a microscopic world

So that I'll remember (tadpole)

2011-07-06T08:51:00.001-07:00

Too many of my kind,
make do with shit and slime.
I've got to love my life,
got one day to live and die.

I dream you to life

2011-04-16T05:11:00.000-07:00

rough stough

2011-04-16T03:56:00.000-07:00

I suck at sketching women

catalyst

2011-03-22T10:25:00.000-07:00

Thought you were a cure for when I'm lonely. You're just manure

The Tree

2011-01-24T05:00:00.001-08:00

I will visit you in secret if I have to, because I can't give you up.

Oktober

2010-10-15T06:43:00.001-07:00

he did it!

2010-06-12T05:43:00.001-07:00

"embrace me!"

2010-05-21T05:03:00.001-07:00

Mary

2010-05-21T04:57:00.000-07:00

fishy

2010-05-11T06:20:00.001-07:00

aries

2010-03-19T06:22:00.001-07:00

soon

2010-03-19T06:17:00.001-07:00

santa again

2009-12-10T00:13:00.000-08:00

filling empty spaces

2009-10-21T00:38:00.000-07:00

A logo I did for a friend.

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rockandraaga.in now streams gigs featuring your favourite Indian bands.
Spread the word!

By the sea

2009-08-14T06:57:00.000-07:00

Flit

2009-08-13T00:59:00.000-07:00

Cats and guest - rough

2009-08-13T00:44:00.001-07:00

Bubble

2009-07-14T00:58:00.001-07:00

and the mouse returns (coming soon)

2009-07-09T09:37:00.001-07:00

Filler

2009-07-09T09:33:00.000-07:00

Been a while...so here's something from waaay back

Event: viva la vida 6th July 2008

2008-07-02T22:21:00.000-07:00

For those who have a taste for macabre.
For those who have admired Frida Kahlo and her work.
For those who love poetry.

An open-mic session with Sharanya and Chandrachoodan
Date: July
Time: 10.00 Am
Venue: Madras War Cemetery, Nandambakkam

RSVP:sharanya.manivannan@gmail.com
chandrachoodan@gmail.com (98844 67463)

back again

2008-06-14T02:27:00.001-07:00

little red radish

2008-03-30T08:02:00.000-07:00

work for a client

mouse in space

2008-03-06T06:43:00.001-08:00

Been busy

2008-03-04T05:53:00.000-08:00

Been swamped with a lot of work and hence I've not been able to update my blog. Will be back soon with a new illustration or a short story.

Meanwhile I just completed my first true project as a commercial illustrator. I'm not sure it will actually translate into money (I'm not going to explain why) but the client seemed happy. A million thanks to CC/Ravages for the opportunity!

samson

2008-02-13T04:52:00.001-08:00

conflict

2008-02-03T05:01:00.000-08:00

but I never

It's done!

2008-01-30T10:39:00.000-08:00

But!... rough work

2008-01-22T06:58:00.000-08:00

to be continued...

Gnomes today

2008-01-09T04:59:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year Folks!

in the news ! finally! (not really) December 21 The Hindu Young World

2007-12-20T21:13:00.000-08:00

A workshop on comics. Artist Fracois Dermaut gave us a few tips on story telling for comics/graphic novels. That was the most he could do with the 2 hours alloted to him.

santa claws

2007-12-19T23:52:00.000-08:00

porthole

2007-12-19T22:35:00.001-08:00

monk & student

2007-11-24T03:11:00.000-08:00

monk in a setting - practice

2007-11-12T10:17:00.000-08:00

'Don't move till I tell you to '

monk - rough

2007-11-11T07:38:00.000-08:00

head

2007-11-02T08:20:00.000-07:00

where are my roses

2007-11-02T08:17:00.001-07:00

paper cat

2007-10-29T06:24:00.000-07:00

Yeah I suck at photography, but heres my latest:a stylised big cat made out of cardboard

down to the mayor's office

2007-09-28T11:31:00.001-07:00

...and a little later

2007-09-27T10:06:00.001-07:00

town at twilignt - practice

2007-09-23T02:16:00.000-07:00

Have always been weak at creating rich backgrounds. Some of my posts will probably be practice sketches like these...until I get all moody and depressed ofcourse.

no title

2007-09-22T05:03:00.000-07:00

decadence

2007-09-02T08:47:00.000-07:00

scream, lust, kill, hurt, steal, suck, die

freezing out the fire

2007-07-03T07:04:00.000-07:00

a desolation song

2007-07-02T08:13:00.000-07:00

so close

2007-06-28T00:35:00.000-07:00

Seemed so close,I thought I had touched you.But I was only looking through my telescope. How far do I have to travel to get to where you are?

the stage

2007-06-25T01:37:00.000-07:00

They screamed and clapped when he cried and crawled.
Cheered him on as they watched him fall.
They watched the part that they knew well.
Rapt, in their seats till the intermission bell.

The script then took a twisted route.
He stabbed the hero, put his lights out.
He faced the audience as they cowered in fear.
His fury cost him more than his career.

hunger (continued)

2007-06-23T10:25:00.000-07:00

Everything else seems so trivial. Pride vapourizes into emptiness. This attachment fills me and kills me.

hunger

2007-06-21T07:19:00.000-07:00

I'm suspended, like in a gel. Warm glowing yellow tufts hover around me, murmuring things I like to hear in a voice I love. A soothing friction brushes me, makes me weak.

negligible

2007-06-20T06:37:00.001-07:00

sinking down to the depths,
I feel my head flood with water
and with thought...
I am now truly lost…I join the fish.

I wish to skip my turn forever.

who's got my brew

2007-06-10T09:12:00.000-07:00

The accordion plays on and we thump the wooden tables with fists, cold brew and foam flying all over the place . I look around for my own pint... Hey! somebodys got my mug of beer!

garden

2007-06-08T11:48:00.000-07:00

A plodding tempo, breaks down to a melancholy near silence and then works itself into a controlled frenzy. A parasite searches damp floors and humus for a loved one. He finds her rotting, decomposing...soon to join him in his microscopic world