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Digital Portrait – Jon Bon Jovi
Shot down in a blaze of glory!
Yet another standout at the Digital Art forum (click here to view>>)
An outline here:
1 - Began with painting in grayscale, following the same process as descibed here.
2 - highlighted the scar a bit.
3 - clothing details…rugged jeans & crisp T-shirt
4 - the tattoo deserved special attention
5 - creating hair [...]
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 [...]
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…
Untitled Canvas 1
Oil on Canvas 21″ X 18″
It’s up to you to read your own story in this…
223cc Wings
It was the fourth day of the journey and probably the longest day in terms of kilometers we traveled. After a comfortable night at Jispa we set forth for a journey of about 330kms to Leh. By the time we reached Darcha, me and Mohan were drowned in our mutual interest of songs. The only [...]
