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Uneventful Year

noreply@blogger.com (Gray) — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 05:51:00 +0000

Hi there!

Me again!

Hope you had great New Year and that the year continues to be as great for you. :)

2011 has gone by 2012 here. So far it seems to be as normal a year as it was for me last year. I didn’t take any New year’s resolutions. Or maybe I did…I’m not telling you. -_- But yes, I’m hoping for positive changes and I’m trying to implement them. For instance, look at my room… for the first time, it looks neat. It looks organized. It doesn’t look great but it’s as good as it’ll ever be. Just need to finish those creepers I was drawing on the wall.(Graffiti, don’t you just love it? :D)

I like to think of myself as a neat freak. Yes…but I’m lazier than I’m neat freaky so I might just be living in a dump J. But when I do get to working…I try to get stuff as neat and organized as possible. Ofcourse, that’s just what I like to think. You can make whatever thesis you like as long as you keep it to yourself. I know “freedom of speech a-blah a-blah and a- blah blah”…whatever, but if I don’t like your theory, I’m entitled to my own freedom of speech and….well, wouldn’t it be better to avoid such a war of freedoms?

It’s been a real long time since I’ve updated this blog. My deviantArt account is doing slightly better. The backpages of my notebooks are filled with scribblings, doodles and drawings and my hard disk is filled with unfinished works . Slowly, it will come to light, I hope.

For now, let me give you a glimpse of the backpages of my notebooks.

Some of these have been digitalised...some are just waiting there...some have been scrapped. I'll let you know more next week :) Ciao!

Aliens in Technicolour.

noreply@blogger.com (Gray) — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 09:18:00 +0000

Aliens in Technicolour, sound kinda nice doesn't it? Haha...Though the coloured version of my picture Martian Arts has nothing to do with Technicolour, I do hope you like this version. I want suggestions and comments and reacts and critiques people!! Give it to MEEEE!!!! Thanks for veiwing...and have a nice day!
:)

Alien Dojo

noreply@blogger.com (Gray) — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 05:41:00 +0000

A little bit of word play :). Some more lineart practice for me. I might even colour this :) Thaks for veiwing, and please comment!

Lineart!

noreply@blogger.com (Gray) — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 09:14:00 +0000

Hey everyone! You’ve seen my first nekomimi (cat person), one of my first lineart drawings and hopefully you’ve liked it. Well, I liked it! I think its neater, cleaner and more professional looking than a mere scan would be. Yes, I do need to improve a lot. My technique at the most is just basic and needs a lot of work. But, I’ve been practicing a bit and I hope to get better sooner(preferentially) or later.

Incidentally, there has been some improvement, I should say, as you’d notice from my very first lineart which is shown here on the left. My dear friend and mentor Bhadru Nair (No, don’t even try pronouncing it…it IS NOT pronounced “Bad-drew”) described it as, “Moronic” and he was being kind :P (Oh, but c’mon! it’s not tha~at bad….I liked the picture!! Much like I do with all my first tries X| … *sigh!* But I respect his opinion, he doesn’t thrash yr drawings just for the heck of it. ). And practice makes one perfect right? There are a lot of random drawings lined up now, that I’m gonna be changing into lineart…so wait for it! It’s going to be legendary :P

Oh and by the way, I was in deviantArt the other day, very innocently browsing around and admiring other peoples talents when I find that someone has favourited my first neko! And I’m like “Aha! This one’s got good taste :P ”, and I proceed to check out her gallery. She goes under the name xXPurpleTreasureXx and has a pretty good gallery which includes scans of Anime and manga character fanarts and original characters. If you might, please do check them out here. J

As it turns out, she was holding an OC redrawing contest and I decided to participate. The result is as seen here :D!!

Nope, lil black is still facing problems...this was taken on my phone camera

Lineart version of the picture. I'd like to call her "Boxing chick"

The final contest entry! Warning! Boxing Chick belongs to me, but the chick in it belongs to xXPurpleTreasureXx

This is the original character that xXPurpleTreasureXx has drawn and I think that I’m near enough :P. I do hope I win the contest and I do hope that you like my pictures. As always, comment, rate, react and express youself !J Thanks

PS. She hates the fact that I’ve colored her OCs hair blonde…:P

Neko

noreply@blogger.com (Gray) — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 15:44:00 +0000

This is my first attempt at a Neko :)..also one of my first tries at line art :). Please comment and rate.

