To Grand Adventures! 

It's been a great start to the new year for my husband and I! 

Here's wishing you all a very happy 2017!

Happy Anniversary Ladoo! ♥

Happy Anniversary to main man in my life! 

I love you endlessly, thank you for loving me for the weirdo I am. And of course, being a weirdo yourself. 

I love you. 

♥. 

Thank you for driving the dark away.

Thank you for driving the dark away. from lavanyanaidu on Vimeo.

TINKLE - Holiday Special Cover

A big thank you to the Tinkle and ACK team, for giving me the opportunity to work on this! I had such a great time, and went all out with the dragons. :D 

The initial sketch

 First colour draft!

And the final! 

Rain

Daydreaming of pitter-patter.

You got this. ♥

You Got This. 

This one's for everyone who's ever been on the brink of change. Any kind of change that offsets familiarity can often be a little scary. 

Here's to taking that leap, believing in yourself and knowing that it's going to be okay. 

Make the most of it! 

You got this ♥.

You came.

Finally finished! :D 

I dedicate this to the love of my life. 

Thank you for always making sure it's never too cold outside. 

I love you Ladoo. 

♥.

You came - Work In Progress.

Haven't had the time to do a lot of personal work off late, trying to change that. This has been on my mind for a while, glad to be able to work on it finally! 

Here is some work in progress, will post the final soon!

Hope you enjoy this! 

Practice roughs!

Been a while since I made time to animate just for myself!
Big relief to get back to a free pen and no rules! :D Here's a rough I worked on this evening!

App launch and gifs!

Hey hey! 

Late update, but my apps are finally out on the appstore! 

Thanks to Viola and the whole Otataa team for bringing Bato to life! 

If you've got kids, or still have a bit of your childhood in you, you'll probably love these!

 Check them out here:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/poppet-pop-with-bato/id1064503211?mt=8

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/knock-knock-with-bato/id1064430008?mt=8

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/flip-flip-with-bato/id1064500050?mt=8

I worked on all of the animations in these apps, and here are some of the gifs I created for social media! More updates soon!

FA LA LA LA!! :D

MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM MY TEAM!! :D 

Here's a little festive cheer for the holiday season! A short little GIF I animated for my OTATAA team! 

It's been a mountain of a year, but so much good to take away from it! 

Also follow this thread! There's more to come from this funny little bat! 

COMING SOON!! :D 

Hugs and love, oodles of it! 

♥.

You.

Thank you. heart emoticon This year has been crazy hard for me. But you've been there through every, EVERY step of the way. Done for me, what I wouldn't expect any single person to do. I am and always will be grateful to all of this and all of you. I love you Ladoo. Thank you for always driving the dark away.

Kindness

We live in a time, where kindness is so rare, that when one displays it, it is welcomed with much surprise. To believe that we cannot change our surroundings, is to accept defeat without even trying. 

It's as simple as this. 

As Ellen would say, 'Be kind to one another'. 

Amazon India

I had the lovely opportunity to work on a couple of emailers for Amazon India this festive season, and had a ton of fun working on it! 

Here they are! :D Hope you enjoy these as much as I did working on it! 

TEDx - Bangalore - All Or Nothing

Had a ton of fun working on this for TEDx Bangalore! 

Enjoyed the speakers amidst all the chaos last Sunday! 

Thank you so much for having me! 

Besides that, here's a little bit about the illustration: 

Kindness. Isn't it odd how rare it is these days? Whether it's arguments going overboard on comment sections on the internet, or things of a much grander scale in the world. 

Why has it become so hard to be tolerant? To live and let live? To be able to love freely? To be kind? Where are we headed? 

My take on all or nothing, is a somewhat utopic image. A world where we can love, support and protect, not just one another, but other forms of life as well. We can try, hope isn't dead. If we do nothing, all may be lost, But if we all come together, nothing is impossible.

Also got some great press from Homegrown and Bangalore Mirror! Thanks so so much for the features, luckily managed to get the paper! :D

http://homegrown.co.in/these-11-artists-interpretations-of-all-or-nothing-are-wildly-creative/

http://www.bangaloremirror.com/bangalore/others/When-youngsters-were-asked-to-visualise-all-or-nothing/articleshow/49127874.cms

Loopers - Topic August: Kick

KICK

This months loopers topic is Kick. 

This particular loop has been a bit of a personal one to me. I am currently recovering from knee surgery. I had a terrible fall in June and have been trying my hardest to get back some normalcy in my life. And I am finally happy to say that I am able to walk again, somewhat of a mountainous achievement in my eyes. 

So here you go, remember to hit the ground running, and feel grateful that you still have your wings. 

Check out the other talented people on our loopers group! 

http://loopsididitagain.tumblr.com/ 

Asian Paints Look book - with Wariwatai Studios

Had the opportunity to make a couple of illustrations for this year's Asian Paints lookbook! Thanks so much to Wari Watai Studios and a personal shout out to my friend Poppy! 

Our city is our home, remember to treat it well, and add a splash of colour whenever you can. :) 

Tinkle Covers

The April and June 2015 issues of Tinkle Digest! :D Thank you so much for the opportunity Tinkle! Dream come true!

Wild Wisdom Quiz Book!

Had the wondeful opportunity to work with Puffin Books, on the World Wide Fund for Nature's - Wild Wisdom Quiz Book! I personally love animals and see the importance to conserve wildlife. This was tons of fun to do, and I hope you enjoy the visuals as much as I did while creating them! 

Fact Finders - Rupa Publication

Books for Rupa Publications! Did this a while ago, but haven't had the time to upload much! 

So here they are! 

The books are a lovely read! Get your copies if you'd like, from a bookstore near you!

HOPANTA - A Rudro Bhandary Film

There are so many stories that are worth recognition. My friend Rudro Bhandary's HOPANTA, is one of them. A story told with a sense of raw innocence, beautiful in it's own simplicity.

Rudro is a fantastic story teller, film maker and a truly wonderful human being, with a simple heart and a passion to bring such stories to the screen. But he's not going to be able to do this without you. 

Being an independent film maker isn't a breeze at all, especially when it comes to funds. So why don't we all get together to help him out? Even a small contribution could really boost it's chances. He also has little surprises set aside for your participation.

All you have to do is visit this link:

https://www.wishberry.in/campaign/hopanta-independent-feature-film/

And contribute an amount suitable to you.

If we all get together to see this come to the screen, what do we achieve? 

The chance to save a good story from oblivion.

Here's the trailer:

https://www.facebook.com/hopanta/videos/vb.708933589236374/710641635732236/?

type=3&video_source=pages_video_set

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/hopanta

LET'S DO THIS!! :D