All the Magnolia

I didn't get a chance to share this one earlier.

Sailing in a Tea Cup

A few weeks back we went sailing at the Pinchot Lake. We had a great time sailing at this beautiful 340-acre man made lake. The weather was great, water calm and the breeze very soothing. I got an opportunity to click many pictures of colorful sailboats, kayaks and canoes.

Capturing that lovely time (with my own twist of course!) is this 'Sailing in a Tea Cup' illustration.

Sailing in a Tea Cup

Paper Magnolia

I turned some pieces of paper into colorful Magnolia. What do you think about my attempt to turn illustrations into reality?

I'm sure you can see how much fun I had first creating these lovelies and then taking pictures. 

Rainbow Magnolia 3

PS. The line sheet that I have been working on since the past month is finally over! Yay! It was a very time consuming process but I'm very satisfied with the results. :)

As soon I figure out how to post pdf files in blogger I will share it with you all.

Kites is In Revista Göoo!!

I have been sitting on this fabulous piece of news for weeks now! I was eagerly waiting for the copy to arrive all the way from Argentina so that I could share the news (and pictures!) with all of you :)

This Utopia Issue is about 5.5" X 4" big and has the fresh off the press smell. The printing and paper quality is topnotch. You can order a copy here.

'Kites' in Utopia Göoo

Does it not look Fabulous in print?

This issue is called 'Utopia'

The magazine is filled with such amazing work from some really talented artists. Here are some other pages. Oh! I'm in such good company :D

Fantazya Diary Project

Have you heard about Fantazya diary project? Its a really neat diary where every page is created (with art, craft, photography, poems and what not) by a different artist. The resulting diary is pretty cool and full of surprises.

I created these two pages and decided that I would like to see the curly sheep in the diary.

This is the page that will be in the dairy

 I can’t wait to lay my hands on Diary 2011!!

Rainbow Magnolia 2

Obviously I was in a extra bright mood when I created this yesterday :) 

Lately I have notices a slight change in my color palette. From highly saturated colors, I have started gravitating towards slightly muted ones (relatively speaking of course). Yesterday's Illustration had the slightly muted colors that I'm talking about. Still bright and colorful but a little less saturated. 

And this has me a little bit bothered. I have always attributed my bright color palette to my Indian roots and any deviation from that scares me and makes me question if I'm getting a little disconnected from my culture. Or if it is a natural progression/ evolution in my work. Whatever it is I'm keeping an eye on it.

Rainbow Magnolia 2