Name the Art!!

Doodling is something we all have done through school and college and the percentage of our notebooks that  had actual notes vs. doodles would normally depend primarily upon the skills of the faculty and his or her ability to keep the class engaged. And of course then there are other factors that come into play: who we have a crush on, whats the last movie we watched, where our mind chooses to wander etc etc.

Somewhere along the line, I developed a fascination for writing words differently. I learnt how to read upside down and started seeing alphabets as forms that can be played with. I guess the advent of the computer and MS Word's word-art also played a role somewhere and I started making abstract designs using words. Recently, I have started trying my hand at something different as well and shall put that up in subsequent posts. 

This first post is dedicated to my friend who urged me to get my art off my Facebook album and put in in the form of a blog. Thank you Neha Sanwalka for the inspiration to do this!! This one is for you!!

One of my first attempts came about in a training class at the Rambagh Palace Jaipur

Some thoughts touch our hearts and inspire us. Looking around me I see people getting tattoos for various reasons: some that have true meaning and most that are highly fickle. A close friend of mine asked me to design a tattoo for him after he saw some of my attempts at art. His attachment to his family and his wish to have them inked upon himself brought fruit in the form of a tattoo design which has the names of his father, mother, brother and himself. 

Tattoo design Samarth, Sarthak, Sanjeev and Sangeeta

This next one is dedicated to my old roommate from college: Aalok Patel. Once again, he saw what I did and asked me to make one for him. I like trying to gain inspiration from the names and the people themselves before actually going ahead and making something for them. The meaning of the name Aalok is light and my dear friend is as you can see is Gujrati. I wanted to be able to capture that essence through this piece. I hope I have been successful, with a little help of technology.

Aalok - The Light

This next one was done for someone who is a happy bright spurt of color. Andy!! A good friend of mine based in Mumbai, I did this for her as when I think of her I am reminded of bright colors, fun, a naughty streak and happiness.

Andaleeb Q

Last one in this series is another close friend from Pune. This is one for you people to figure out....its probably the longest name among any of my friends and I await comments from you with what you think the name is!!

Looking forward to some comments and feedback on this my first blog post. Will be back soon with more such stuff!! Cheers and keep creating!!