Abhibashi Magazine Cover

This was a cover that I drew for a bi-annual Bengali magazine "Abhibashi".

The theme for the magazine for this session is "Theater" and with Durga Puja just around the corner, they required me to incorporated some element of that as well into the drawing. I made two versions of it. This one is the final version, the one that I finally submitted to the editors with the proposed layout.

However, things didn't quite go as planned with the publishers due to some miscommunication and the final printed version looks like this.

In the previous version, I had tried to use the Tholpavakoothu shadow puppet art form and use that to show bring out the subject. However, I wasn't very happy with the result and decided to rework on it.

I made this one using acrylics and photo inks, and detailed the puppets with a ball pen. On a personal note, I must admit that the puppets which are actually used for the plays in Kerala, are much more detailed than what I could hope to portray in my version of them.

Art Exhibition at Darpan art Gallery

I had my first Art Exhibition today at Darpan Art Gallery off S.B Road, here in Pune. It started on the 25th of July and will wrap up by the 31st. The exhibition was inaugurated by Mr. Anil Awachat and renowned painter Murli Lahoti. Murli Lahoti's work can be seen at this website http://murlilahoti.com/

I had the good fortune of meeting the renowned artist Mr. Milind Mulick (http://www.milindmulick.com/)
who dropped in for the exhibition today.
The Exhibition was organised by my diploma project Sponsorers Mr. Rothindra Nath Chowdhry and Ms. Dickiy Chowdhry.

These are the artworks that I put up at the exhibition, please do take a look. I made the illustrations with a black Cello-gripper ballpen.

1. a peaceful evening

2. away from home

3. bad santa

4. nightmares

5. the apple orchard

RGB 2012

I had made this poster for RGB 2012. I didn't send this finally because I wasn't too happy with the outcome of it.

The Open Window

This was a short story written by Saki, that I illustrated for "Joydhaak".

Here's a summary of the story as per wikipedia:

"The Open Window is a short story about Frampton Nuttel. Mr. Nuttel heads out to the countryside to calm his nervous condition, he takes along with him a handful of introduction letters his sister had given him. Mr. Nuttel visits the home of Mrs. Sappleton (as addressed on one of the letters), meets a young girl, the niece of Mrs. Sappleton, and she proceeds to have some fun at his expense. She explains that on that very day, three years earlier, their family had met with misfortune. The aunt’s husband and her two brothers were swallowed up in the bog near the moor and never found. It's further explained that each day the large French window is left open in hopes that the missing loved ones will return. The aunt rushes into the main sitting room and just then, outside the open window, Mrs. Sappleton’s husband and two brothers appear, having come back from a recent hunting trip."

Shubham's Birthday Card

This was a birthday card that I drew for one of my closest friends, Ms. Shubham Shreya on the occassion of her 23rd birthday. Here's my best wishes to her and Harsha.

Medium - Cello Gripper (ballpen) and acryllic paint

school kid

Loopdeloop - Rock

This was my submission for the monthly animation competition Loop de Loop. The competition is basically about making a loop based around the month's theme "Rock".

Finished this one in about a day and a half, trying to break out from my usual sketchy style into a very flat and basic approach

Its on their website:

http://www.loopdeloop.org/2012/04/dipankar-sengupta-rock/