Chilligavva

Wishing you all a Happy New Year!May the new year bring Happiness, Peace, Contentment and the oh so needed Prosperity !

Last year I wrote a very detailed post on Vinayaka Chavithi. This year all of us went to the Omaha Ganesha Temple. The crowd was not heavy, and the rituals not as grand as I thought it would be, which was a disappointment. A enthusiastic devotee shoved hymn copies of "Om Jai Jagdish" in Hindi. Most of the crowd knew the tune, but didnt know the lyrics, and generally hummed along [Clear indication of south indian crowd]. The said same lady, later on belted out "Gajana Nayutam" in carnatic style, which was good.

Today is Independence Day for India. A pakistani flag is being flown in Kashmir, one day before our independence day and we exult in Abhinav Bindra's gold medal at the Beijing Olympics. One of my favorite blogger Krish Ashok- Doing Jalsa and showing Jilpa has rightly commented about the sportiveness of it all. He has rightfully focused on the marks obsessive education malaise that is at the root of most urban stagnance in India.

Wishing all my readers a Happy Telugu New Year.

Yesterday, as per usual, i attempted a poster without sketches. So I started with a noisy background, added a layer of vines, bevelled the same, drew a lady's profile using my wacom tablet, and found something lacking. So i added another layer of bluerays [no pun intended!].

This Sankranthi I designed a simple card to send to some of my closest people. Sometimes I like sharing my work with all and sundry, but sometimes, I dont. Would this constitute a limited edition design. Yup!.. So after the event, I think I am ready to show my work to the world. I like to watch Manga Anime [barring the uniformed same look], and I attempted a "Manga Style Sankranti Card. Only one recipient unfamiliar with the style, came back with

"the color theme is good, but the kite is elongated. I am used to square ones."

So obviously, some of my recipients didnt "get it".

Came into a creative buzz and developed this..