KOCHI: Adam Wyrwas, a celebrated animator, who had won the Oscar Award for his exploits in the field, said he drew inspiration from what he saw around himself. The movement of people, nature and everything else have a tale of their own. And majority of his works were sourced from situations that he witnessed.
“Watching the world, watching the people, that’s what I do every single day and you see your story there. Not everybody has the skill, but I particularly watch and learn from what unfolds right in front of me. There is a message in everything,” he said, while addressing Adam Wyrwas ‘Meet the Animator’ session at the ongoing National Cartoon and Caricature Festival ‘CariToon 2016’ here.
Adam has been involved in the field of animation right from 1984. Starting off with short films for children and taking part in children’s film festivals, he had gradually moved into the animation world realising how enchanting it was.
Adam was the lead animator in the animation movie ‘Peter and the Wolf’ (2006) which won several awards, including the Oscar Award for the best animated short film in 2008 and a nomination for Cartoon DÂ’or in 2007. His visit to India has been associated with Studio Eeksaurus Pvt. Ltd. where he is playing a key role in the development of ‘Tokri’, an animation story directed by Suresh Eriyat. Hence, it was only but natural that Wyrwas should be accompanied by Eriyat, an eminent cartoonist and national award winner for animations.
“For us, working with Adam, who had so many years of mastery in the field, was a huge experience. The work which otherwise would have taken five months, Adam was sure that we would finish within two.
Many shots were reshot and still we remained much within the time which actually spoke of the professionalism and the unique method Adam was capable of,” says Eriyat.