Girls of India - Penguin Books
Book covers + inside Illustrations.
'Girls of India' is a series of adventure fiction set in different periods of Indian history. Aimed at young readers, the books are filled with lucid details of culture and customs of each civilization, centered around the adventures of a teenage female protagonist.
Art director: Pallavi Agarwala
Publisher: Penguin India
Comics Update!
New story is up on ‘The Owl’s Howl’. It’s a two page horror.
New Owl’s Howl is up. Follow my webcomics 'The Owl's Howl'.
Print Ad Innovation for Lifebuoy
LOWE wanted to do a MAD magazine like fold-in illustration for Lifebuoy. The idea was to highlight the core message recently adopted for their marketing campaign showing the benefits of Lifebuoy against 10 kinds of germs. The brief was to come up with something which when folded reveals the Lifebuoy brand. The ad was aimed at kids and their moms and to walk-away from a traditional full-page magazine ad.
The initial idea was very simple and centered around a single character. But slowly as the concept moved ahead, a lot of details got into the illustration. This was one of those instances where copy followed the art to support it. Needless to say the final product came out nothing like what i genrally do, but it was an immensely fun project.
Unfortunately, due to the clog that is marketing and management, this ad never got to print.
Client: LOWE Mumbai
Art Director: Satyajeet Kadam
Year: 2011
'The time has come…'
Sergio Toppi, the legendary Italian artist passed away yesterday. I did this piece as a tribute to him… his compostions and dynamic lines. A master at his art, he has left behind tons of beautifully crafted images to inspire young artists all over.
After a hiatus of sorts, efforts are underway to howl again. Here is the new post from my web-comic blog 'The Owl's Howl'.
Here, for your viewing pleasure, the details of the illustrations done Dischordian’s debut album.
The Feni Farm Riot - Album Art and Design
Illustration and design done for Dischordian’s debut album, ‘The Feni Farm Riot’. Dischordian is an upcoming band on the alternative/acoustic indie music scene, and is expanding the fan base slowly and steadily.
Doodle Compilation
Creative Gaga magazine, March 2011
My blog was showcased on ‘Trend Feed’ in the March 2011 issue of the Creative Gaga magazine, published from New Delhi. The issue looks fabulous and it features some of the most talented Indian illustrators/designers including my good buddies Harikrishnan Panicker and Harshvardhan Kadam, based out of Denver and Pune respectively.
Inter-galactic rickshaw ride
I drew this after a midnight rickshaw ride sitting next to a beautiful woman, when the rain made the dim streetlights look like stars and planets. I guess the wine at dinner did contribute to the experience quite a lot!
Wild Fire
One of those pieces that i drew very naturally by letting the lines be where ever they wanted to be. Amazingly it was quite effortless and I really liked how it came to be. The idea was the representation of an Elemental, having being born out of the very basic fundamentals of nature.
Moleskine Pages
Here’s uploading few scans from my old moleskine. These were mostly drawn sitting in coffee shops or while taking breaks from work.
Announcing my latest project ‘The Owl’s Howl’, a weekly updated webcomics about life and all the jazz surrounding it. I am keeping it open ended in terms of story, format and representation as I want this experiment to take a life of its own and evolve over time.
Here’s the first post. Follow it on: http://theowlshowl.blogspot.com/
““A beautiful girl can make you dizzy, like you’ve been drinking Jack and Coke all morning. She can make you feel high full of the single greatest commodity known to man - promise. Promise of a better day. Promise of a greater hope. Promise of a new tomorrow. This particular aura can be found in the gait of a beautiful girl. In her smile, in her soul, the way she makes every rotten little thing about life seem like it’s going to be okay.” - Beautiful Girls (1996)”
Man About Town
Something that was in my sketchbook for sometime now. Finally getting around finishing and uploading it.
““The task of thinking is to live with doubt in the service of understanding, rather than living with certainty in the preservation of ignorance.” -Caspar Melville”
Gulliver Travels Downtown
Work on this piece happened in two sessions, almost a year apart. I initially drew this friend of mine, sitting and playing NFS Undercover on a laptop next to me. It was a quick marker sketch and wasn’t intended for anything more.
Later, while browsing through my sketchbook, I looked at it and felt that it lacked something. I love Architecture, spaces and cityscapes (given that I was trained as an Architect) and with time at my hands, I sat and drew an entire city underneath him. A paradoxical theme emerged as I worked my way through the details, of a city for just one guy, and the guy who is too big to fit in.
Up In The Hair
Sapna Bhavnani, the fire-brand woman behind Mad-O-Wot, asked me to do a piece for her salon. The brief was simple: Surprise me!
Looking for an idea to start with, I turned to Sapna herself- a hair-stylist, model, writer, film-maker, musician and an activist. The idea got transformed into a world that thrives on a woman’s imagination and her love for beautiful things. There was eventually a coloured version of the same, but I still prefer the B&W piece, and so does Sapna.
