Guess who is Back..!!

Hah... Back Finally, I am sorry for my long absence, But its better late than never..Isn't it.??, so although this image may not look much, and this is obviously not the first illustration i have done with this theme(1930, Mob, Gangster, Mafia) but this is the first one in which i have caricatured my colleagues to pose as one. Do care to comment.
Cheers

Oh just in case you are wondering why its called "insane CT" , C&T is the department i am working for, its expanded to Content and Training.. :)

Bouncing back

Past few months had been real difficult, not that i am dealing with a family crisis or anything, its the feeling of being creatively drained out, inability to take a pencil and draw something, even the doodles are unsatisfactory,looking at a sheet of blank paper gets me tired and exasperated,the whole photography gear starts to look like a bad investment and although there are films to watch,i just watch them like a turnip,i dont enjoy them, i end up watch them to kill time.., the overpowering feeling of absolute voidness, how hard you try to overcome,reverts back as a quicksand you are stuck in and keeps dragging you down.
A few years early, this used to get me in a state of panic.. but i have gotten wiser with time and assessed that this condition is like an influenza or viral infection that surfaces twice every year..now i do not panic , i just let it overcome me..and while i am in a state of recluse, i spend time reading..and gradually it withers away, i have come to realize that the only way to bounce back is to hit the rock bottom..and the harder i try to get out of this patch the more i am delaying my recovery..so here is me bouncing back..










PS : i owe a lot to Mr.Siju Thomas , whom i have never met in person but whose drawings have always been a source of inspiration.

Sam an Me (cont..)

Episode 11
Sam an Me
in
Balls

Sam an Me (cont..)

Episode 10
Sam and Me
in
Prejudice

Sam an Me (cont..)

Episode 09
Sam an Me
in
No Country For Old Monk

Sam an Me (cont..)

Sam and Me
in
The Slingshot

Another Noir style

more sketches

This i have done from memory..without using any references..

Sam an Me (cont..)

Sam an Me
in
Bad Education

Sam an Me (cont..)

Episode 06
Sam and Me in the "Ladies Man"

कमसिन जवानी और खूनी दररिन्दा

Beauty and the Beast:Reloaded

Sam an Me (cont..)

Episode 05 "Gone Fishing"

Episode 04 "Making New Friends"

Sam an Me

Episode 03

Episode 02


Episode 01


Sam is .. A 7 ft X 4 ft (28 square feet) dude, extremely imaginative, loves to draw and believes that a pencil and a sketch book are not stationary but are actually an extension to his body..he loves to think and imagine and doesnt speaks much, an absolute animal lover, he loves animal so much that he likes to Christian the chicken on chicken pizza before he eats it..loves watching animation films,riding pillion with friends and riding himself whenever dads not looking, loves drinking beer and philosophy, drawing and animals and drawing animals

"ME" is 4ft X 1ft (4 square feet) dude, friend of Sam,speaks a lot thinks little, always trying to score with ladies (he thinks he is a Casanova)believes he can not be part of any comic script cause he is too good to be a sidekick and too bad to be a super hero, he loves booze, more booze,a little more booze,a lot more booze.. loves to throw up in his friends home, and piss on road side.. has a steady girlfriend and lives out of her purse..a true scum of the highest order, is awfully scared of heights so much so that he decided against growing taller after he became 4 ft.

Preston and Blair are two German Shepard's that Sam has, Sam has them since he was 5..and when he got them Sam thought them to be a horse and wanted to ride them to the school..Preston and Blair loves to Sleep,Watch Television and Hate "ME".

There is nothing that Vijay"cant" ..its always vijay"can"

The mother of all Tamil films..if you thought there is any such thing called "Masala Films" you have not seen Captain Prabhakarna as yet..where masala films ends, thats where "Captain Prabhakarn" starts..here is the script of the film is a nut shell

" Bang bang bang bang Ratttatataaaataaaataaaa dishoom dishoom dishoom dishoom bang Ratttatta dishoom swish swish Argggghhhhh sob sob sob sob bang bang dishoom dishoom dishoom tooooootttttt whishwoosh wishwoosh wishwoosh wishwoosh bang bang wishwoosh bang bang wishwoosh bang bang wish woosh bang bang bang bang dishoom dishoom dishoom dishoom Rattttaaattttaaaataaaaa Bang Bang Bang Bang KAPLOOOWWWWWW Arggghhhhhhhaaa..THE END..!!"

which means you will not need subtitles to understand the film..its the simplest film you could ever see..Get it, Dummy..!!

PS : Thanks Kamal ...!!

Blast from the Past : An ode to Ray and Jatayu

For Chandan & Deepa
if it wasnt for there continuous persistance ,that pushed me into a corner and then i finally gave in and watched an old Bengali film with them cause they really wanted me to, and the weekend that started off as just another weekend banter over a few bottles of beer turned into a life defining (a bit exaggerated) moment for me..eversince that day i have realised and understood how a clever and simple story contributes in making a good film and how thinking outside the box can do what millions of dollars cant..and that is.. make you cherish a film.

So here is to Stayajit Ray ,one of the most profound storyteller of our times and here is to Prodosh Mitter,Lal Mohan Ganguly ,Topshe ,Siddhu kaka and Haripada and Srinath..few people who still keep the child alive in me as i refuse to grow up.

illustration inspired from "Shonar Kella" a novel written by Ray in 1971


in color

Back to School

"Old" School :D

paintings

another day at work..another sketches painted..

Elated

Here is another one that i did today..

Sunbath

Beach babe.. ;)

Face

This i did today..he is pretty pissed for some reason..!!