Eternal Thinker

The Comic Portrait Project - Customized Cartoon Portraits of Real Persons

2013-05-07T21:46:00.001+05:30

Frankly, portraits weren't always my favorite choice in drawing; It didn't seem interesting just to capture people as is. Then again, there are multiple ways to look at things. Smile and laughter, cartoon and comic, all these magically make things several times better. It's been great fun since I took a glance at this funny and lighter side. I started out making a few comic portraits of people

Hard reboot

2013-04-29T19:50:00.000+05:30

Tiny goofs and blunders like that are necessary part of life. In some sense they validate a person; the very fact that a human is human, and nothing ever works out the way it should. [Liquidation, Imre Kertész] Laws of productivity Recently I came across a quote by Jerry West which caused a great rush of motivation. Now, this was one quote which I wanted to follow everyday. I made a small

365 days later

2013-04-04T00:11:00.003+05:30

A few days ago, I completed living a year in Bengaluru. This is the first city where I've spent this long, away from home. There are new things and new friends I've discovered here. I am loving the city, and still exploring it, and occasionally looking out from the balcony at night to observe the dark outlines of buildings with colored lights dotting the sky and concrete. Among all the noise

I am cured alright

2013-02-04T23:20:00.000+05:30

As I was watching A Clockwork Orange, the following scene instantly became one of my favorites among the many brilliant/memorable/violent/explicit ones in the movie, all credits to the adorable, cheerful, purple haired psychiatrist. It was in fact surprising to find that Pauline Taylor, the purple haired lady, only had so much resources about her in the interwebs. This is sad. One would

Ode to DBC

2013-01-14T19:16:00.000+05:30

Last week I have been trying to be minimalistic and economical in food. By weekend, I found myself craving for all the flavors I have been avoiding. I would walk into the food court in a mall, and would want to try Everything! I'd want to try random tastes that pop up in my mind. Like the one day I couldn't resist pastries:

Stepping into the next 365 days

2013-01-02T10:50:00.000+05:30

The idea of New Year Resolutions seems to be losing it's spark and glitter with people increasingly being aware that it doesn't properly bring about the change it promises. Change comes from within and stuff. Facebook makes a pretty good attempt at a recap of 2012 with the Year in Review feature. This review could be very accurate, depending upon the amount of personal data and photos you've

An evening with Chris

2012-12-06T01:18:00.000+05:30

Chris Guillebeau came to Bangalore, India this December. It was for the book signing event of his latest book "$100 startup", which comes with quite an amusing tag line that you can see in the picture below: Also, in a corner, Chris himself And the man who traveled 180 countries (and counting), curator of many recipes for world domination (without using a shrinking ray gun, yes), and the

Where you could go all crazy and yet blend in perfectly

2012-09-09T23:09:00.001+05:30

Comic Con Express Bengaluru edition happened on September 8th and 9th, 2012. This has been my first experience at a comic con, and it has been as colorful as expected. And there has been a lot more crowd than expected. It is a pleasant feeling to know that so many people keep their minds open to the lines, colors, and the imaginary worlds they create. At one point comics fans were flowing in

The rage of today's comics

2012-09-01T23:21:00.001+05:30

Any idea that successfully relates closely to people has found its popularity in history; Rage comics isn't a different story. It has further accelerated through hundreds of comics posted everyday by the Internet populace. But where is it heading now? What started out as a four panel comic in 4chan website featuring the 'FFFFUUUUUUU' guy in 2007, what climbed to booming popularity in 2009 with

A new domain !

2012-08-17T10:37:00.001+05:30

After a considerable amount of postponing, continuous distractions, and quite a bit of commotion from moving things around, finally I've managed to bring everything under a single domain ! From now on, this blog will be accessible from the url: http://blog.eternal-thinker.com/ There are a bunch of new things and a bunch of changes to the older stuff. For one thing there is a new

An evening in the flea market

2012-08-07T00:16:00.002+05:30

Present day. Bangalore is cool, windy, and slightly damp with the recent showers. It is Sunday evening. Just within the tall walls of Palace Grounds, lies a whole world of colors, art, food and music. And a crazy crowd, with their labradors and pugs and the weirdest umbrellas. It's Kitsch Mandi. And this time, I am there :) First I'll show you the pulp fiction art work from Graphicurry which

Wanderlust

2012-07-10T22:04:00.000+05:30

Bangalore is still having the windy evenings. The vague hints of a subtle rain do lurk in the clouds at times. What more do we need for a happy walk back home after work? I have got into the full pace in enjoying my new city. Discovering, absorbing, meandering. And meeting people! There was a time when I really really looked forward to trying pani puri; Warmly choreographed scenes where I walk

Happiness is found in pot plants etc

2012-07-02T23:47:00.002+05:30

It took me a few weeks before the new daily activities in the new city became part of the unconscious routine. Once everything from waking up and welcoming the not-so-fresh sun rays, to the office commute, to the software engineer's 8 hours, to the visits paid to nearby food outlets became repeated, automated things, my eyes finally got into the creative mood and started absorbing the finer

Bo

2012-06-25T23:45:00.000+05:30

Due to some unfortunate turn of events, Bo had to tell us goodbye far too earlier than we ever expected. Here's to the short yet very special memory of Chloé's first little one.

