Some brushes to explore!

Hi posting a few explorations with verry good watercolor brushes that I found for PS CS4!
Was pretty happy with playing with those on canvas textures .. very interesting randomness in the B&W textures that I got within the brushes.. Its good to try & simulate the actual manual colors & ink behavior in the digital form :)
Cheers ;) !

Pintoo & giant

Hi all posting images from the book I illustrated "PINTOO & THE GIANT " for TULIKA publishers. Was fun doing those illustrations for Kids in watercolors, especially the exploration phase for chars & the style. I enjoyed it , hope u do too !
cheers

Wish !

Some Fantastic quotes I have read along .. what really say what I feel !! These thoughts come up very strongly after watching the visually stunning & thought provoking documentary HOME ( HD version ) ..
( really dont remember where ive read the quotes , pardon for not giving credits :P )

CHEERS FOR NEW YEAR have a great 2011 !

Hic ... Heres my receipe for a great Life ! also featured on this amazing blog for foodies & illustrators on 1st JAN ! Hope u guys enjoy this and have a FANTASTIC 2011 !

cheers ... hic..!!

HOT SHO(o)TS

Hi friends
another post pretty soon.. went on trip ( mental & physical ) imagining complex & funny poses photographers take to take their best shot.. A red pen & a sketchpad can be so good a companion while traveling ! had to compile them with some thoughts that evoked ..
Hope you enjoy the Pot shots :P !

India authentic !

A long pending post.. sharing an illustration I did for O&M, Mumbai for their website http://www.beidiotsafe.com . This is a compilation I made of those individual char illustrations it was used for an interesting online flash based app. Cheers & gear up for the years ending !

Wash away !

Hi
have been listening to some p songs off late..sketching along.. this one was called " WASH AWAY " by joe purdy.. simple & easy lyrics with nice guitar. Had heard this song as an OST of series LOST ( what a lovely one that was ), so sketched from one of his photos there as I savoured the song & lyrics. hope you do too!
Cheers

Romancing the Rains !

Another post far too quickly !
Trying to capture the romance, freshness & the sheer pleasure of watching the lush greens !
Its been great watching the rains !
Enjoy :)

Keep rolling

Hi all..
That was a long break.. dunno why.. so just to keep rolling & be back in business ( of blog) posting some sketches that were pitched for styling of illustrations .. final style was a bit different though .. so thot of posting these ..
cheers & best
ashu

Good, Better, Best !

Hi all really didnt have much to update.. or rather havent thought of what to update.. so posting my current wallpaper.. I was playing with some discarded gouache painting in greens & yellows & some typo. Have been surrounded with fresh greens due to fantastic monsoon hence the palette :)
Instead of waiting to do a great piece for update posting one I have ... As they say
" A good thing for today is better than the best thing for tomorrow "
So posting whatever I have..

Enjoy !