Happy 2013 Lovely People!

I hope y'all had a great 2012 and hope it's happiness all around u in 2013. :-)

PHEW

So at 8 a.m. this morning I FINALLY finished illustrating a picture book with 26 double-pg illustrations - phew. much happiness! i also illustrated 4 adorable poems that should be out as an e-book soon. Sadly will not able to share previews of either until they are officially out. But what a blast it was working on both projects! Finally a Sunday where I can just put my feet up and read a book or watch some tv ... ooo or bake a cake!

A very special anniversary gift - personalized

I LOVED that I got the opportunity to work on these illustrations for a first anniversary gift that a young wife wanted to gift her husband of one year on their anniversary. It was printed on a cushion cover. Now it may look like one easy, single illustration but this actually took me few weeks because each illustration has to be drawn and then realized. I am pleased that the client liked it - well worth the effort. This is also a great idea for all you newly-weds reading! ;-)

A Personalized Mug Design

My sister's friend loves beer- a lot apparently, so she wanted to gift her friend a mug with this funny quote. I can go on about how much I love illustrating for personalized gifts! Something so special about them.

Personalized gift for a tiny tot

Another personalized gift! Why go to the store and pick up a gift off the shelf when you can make the gift so much more special. Like this one for a lil girl who turned 1 and who absolutely loves fish. Many years down the line she will still cherish this and of course her aunt who personalized this gift for her.

A Special Wedding Invite

This is the third wedding invite I have illustrated and I think everyone should send out personalized wedding invites because it adds to the special-ness of that special day in your life. Looking forward to doing many more. (oh wait, one more coming up this December. yay!)

Happy Faces

These are some characters from a children's book I did awhile ago. I think my love for drawing animals started here! This was a picture book - a board book with single line text on each page for tiny tots to learn while they read.

Ellie the Elephant - in book stores now

This is one of my favourite books that I've illustrated because it has full-pg illustrations from the 1st page to the last and I was given the freedom to do as I wished to, and it had an adorable lil character - Ellie!Love how it turned out. This book is also available on Flipkart.

T-shirt Prints - just for fun!

I just designed five prints for a new t-shirt company in Bangalore but of course these prints aren't it. These are just some doodles that happened along the way that I will be using on comfy Ts for myself! :-)

Personalized Wedding Invite

A personalized wedding invite for a couple. These invites were sent to their close friends. The bride listed out some cute'before' and 'after' stories that the couple wanted on their personalized wedding invite. Here's wishing the couple a very happy 'Happily ever after'! :-)

Illustration for a B'day Party Invite

Because illustrations for little kids is what I absolutely love to do! This was a b'day party invitation done for a friend's son who loves cars.

Some days I wake up and just draw these illustrations that I then print on a poster for my walls. Here's two of them.

My family has been living in Mysore for 10 years now and I thought it might be nice for Mysoreans who don't live here anymore to have a poster on their walls that reminds them of home. That was the idea behind this 'Namma Mysooru' poster (available in A4 & A3). People interested in purchasing this poster may contact me :-)

A friend's mom is a fabulous Chemistry teacher in a school here and when she asked me if I could design a fun cover for her Chemistry lab manuals, I was ecstatic! Why? Because I remember the grey cover of my school Chem manual that I never ever wanted to open! It was a lot of fun working on this cover and I sure hope the kids liked it!

Illustration for a sling-bag

A freedom fighters illustration that was printed on sling-bags by a company.

Women's Day meme for HP

These were illustrations done to be used in a special meme for Women's Day in HP's social media campaign.

Infographic for HP's V-Day campaign