Photochips and Creative Juice

noreply@blogger.com (Gray) — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 18:03:00 +0000

If you've bin following me on facebook, you already know, that I've just made a an account in deviantART.com.

I've posted a few of my works and i hope people see and comment and criticize etc. That would really be nice :)

Anyways, this is a picture I made in response to another deviants post that said, "you clicked it. you do it". =D That sounds so funny, wen its out of context. Now, putting the line into context, I had actually clicked on a picture of cute anime girl that was titled "What I'm wearing". I have to say, that picture was just too cute. anyways, i decided to draw me in what i was wearing at the moment and and result is as you can see here :)

What I'm wearing is my favorite bright orange Hummer T-shirt, which a lot of peoplke hate cuz its oversized (too bad for them, that's exactly the reason why I like it so much :P ) and my fav green jeans.(Go Green!!!)

I just love the expression on my face :D. Hehe! I'm working on some chibi expressions and hopefully I'll be able to post them soon. With or without colour....I mean...it depends on my mood really.

Oh! and that reminds me...I'm in some real trouble right now with the drawings. Lilblack is having some problems and I can't rely on him to make my pictures into digital format anymore. I'm also cut off from the scanner cuz I'm back in college, where for the moment, due to lack of proper co-ordination with room exchanges and any semblance of good luck, I've been cut off from having a decent place to lay my head at night :(

Anyways, lemme know, how you liked the picture. And, if you hadn't noticed, the Reactions options at the end of each post, please make sure to use them to rate my posts. Thank You! :)

The Boy who lived!

noreply@blogger.com (Gray) — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 09:37:00 +0000

Alright folks!! The last installment to the movie series of the ever so popular teenage wizard Harry Potter is finally here!! Hmmm...I'm actually a bit late for this :P :(. But anyways, I haven't seen the movie yet, though its been out for two days already. But this is the last Harry Potter movie...it feels so weird. When I finished reading the last book, it kind of filled me up for a while and then it left me with a huge void. It was the end. No more anticipation. No more magic. The damn guy's even got kids now!!
I know it was this way with a lot of fans and I know that most of them tried to fill that gap, reading and re-reading the books and watching and criticizing the movies.(But yes, guilty as charged! I wasn't among these loyal fans, I moved on. To anime and manga and other fiction...but you see, the void is near fatal to humans and I have a very low tolerance to repetition :P). The last movie was like a candle light, (it reignited in me when I saw the trailer a few months back) and it is burning so brightly now. But this time when the light dies, it will truly be darkness.Knox.
But lets not dwell on that!!! Lets enjoy the light! :) Lumos Maxima!!! :)
Here's a picture of Nick doin a Harry Potter Cosplay :) Hope you like it!

Comment Please!!!

Ambigrams Part 7: Now its here

noreply@blogger.com (Gray) — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 15:24:00 +0000

Okay!! Here, comes another one!

Now its here, and now its not!! The words here are visible and invisible. As usual, your comments, reactions, suggestions are mostwelcome! Thank You!

Ambigrams Part 6: Chaos Theory

noreply@blogger.com (Gray) — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 12:01:00 +0000

Heylo again! I'm back with another ambigram!! This time, No, its not in colour. But this one's pretty special too. Its my first try at a different kind of ambigram. It reads something at first and something else altogether when its upside down!

Can you read what it says? It reads Order at first and as Chaos upside down. I put a lot of effort into this, so I'd really like to know what you think about it. Give me your comments and suggestions and don't hesitate to rate on the Reactions bar. Thank You!! :)

Ambigrams Part 5

noreply@blogger.com (Gray) — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 13:47:00 +0000

Ambigrams on a roll baby!!!:) The newest one is out already! Aaaaannnnd its a SPECIAL EDITION. Yay!! Woohooo!!! I thought this particular ambigram would look cooler in colour so here it is :)!!

