Totem Creative

29/11/2022

Poster of our Film Paperplanes A Totem Creative Production.

26/06/2022

So proud of our team for this ✨ New TVC Spot ✨

Our latest, for , in collaboration with the .studios team.

Finally get to share this with you all. 🤘

Animation Production by

Animation Direction(Totem): .arvind
Background Design:
Character animation:
Background Animation:
2D FX animation:
Character Cleanup & Colour:

Background Cleanup & Colour:
Animation Compositing:

21/02/2022

Meet the exhilarated Blue Monkey of Blue Monkey Films! 🐵

Had the pleasure of bringing this mad, hyper-animated (pun intended) character to life. Our first logo animation for a film company. is already creating big waves with their very first film, 'A Thursday', released on .

Design & Animated by your favourite !

Animation Direction: .arvind
Storyboard & Art Direction:
Character design & animation:

08/11/2021

Our very first lesson with , Surviving Pompeii crossed its first Million+ views mark on YouTube! Super stoked about it.

Even more excited for our next film (swipe right 👉) another collab with the TED-Ed team, which will be out on 11th of Nov. ✨✨✨

10/09/2021

निर्विघ्नम कुरु मे देवः सर्व कार्येषु सर्वादा 🙏🏽🙏🏽 🙏🏽

Wishing everyone a very auspicious Ganesh Chaturthi!!

Illustrated by
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02/08/2021

NEW INITIATIVE for the future and what's in store for you.

Animation is an arduous process with thousands of hours soaked into a single minute of animation. A final piece of animation, therefore, often does not do justice to the collective efforts gone into creating it, no matter how beautiful the end product is. This book is first in our intiatives to bring this magical and multilayered process closer to the audience, so they can enjoy it even more.

The book will contain everything from final artworks to initial scribbles and sketchy notes that helped in the final animation. It will also take you through the design process and creative decision making on a project like this.

The book is still in progress, in digital form. So if anyone can help us out with print and publishing, that'll be amazing! You can reach out via DM or email us at [email protected] /[email protected]
OR simply comment below and we'll reach out to you. BIG THANKS in advance!

31/07/2021

Some backgrounds and stills from the animated music video.
A huge amount of research, time and effort has gone into this project. And it is so rewarding to see the results. The response from all of you has been absolutely amazing!!
Let us know in the comments if you would like to see more artworks from the film, BTS shots or process videos. Do subscribe to TotemPlay Youtube channel. It will be a big boost for us in making more of these. We'll be posting a bunch of process videos there too, in coming days.

Look out for another SUPER EXCITING update tomorrow!!

23/07/2021

It's live!! 🤩🤩🤩
Watch it now!

This video premiers on Friday 23rd July 2021!

21/07/2021

Myth of MAYA ~

In Hindu culture the word often refers to the illusion of the materialistic world.

Maya is also believed to be a Goddess of illusion. Her beauty was so enchanting, even the gods couldn’t break her spell.
The gods feared her so much that they trapped her and locked her away. It is believed to be her beauty that is embedded in the universe in the form of ‘Rasa’ or Pleasure, forever calling to Life.

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19/07/2021

Looking forward to the weekend already. Totem's latest animated video premiers This Friday!

And did we mention, the video will feature music from the amazing 💥
It's going to be super adventurous!

FRIDAY - 6:00 PM. Set your reminders!⏱️
Head over to Youtube TotemPlay channel to know more. Link below⚡⚡⚡

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aC6vy2t98h4
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18/07/2021

Official announcement 📢
We are so excited to finally share our next big project, an animated music video ~ 'MAYA'.

The video will release next Friday, 23rd July, , on TotemPlay(YouTube), our homegrown platform for original animated content.

Keep an eye out. We will be dropping more updates, teasers and lore of Maya in the coming week.

04/06/2021

Pompeii lesson via is aproaching it's half a million mark on YouTube 🙏🏽
Here's a look back at the film's initial visualisations and treatment. It has come a long way since then.

Visual development by

30/05/2021

FX shadows really add depth and volume to the FX Animation, be it blasts, smoke, water or fire. Check our process on one of the shots from 'How to survive the destruction of Pompeii', a lesson we animated for TED-Ed!

FX shadows really add depth and volume to the FX Animation, be it blasts, smoke, water or fire. Check our process on one of the shots from 'How to survive th...

