The twist

Days were going pretty much simple Ideation, concept sketching, painting on weekends and looking for street art, Pinterest, Artstation for inspiration and so on..., well only till that one fine day when I came across Makers Asylum in Andheri, Mumbai I went through their website from where I learned that it is a makers space where you can do DIY stuff and build your own projects using their tools and equipment paying a membership fee to them. What more cool stuff they have is that they conduct various workshops and month-long programs which I decided to be a part of, D.I.V.E 2019 a 30-day program having 7 teams of 5 to 6 members per team and we had to work on UN sustainable development goals.

> Select the UN (sustainable development goal)

> As a team arrive on a problem statement.

> Make a solution like a prototype/field testing/documentation.

> Finally launch your product if you want to as a crowdfunding campaign and the final pitch in front of all the jury and members of the Makers space.

Well the twist for me was not just this program where I did prototyping and prepared a crowdfunding campaign but my co-workers were students from management school in France and It was a lovely experience working with them in a team. JUST AWESOME! THEY WERE SMART AND COOL!

Dharavi field study for our Good health UN (SDG)goal.

Our prototype air filter(I know its not much savvy but we wanted it to be frugal).

• Well moving ahead some sketching which hit my head during this program. 

(watercolor painting- I was trying to create an anime painting but it still looks like a kids work got to work more on the details)

(a comic character from my imagination, I used watercolor)

Some animal practice sketching(I referred Pinterest for the practice).

• Concept sketch work and ideation for my online portfolio:

• My fellow readers, please please don't forget to give me your feedback about my concept designs and if you felt connected to any of my designs please don't forget to mention in the comment section below.

A walk down the Girgaum Chowpatty beach inspired me to take these pics below:

Before I end today's post I would like to share my painting which I did from my heart as a symbol of friendship with my new friend from France Mr. Paul Carpentier, we did the prototyping work together & connected on a lot of things during the D.I.V.E 2019 program, Paul is also an Engineer and has completed his Business management studies.

That's it for today people I hope you had a fun time going through today's artwork and some of my adventures and I will continue with the journey ahead and keep you posted of all the magic and fun in my journey of design and art, au revoir! people.

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2019 Anthem, SKETCH! TREK! PLAY!.......repeat

Sketch! Trek! PLAY! ....repeat

Sorry for the delays art lovers but this year started with a huge bang for me with Art festivals like the Kalaghoda art festival 2019, CEED-2019 design exam and yes a lot of sketching. So let's begin our journey for the year 2019 grab some hot cup of coffee and sip through my today's post. Well, today I have brought you a combination of photography, doodles, artworks, etc. LET THE GAME BEGIN!

    (Evening time click near the fountain area during Kalaghoda fest-2019)

(Calligraphy artwork class by Madam Manjri Varde: It was a fun-filled workshop by the eccentric artist, I thoroughly enjoyed the workshop and gained valuable knowledge.

Kalaghoda art fest-19 workshop)

• Some Doodles which I tried at home after being fully inspired and charged up after attending workshops at the Kalaghoda art fest-2019.

(An imaginary doodle: Me and my friends fighting space aliens)

• I tried to explore the area around the festival and bring out some interesting pictures for you, my beloved readers.

• A few images of the artworks kept in the festival.

(I like calling this snap as The Yogi. I was totally amazed by this artwork.)

• Some more sketch work: Well I hope you are not bored with my sketches, please! let me know your feedback about my sketches in the comments section below.

(Letting my creativity run around)

(A small sketch which I prepared for my school teacher)

The end.

That's it for this time people, please, please don't forget to comment, follow my blog by subscribing it. I would be waiting anxiously about your reaction and comments. Feel free to give me your suggestions or any ideas which you would like to see in my next post. Till then, 

SKETCH! TREK! PLAY! n REPEAT

Yo ho it's Christmas time

Santa's on his way to give us our Christmas gifts but I thought before Santa could come riding with his reindeer's let me gift my readers with a new post. So grab some cookies and a drink because today is going to be a special day. 

• Suddenly an alien picture stuck in my head and I doodled the below illustration please let me know your ideas and comments below.

• Well since I have reached outer space I thought let's go one step further and plant a tree on the red planet soil. But jokes apart I saw this trick more of a hack for eggshells, instead of throwing them away I thought let's give this idea some wings and give it a try. 

So you will need the following things and rest let mother nature take care of things:

Some eggshells and seeds which grows fast like wheat grains (they grow fast into a grass) or anything else available at your home. Make sure to soak the seeds for at least a day in a glass of water.

Next step fill it with mud and I decided to go more artistic and draw some artwork on eggshells using markers(soft tip) and yes they work the best since rest other options break the egg shells and if you are in my shoes you will get your mom's scoldings for using another egg.

Something like this but you can go wild with your imagination and come with millions of better artwork than mine since I find them weird.

But finally after a lot of patience and battling it out with rats which infested my home on getting the smell of the eggs I got the fruit of seed germinating in the morning after a week. The birth of a new life.....Oh sorry, am I getting more poetic. Let's see how much it lasts.

Heaven is in hard work, I found these skilled people who were constructing the roof for a pathway sleeping underneath it, well if you closely observe one person is using a brick as a pillow more precisely the guy sitting close to the camera.

•   It's traveling time and I took time off to just trek around the cement jungle and click some beautiful snaps which felt close to heart. 

Well, the other person you notice happens to be my alien brother from a planet called engineers.

If you look closely I was going after the crab inside the water.

I would like to name this guy Mr. crustacean.

Moving towards the urban side from here on..

Well I am really happy since I was fortunate enough to notice this moment and then it's just 

-"say cheese" 

The pic below I took it at my home and it was like heavens gate opening up.

• Now the finishing touch for today's blog a simple illustration which I tried to do.

Keep dreaming and let the creativity bug in your head shout out loud. So until next time.

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