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Digital Portrait – Tom Cruise in the Last Samurai

Another digital portrait I created in Adobe Photoshop. The details of the process are detailed in the previous post.
Digital Art forum rated this portrait as a standout (click here to view>>)
The inspiration is from one of my favourite movies The Last Samurai.

Digital Portrait – Tom Cruise in Vanilla Sky

This was the first digital portrait I created in Adobe Photoshop with the help of a mouse (no tablets). I drew and painted it (from scratch) using Photoshop tools only, i.e. pencil, brush, smudge, and dodge/burn.
Digital Art forum rated this portrait as a standout (click here to view>>). 
Here is the brief process:
Step 1 - Used [...]

Natural Instinct

This photograph taken by me on the way from Khoksar to Tandi has been printed as the cover of “Natural Instinct” - the coffee table book that is published annually by the BICE (Bikers for Integration and Conservation of Environment) group. Needless to say… I am extremely happy about it!
Previous year I joined BICE for [...]

Holiday Romance

Pangong Tso after Sundown
The first glimpse of Pangong Tso was as entrancing as a sudden realization of having fallen in love, deeply and blissfully.
“Oh my God! I am here!”
It felt like a precious dream that I wished would never end. However, this sweet dream was for real and what’s more it was just the beginning [...]

Lady’s First

Changla Pass at 17800ft
Imagine waking up some morning after a sweet dream and spending the rest of the day under its feel-good spell. That’s exactly how I feel when I think of the blissful travel to Ladakh as I spend the days under its afterglow.
When I was asked if I wanted to join the [...]

The Ride

Self portrait captured while cruising through Mori Plains, Ladakh
Bikes, mountains, and a drifter like me
Streams, clouds, and a molten soul
The chill of Leh was cozy and homey
Now I’ve fallen out of the dream,
Yet I managed to smuggle visions into the rocky reality
Challenge, speed, beauty and the precious silence
How I crave for yesterday’s gifts in [...]

Untitled Canvas 2

Oil on Canvas 21″ X 18″
Suggestions for a suitable title are welcome…

Gobbledygook Part 2

Eeyyuuu Oh ho O O O!
System hangs; once again the virtual memory is low
Recycle bin farts while temporary files overflow
Mind is blocked, bandwidth is clogged
Connection timed out, where the hell is F5 lost!
Tech support says purge the idle din but I can’t say no!
Ctrl+Alt+Del … Restart! Let me go!

Untitled Canvas 1

Oil on Canvas 21″ X 18″
It’s up to you to read your own story in this…

Purpose

It’s easy to get carried away by the waves. I can float as much as I desire. But the waves might not take me to where I want to go. Even worse, I might find myself brought ashore an island inhabited by cannibals or get trapped into a whirlpool. The colorful underwater world can be [...]