Fan-art

Those one or two of you who have been following this blog (and the "1-2" figure is highly overestimated) know of my love of webcomics in general and asofterworld in particular.

So it is only natural that from time to time i've had thoughts that, to me at the very least, seemed like they would go perfectly with the ASW format. Besides, SOMETHING should be done with the vast number of blurry or otherwise unusable pictures i've clicked over the years... So, here's my humble attempt at some ASW fan-art. I hope you like it. If you don't like it, you're probably a terrorist.

Probably. 

... or my keys? 

Both the pictures used were clicked by me. I would've uploaded the original pics too, but i am lazy. The ASW template i found here. I used GIMP to actually merge the photos with the template because i'm too cheap to pay for photoshop. The lettering is in the same font that ASW uses (Love letter tw), although i've chosen to type in white and without a box as opposed to the 'black within a white box' format that ASW uses.

I quite like the binocular motif for the first one because it lends it an air of spying eventhough that's actually a picture of a friend looking for birds. The second one, i hope, is evocative of a thoughtful, even slightly bemused look. For those of you not in the know, rule 43 is an internet rule that says that you can find anything on the internet if you look long enough. And the cosmic teapot knows i've been on here long enough! :)

On the whole I'm not too unhappy with these... maybe you'll like them too? 

Yaad

I had written the first stanza of this poem a while ago. Today's weather reminded me of it but for the life of me i couldn't remember what came after the opening lines... So i wrote an entirely different poem with the same first couplet. I'll post the original soon too. As soon as i find my notebook :)  

YAAD

(Aditya Rao)

Mand mand barsaat hui hai aaj,

Phir teri yaad mujhe ayi hai aaj,

ye hawa, ye badal, ye boonden, ye sama,

Bhini bhini teri woh khushboo,

har zarre mein samaayi hai aaj. 

shaant hai mausam, magar toofaan macha hai,

saagar se sehra, sehra se chaman,

teri har baat se teri har yaad takrayi hai aaj.

Mand mand barsaat hui hai aaj,

Phir teri yaad mujhe ayi hai aaj.

(Mand = halka, light ; Sehra = Desert ; chaman = garden)

ख़ाक

Haven't written in a while... Wrote this today in response to Bani's query about my research... It must be noted that it was her that started the conversation that led to the first stanza and she further inspired me to write the rest of the poem. She is my muse and this would not have been possible without her :-)

ख़ाक

(आदित्य)

बातें ही तो बनाना आता है,

वीद्यार्थी हूँ मैं,

बस और मुझे ख़ाक आता है

यहाँ आके फँस गया हूँ,

न पढने में मज़ा आता है,

और बिन पढ़े न चैन आता है

मेरी मिन्नतों पे हँसता होगा खुदा,

कहता होगा बेवक़ूफ़,

दुआओं से भी कभी रिजल्ट आता है?

ठीक फरमाया मैं कहता हूँ,

पर हुज़ूर,

बिना मिन्नतों के भी ख़ाक रिजल्ट आता है !

हँसते हैं लोग मुझपे,

और मेरी हालत पे,

मुझे खुद रोना आता है.

कमसकम आपकी हंसी के काम आ गया,

वरना विद्यार्थी हूँ,

विद्यार्थी क्या ख़ाक काम आता है!

Exam time Creativity

It was that part of the year again. The part when exams arrive and force me to open my books. But i'll be damned if i can be forced to study :P
This is just a small sampling of all the doodling (and allied tp) that i did throughout the duration of my exams...

This is what i drew (or rather, doodled)

Black and White

Sepia

Negative

Definite proof that i have way too much free time... I had a syringe with me... Filled it with water and did that to my hand drop by drop.... Like i said... TOO MUCH TIME

This is a paper clip twisted out of all recognition placed on a piece of black paper... Of course, you may say this is the result of me having too much time on my hands and nothing better to do... i choose to call it ART :P