21/05/2021

Our latest film with TED-Ed is out! So stoked to finally share it with you guys!!! 🤩🤩🤩

The lesson tells the devastating tale of the city of Pompeii and Vesuvius the volcanic mountain that swallowed it.
Do leave a comment if you like the video. And share it with your folks!

Animation Team 🙌
Creative Direction: Nikhita Prabhudesai & Arvind Singh Jeena
Storyboard & Animatics: Nikhita Prabhudesai
Art & Visual development: Ashish Phadke
Character Design: Gaurav Dhaimodkar, Ashish Phadke
Backgrounds: Ashish Phadke, Nikhita Prabhudesai, Varun Bala, Richa Mehta
Animation: Gaurav Dhaimodkar Ashish Phadke, Arvind Singh Jeena
Cleanup & Colours: Gaurav Dhaimodkar, Ashish, Nikhita Prabhudesai, Arvind Singh Jeena, Varun, Richa, Shreshth Vyas

Download a free audiobook version of “Into Thin Air“ and support TED-Ed's nonprofit mission: https://www.audible.com/ted-ed--It’s a bustling day in Pompeii. ...

18/05/2021

🔊🎧 2 days to go!! 🤩

08/05/2021

Special Saturday treats 🤩
Our very first collaboration with , which has been simply the best.
We can't wait to share it with the world. The anticipation is just killing us. Watch out!

03/05/2021

This was long over due. An adorable project we helped bring to life last year. It was an absolute joy! Finally getting the chance to share it with you all.

In collaboration with Trina Ray who did a magical job with designs and character animation.

&tuskey

26/04/2021

Character Design Challenge. Spicing things up a bit. Borrowing the theme from monthly Character Design Challenge by CharacterDesignQuarterly. This month's theme: 'Fashion show extravaganza'. The challenge is open for submissions until 2nd May. So hurry up and share your own character design!

Check out this set by artists at Totem with some extra extravaganza!!

15/04/2021

Teaser of our next project in making is finally out on Youtube! Check out this first look of our first ever animated music video.

Let us know what you guys think :)

Here's the first look of our new project, an independent animated music video. The video will be out first on TotemPlay, a platform we are building for dedi...

13/04/2021

Breakdown #2. This short but fun filled animated shot from Kissan. Got some Roadrunner vibes going in here.

Animated by our uber talented

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05/04/2021

From boards to screen; a quick breakdown of one of the shots from Kissan ad.

08/03/2021

The new GoogleDoodle is so so lovely! Happy International Women's Day 2021! ♥︎ ♥︎ ♥︎

14/11/2020

Live, love and be kind. Wish you all a very Happy Diwali!!! ✨🌟✨

11/10/2020

We are so thrilled to finally share this with y'all. The latest Kissan spot that we worked on.

A huge thanks to the amazing folks at for this opportunity
& for collaboration.
This is by far the most fun we have had working on a project!

Client : HUL
Brand : Kissan
Agency : Lowe Lintas

Production House : Dynamite Design
Storyboarding :
Animation production : Totem Creative

Creative team at Totem ~
Background design: Nikhita Prabhudesai
Animation supervision : Arvind Singh Jeena
Animators : Gaurav Dhaimodkar Ashish Phadke

24/08/2020

Recent work, successfully completed for & . We collaborated with the nice folks at , that resulted in this fun and beautiful film. Made with a lot of love ❤️.


Credits:
Brand:
Agency:
Production: .creative
Storyboard & animatic:
Art direction & design:
Animation:
.arvind

06/08/2020

🌟 Got an overwhelming response lately. So excited to share our future adventures with more of your guys!! Let's keep it going ❤️😍🤸

Thanks to for lending sound to this post 🎧❤️

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06/07/2020

.arvind..
Character design by our very own .arvind. Checkout his original post for process!


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@ Totem Creative

14/06/2020

The one time Arvind managed to not spill the milk.
Animated by
Starring .arvind
#2020

10/06/2020

Thank you Enterprise World for featuring us on your list! We are honoured and happy to share our experiences! :)

Totem Creative is a four-year-old Animation and Design Studio based in Mumbai, India. Functioning with

27/05/2020

Latest collaboration with the awesome folks X !

Illustrated by
Animated by

04/05/2020

: Latest Collab with X . Now that we're spending more time at home, we realize the things we really enjoy.
Illustrated by
Animated by

17/04/2020

Another moment animated with in collaboration with :) Illustrated by
Animated by .