War for Sale!!!!

My latest Digital Painting... The other day, I chanced upon to watch two movies based on World War II, Letters from Iwo Jima & Flags of Our Fathers. With World War hangover still afresh, this was the end result, courtesy Photoshop...

Project: War for Sale

Software Used: Photoshop (Reference Used)

Time Taken: From dusk till dawn...

Only the Strongest Will Survive

Keeping in mind of a futuristic warrior in action, I rounded up finally on with the core character of Halo, the best-selling game of Xbox. Well..... it took me a painstaking 5 hours to get this one done and dusted... Double-click on the image for an enlarged view.....

Project: Only the Strongest Will Survive

Softwares Used: Photoshop CS2

Time Taken: Close to 5 hours!!!!!!

Tobias Reaper

I have no qualms whatsoever in admitting the fact that I am totaly demented, when it comes to computer games. If you wanna find out a real crazy games maniac strolling around, no pitstops, it would be me of course...

The photoshop painting down below features one of my all-time favorite game, Hitman. Who can forget this character, Tobias Reaper, aka.. Silent Assassin.. the core character of the game.

Project: Tobias Reaper
Softwares Used: Photoshop and Photoshop only {that is all I know for time being}
Time Taken: 3 hrs to be precise..
Satisfaction: Is there any term that I could use after "zenith"?

Double-click on the image.... it's a small size.. so wouldn't take much of yo time to get it kickstarted...

9/11

One can never forget this event, that rocked and shook the whole world, a great threat posed by terrorism to mankind....

9/11 event still afresh and painful...... Click on the image for a bit of animation...

Cricket Mania!!!

With cricket fever running high in my mind, just couldn't sit idle..... After an exhausting seven-hours of slogging in Photoshop, this is the end result.... It's a fact that can't be hidden that the Indian batting lineup has always been vulnerable to sheer pace and bounce.... Double-click on the image for a short bit of animation.....

P.S.: It might take a minute or two for the image to get downloaded for animation... Danka... for the patience...

Gone with the Wind

Mist-laden paths, dew-filled grass blades, with a melancholic windmill in the backdrop is what I imagined.. and this is what it turned out to be.. Double-click on the image for the wind blades to churn out some wind.......

My first animated GIF image...

A little surge of happiness ran through my body upon completion of what I would call my first GIF image... and that too an animated one. You can call it Pursuit of Happyness.

The reason being that whenever I come across animated images cascading down the windows, be it advertisements or webpages, I keep wondering myself, how in the world do these people end up animating such complicated models. I always craved of creating one such, thanks to Photoshop.....I ended up with one at last.

A pretty simple image created here. Double-click on the image for the desired animation effect. Any comments or feedback... lock and load yourself and shoot one at me any time...

Antzinator!!!

Well.... well... when it comes to my favorite movies, the list goes on and on, but my all-time favorite one is none other than the action-packed blockbuster, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, one of the best action flicks ever made. Well, to be precise, I have managed to watch this movie no less than 100 times at least.

Every now and then I come across this phrase, "to put ourselves in other person's shoes" --- pun intended.. I simply wanted to have this magical feel of how I would fit this picture... Well.. to be frank enough, I was quite satisfied the very way it turned out to be.... check it out...

The original picture, who could forget this one, the great Arnie posing majestically with the priceless double-barrelled shotgun, seated on a Harley....


A slight tint of Photoshop work laced into the picture, and Voila!!!! The title should have read Antzinator.... teeheee...

A guilty conscience pestering me from inside for tarnishing the original image. Being an Arnie fan, I wouldn't even dare do that... so a suitable background was all what it needed. I was in search of a gothic background, with mystic peaks and dark swollen clouds ready to burst open at any instance. After scanning quite a lot, the background being selected....

the final shot...

Any suggestion or comments on the above, always welcome...

Dhoni - The Destroyer

After the recent T20 World Cup victory, it's Team India and captain, Mahendra Singh Dhoni that's hogging the limelight all around... of course, they deserve it to be. Well, I just couldn't keep myself idle, meddling with the following pictures.

I am a great fan of Arnie (Arnold Schwarzenegger), making sure I never miss any of his flicks. Not that this iconic personality is much more of an action hero, but his larger-than-life screen presence is what captivates all.

MS Dhoni, the captain of the victorious Team India. Well... sensing that there is something common between the two of them...

with this breathtakingly beautiful lava field erupting in the background...

this is what I tried to figure out....

P.S. No star or personality was hurt during the making of this photo

Nice Picture

Hunk or Punk

All you girls please don't get impressed by any hunk so soon. Looks can be decieving.... well at least in this case.

Picture of the Year

Indian Railways

Why is Wedding Ring Round in Shape?

