things were going cool untill college left. we walked to our bikes..i tied the scarf around the face and was set to go.... but the most trusted pep+ wont start!
tried kick start..no luck. pranju tried, followed by shruti and mohini. no luck there too. finally i had to drag it to the nearest mechanic, who after examining told me that the carburator needed to be cleaned. it wud take an hr. i was hungry, there wasnt lunch at home so i had to eat out. pranju had to leave. me, mohini and shruti thot of going to 'kalyan bhel'. cool. but we were three againt one bike! shruti said triple seat shudnt be a problem. i was ready instantly. but it took us lot of time to convince mohini. and finally we got on to the bike. mohini rode, shruti in between and me at the back. merrily, our lil parade reached kalyan bhel. had food and they dropped me back at the mechanic. came home tired coz of the strong sun. refreshed myself and off to the studio.
i had to complete the book -2 drawings 2day. had tea there, also found out an 'amla' tree in the compound, so picked and enjoyed some amlas with ma'm. my 'so called' boss, whos more of a friend, whos actually my ex-professor is absolute fun to work with. presently there are 2 puppies living at the studio doorstep, so a lot of time goes into just looking at them play or observe their behavior, we have casual chats about a lot of things while working, we take breaks to munch and have some chai, she helps me with work, she encourages me to do crazy things and experiment... this will be my 3rd project with her. m so glad we met.
yogesh joined us in the evening with his sketches. after considerable amount of work, we left to have dinner. discussed some drama plans. hes writing a script and also has a role for me.. wow! came back home frozen on the bike.
time to sketch now. mandar's comic book asgnt is up. i think m close to finalise the character style i can work in. its basic but good enough to start off. i might modify it further if i feel confident and comfortable. since m week in characters, i want to focus on the layouts and bgs too.
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
just updates!
to start with, m totally on a high coz i have succeeded in re-losing the 1 kg that i had put on. i'll treat myself and make mum happy- i'll have a dinner 2day!
college is fine, too many assignments to do. the new 3d sir is a super flop! doesnt teach properly, cant answer our queries well and only exists to scare us! illustration and graphic design lectures are manageable, some asgnts are stupid, but cant help it. 2 days ago i broke into an arguement with vivek over such stupid asgnt and its uselessness. but it all got back at me and worse when mandar joined him. i literally stopped there coz i realized they are the last ppl on earth i wud want to waste time convincing logically. huff!!
also had a lil argument with sumit over colours 2day. i guess i have become stronger about myself. its not that i dont consider suggestions or dont ask for them, its just that if theres something i know is going the wrong way, i dont give a damn. i stick to myself more these days and that feels good.
have i few really interesting projects lined up. i have decided m not doing anything i dont want to do even if those projects come from my family friends. like m gonna refuse to do a presentation in flash. i'll only do static and print jobs for now. book covers, illustrations, drawings..
the other day, after class when almost everyone had left, dulange sir called me with my sketch book..looked through everypage closely and turned to me and said, "wud u like to be a part of my team for my new book?" me,"u think i can?" him," yes, keep practicing, your lines are getting ready..." that was a great compliment esp coming from such a reknowned cartoonist. i wasnt sure what i shud say, he continued talking about animation and stuff...
m not into character design yet, may be never will be. but who knows! i like graphics. i like to generate ideas and create a visual experience through graphics.
college is fine, too many assignments to do. the new 3d sir is a super flop! doesnt teach properly, cant answer our queries well and only exists to scare us! illustration and graphic design lectures are manageable, some asgnts are stupid, but cant help it. 2 days ago i broke into an arguement with vivek over such stupid asgnt and its uselessness. but it all got back at me and worse when mandar joined him. i literally stopped there coz i realized they are the last ppl on earth i wud want to waste time convincing logically. huff!!
also had a lil argument with sumit over colours 2day. i guess i have become stronger about myself. its not that i dont consider suggestions or dont ask for them, its just that if theres something i know is going the wrong way, i dont give a damn. i stick to myself more these days and that feels good.
have i few really interesting projects lined up. i have decided m not doing anything i dont want to do even if those projects come from my family friends. like m gonna refuse to do a presentation in flash. i'll only do static and print jobs for now. book covers, illustrations, drawings..
the other day, after class when almost everyone had left, dulange sir called me with my sketch book..looked through everypage closely and turned to me and said, "wud u like to be a part of my team for my new book?" me,"u think i can?" him," yes, keep practicing, your lines are getting ready..." that was a great compliment esp coming from such a reknowned cartoonist. i wasnt sure what i shud say, he continued talking about animation and stuff...
m not into character design yet, may be never will be. but who knows! i like graphics. i like to generate ideas and create a visual experience through graphics.
