Grandma's Bag of Stories - Sudha Murty

Two options for the cover illustration of Sudha Murty's book . The one  on
the left is the final cover.

And here are a few black and whites done for the insides.

Pratham Books calendar 2012

Here are a  few illustrations I made for the Pratham books calender 2012. 

Read more about it here http://prathambooks.org/pratham-books-calendar-2012

Do buy one if you can . All proceeds from the calendar sale will be used to buy books for Pratham Books Champions’ , who in turn will spread the joy of reading to children in their communities. Your gesture will thus bring us closer towards our mission of putting “a book in every child’s hand”!

Pongal promo for discovery networks

A quick pongal promo for discovery networks(Tamil Nadu)

The really cool track was done by Bindhumalini

Stories of Wit and Wisdom

The first attempt at a a cover for a series of kid's books
 called 'stories of wit and wisdom'. (Puffin)

and the final illustrations

Champak magazine (november)

Champak, the children's magazine has recently been revamped.This
illustration is for their November issue.

Very Merry broccoli soup

very merry broccoli soup

this appeared today on theydrawandcook.com :)

birds I'm not very fond of

Wrapping paper

Taranauts-the mystery of the Syntilla Silvers

Coming soon

Ahem!

Since this 'rockstar' has been in the news lately; I thought I'll put up this cover I painted for a book called 'The life and times of Baba Ramdev' almost a year back . Yes; they did specifically ask me not to mess around with that eyelid.

Monkey Magic-curse of Mukada

New cover for Hachette

and some more book covers

Vibrator

Pages from another piece by written by Ambarish Satwick about a day spent at a sex shop in Bruges.

Second Nature

Two spreads from separate episodes of ' SECOND NATURE' a comic strip written by Annie and Salil and illustrated by me for Amar Chitra Katha's Science magazine, 'Brainwave' aimed at kids between seven and 13 years old. The stories are set in a wetland, and are the adventures of Billoo (the otter), Hilsa (the fish) Mayor Bufo (the frog), HAL King (a kingfisher and a rich tycoon..no guesses as to whom he is based on ), Kenkre (a crab, and Hal's sidekick), and many other characters.

They Draw and Cook

My contribution to 'They draw and cook' the yummiest contest ever, appeared on their website today . Go to http://www.theydrawandcook.com/ and scroll down to see.

Bella Italiana

stills from a collaborative project I've been doing with surgeon/writer Ambarish Satwick . These are illustrations for one of his essays called Bella Italiana . The essay has to do with how Italian men view the other sex.

Two rejects

Two illustrations for a young adult book cover . These will not see the light of day for being too cute :)

another discovery vignette

editorial illustration for Himal south asian

Illustration for a story about the south asian diaspora in the UK

Discovery vignette

paradise locked

a clip from a short film I've been working on . Script by Sarnath Banerjee.

Happy Diwali!

Happy Diwali to you all .This one and more cards are available at sandpipercards.com

taranauts the race for the glo rubies..

The next in the series by Roopa Pai coming soon

treatment for a children's book

one nation reading together poster

illustrations for ekalavya

illustrations for stories that appear in 'chakmak' a hindi magazine for children published by the ekalavya foundation.

preschool readers

commonwealth 2010..come out and PAY!!

A comic look at the commonwealth games for Himal south asia by Aniruddha Sengupta and me, for Himal Southasian magazine published by the not-for-profit The Southasia Trust, Lalitpur, Nepal.You can also see the same here http://www.himalmag.com/Let-the-games-begin_nw4690.html

eat list!

editorial illustrations for travel + liesure magazines 2010 eat list. ink on paper. digitally coloured.

A sequel to Atisa

from the sketchbook

editorial illustrations-media transasia

illustrations for an article on new age exercising techniques..apparently called zumba,jukari and power jump

Taranauts 3

Escape from Java and other tales of danger

two covers and a book fair poster

NACO film

This is part of some animation done for a live action + animation film for NACO(National Aids Control Organisation). It's meant to explain the 4 steps involved in disposing used syringes to outreach workers working in clinics in the north east .

cover illustration for daddy long legs