Wah SRK Wah! ( Hindi for Wow SRK Wow!)

Hey I just saw Om Shanti Om.. Did I like it? Yes.. Will you like it? I dont know! :P
I just thought that these guys must have had a lot of fun making the film. It came through to the audience.
Anyways I like Mr Shahrukh Khan in the lover boy roles. I remember being glued to the television during his "Fauji" days. I say chaps you rock! ;)
I loved the spoof (in OSO) on himself during the award ceremony) :) If he can laugh on himself then he must be a good human being.
Anyways there is a certain drool factor in this movie. His fab abs.. Wow me thinks he looked his best in the fireman do..
Hmm so I visited the OSO website. And they have given away free posters of SRK. While I think he looks great I chose to modify the poster a little to grace my desktop!
You can get the original here www.omshantiomfilm.com.
The site warns people that sale, duplication or transfer of any material on the site is strictly prohibited.
So I am not selling it. Nor transferring it. And this one could qualify as a semi original because of the edits.
And the above picture is my version!
Ain't he an angel!!
So gals Drool all the way! ;)

Ahh! Here I go with the sea again. :)

The quote says..
'Endless are your ideas.
And endless is your dream.
They echo through the darkness, shining light in between...
and neither fate nor the hand of God can interfere...
whilst in given time,
you'll spin a yarn of what we saw in the ocean.'

A little poetic note written for me by a very talented friend.
"Thanks a million Abby" :)

Feel free to use it as your desktop wallpaper, contact me if you wish to use the picture for commercial purposes. :)

Is it too late to wish Happy Diwali? :)

Hey-lloo! And I am back!
Not that I went anywhere, however its been a really busy week. Besides work I have been visiting friends and family for Diwali and eating lots and lots of sweets (especially the Bengali kinds...hmm yum! ).
I am not into burning crackers, however I like looking at the fireworks burst in the sky. They look so pretty. Me thinks they add to the star value of the heavens above.. what say? :D
The picture above is my Diwali special! :)
The flower represents the lotus ( like the lotus goddess Laksmi stands on)
And the design above the lotus represents the soul of the flower, fragrant, bright and beautiful.

So here are my Diwali wishes for you...
May you get what is best for you..
May the year ahead be filled with lots of love, luck, brightness and colour.

Feel free to use it as your desktop wallpaper, contact me if you wish to use it for commercial purposes. :)

" Thank You"

This one is for my angels.
A very thoughtful gesture brought big smiles to my face this week.
hmm .. so my little angel.. This one has kind of left me speechless ( and thats a first) ;)
Thank you is all I can say again and again.. :)
The picture is a combination of brush stroke scans. I was having what one would to call a creative block. Whenever I face one of these I bring my paint brushes out. I find this very therapeutic. Gets me back into the design mood anytime. :)
This one is not for sale. Can create something on the same lines anytime though. :)

Something Fishy...

After a crazy and hectic few days, I catch myself fantasizing that I am on a holiday by the beach where I am either snoozing or taking a dive in the sea and paying the little fishes a visit.. Well though the holiday is far away my fantasy is still intact .. So I dished up this illustration to grace my desktop.
When I *sea* it, I *sigh* and I *say* " Wish I was here!". :)
Feel free to use it as your desktop wallpaper, contact me if you wish to use it for commercial purposes. :)

Puppet to your dreams

The quote reads.. " If you can imagine it, you can create it. If you can dream it, you can become it." So me thinks that makes us a puppet to our dreams.. or is it vice- versa? ( maybe its like the chicken and the egg question)
Anyways.. Feel free to use it as your desktop wallpaper, contact me if you wish to use it for commercial purposes. :)

Bea-u-ti-full

"Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror" Great quote ain't it . :) Me like!
Hmm Trying my hand with the vintage look. An experiment of sorts again.
The textured background is actually a picture of a really dilapidated wall I clicked. I used it as the background.
Feel free to use it as your desktop wallpaper, contact me if you wish to use it for commercial purposes. :)

A snooze in the clouds...