And for your viewing pleasure, I've also included the black and white versions. Once again, double click to see it in full size. And Please, comment!! Thank you!! :)

Written in Stone

noreply@blogger.com (Gray) — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 09:17:00 +0000

For those of you who have seen my blog posts on the Stonekin Previews (Click here for Preview 1 & Preview 2 ) and thought, "Where did this guy get this stone texture?!!"...Well, this post is for them. I admit, in Preview 1 my texture wasn't so convincing. I was still learning...but by Preview 2 the formula had fallen into my hands :). So in this post, I'm gonna put the spot light on the background. Hope you like it :)

As usual, comment please!

Ambigrams Part 4

noreply@blogger.com (Gray) — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 08:21:00 +0000

Here's another ambigram! This ones again a name. See if you can read it :)! And please, people...comment!!

Double Click to see it in a bigger size. The name here is Leya. Hope you liked. Thank You! :)

Saving Electricity.

noreply@blogger.com (Gray) — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 12:41:00 +0000

Heyy!! You guys have got to forgive me for not remembering when "World Save Electricity Day" is. . . that is, if there is a day like that at all. I'm feeling too lazy today to look it up on Google and I'm not really all that interested in that day at all, so what the heck ,eh? :) Besides, you shouldn't really have a day like that, don't you think? Its like having a "World Brush Your Teeth Day". . . totally unnecessary!! Cuz if you're a decent human being you are doing it, daily.

Anyways, just saying...Save Electricity. Its...ummm...very important. Ummm...well, yeah. That's it. Hope you liked the picture. Comments please :)

Stonekin: Preview 2- An ancient magic

noreply@blogger.com (Gray) — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 10:53:00 +0000

An ancient magic sleeps in the High Mountains of The Sapphire land. A powerful magic, almost as fearsome as the artifacts it protects. The one reason, why no man or mage or merciless monster has ever set foot on this dark realm where the sun never reaches and the winds never fade...

Stonekin: Preview

noreply@blogger.com (Gray) — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 19:44:00 +0000

O Yes! This is an incomplete picture. Details later :)!!

Howdja like? Howdja like?!! :)

Ambigrams Part 3

noreply@blogger.com (Gray) — Sat, 21 May 2011 12:29:00 +0000

Hehe! I know this wasn't there in the list of things that I was supposed to do. But here it is!!!
And I know that none of the things I've said would come out has come out.Ummm... Sorry :(

Anyways, the thing here is I am a bit handicapped for the moment. I've just shifted to a new part of the country and the shifting hasn't been so smooth. Well, at the moment, I don't have a permanent workspace and my liitle workstation is facing some problems too.(My laptop batteries just won't charge...but it works fine, plugged in). And I forgot to bring my SHOES, (which shouldn't really bother you or anyone else but it bothers me plenty) and more importantly, I forgot my camera and I don't have any other scanning or picture capturing device :( which sucks for this blog, because so far all my pictures have been taken via lilblack (my camera) and then colored in Photoshop.

Somehow, I'm gonna sort it out though, so please wait for me to do so.

This is another ambigram I drew a couple of months back. Tell me how you like it. There are two more versions of this that I wanted to put up, but my copy of Photoshop stubbornly refuses to Save it.(Why?! :(...)

Hopefully, you can read this without much problems. The name here is "Namrata". See if you can read it upside down too!
As always, please comment!!

Fireworks under Construction.

noreply@blogger.com (Gray) — Fri, 06 May 2011 14:20:00 +0000

Hey! How u holdin up? I'm alright, thanks for asking.:)

Exams are over. But my headaches are not. Will figure it out somehow. I hope.

In todays post I wanna just say a few things I'm planning on doing in the near future. Actually three main things...

I've been thinking of changing the looks of the blog a bit and I've come up with a crude hand made design, which I think is perfect because I'm not really looking for sleek...rather something like rough and appealing. Unfortunately, my command over html or css codes aren't exactly...ummm....u know what I mean? Again, I'll figure it out somehow. Hopefully my neighbor, who is a Comps student, can help me a bit with that, so I'm not really alone in this. Maybe next week or so, I'll post a picture of the basic layout as I wish it to be and you can comment on that before I really go ahead and change the current layout. What say?

