the wait

A never ending series of fortunate events. ♥

A solemn promise to stay crazy.

All that you need; more importantly, all that you want, too.

Someday; one day, reunited.

An introduction to uncontrolled happiness. 

I love you Leo'.

To the most wonderful father and by far the coolest person I know. I'm so glad I am your daughter Dada.
I love you. - your baby girl. Always.

 

Of course, I strongly believe we don't need a single day to celebrate how much we love our mothers. But keeping a date down in the calender just for Ma, is also something so special. Here's to the woman who magically seems to be the solution to every problem, giver of endless abundant love and the superpower that keeps everything in perfect balance. Mamma, we love you. 

Happy Birthday Kanshu! Love you! Have an awesome year ahead! :D

I was listening to Bob Acri's piano music, and I think I instantly saw exactly where I wanted to be in the near future, of course listening to Acri's piano alongside. Now this to me is my ideal space. I'm getting there, I already have the shorts :). The perfect way to look at this would be to be playing Bob Acri on the side. (Windows users may also have one of his tracks as a part of their sample music :) ).

This is for Thoughtshop Foundation. The colours are coded for six faces of eight cubes. Participants roll the cubes like dice and get to tell a story with the top faces of all eight cubes. I had a ton of fun working on this, working for them is always a pleasure.

In More Detail:

These illustrations are for “Storybox”, a skill-building game that encourages positive thinking. It is part of a set of participatory tools for youth Change Makers – volunteers with the WE CAN CAMPAIGN.

The game stimulates the ability to envision positive outcomes for girls and women in adverse circumstances. It has been designed in response to the need to empower young people, to enable them to act with inspiration and hope when dealing with situations of gender based discriminations and violence they see around them.

The tool is being piloted in English and Hindi through a few organizations associated with We Can Campaign.

There should be links to download USER MANUALS and DIY kits on the Thoughtshop Foundation website soon. I shall update this space as soon as the links are up! 

Why sit indoors and watch the rain, when you can step out and enjoy it while it lasts? An absolutely brilliant beginning to a new day. Wish you all some rain from this side. 

This one's for Misa. :D Happy Birthday Shubee, I wish you eons of happiness and the faithful company of dogs. You and I, would both agree that to be surrounded by them would be the ultimate dream.

Misa loves you. 

To Pallu and Maddy, this is our glamavatar :D . Together we can beat any weather! Lots and lots of hugs and kisses coming your way!.

I know I've already mentioned how wonderful she is :). It's finally your birthday, and I want to wish you infinite amounts of love and good luck! Get that scooty and come to me! :D Happy Birthday Spandeshwari, may you always be blessed and crazy. Oodles of love.

(psst.. I didn't miss the little spot on your chin).

She's a wonderful person and an even better friend. Almost Happy Birthday Nondi aka d'Lisa, This is your early greeting :). I love you and for you, I shall always be there. You've never made me feel like I did too much :D (infact I feel like I can't do enough) and you always go out of your way. 

This is a late birthday greeting to my best friend in the whole wide world Maddy, she's the hippest immunologist I know! I know you've been wanting this for a while :). I love you so SO MUCH Maddy :D. Happy Birthday love.
(Though unintentional, the drawing reminds me of Kathy Keene from Archie comics!)

So recently, I started this diary of little quotes I thought I should pen down. These things come to me in flashes and I keep thinking I should write them down but never do so. NOW I have :). I hope that I can look back at these to sometimes make me feel better, sometimes to think and sometimes make me learn from my mistakes. I thought I'd illustrate one of them:
 "Sometimes, somethings hurt so much, that we're left looking over our shoulders, instead of looking at the road ahead of us'"
I'm sure there are plenty of us who feel that way every once in a while, but do not be defeated, this too shall pass. :) .

Guys only 5 more days to vote!! Please score and give feedback! the link is here too : http://www.threadless.com/submission/407155/family_weekend

Practicing faces in front of a mirror, an age old habit that has now finally translated to something useful! Loads of fun and great for practice!

Seven frames of long, thick, lovely, waving hair. If only.

SO this was an experiment of new things, a list of things I haven't animated before, like water, swimming, waving hair, fish and cartwheels! You see I can't really swim (I will learn someday), but at least here I can save myself the embarrassment of arm floaties! :D Hope you enjoy it as much as I did doing this!.

a leetal detail.

By request! :D For all those believers.