IF: Brigade

For me, this week’s topic only ‘brigaded’ with one of the main streets in bangalore -- Brigade Road. It’s a street lined with quite a few shops and what I have illustrated here is the junction of Brigade Road, with a view of the Opera building, a dilapidated building probably one of the oldest buildings there.
















Here is an old photograph of what Bangalore was then, a rather
contrasting visual to what that street looks like now.
Click here for image source.

IF Star Gazing

*to the stars and back*

IF Breakfast

*That morning cup of tea*

Inspired by the visual language of the Indian matchboxes

Magnify

* to magnify the details of a letter*

Done for the girl who calls me baby alien, and her project on personalising the ubiquitous font helvetica.[Posted for illustration friday]

Caution

an absurd sense of caution

*Illustration Friday*

Wrapped Up

Another entry for impatience

Impatient love?

If - Impatience

*as the clock ticked by, the queue grew impatient*

done for illustration friday

IF - shaking

IF - Worn

*to keep or not to keep*

worn for illustration friday

IF - drifting

*if it were to drift like a feather*

zooming in

The bird has a grooved outline which I later realised could not be seen, so I have just zoomed in.

IF - Craving

*independence*

IF- Adapt

A series of characters developed inspired from an egg. It can be put as the robot that is an adaptation on an egg. I have used this character as a mascot for a kids clothing identity.

IF - cracked

late entry, its the self portrait of a crack pot :)

*sargam*

IF - Contagious; Memories can too be contagious

This week's theme has been rather interesting, considering the fact that I myself fell ill and got a nasty fever from a friend. When I started thinking about what I could do with the word contagious, I wanted to it along the lines of a particular art movement, because they can be contagious in the sense that they everybody gets influenced by them.

My plan of action changed because of a few surprises in my life, that led me to think of my school life, and it was almost like those memories were contagious. This illustration therefore is a more personal depiction and rather abstract.

IF- Parade; I follow the red flag

Have tried to take out more time than last week... :)
It is a parade of auto rickshaws!

IF - Hierarchy

I have been busy, so this is just a rough version. I thought this would be an interesting way to represent hierarchy.

The Valiant and the Audience - Theatre

"Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once."

It is one of my favourites by William Shakepeare in his tragedy Julius Caesar. I have experimented with decontextualising the illustration. Another version in another context is right below.

One of the major aspects of theatre is the audience, because without them, there can be no theatre. The line is concocted by me itself.

Done for illustration Friday, this week’s theme being theatre.