Linkin Park.

If there's one thing that can make me happy at all times, it'd be their music. They're releasing their new album on the 26th of this month (one track is out already - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxytyRy-O1k ) Their new album track list is above - I doodled it 5minutes back. I'm so excited & I wanted to share the excitement with you !

Hello to all the Linkin Park fans out there!

Until next time,

Bises :*

Jubilation

Excitement. So much excitement. My best friend's coming down to Bombay for a whole month which means so much fun & many posts too! ( He's a great photographer!) While I'm waiting for the best friend to arrive, I've done nothing but laze, read books & suffer sleepless nights[insomnia] (if you're following me on twitter, you've heard me whine enough). 

Yesterday, unlike all the other days, I woke up to the sunrise, ate a yummy south indian breakfast meal from Manis (a south indian cuisine cafe), shot these photos - indoors. The heat in this city is crazy but that doesn't stop us from dressing well, right ?

I can't seem to stop using more than one bright colour & so I chose yellow and mint with a colourful yet stylish necklace.

 

Shirt - Topshop, Skirt - Zara, Necklace - Accessorize, Shoes - gifted

Come visit me on Facebook !

Until next time,

Bises :*

A piece of me.

 Hi. Today I'll give you a piece of me. I'm a 20 year old from a city called Mumbai. 

Outside Mahalaxmi Temple. Source

 

Not my favourite bird, but my favourite place to be at 6am. Source

Mumbai Source

The life of a nothing-on-my-mind-in-summer-break blogger.

 

Sometimes I cook my own breakfast.

 Top Ramen Curry Noodles, drink of water.

 Source : google.

Doodle in most of my books.

My not-so-large book collection. (20mins spent looking for something to read, something that matches my mood)

What I picked today.

 

 .. is how my clothes lie on my bed while I'm in the shower.

(Tshirt - Forever New, Hair band - Accessorize,  ring,shorts - Bangkok)

 Staedtler Colour Pencils can never disappoint anybody. Ever.

 & I doodle/sketch.

 

 Le 15 Patisserie : Must visit. Yumyum Macaroons.

 

 However, I'm a healthy girl. Watermelon Juice!

Is where you can find me at all times. Drop in to say hello!

Since I've shared a piece of me with you,

 Find me on Facebook here.

Until next time,

Bises :*

Alice in Laceland

“We're all mad here.” - Alice

Aren't we all ? We live in a crazy little world. We come across billions of people - some we like, some we dislike, some we hate, a few we love. And by the end of it, all you need is those few. :)

Moving on, lace is a delicate fabric made of yarn (or thread) in an open weblike pattern, it is feminine, elegant and beautiful. I've been on the perfect lace dress hunt since forever and I found this dress in a little boutique in Bandra. The length, the fit, the soft material - everything felt perfect & it had to be mine! I'm really happy with the photographs (thanks to the sister!) which explains why this is a photo heavy post.

The whole idea of this post is to bring out a fictional character being lost, a princess in a dungeon or a happy teen who has just found some freedom. It's on how you look at it, initial idea : giving it a naive look. :)

 

Photographs - The sister

 Dress - Bandra, Necklace - Accessorize, Socks - AJ Store

Since it is my summer break, with lots of time on my hand, I was wondering if you'd like any tutorials ? Leave a comment if you're looking for something specific ! :)

Until next time,

Bises :*

Chubby

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Chubby - that's what I decided to call her half way through the illustration. I had sketched this last year but decided to go digital a week back. I started off with the intention of learning new techniques of rendering and the process was a lot of fun. This time, I avoided using flat tones, wanted to show dimensions and I'm satisfied with the outcome. The awesome part is, while working on this, I learnt a lot of new techniques that I could apply elsewhere. It was important to stick to one style of rendering so I avoided mixing more than 2 styles but learnt a lot anyway!

Rendering : The skin rendering wasn't too difficult, it was really easy in fact. That went pretty quick. I played really safe with the clothes (as you can see!), tried avoiding multiple folds and kept it simple.
The bunny puppet & the ice cream, I tried showing a velvety texture for the bunny puppet but it isn't too evident. Though the ice cream was a lot of fun! I found a photoshop brush that gave the rough texture (if you view the original version, linked above, you'll see).
My favourite part was the hair ! I searched high and low for good hair rendering techniques, but none really matched the style I was using. So i tried a lot of combinations and tada! It took a LOT of time - since there are many tonal values there, but worth the effort. (I've always feared hair rendering, but I feel more confident now!)

Concept : While drawing it, Chubby totally resembled baby-me. I always wore my hair like that to school, my school uniform was of the same colours too! Okay, no, I didn't ever have those innocent eyes. When I'd walk, my pigtails would always fly (this is an exaggeration of course). The hands. Confession time. I wasn't in any mood to do the perfect hand anatomy, so I wiggled them to avoid detailing there :D
PLEASE don't skip the band-aid on my right knee (view in the link above) -- which kid doesn't have scrapped knees ? But I was an extreme case there, I tripped over hair clips too.

Background : I chose green because it seemed to be one colour that was enhancing the illustration (stuck to cool colours). While flipping through various illustrations for inspiration, I came across THIS . The simplicity of the background was fantastic so I used the basic idea of using a specific shape/style. I kept it simple and added depth by shading a few boxes.

I'd love to hear what you think of this! :)

Until next time,
Bises :*