exhibited 3d clay models of monster characters he had designed at an art gallery to drive home the importance of anatomy in animation he will also be conducting workshops for budding animators modelers in arts colleges dr suresh said that anatomy is not just important for medical or veterinary students but is also applied in various fields including figurative arts 2d animation medical illustration robotics medical models paleontology story boarding physiotherapy motion capture makeup and even body building knowing anatomy is as important for an animator as it is for a veterinary or a medical practitioner to make your character look realistic on screen he added it was this knowledge on anatomy that fed his passion to become an animator the veterinarian who was performing surgeries on animals and pursing his postgraduation dropped out to learn designing and animation however unlike his understanding of anatomy which helped in becoming an animator dr suresh said budding animators are not taught the basics of anatomy to build 3d clay models that eventually help them transfer the same in to a computer lack of knowledge on anatomy reflects on the final work thats why most of our work in india do not have a realistic feel to it the veterinarian said pointing out to the 3d clay models he made of monsters it is not enough if you design a monster you should also know the movements of its body muscle and bone to make it look realistic unfortunately anatomy is not taught in animation classes here while in abroad they have experts to teach he explained the 3d models of monsters displayed at the exhibition dr suresh combined the features of two or more animals to create monsters giving more emphasis on the anatomy monsters having fowls face and feet with muscular human body a tall beast with a lean body thick neck with a face of a human and protruding lower jaw if you know anatomy experimenting is easy making the model is the difficult part transferring the same in the computer is easy he said having learnt the anatomy of various animals and 14 years of experience in the field dr suresh has decided to teach budding animators anatomy through a technique called ecorche where a figure is drawn painted or sculpted showing the muscles of the body without the skin the vet is planning to teach students anatomy by using clay where they can place layers of muscles one over another eventually get an understanding of the musculoskeletal structures major vessels and nerves with shortage of cadaver even medical and veterinary medicine students can learn anatomy the same way he said dr suresh will soon be conducting workshops on anatomy in wellknown arts colleges in the city