from and inside the train and inside a rickshaw in mathura (was too crowded to finish it)
Vrindavan street (U.P, north india)
in a tea shop on the highway to Ajmer
Pushkar ghats
vrindavan, lordi, and jhonji . . the bottom two where drawn in almost pitch darkness. .
it was surreal. . no lights anywhere for a few miles . . fireflies. . and a guy in a shack beside the temple . . siging . . just one lamp to illuminating the place. . and the dying embers of a fire . .
my maternal grandma
a folk singer, Narayanji . . was out on the highway on his way to buy groceries . . made him sing for us for a couple of hrs. !
friend’s village where i stayed for some time. .( the lazy travellers did not move much for a week)
back in bangalore . . yesterday’s sketches. .
MASSIVE upload Santhosh!
Really like that sketch of the Pushkar ghats city buildings somewhere in the middle.
Your style really resembles the way Paul Cézanne approached sketching at a later stage in his career: eliminating all that is not needed.
Your sketches look so free, it’s amazing!
thanx a lot aviva,
hey johan . , , thanks . pushkar is amazing. . i really want to spend more time there the next time i go to rajasthan . . it may sound vague or cliche . . but i let the pen do all the work . . most of the times i am surprised by the way the lines flow. . mostly unconscious . . i did a few more portraits. . i had painted some with acrylic. . but i gave to them.
there was a saint in vrindavan. . with the most innocent eyes i have seen . . she had the eyes of a 3 yr old . .
hey PG . . man. .it was amazing … btw. here are the photos "the lazy travellers riding across rajasthan" . . ,my awesome guide . .Abimanyu Vyas [link]
some more works. .
live portrait that was interrupted 
a oneoff
thanx anand … howz life . . i watched a documentary on Sudanese refugees who relocate to US . .
oh and btw i finally got a haircut
waterclr on coldpress 140lbs
that huge upload man.alchemy stuff is amazing.its just brain numbing where our imagination can go to :arteest:
thanx KM . .
some more stuff.
older works. . i some amusement for the brain . (tried using my left hand and teeth)
today’s alchemy + PS
Wow these are cool, I love the wild, free strokes. I guess you need good mastery of the form before you can do this without have it looking messy (like mine:)).
I love the watercolour with lots of oker (dark yellow?), it looks vibrant and the blue/gray contrasts create tension - really nice. Self-portrait? Really draws my attention in.
hey maladie thanks for the visit and the nice comments. .
hey karthik . . thanx . . there is another monocromayic version of it. . i seem to like it better. . will post it too. .
just got back from another amazing trip . the monsoon is just about to arrive . . perfect time to fly kites on the windy beaches. .
did a few portraits from life
a demo for the kids at a NGO namma bhoomi . . talked to them about animation . .
a self portrait
reknowned painter K Ramachandran . .he was so exited to see the ‘mess less’ digital medium and the possibilites
my guru , reknowned painter U.Ramesh Rao
did this on his 60the birthday celebration . from life
Awesome stuff as always, Santhosh!
Its refreshing to see your work evolving in a care-free, uninhibited manner. Keep rocking!:buttrock:
Great pieces of artwork here :rolleyes: …don’t have enough words to describe them just :bowdown: and yea :applause: :applause: :applause:
thanx PG . . guess who has been fiddling around with Zbrush finally
unik . . appreciate you comments.
borrowed a basemesh from hrishi . .
was too lazy to sculpt more. . i see very obvious problems near the ears and forehead wrinkles…
but i do welcome some real harsh crits . . plz fire away . .
painted a color map real quick and plugged it into the SSS shader in maya and rendered out a few passes . . still a WIP .comped in Afx.
today’s work . a color study . . ref was a portrait i shot on my rajasthan trip.
texture and material sucks man,do something on that ,zbrush rocks at some extend ,bt still need lot of detailing .in many posts i felt u r more of incomplete.
dont take personally santosh …hehe 