An awesome unlucky day - way to Sunday Soul Sante

2012-06-19T01:49:00.000+05:30

The Day Last Sunday was one of those unlucky days for me, in that, you know, how every thing predictably seems to go the only possible way - the wrong way. I don't have to list all the nitty gritty of it; It was as if the day was dedicated to the celebration of Murphy's law. One positive thing here is, you already know everything is probably not going to be okay. The frustration is over the

No song unsung, No wine untasted

2012-05-17T23:59:00.000+05:30

It seems like facebook has finally extended its long blue grips into my blogging life. Blogs have been deserted and left to die when twitter and facebook came in, tapping out each idea and each photograph as and when they occured, leaving nothing to be shared in the blog. I may argue that there is more to blogging, that there is something special about how ideas transpire in a blogpost in a

New city, New mornings

2012-04-20T23:46:00.000+05:30

New roads, New signs.. Going through big changes in life often demands a lot of time. At this moment I look back at the past few weeks and realize how I've been engaged in getting settled into a new city, a new job, and a new group of people. Now that I feel settled, I have also started missing all the little creative pursuits including this blog. When I go through some old to-do lists

The kitty sleeps tonight

2012-04-07T11:55:00.000+05:30

Another fine late evening, and Chloé is about to take a nap in her usual place on my bed. But then the strangest thing comes into the scene, a small silver piece playing music! Uh oh, Chloé is surely not comfortable with this. She tries her usual tactics to stop the music. Now, this is quite confusing, and Chloé is left clueless as to how to stop it ! Hmm, better find a new place for the nap!

Chloé HD

2012-03-18T09:39:00.000+05:30

So here is the first set of Chloé pics taken with my new Canon Powershot. Yes, it essentially means there are more! Now watch Chloé with every white, black and orange hair on her fur coat. Bed Toy camera filter works perfectly with Chloé ! For justice shall be served.. ..with hugs Table "Don't worry, go and attend the call; No one shall touch your ironed shirt!" 5

Rabbits, Roosters, and Ducks

2012-03-10T09:25:00.000+05:30

The following is the result of me rampaging through grandma's neighbour's big yard; (Constantly!) Moving animals are a great challenge to practice and perfect your photography skills ;) The fluffy singularity "Let's go green you guys!" The fluffy cosmic singularity of uber cuteness Rooster's pride Handsome, strong, brave and elegant - you really don't want to mess with this one

Internet friends, do they know?

2012-02-14T09:36:00.000+05:30

As internet becomes the opium of the mass, as more and more people mindlessly browse through the large sea of information (having lost the ability to willingly stop), a society forms 'online'. Ultimate knowledge about almost everything under and beyond the sun, numerous outlets to express your most inane thoughts with people actually listening, and above all, the power to peek into each other's

I can has tag ?

2012-02-12T00:37:00.000+05:30

Here's a late night update: I've created a new post label/category specially for Chloé - A category compiling all posts mentioning Chloé. You might wonder how trivial creating a label is. But those who've noticed would know how the labels are more or less strict in this blog. FYI, the labels show up as monotone icons at the bottom of the post. So adding a new label involves many formalities

Randomness in Orange and Black

2012-02-05T13:50:00.000+05:30

These are the last set of Chloé photos taken in my mobile cam. Now that the new Canon Powershot has arrived, the nokia cam is mostly out of business. Not that it is any less awesome in capturing the cool moments, like the ones below ^_^ The awkward sleeping poses ♫ It's been a hard day's night, I should be sleeping like a log ♪ ~ The Beatles Light screen mode 50% sleepy, 40%

The Little Things in Life

2012-02-02T10:22:00.000+05:30

Flowers on the fridge handle, Grandma's kitchen It is the little things that make each typical home unique

There is a fly in my free lunch! - First thoughts on Blogger's .com to .in change

2012-01-31T00:54:00.000+05:30

This might be the first thing that greeted many of the Bloggers today morning. Yes, Google has yet again done something funny without any notice. When I opened my blog today evening I found that the 'Likes' on the posts have magically disappeared. But how? If you've read Facebook - a history, you would probably know that Likes simply can't disappear from a blog post. That is, unless the link