Drowning

23rd May 2013

Made this gesture of a guy drowning a long time back. I composed the gesture into a background and left it unfinished (like so many other concepts). I was backing up some data today and found the unfinished work and decided to finish it because I was feeling all creative and emotional! ;) Of course I wish I had drawn a better pose or done something better with his arms. >_< Enjoy and critiques are encouraged.

Secret Kiss

23rd May 2013

 

"So I will do it for you,

Baby I'm not movin on, I'll love you long after you're gone

(For you, for you)

You will never sleep alone, I'll love you long after you're gone gone gone"

- Philip Philips

Daenerys Targaryen - The mother of dragons

16th May 2013

This was long overdue. I was dying to make some fanart of Dany (a.k.a: Daenerys Targaryen/The mother of dragons/Khaleesi). And my awesome friend Sid had asked me to do a kickass drawing of a female lead. After learning he's a GoT fan too, I didn't need another reason. This one's for Sid and the years of delay I caused to gift him this!

I absolutely LOVE this character from Game of Thrones and I love the HBO version as well! Hope you guys liked it. Need to learn better anatomy and foreshortening! Explored some brushes as well with this one. <3 p="">

PS CS5
Time taken: 5 hours

Mumma's birthday card

30th March 2013

I don't generally do cards anymore. I wish I did though. So I decided it's hightime for a birthday card. Here's my Mom's card that I made in literally 5 minutes.

Quick and rough emergency concept done before 12am for Mum's birthday card.

 The final birthday card! I'm pretty happy with it.

Sketchbook stream!

14th April 2013

Madhu walking

 

 Madhu and eggs on the bike

 

 Sketched everywhere I went, starting with the RTO. We went to get my sister (Raina's) license.

 

 That's her getting her photo clicked and then waiting for processing.

My desperate attempt to draw vehicles better while waiting for a friend to reach. 

 

 At the beach, watching women sell balloons and slingshots.

Fat lady at café Canapé.

 

My dad and grandmother

 Practice. Patience. Don't sketch hands for months, you go back by skill in 4 years.

 Drew John Snow after reading GoT book 1.

This was supposed to be 'Ghost' from GoT, it ended up looking like Balto/Disney dog

 

An iron mason at work, although I couldn't capture it that well.

Went with Raina to the parlour. 

 

 A view of Margao muncipal garden. :) Was really happy with this one. Mum and sis were really impatient, so I finished it in 2 minutes.

I loved this roof. Although it does look shitty here.

 

End of stream!

Hyojin Bae

Went through some awesome work today from Hyojin Bae. She's a korean student studying at Calarts (one of the best animation universities in the states). Her work is as good as any professionals. I went through pages of it, and it wasn't enough. 2 hours on her wonderful tumblr blog, and I kept thinking - how does one get so good? What Alok said was so right. Her work had some great understanding of anatomy, gesture and expression, but what was standing out was the pure emotion in it - the imagination, the craziness, and the beauty in the world perceived from her eyes.

I can only hope to stay true to myself, and work on my skills just so that I can draw my mind instead of speaking it. I don't think good work will ever stop existing as long as there are wonderful people. Cheers to Hyojin Bae!

Here's some of her wonderful work:

© Hyojin Bae


"In the past, I have made no secret of my disdain for Chef Gusteau’s famous motto: Anyone can cook. But I realize that only now do I truly understand what he meant. Not everyone can become a great artist, but a great artist can come from anywhere." - Anton Ego, Ratatouille.

One of the Goodbyes

14th April 2012

Sometimes the funniest people seem the strongest, but sometimes they too have their quiet moments when noone can see. It seems almost out of character to see the funny people sad, because they're never so. ;)

Old work and commencement of PJH plans

10th April 2013

I haven't updated this for sooo long! Finally, I have convocated! (yet to make a comic out of that day)
I feel all gyaani and professional now, although still somewhat naive and a student, still.

I'm posting some old work for starters. It's been too long since I've posted so I'll just start with this!

Here's some Paranorman fanart and a sketch of Ellen Page I'd done long ago that didn't end up lookin anything like her! Enjoy!

Sketchbook nudes and travels!

7th Feb 2013

As usual I am posting these very late. I'm such a lazy bum when it comes to scanning. Here're a few doodles from my sketchbook. I used my color pencils after really long!

Also we were travelling a really far off distance for one of my friend's sisters wedding. It was so far, and we got lost atleast thrice. After a point I took out my sketchbook and started sketching at the bike of the bike. Here're the sketches from that day.

 Travelling with Madhu and Alok

 

I was sitting behind Arvind. This is him. 

 

Frequently asking for directions!

This is what most of the journey turned out to be like. Forked roads!

 A passing bridge

Pirouette animation experiment

15th Feb 2012

Made this last night for fun! It's completely out of memory. I think I watch too much So You Think You Can Dance. I wish to learn contemporary dance some day and do one successful pirouette. Other one on the bucket list. It's not perfect, because I don't know dance and I didn't see any reference, but I hope you like it!
You can right click and turn the loop on if you like.

I can't stress on how important it is for an artist to do work for himself. In the journey of art as a profession, one forgets why one did this for money in the first place. Doing work for yourself reminds you how rewarding and how truthfully happy it makes you to animate something.
I can't do a pirouette now, but my drawings can. ;)
 

Pirouette from Nikhita Prabhudesai on Vimeo.