Second thing...its a little question for you. Do you remember Shorty?

Who wants to see a post on "The Making of 'Shorty'"?!?

See the post on "Shorty" here.

Making Shorty took time and I wanted it to look as good as possible. As a result it changed a lot during the formation and it really wasn't just all me. Without the valuable advice from a good friend of mine...I'm pretty sure, Shorty wouldn't have looked half as good as it does now. With "The Making of Shorty", I hope to explain the little things and the big things that made Shorty what she is. And I know the description I've given for Shorty hasn't been too self explanatory, I'll try to go into more details on that. So? What Say?

Ok. Now, here's the main point of the three. . . You may have noticed that todays post hasn't included a drawing.(Yea, I know did...saying "You may have noticed" somehow sounded cooler to me :P). Well, you see, I haven't completed my current project. Its called "Fireworks" and I'm done with the pencil drawing. Colouring and background is still left and I hope that'll be done soon. And so, to keep you interested, I'm gonna leave you with a teaser.

There are no sparks when I think of you, its fireworks baby!!

Gods honest truth, this is the line that inspired the drawing. It was actually a facebook status update of a friend of mine. Wait for it. And when you see it, tell me how u like it. :)

Taking a break!

noreply@blogger.com (Gray) — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 17:32:00 +0000

EXXAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMSSS!!!!!...I hate them! I hate them! I hate them. But I've got to write them no matter what I think of them. Packed schedule for this week. So i'll be taking a break from blogging for the one or two weeks.(One extar week to celebrate the end of one week of torture :D)

The blogger in me is gonna be sleepin for a while :)!

Shorty

noreply@blogger.com (Gray) — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 08:30:00 +0000

Bio:

Name : Nina

Last Name : Hayes

Nickname : Shorty

Blood Type : O -ve

Languages known : English, French, Arabic

& Russian

Work : Free agent, works alone.

Known Associates : -

Preferred Weapons : Boberg XR-9 S (Shorty),

Kahr PM9 w/CT Laser sight,

Throwing Knives, Ballistic knives.

Other Weapons : Ruger Super Redhawk .44 Magnum.

You don't want to mess with this chick. Known as "Shorty" because of her near obsessive attachment to her custom Boberg XR9 Shorty, 9mm mini handgun, she's one of the most mysterious characters that lurked in the night world of Los Ares. She's good with sharp objects and better with fast objects and never walks without an array of CCW on her. She is also quite good with her hands and quick on her feet. Has a tendency to appear and disappear. Very handy for the kind of job she does.

Drives a black(Nero) Maserati Quattroporte Sport GTS. Unregistered. As is her identity.

You don't want to mess with this chick. Her guns are always loaded.

Ambigrams Part 2

noreply@blogger.com (Gray) — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 12:58:00 +0000

Yes, here's another one. And there'll be more I promise.

I do think it looks neat. Its done mostly on Photoshop, but I can see that it is particularly hard to read.

The word shown here is "Ujjual". This might not mean a lot to many of you since this is my brothers name. Not only is it a rare name, this a rare spelling to that name and on top of that its a goddamned hard spelling to make an ambigram of. But now that I've done this once I'll assure you that with the funny way my brain works, I'll come up with a newer, clearer and much easier to read and goodlooking at same time kind of ambigram soon enough. :)

I've done some others and will upload as soon as I get time. Thanks! Again people, comment!!

Ambigrams Part 1

noreply@blogger.com (Gray) — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:34:00 +0000

Hey there! I'm back!...again! And again I'm here, only to say I'm going to be soooo busy for another couple of weeks! End Semesters!!! What a nightmare! Plus I've still not got myself an industrial training and I don't even have an outline for the short story I'm going to send to the reliance writing competition and...and....AND I don't even know what else the heck it is, that is going on!!!

Haaah!! This is so tiring...

