A Lot to Digest

It's been a really tough & hectic week...
I almost feel like I'm writing my final exams.... Ah, the good ol' college days...

But, daily sketching is really helping to alleviate my frustration... 

I realize I've been sketching a lot digitally, lately..
But, I've also been slogging to finish off the comic abt the puppy...

I've completed around 65%,so far... 
As usual, I hope to finish by "next" week xD

Anyways, here's a page from the comic:

I need to think of a Title, too...

Also, here's one of my attempts at an Illustrator design...

I almost forgot to share a few sketches that I did, at work:

 

Until, Next week xD

On Schedule?

Pretty satisfied, this week... Coz I did do 6 sketches... 

Though I'm lagging on my short Graphic-Novel..

 I'm feeling OK as I'm working on it, pretty much, everyday....

The snake and the guy sketch is based on an idea which actually did happen..

I mean, as I was driving, I saw a snake crossing the street towards a guy who was so busy using his cell, that he did not listen to my loud honks warning him of the snake..

Neither did he realize that he was walking right next to a giant snake...

Well, the snake just disappeared... 

& the guy will never know that he was in trouble, forever....

There was News that a leopard had entered a school..
What would be going thro' the kids minds... 
Would they really want a leopard to hurt their teacher to get a holiday ? 



The Pencil and Paper app by 53 are simply fantastic... 
I heavily underestimated it's beauty..

I came across a lot of awesome-tutorials on using Paper by 53....
This really is pretty detailed and helpful..

Anyways, the above sketch is abt a guy who's space-diving [?]
Just wanted to try a few techniques... 

Watched Deadpool, this weekend.. 

Noted: if your mates do not know a thing abt Deadpool or anything abt comics or any of the smirk references that Deadpool makes at other movies... (like Agent Smith)

Basically, if you watch this movie with people who aren't movie buffs, well then, the movie's gonna be bad for you too .. ;D

A Valentine's day tribute, Mangaloreans will understand the second panel ;D

Anyways, I'm off to watch some tutorials on Material-Design and maybe, work on the Dog's Story.... P.S: I'm on Page 10 now, out of an estimated 20.. so yeah, Milestone... 50%.. :D

The iPad era

As I'm posting this, I'm also frantically searching for the stuff that I've been working on, lately.. I officially wrote my previous post, during the last year.. ;)

I got an iPad, a month ago... Mainly to read comics and to do a bit of sketching...
I almost grew pretty weary of it, quite quickly...

However, not all hope is lost.. :D  
I've been sketching quite more than what I'd actually expected on the iPad and it's awesome !! (though, none of them are worthy of being shared)

Excited, I'd ordered Pencil by 53, a few weeks back and it should be delivered to me, tomorrow...  Anyways, recollecting what I've sketched the last month... 








3 sketches, worthy of sharing (LOL).. 

I wanna hit myself.. Many ideas have slipped my mind and I'm to blame..
 

But, quite honestly, the only thing that's not making me insecure and assuring me that I'm being quite creative is that I'm working on this comic/ graphic-novel, based on the life of a dog.. 


I've not worked on it the last 2 days, due to some genuine reasons.. ;)  (a sort of a game changing week, if you will) But I have finished around 30% of it... 

I had originally intended to finish it Today, so that I'd post it and feel pretty satisfied and mitigate the effects of not posting aka not being creative, for a while.. 




You see, I now perceive blog-posts here as a measure of how productive I've been in a week ;).. So, if I do not post for a long time, it means that I've been a lazy arse and that scares me... Given that it's a whole new year...


As penance, I'm gonna try posting a sketch every day starting tomorrow... No matter how busy I'm gonna be, in addition to posting the Dog's tale, both, by next weekend... 

If I do not do this, I will kick myself... I will literally kick my ass, if I fail to do this... :D

Comic Obsession

Yeah, I have reverted to my age-old comic obsessed self...

Have been reading plenty of em' lately.

Batman: Court/ City of Owls, Saga, Locke n Key, Infinity Gauntlet, Civil War and a lot more..

Planning to get an iPad Air 2 to read more stuff..

A Genuine Excuse

Ok, here I go...  

Had to take a break due to some health problems and some travelling..

Man-o-man... I really am not ready to be a traveler.... 

I've learnt that travelling can really f#&k you up... especially if you're as static as I am...

I can only remember a few sketches that I did since the last time that I posted...  Maybe this is coz I haven't been very productive lately...

Have been focusing more on improving my Inkscape skillset. 

These are a set of water-bubbles rendered on Inkscape and I really enjoyed doing 'em.

I've officially abandoned #Inktober... I'm thinking of making a new book and starting #Sketchember... xD   ok, I agree it sounds lame..

Anyways, I've had a couple of sketch-ideas related to one's feelings on falling sick..  
Guess where I got the ideas from... :/

Watched AntMan and I must say: This movie kicks ass !!

I'm completely hyped for 2016 and the wide range of comic book adaptions to live-action movies..

I'm also reading SAGA... which is another kickass comic that I've ever come across.. 
"The Stalk" is my fav character from this...