Saturday, September 13, 2008
how we spend sundays
day breaks early for me , mum and dad. sidd is up by 8 to attend a class at 9. mum n dad are reading newspaper, sidd leaves for class, m in my room with a cup of coffee and glued to my desk. same kinda scene after bath. mum is in the kitchen, dad is reading newspaper, m in my room. lunch time, i get a knock on the door. i come out, arrange plates bla bla... we sit to have lunch. m hungry coz i never have breakfast when m home. so i obviously start off with the lunch as soon as 'theres nothing more to be brought from the kitchen'. sidd complaints i eat fast. by the time mum n dad start, m half way through. plus, i eat less. so m off the table soon, wash my plate and back to my room working, chatting, downloading.... dad is back to newspapers, mum is taking a nap and sidd shud be studying.
afternoon goes away... time for some tea and snacks. everyone is out of their own world to eat.
m back to work, dad sorting newspapers for raddi, mum is doing something to keep herself busy n sidd is out to play. i dont realize its evening now and that i shud get to my workout. all done. sidd comes up with the idea of playing cards, so we do that for a while. dinner is different for everyone. mum and dad have daliya, i dont eat n sidd just wants a reason to eat out.
by 10, all are in bed.
afternoon goes away... time for some tea and snacks. everyone is out of their own world to eat.
m back to work, dad sorting newspapers for raddi, mum is doing something to keep herself busy n sidd is out to play. i dont realize its evening now and that i shud get to my workout. all done. sidd comes up with the idea of playing cards, so we do that for a while. dinner is different for everyone. mum and dad have daliya, i dont eat n sidd just wants a reason to eat out.
by 10, all are in bed.
Friday, September 12, 2008
still not working!
i finally completed the calender. short cut marna pada- 2 months on 1 page! but its looking pretty good. so the next step was to take prints. me and mohini went to printo outlet on nibm road. the girl there, transferred the images from my pendrive to her computer. she imported them in corel, and that was it. all the dark graphics looked black! i had done the graphics in photoshop and i wanted her to print them as jpegs. her lcd and my colour scheme. i was still hoping the print to be bright. so i asked her for a trial. and it was so shitty, so shitty, i was dissappointed! i wasted 35 bucks for that!
so i came home. brightened the colours. but i was hesitant to get it printed outside. i preferred to print at home. but then i realize the ink level is very low. also i wud have to buy a higher gsm paper coz its a calender. so we set out to venus. since the original ink wud cost me around 1500 bucks i thot of getting it refilled. venus did not have the papers i wanted.
now 2day, i go to collect the refilled ink. come home, install the ink and switch on the printer. boom! the ink level indicator still shows the same old low levels. wtf!!! i restarted the pc and also the printer. but nope! no luck there! i was so upset. i thot i shud never refill again. this is so sad, i also found the papers i wanted and now the ink is giving me trouble. heck! m gonna take my refilling money back and go for an original ink i guess. hm.
so i came home. brightened the colours. but i was hesitant to get it printed outside. i preferred to print at home. but then i realize the ink level is very low. also i wud have to buy a higher gsm paper coz its a calender. so we set out to venus. since the original ink wud cost me around 1500 bucks i thot of getting it refilled. venus did not have the papers i wanted.
now 2day, i go to collect the refilled ink. come home, install the ink and switch on the printer. boom! the ink level indicator still shows the same old low levels. wtf!!! i restarted the pc and also the printer. but nope! no luck there! i was so upset. i thot i shud never refill again. this is so sad, i also found the papers i wanted and now the ink is giving me trouble. heck! m gonna take my refilling money back and go for an original ink i guess. hm.