Can you guess who this is?

Eppadi Irundha Naan..................


Ippadi Aagiten!!!!

Hail ho the Champions

If you were to ask any die-hard cricket fan what makes this day, the 24th of September, 2007, so special, you better head to the nearest hospital nursing your bruises for posing such a stupid question. Behold!!!! This day brings back the fond memories of the World Cup of 1983 that was snatched from the very jaws of Goliath (the mighty West Indies) by us. How in the world can one forget this day, for this very day, Team India has engraved its name imperishably in the annals of cricket history by defeating the indomitable Pakistan in the final to lift the inaugural ICC World Twenty20 trophy. And what a way to win it.

What a game this has been? Went right down to the wire. India won it, lost it, and finally won it by five runs. Indeed one of the best finals I have ever watched be it in any form of cricket. (Not for the fact that it showcased on the game's most intense rivalry an Ind-Pak final)


India's innings had begun with a false start. Yusuf Pathan (better known as Irfan Pathan's brother) a sturdy 24-year-old batsman from Gujarat, had never played for India, but Virender Sehwag was injured so his debut came in extraordinary circumstances. They couldn't get the boisterous start that they wanted, thanks to some real quality bowling display by Pakistan. With India 40 for two from six overs, a lot was expected from Yuvraj Singh. After six sixes in an over against England and a staggering 70 from 30 balls to oust Australia in the semi-finals, it was too much asking, succumbing to the pressure, dismissed for 14. The star who really mattered was Gautam Gambhir, the Indian left-hander, whose classy 75 from 54 balls and a brisk 30 off 16 balls by RP Sharma saw the score trudge past the 150 mark, ending their innings at 157/5.



After scrapping hard to get to 157 for 5 in the face of some tigerish bowling and fielding, India were inspired with the ball, and Pakistan appeared to be well out of contention with 54 needed from 24 balls and just three wickets in hand. But when Misbah thumped Harbhajan Singh for three sixes and Sohail Tanvir chipped in with a four-ball 12, the improbable became possible. With Misbah on strike, Pakistan needed 13 from the final over. After a great deal of thought, Mahendra Singh Dhoni gambled on the inexperienced Joginder Sharma. When he started with a wide, Indian fans groaned, and the situation became even more desperate when Misbah pummelled a full toss miles over long-off for six. But with victory in his grasp, his judgement failed him. Moving across his stumps, he went for the scoop down to fine leg. He didn't connect cleanly, and millions on the subcontinent held their breath as Sreesanth came under the ball at short fine leg. When he held it, the stadium erupted. Pakistan was bundled out for 152 with three balls to spare.

And it was a once-in-a-lifetime-experience that I had. Never have I witnessed Team India climbing the zenith, the last time around, being pathetically clobbered by the mighty Australians in the finals of the 2003 World Cup. Clearly confused over whether to watch the finals by bunking my class or catch up with the highlights on YouTube (which I usually do, for lack of an idiot box at my place), I disdainfully opted the latter; being a good boy attending classes.
Once the classes got over, a stone's throw away, I could figure out at least some hundred odd strangers gazing or 'Window Watching' so to speak at the huge LCD TV on display (screening the finals of course). I knew where I was heading to.

Photoshop Mazic...

Well... I always dreamt of havin the finest of the finest beers, ahem.. from the jazzy pubs of Los Angeles. A rendezvous to Los Angeles, courtesy Photoshop...

I am luvin it.....

Now that I am into Photoshop software.. wanted to have some real fun with it. A simple change of the background, plus a bottle or two of draught beer could change the whole scenario of what these two are upto.

The actual image, (my roomies, Sujith and Shibu) taken at some food joint in Spencer Plaza. The beverages served are strictly non-alcholic, to be precise, coffee and strawberry shake I guess.. Boy oh boy... from the very dazed eyes of the two, one can assume how stoned to the core both of them are...


Well... here'z the final touchup....

Well, the next time you spot me around with a swollen eye... no need to guess for too long.. courtesy in advance, the two punks shown above....

Unique

Find the Person in the Picture..

Observe this 3D Picture Carefully, and try to find a person. Don't cheat by scrolling down and looking at the answer. Use your brain..


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Unable to find the person..? Then Click here to find the answer..

Everyone needs Shade

No Gut, no Glory

With animation classes in full swing, thought of updating a couple of simple sketchings....

Don't be too Romantic

Don't be too romantic
U never know what might Hit you.....



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Now that's attitude

How To Get To Heaven

If I sold my house and my car, had a big garage sale, and gave all my money to the church, would that get me into heaven?” I asked the children in my Sunday school class.

“NO!” the children all answered.

