Padma

Padma, the apsara of the lotuses. 

Stylecheck

The same spread 6 months apart!

Quite a change in style eh? :) 

All right. I admit.

Right now my style is oscillating everywhere.

But I have a feeling it'll come together interestingly.

Also, I'm seeing lots of changes with my style and approach to illustration...and I don't really want to stop it right now...lets see where it takes me and how things converge!
and here's the final storyboard...click it to enlarge it...

Mountain flower

Possible design for teeshirt..:)

or anything else really

Storyboard and Timelines.

This is what I plan on getting done by the first week of april. :) 

and here's a fern for good luck.

Some more updates

 The last couple of days I've been trying out a few things-
one is - the 'previously in Khoya' bit.
This is important because it establishes the story for the audience at the exhibit.

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 This is one of the images from that sequence.

I've also been working on the actual animated sequence for the woods. 

it's turning out pretty interesting so far.

Some typography trials coming sooooooon too. :)

Work in Progess- The dark Woods

and now it's done! 

waiting for feedback

More work in progress!

And here's some more WIP!

tthis image above is how my concept sketches are being layed out.

Jasoosi (meaning 'detection or inspection' in Hindi)

is a very sneaky sly character.

Jitu (my cosmic copartner and co writer of Khoya (co-kho)

who works at greenpeace was telling me about how there's a new wave of environmental sluething or spying.

I found this fascinating! No more are our spies simply defending some damsel in distress or govt secrets

but they defend the earth.

This is how Jasoosi was born. 

She's a slinky character. You never see her for too long.

She appears with those wind spindly thingies and disappears within seconds.

She does however, help Maya and Talisma along their journey by helping them along the way in their greatest times of distress.

She carries a little satchel on her belt that contains a whole host of different interesting items that can be used for sleuthing.

She also carries within it - Fireflies.

Remember fireflies from the first story? The beginning of Khoya? 

A single firefly being trapped in a box?

Well that's the symbolic connect.

These fireflies can ward off the Nasha and chase it away by numbers of them flying into patterns like the seed of life, anahata yantra and other such mystical symbols and maps.

This again comes from personal experience of watching thousands of fireflies morph into patterns and glow in tune with each other.

They first come across Jasoosi in the Dark Forest.

This is what the map looks like when one traces one's fingertips along the surface of the Ipad screen.

 And this is what it would look like as one finishes each chapter. Only the first two circles are complete.

thinking of how I can add more pop ups that are personal and use location and weather detection that the ipad possesses. 

these are all WIP ofcourse :) 

The Earth Laughs in Flowers

Jasmine.

More details on her sooooon :) 

the original sketch

Here's character that's a mix of a flower and old indian actresses/dancers.

There are 5-6 such characters. Each of them is based on a different flower. 

this particular one is jasmine and I'm just about done with her. But I need + want some feedback!!

Basically I've been trying to give her a waxy-white jasmine kinda feel. Very few other colours and almost an ethereal glow. I'd like her to feel like she's fragrant almost.

The main inspiration for these have been the apsaras (in the previous post)

Old hindi actresses and Mata Hari :)