Monday, September 8, 2008
artist's block
while chatting with sumit in the evening, he said he was frustrated coz of 'writer's block'. that happens when a writer has too much to write and pages are just not enough. hm! impressive concept. i cud somehow relate to that state. i have a lil too many ideas in my head right now that i cant settle down on one at a time. so i called it 'artist's block'..and he agreed..and we joked about it!
i have like 4 ideas for one calender! sir is going mad at me coz the date of submission has passed way way before n m still shuffling. i start with something in mind and end up with something totally new! m glued to the desk for last 9hrs, doing nothing but playing in flash(ps and corel arent available with me rt now). i was almost about to fix the layout, but again something happened and i deleted an elemet by mistake. the page looked better now. so i carried on adding and subtractin or replacing elements...and it went on... colours, worse! i started with dark contrast shades and ended up with grey scale theme! shucks!!! what the heck! now i have too many options..
and then there are times i go completely blank. but they are better than such "artist's blocks", i atleast get doing something else, like wandering around, taking pictures, troubling mum in the kitchen, arguing with sidd, or calling up people..basically things that are prefered to sitting at the table with eyes on the screen for hours together.
ok, enough of a break. suju, back to work..hm....uh...hm....mmm.. :-( ... NOW!!!
how about a fresh bath...or a walk..or may be ice-cream..!!! or just "sweet dreams" ...fantastic, thats it..!
i have like 4 ideas for one calender! sir is going mad at me coz the date of submission has passed way way before n m still shuffling. i start with something in mind and end up with something totally new! m glued to the desk for last 9hrs, doing nothing but playing in flash(ps and corel arent available with me rt now). i was almost about to fix the layout, but again something happened and i deleted an elemet by mistake. the page looked better now. so i carried on adding and subtractin or replacing elements...and it went on... colours, worse! i started with dark contrast shades and ended up with grey scale theme! shucks!!! what the heck! now i have too many options..
and then there are times i go completely blank. but they are better than such "artist's blocks", i atleast get doing something else, like wandering around, taking pictures, troubling mum in the kitchen, arguing with sidd, or calling up people..basically things that are prefered to sitting at the table with eyes on the screen for hours together.
ok, enough of a break. suju, back to work..hm....uh...hm....mmm.. :-( ... NOW!!!
how about a fresh bath...or a walk..or may be ice-cream..!!! or just "sweet dreams" ...fantastic, thats it..!
Thursday, September 4, 2008
satisfied?
11 am, we were chatting and working in the lab. i was pissed at vista premium, it wudnt let me activate photoshop cs2. jyoti came in then, to announce that vivek sir was distributing our 2nd year result. damn! mohini's stomach started paining. pranav waved to everyone in his dramatic ishtyle and said"chalo!" we all got up and directed to the class. everyone in there had mixed expressions. we took our seats. results were being given according to the roll nos.
'sujata bhagwat' -666/800. vivek sir- congrats, its a triple 6! thanks sir.
the percentage comes to 83.7 hm...i was waiting to hear someone score more than that. but, as the nos came to an end..jyoti and co. came to me to congratulate.. yes, i topped again.
but this time, m happy that the margin between the ranks in less. 2nd rank- 663, 3rd-662. now i feel some competitive vibes unlike last year. satisfied? 50% only. knowing what goes on in our college.
what hurts me the most is that, i have topped thirce in 4 sems, and not once have i celebrated it. my friends always end up with much less marks and are in no mood to celebrate. so m always consoling someone or just sitting with them quietly to give company like my rank is no big deal.. i remember i had cried very badly for mohini last year coz she got into some misunderstanding and stopped talking to me. but we got over it soon. now again shes got 567. thats a difference of 100. but she was peppy this time. sumit is always lost. i dont know what he thot of his 616, but he too wasnt very interactive after the result. mohini was pissed at sumit, coz according to her, sumit did not deserve that. so again, i wasnt in the state to celebrate. pranav kinda knew what his marks wud be like. i dont remember exactly, but it was arnd 63%.
isaac got 52% . i msgd him from class itself. we were happy he passed!
also msgd dad. he replied 'congratulations!'
i wasnt sure if i shud be happy abt it, frankly, m not! everyones kinda got used to me topping in class. all the profs have that look in their eyes, while looking at me. even my classmates have that look. cant explain. i try and escape out of the class as soon as possible once i get the result. sometimes, ppl expect so much, m afraid i wont be able to live up to that. m scared of that time.
at home 2day, i handed the result to mum. sidd was there too. hes like, '1st alis?' i nodded in affirmation. after some time mum said to me she was in the kinda situation where, one eye has tears of joy and the other, tears of worry. sidd got his result too and had 'just passed' in one subject. i dint know what to say. i just got back to work to avoid talking about both, i wasnt willing to talk about either that time.