“If I cleaned the church every day, mowed the yard, and kept everything neat and tidy, would that get me into heaven?”

Once more they all answered, “NO!”

“Well, then, if I was kind to animals and gave candy to all the children and loved my wife, would that get me into heaven?” I asked them again.

Once more they all answered, “NO!”

“Well,” I continued, thinking they were a good bit more theologically sophisticated than I had given them credit for, “Then how can I get into heaven?”

A five-year-old boy shouted out, “YOU GOTTA BE DEAD!”

This is Camouflaging

This is pretty amazing. In World War II, the Army Corps of Engineers were so worried about a Japanese attack on the Lockheed Burbank Aircraft Plant, they protected it by camouflaging acres with netting and fake plants and houses. The effect is pretty cool. The whole base and its surroundings were camouflaged with nets and paint to appear like any other Burbank suburb from the air.

Check it out...the Before and After images...

Before

After

Just let me Know

Just let me know if ANYONE messes up your day today!!!!Have a good one!!!!

I got you covered

Hurrah!!!

I can still feel the surge of joy running through my veins, thanks to a real thriller of a match, a dazzling performance by Team India, keeping their nerves till the very last minute to snatch a nail-biting victory from the very jaws of the England team. The Indian Cricket team has been notoriously infamous for snatching defeat from the jaws of victory in the past, but today was a cracker of a day (if only one could digest the dazzling pyrotechniques by all-rounder Dmitri Mascarenhas who smashed five sixes off the last over bowled by Yuvraj Singh)

A splendid batting performance by Owais Shah (107 not out), aided by valuable knocks from Bell (49), Pietersen (53) and Wright (50), powered by a blitzkrieg batting from Mascarenhas (36) took the tally well past 300.

Needing a daunting 317 for victory, a perfect start from openers Sachin (94) and Ganguly (53), gritty knocks from Gambhir (47), Dhoni (35), and Uthappa (47 not out) sealed victory for India. Kudos to Uthappa for keeping his cool and guiding the team to victory.

After a while, I was quite fortunate enough to have a glimpse of the match today. It's been raining solidly, almost non-stop from evening. I was on the way to refill my phone card, when my attention shifted on to a large group of bystanders undaunted by the merciless rain and thunder lightening, staring at a huge plasma screen covering the match, courtesy some consumer goods shop. Sans an umbrella, aware of being completely drenched in the downpour, and astraphobic (ahem... depends on the intensity of the thunder.. folks), I was ready to bite the bullet and catch up with the match (the lack of an idiotic box at my place sums it all). I turned around to find a few of them intensely glued to the set nail-biting, a few of them hair plucking, but towards the end, it was nice to watch the jubilant crowd punching their fist in the air, some dancing. Amidst celebrations of victory in the crowd, I could figure out this very familiar green-colored Bolero jeep aka Chennai Patrol Police ordering the crowd to disperse.

Hardly a minute later, not a soul around on the road, including the one sitting right at this moment blogging. Chances of ending up with a sore throat and catching a cold by tomorrow are high, but it was worth it. Game on India.... spread the same magic on Saturday...

What is Effective Communication

Jack and Max are walking from religious service. Jack wonders whether it would be all right to smoke while praying. Max replies, “Why don’t you ask the Priest?”
So Jack goes up to the Priest and asks, “Priest, may I smoke while I pray?”
But the Priest says, “No, my son, you may not. That’s utter disrespect to our religion.”
Jack goes back to his friend and tells him what the good Priest told him.
Max says, “I’m not surprised. You asked the wrong question. Let me try.”
And so Max goes up to the Priest and asks,
“Priest, may I pray while I smoke?”
To which the Priest eagerly replies, “By all means, my son. By all means.”

Moral : The reply you get depends on the question you ask.

Know More

• Turtles can live for more than 100 years.
• An elephant trunk has no bone but 40,000 muscles.
• The cicada, a fly found in Africa, spends 17 years of its life sleeping; and only two weeks is awake during which mates and then dies.
• The ant can lift things 10 times its own weight.
• If your skin is laid flat it will cover an area of 18 square feet.
• A Giraffe has the same number of bones in its neck as a man.
• Ocean waves can travel as fast as a JET Plane.
• A butterfly warms up its body up to 81 degrees Fahrenheit before flying.
• An average human being drinks 16,000 tons of water in a lifetime.
• The star fish is actually not a fish, its an animal. ( phylum : Echinodermate )
• Male mosquitoes do not bite, so blame the females next time.
• A person will die from total lack of sleep sooner than from starvation.
• The largest lizard in the world is the Komodo Dragon, which reaches up to 3 meters and sometimes longer. It was named because of it's fiery tongue. It is often longer than a car.

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