Like it? I am trying to experiment with my style. Curves with a little of grunge n scribbles.
Hmm so are you wondering who is that little angelic creature up there.. Well.. That's my workout fairy. She's absconding.. Taking a snooze up in the clouds.. Thus the name..
Ahh.. I call to thee madame.. come back pretty please! :)
Feel free to use it as your desktop wallpaper, contact me if you wish to use it for commercial purposes. :)

Somewhere over the rainbow, dragons fly.. :)

I have had a difficult couple of days... The blue screen monster showed up on my workstation... Not once but 4 times and corrupted some files . :'(
With a lot of help from a friend we managed to slay this monster and get everything to work fine. Thank you blue screen monster slayer. ;)
I read Eragon sometime back and I wanted to create something with a dragon in it. Me thinks the above illustration would look great as a book cover for a fantasy fiction. Hmm illustration I have created, anybody writing a book? ;)
Feel free to use it as your desktop wallpaper, contact me if you wish to use it for commercial purposes. :)

Chakde India..

Did you watch the match today? Then you will have to agree with me, it was wonderful. And I bet all of you said Chakde India. :) India-Pakistan matches are always entertaining. :) But for this one I must say they kept us on our toes till the last ball. Extremely entertaining! Hmm.. What a comeback after the world cup. Don't you think?
And Mr Dhoni agrees too. He said it! Quite a feather in his cap.. Team India winning the first 20-20.
I quite enjoyed watching the display of fireworks after the match. On the television and in my locality too. Everyone was so thrilled. I could hear people clapping and whistling on the road. Wow.. everyone loves a winning team.
Completely thrilled and feeling too patriotic I did a quick wallpaper.
Chakde India!

By the sea..

For me one of the perks of living in Mumbai is that the sea is just a ride away. I could spend hours at a stretch sitting by the shore gazing into the sea without getting bored. Time just flies when I am by the sea. :)
My favorite sea spots in Mumbai are Bandstand and Worli seaface.
I try to carry my camera whenever I go these spots..
This one is one of my favorite pictures. It's not clicked in Mumbai though. However its beautiful ai'nt it? I call it "The Rocky road to paradise" ( Kind of like the alliteration there ;))

The image above is my digitally modified version of " The rocky road to paradise" and as a bonus you get to see a girl at the end of the path, lost in her thoughts.. contemplating.. what you ask me? Hmm.. don't ask, I just put her there cause it kinda completed the picture. ;D
The quote in the image says " Whatever we lose, it's always our self we find in the sea." :)
So maybe she is searching for her soul? What do you think?
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Got my eyes on ya!

Ever been to Egypt? The land of the larger than life pyramids. Hmm I had gone there for a vacation once. And I say every artist should go there at least once. And while you there spend a minimum of 3 days at the Cairo museum. That's where all the awesome looking goodies are. Don't forget to carry your drawing pad and paper. :)
On my trip there I visited the Valley of the kings. The Valley of the Kings contains many of the tombs of pharaohs including Tutankhamun and Ramesses the Great.
In one of the tombs there, I think Ramesses VI's tomb I saw paintings done by the Egyptian artists on the ceiling and the walls. And I was struck speechless at the quality of the detailed artwork. The same motif was perfectly hand painted time after time with a steady hand. I was completely awestruck. It is here I noticed a lot of "eyes" painted all around. Apparently according to an Egyptian assumption the sun and the moon were considered to be the eyes of the great god who created the world and sustained it. That's why they have eyes painted in most of their pictures.
And knowing my habit of drawing eyes all the time I turned to my sister and proudly told her " I must have been an Egyptian artist in my last life" ... Tee hee! I can have my fantasies right? :)
The illustration above is a Digitally modified version of one of my doodles.
Hmm someone asked me why convert all the artwork to desktop wallpapers.. Well cheeky me replied " This way I get to swoon at my artwork" :D
Feel free to use it as your desktop wallpaper, contact me if you wish to use it for commercial purposes. :)