'sujata bhagwat' -666/800. vivek sir- congrats, its a triple 6! thanks sir.
the percentage comes to 83.7 hm...i was waiting to hear someone score more than that. but, as the nos came to an end..jyoti and co. came to me to congratulate.. yes, i topped again.
but this time, m happy that the margin between the ranks in less. 2nd rank- 663, 3rd-662. now i feel some competitive vibes unlike last year. satisfied? 50% only. knowing what goes on in our college.
what hurts me the most is that, i have topped thirce in 4 sems, and not once have i celebrated it. my friends always end up with much less marks and are in no mood to celebrate. so m always consoling someone or just sitting with them quietly to give company like my rank is no big deal.. i remember i had cried very badly for mohini last year coz she got into some misunderstanding and stopped talking to me. but we got over it soon. now again shes got 567. thats a difference of 100. but she was peppy this time. sumit is always lost. i dont know what he thot of his 616, but he too wasnt very interactive after the result. mohini was pissed at sumit, coz according to her, sumit did not deserve that. so again, i wasnt in the state to celebrate. pranav kinda knew what his marks wud be like. i dont remember exactly, but it was arnd 63%.
isaac got 52% . i msgd him from class itself. we were happy he passed!
also msgd dad. he replied 'congratulations!'
i wasnt sure if i shud be happy abt it, frankly, m not! everyones kinda got used to me topping in class. all the profs have that look in their eyes, while looking at me. even my classmates have that look. cant explain. i try and escape out of the class as soon as possible once i get the result. sometimes, ppl expect so much, m afraid i wont be able to live up to that. m scared of that time.
at home 2day, i handed the result to mum. sidd was there too. hes like, '1st alis?' i nodded in affirmation. after some time mum said to me she was in the kinda situation where, one eye has tears of joy and the other, tears of worry. sidd got his result too and had 'just passed' in one subject. i dint know what to say. i just got back to work to avoid talking about both, i wasnt willing to talk about either that time.
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
21 atlast!
21 is the number associated with ganpati. so it is said that a modak with 21 pinches/petals(i dont know what to call it exactly) is like the best! someone mentioned that to me while we were sitting making modaks. and i decided to give it a shot. i started off with 9 and went progressing with each modak i made. the max anyone got was 12! i was at 14. after 15, it was difficult for me to make a bowl with the dough big enough to make those many pinches. so prachi mami helped me with that. she'd make the bowl and pass it on to me. i'd make it lil bigger with both my hands moving gently and gracefully making sure it doesnt tear. that was a task. i cud make 18. next one, also 18. so everyone was like, c'mon, its ok..try 21 for the next year!
but i am me. i was determined. i started again and everyone was cheering and counting as i made a pinch..19...20..breaking my own record in the family ....and 21! thats it! i made 21!! without tearing, without the coconut fillig coming out and without losing patience! yuhuuuuu!!!! it was amazing, the modak was big and it looked so cute! lata aji wud have been so glad to see me do that! but shes in mumbai. she'll be here this weekend..lets see if mum and she decided to make modaks then! cant wait... its all about art, artistic hands? yeah, artistic fingers! hehe..its a small thing, but m proud of myself! never thot i'd do something like that!
but i am me. i was determined. i started again and everyone was cheering and counting as i made a pinch..19...20..breaking my own record in the family ....and 21! thats it! i made 21!! without tearing, without the coconut fillig coming out and without losing patience! yuhuuuuu!!!! it was amazing, the modak was big and it looked so cute! lata aji wud have been so glad to see me do that! but shes in mumbai. she'll be here this weekend..lets see if mum and she decided to make modaks then! cant wait... its all about art, artistic hands? yeah, artistic fingers! hehe..its a small thing, but m proud of myself! never thot i'd do something like that!
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