some Illustrations styles explored !

Hey all !
getting positive responses from peers & especially superiors is really a booster ! so keeping up the spirits high & posting some more .. these were some samples for style exploration for illustrated books .. I was playing more with block shapes &, lighting...and obviously textures ( which i love to play with all the time) .. hope u like em..
cheers !

.. Contd ( with the hangover ) ..

Hi there .. going ahead from where i left.. adding some more quick doodles that I did on the outdoors .. and some more thumbnail wanderings I did a few days later.. ( i love doing those :P )
For the love of trees !!

enjoy !

What you see & feel !

Hi all
wanted to share this dearly ! I had a chance to go for outdoor sketching & painting with students of Symbiosis design school to the lush campus of PUNE univ. A scorching day @ 39-40 deg. Yet under the massive banyan trees felt nothing. Such was the cool shade & the breeze. The task was to draw , sketch paint what you see .. I wanted to draw what I saw but ended up drawing what I felt as the feeling was much stronger , peaceful & beyond !
Also ended up doing quite a few sketches which Ill update soon. What a nice little refreshing trip it was , felt a bit guilty for not doing such sketching+painting trips often .. Would really like to get away from those Monitors & go out in lap of nature more frequently ! hopefully I will ...

for Peace :)

For a few sketches more ..

All mixed... sketches + digital + watercolors some of my confusions & scribbles & thoughts n more.. cheers ! .....hic !

Let the Music heal your Soul !

What started as a casual sketch from a photograph .. while tasting some music ..played with water colors .. Feels good to go back to more tangible medium & take a break from digitals.
Was fun & quite enjoyed myself ! hope you enjoy too
have a colorful weekend !

Why hurry !

Hi all...

yup this post comes pretty quickly since the last but had to share it with all. Theres this blog 'zen habits' rather an amazing one which ive been following for quite long. I read this post last night about ' HOW NOT TO HURRY '.. made me pause & think & rethink .. for all around us in this zipping world this made me hit the pause button .. sitback, zoom out & just enjoy the view (& everything) .. and so i did starting from where I was .. a highly recommended read !
so once in a while just sit back, grab a beer ... relax & savor all !
cheers !

Sketches & PS

hi there.. some scans of pencil sketches & worked over in PS .. to play with textures & all... basically FUN ! :)

Mixed bag !

.. some really random scans of doodles & fun .. cheers !

think BIG !

Having fun with lines & light.. some loose sketches/ doodles worked upon a bit on PS ! Did those without much thought .. definitely without a BIG one !

GUN(d) MACHANA !

Hi ..
i hit this interesting hindi slang of GUN(d) MACHANA while chattering with friends ! also liked the connotation it has with Guns( read : WAR ) being dirty ! & how humans are at helm of spreading that dirt .. thought it made interesting figure of speech .. more like a PUN within Hindi & English !
hence those graphical illustrations ..

Praying for PEACE in 2010 & beyond ..