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Another Gentle GIANT in my opinion.. real Mighty, Solid defense & a mild behaved animal for all that .. Most of all herbivorous !
Im rolling on & on .. :)

Eye of the Tiger !

One more in continuation for the animals 'Eyes' .. Hope we dont lose this mighty animal forever.. A Beautiful animal indeed ..

Gentle Giant

continuing from the earlier one for the animals posts :) .. The Gentle giant ..
Am enjoying every bit of this safari .. cheers

Being Brave !

Another post of one of majestic wild animals .. again the eyes say so much for those animals...
some quote from film The Lion King which Mufasa tells his son .. about being brave .. Fantastic writing.. awesome baritone voice of James Earl jones & gr8 animation ... Brilliant storytelling & always an inspiration.. The classics always do that ;)
hope u like it ..

The KING

Hi ! A long pending post.. Was playing with Cintiq a day back so spent the time doing this.. Its pure FUN ! Wanted to focus on the eyes as they speak so much .. especially the animals..
I enjoyed it , hope you do too :)
cheers

Colors

Hi all, posting some more thumbnails & doodles from my sketchbook.. ( digital one of-course )..
nothing more to say.. enjoy & cheers!

An exrecise

Hi all, haven't posted for long.. posting some thumbnails done as a study for totans & light .. Its good to layout blank grey rectangles & start with wide random strokes across all of them & then add light & start searching for environments , compositions interesting patterns among them .. Its a fun way to break free & work simultaneously on series of thumbnails...

The second one is the same thought process but with color.. you can take any family of color & work on all of them together .. Its pure fun ! a happy accident process.. somehow I always enjoy that ! It also help in establishing some underlying progression to all thumbnails like a colorscript..
You can always take one of those & build lot of details for final render..

Just some of my ways to keep working & exploring.. hope u enjoy!
cheers

From the Forests !

Hi all some more Lighting studies from photographs .. a fairytale(ish)feel in mind..Wish to do a illustrated series of painting on fairytales & stories ... of my own ..someday surely will do it!
Till then..cheers!

That little red hut ..

Its a dream of living in some serene & silent mountains & cliffs atop everything ... where simplicity rules ..:) away from the traffic & industrial noise, which is one of the biggest putoffs in my opinion of our daily lives..
Just something poured out freely .. getting back to my dream now !

Theres always Light at the Top!

The sun shines and warms and lights us and we have no curiosity to know why this is so; but we ask the reason of all evil, of pain, and hunger, and mosquitoes and silly people.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson

What a lovely quote ... I think that's what is required at this point of time .. some moments spent in pondering & appreciating the beauty of simple things around us in our daily lives.. A retrospect of wrong things is much needed but, without forgetting to enjoy little moments!
There's so much beauty around us!
Just need to open up your heart & mind..
May the light guide our souls
cheers !

On & On with this series..

Hi all,
took a bit longer to post this ... again am still in the same style mode which ive been for a while.. also reading this amazing book on presentations, called PRESENTATION ZEN by Garr reynolds.. he also has a very interesting blog here. As it says it follows the art of presentation in any professional & personal lives, with a minimalist & clear approach.. A must for a guy having a visual approach to doing things.
Coming back to paintings.. Its very interesting to explore new colors & compositions in the same theme bringing together your family of thoughts & expressing them with those visuals..
Its FUN to free your mind !
Hope u enjoy!

Sunday morning doodle!

A sunday morning play with colors & comp .. working early in the morning is such a fun & refreshing.. It seems to set a good tone to the rest of the day ! .. Adding some more to the series but a new day & a new palette!..

Some new n fresh ones...

Hi .. posting some new works .. just picked a color palette & tried to work around some compositions... Off late have been hooked onto this awesome book .. by a Guru .. Hans bacher.. called DREAMWORLDS .. A must have in the collection.. His works on 'Mulan' are simply amazing!.. simplicity & minimalism at its best !
Im in total awe of his works ..
cheers & enjoy..

Fresh n pastels

There again.. trying to get back to my childhood days of scratching pastels onto sheets of paper.. wonderful what painter can create !.. may be it'll enable one day to actually get ur hands dirty too !.. :O just a wild wishful thinking to get to the tangible !

Some more.. from my Attic!

.. to keep my habit going.. will keep posting some of my earlier works .. Some more free-your-mind-speed paints .. helping me take the leap :P

BGs & Moods..

Hi,

Posting some of my earlier quick doodles & moodscapes.. which were inspired from some random thoughts .. even a bit abstract at times.. will keep posting them frequently as I love doing those quick , free-your-mind doodles.. Hope u enjoy ! let me know..