But, fear not! For I have been practicing a bit on photoshop so that my skills are a bit better now. So like now, I know how to create a custom brush AND I even know a few key board shortcuts. . . Aaaand, I'm getting better at using the pen tool!! :)
So this time I'm gonna post an Ambigram. You know, reads the same upside and downside!! This one was pretty simple. Took me 3 minutes to design maybe....and half n hour to brighten up on Photoshop.

Well, you can download it and rotate it and see if it reads the same or no. Hope you can figure what that reads and as usual, I'd love any comments. Thank You! :D

Three Monkeys

noreply@blogger.com (Gray) — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 08:33:00 +0000

Yes, Its been a long time and I've been itching to put up a post. My dear project, "The Three Monkeys" is finally here. I've taken inspiration from a lot of sources, so i thank them all.

I'd like to specially thank my bud, Trishank for the laptop sitting on the grass in between the monkeys. He really wanted me to fit a Gandhiji in there somewhere( which I wasn't all that interested in doing at first) and came up with the idea, which for some reason I liked very much :)

The three monkeys, also called the three wise monkeys are Mizaru (who sees no evil), Iwazaru (who speaks no evil) and Kikazaru (who hears no evil). As you might get from the names, they're all Japanese. It is also widely believed that Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi formulated the preachings of the monkeys, but there might be proof to say that he just supported these ideals. It is also said the the monkeys originated in the teachings of the Chinese philosopher Confucius(on a sidenote, ever think why a Chinese guy was called Confucius? I mean it just doesn't sound Chinese does it?). All in all, the origins of the monkeys is shrouded in mystery. Maybe all that we can safely say for now is that the monkeys did originate in Asia.

Basically, the monkeys were a code of conduct. Just a way of saying do not stray into the path of evil. In the west though, it has come to mean feigning ignorance or overlooking things just cause its more convenient. i guess thats how the three new age monkeys were born,,,who See All, Hear All and Speak Out for Freedom. I guess that would have indeed sounded nobler.

My picture is more related to that, but basically I'm just trying to say...be happy and live with kindness. My Mizaru (yes, i guess u can't really call him Mizaru anymore cuz he can see, but lets just keep the name) is wearing 3D glasses so what he's saying is stop being one Dimensional and try to see through every angle. Iwazaru just wants to say that you have to speak your mind, because nobody can read it as well as you can and Kikazaru jus wants to say that you have to learn to listen, because listening brings understanding and understanding leads a way to acceptance and ultimately peace.

I wanted it to look a bit more cheerful and ummm...realistic (monkeys wearing clothes...who am I kidding?!)l, but i guess I messed up the colours and lighting. But I did my best...Maybe I'll come back and rework its colours later on, when I really get used to colouring on photoshop and finally get a handle on the tricks and techniques. Learning on your own can be a pain sometimes :) but you get to go on your own pace, which is nice. People, please do comment and tell me how you liked this picture and what you think of the concept behind it.

A Couple of new Concepts

noreply@blogger.com (Gray) — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 20:51:00 +0000

Whoa... its been long since i posted anything eh? Its been a busy couple of weeks and will be for atleast another few. But, I've been working on this new concept, will put it up next week or so. I've finished the drawing, but theres lots of coloring and cleaning up left. To be honest, I'm quite excited about it and i really do hope that you'll like and comment on it.What the concept is...just u guys wait for it and see for yourself.

Till that comes out, let me present you with Nick. He's another concept. My lead character in a lil comic strip I want to start. But God knows, there's too many ideas and too many distractions leaving me with too little time.

Kiss

noreply@blogger.com (Gray) — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 12:28:00 +0000

A little late for valentines, eh? ;)
I wanted the background to look like a washed up back alley wall...but well, I guess I'm not that good at photoshop yet. :)
Thanks for viewing, and please leave your comments behind.

Lucy in the moonlight.

noreply@blogger.com (Gray) — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 23:04:00 +0000

I spent a lot of time on this one and I'm really proud of it. Now that its finished, I guess I've drawn better stuff than this, but somehow, it doesn't feel like that matters. It feels like all the efforts paid off and thats a good feeling. :)

Hope you like it.

Please leave your comments and criticisms. They mean a lot. Thank You!