergone. A journey of self-discovery and doubt They come out as some new Adventure Quest. because the journey is exciting. Be it self-realization or self-transformation, be it physically or mentally, Can create a lasting impression on the audience. Also, it gives me a huge opportunity, as a storyteller, to showcase my art and skills in telling the most visually rich story ever.