Celebrating louwe :3

In February 2012 i decided that i wanted to do something really really awesome for my valentine. I had done some bookbinding and made a sketchbook for his birthday in 2011 but it never saw the light of day because i chickened out when it came down to making a final sketchbook cover for it.

So there i was staring at the naked sketchbook and i decided that i MUST make something for a cover page and surprise Parth as well as give him a very good reason to start sketching regularly again.

Here's my final book cover which i got printed from the  I.T. centre. The book had to be left alone pressed by a very heavy weight for a day before i could wrap it further with some clear plastic so that the print doesn't get ruined.

That evening we ate food at a Lebanese restaurant here in Ahmedabad called 'Souq' enjoyed some good hummus and pita bread :)

Thanks for looking!

don't click on me, i'm a CMYK print and i drastically change colours when previewed   

Batchmates!

There were times during our basic animation module when i used to get thoroughly bored when our work was being reviewed. Selfishly, i'd sit down to draw right after mine was done. That day i decided to dedicate one page each to my animation batchmates, drawing them out the way they seemed in a fantasy setting. I tried colouring my first two with watercolours and ended up leaving the rest just inked.

From left to right -
Abhishek , i tried making him look like an exquisite royal with a lot of panache! i've always found him to be very very royal and larger than life.

Ketki, is a princess who chills in her awesome castle. Some people just got it good like that.

Venky, is the head of the gallows and oversees the executions with his rhythmic headbanging(he's such a talented musician and enjoys his music thoroughly) and spiked mace.

Kirat, the wood elf. Always on his nimble toes using magic and his skilled hands to hunt and defeat monsters. He has bad eyesight and has conjured up a pair of spectacles which the elf tribe calls a miracle eye healer.

Nilomee, the arabian enchantress. She enjoys tumbling and dancing about in her palace.

I still have a few batchmates whom i did not sketch that day, so i'll probably get back to doing it now after two years!  So as of now, this post will be continued further, sometime in the near future :)

Thanks for looking!