Anyways, back to my mission statement - "Gotta be more active".

December has to got be me focusing on Inkscape, more sketches and Bootstrap.. ;D

And then there was chaos

Guess I didn't sketch/ post anything last week. 
#Inktober is actually over but not for me, it isn't.

True Detective: The show that I cannot stop talking abt.
Matthew Mcconaughey plays Rust, a captivating character. 

The continuous shot sequence involving him portraying an undercover drug-addict aka Crash was one of my favorite moments in TV-shows, till date.

There was a lot of renovation work at my place which meant no PC, no art, nothing.
This was pretty much how I felt. Bottling up my addictions, rage and fear.

Sketched the Grim-Reaper while watching Constantine.

Absolutely love this artist called: kerbyrosanes who does insanely complex yet funny doodles. Tried something in his style.

Came across this big-ass spider today and I just had to sketch the creepy guy.

Wanted to test out my new Sakura - Manga Kit, and I must say I love the Brush-pen.
This illustration is abt friends who turn foes, as in any bollywood movie. lol

  
A couple of random sketches, just to prevent tapping out from this hobby.



The fact that I nearly spent 5k on these drawing tools dawned over me today.
Here's a pic of the entire kit placed in the crappiest closet ever xD

At the moment, binge watching a couple of shows: Utopia, Constantine, True Detective, Fargo, Rick & Morty and now: Narcos. Which means: More characters to sketch from !

Mr Robot and Terminator

A lot of stuff to think about... 

Where do I begin ? 

Ha ha, this is the narration style from my current favorite show: Mr. Robot

What an amazing show, Not 1 but 3 Twists, towards the end of the season !!

Also, loved the piano cover of "Where is my Mind?".

Anyways, have been  sketching diligently, this week.

Inspired by Angry birds & the feeling that I get everyday while leaving for work, did this:

Ghost B.C and Friday vibes inspired me to copy paste their Album-cover, at work:

Watched Terminator: Genisys and I must say: This movie r$%ped the Terminator Franchise, pretty bad. Shaken and Depressed, I ended up watching T2 again.

Until next week: Hasta La Vista, Baby !!!

Inking is Easy

Had thought of painting daily or building an android app..
Wanted to do something creative and be productive every day... 
Being aimless and lazy can be really tiring...

The most successful of all these ideas till date has been: Inktober..
Honestly, Inking comes easily to me and I've been having a lot of fun doing it (The only thing that matters!)

Must say: I skipped a day or two, but I'm still pretty regular at this..



Although, there's another thing: Not so low on Ideas anymore... 
I started this blog to note down ideas for sketches... 

Coz I could never come up with an idea once I sat down to doodle.. 
The blog is now a place to save my sketches..

Ship in a Bottle

Made a 30-pg book to be completed by the end of #Inktober

Inktober #2 : Guy and his dog in a Ship...

Crows near House

Was throwing bread to a friendly lazy Pariah Dog...

Suddenly, a "murder" of crows gathered... 

Pretty interesting actually, to see crows behave like puppies...

And, this was officially the beginning of #Inktober.. 

Gotta do 2 more sketches today to be on the same page as everyone.. 

So, here goes nothing...

#Inktober

Tried sketching the most advanced machine: The Human Eye, while watching: Insidious 3.

Looks like a meatball, hmmm.. =(

Also, It's #Inktober !! Let the Ink Flow !!

Darth Vader on a Long Weekend

T'was a long weekend... In other words, it was a sloth fest...

But my day changed soon enough,  after adding a second monitor...

Huge underestimation !

Spent an entire day trying to setup the new system and Researching various ports on my GFX card..

 

After a long struggle, finally got it working... 

My original Monitor is now connected via mini HDMI port and the new one over a DVI-I port..

Works flawlessly though. Hopefully, I can now be more productive and learn some PS & AI.

On an unrelated note, I've never watched Star Wars, ever.. 

The first movie came out in 1977 and I knew my patience would run thin, whilst watching this one.

However, "An Empire Strikes Back" was a turning point... 

The great reveal by Darth Vader is really awesome...

Needless to say, I had to try painting Vader..

Got an idea, though:

To create a graphic novel with as less text, as possible..

Anyways, got a well deserved laziness filled unproductive long weekend.. (with a bit of cycling xD) 

This reminds me: Another long weekend's up, the coming week...

Let's see how it goes.. 

Slipknot and a Gloomy Weekend

Had been insanely lazy, this weekend.. 

Towards the end, I guess I started feeling a bit active.. 

Realizing the onset of my impending doom: The Monday !

I need to be really active, from the upcoming weeks...

So decided to listen to a bit of rock, to end this gloomy Sunday..

Eventually, I was watching Slipknot Videos...

So, doodled this out:

This reminds me of an incomplete Slipknot sketch, that's on my original Large Sketchbook...

Did this last year... Man, I'm truly Lazy !!

To reiterate: I need to be more active! Art really makes me positive...

Note to Self: More cycling and more Art, PLEASE !!